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5 stars. Being an artist really enjoyed this read and it brought back memories of seeing "David" and the "Mona Lisa".
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An enjoyable romp through the jungleOperation Tropical Affair by Kimberli A. Bindschatel
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I have loved all of Marianne Kavanagh‘s books (and not just because of the namesake) but I think that her latest, Disturbance, is her best yet. This one is brilliantly plotted and has a deliciously ambiguous ending (Will she? I think she will!). 5 BIG ★s from me.
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My review of
Joe Country, #6 in the Slough House series by Mick Herron https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Ok I honestly thought Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton was going to be a 1-2 star read for me but it sucked me in, in the end! 4 stars!
My review:
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Also got through this little beauty nice and fast, and will likely re-read as often as necessary.
The Art of Self-kindness by Rebecca Ray (AA)
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of audiobook The Suspect by Michael Robotham 
5★'sNarritive performance by Simon Pebble. 5★'s
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The first in the forensic psychologist, Joseph O'Laughin series will have you hooked!
Thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for this outstanding debut novel by American author, Andrea Bobotis, The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt. 5★s
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I enjoyed this book filled with anecodotes by a nurse who lived in the Hebrides in the 1970s. 
Call the Nurse: True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle by Mary J. MacLeod review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I was surprised to find that Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is not his usual reassuring self in Louise Penny's sixth in the series, Bury Your Dead. History, mystery, and haunting flashbacks in Old Quebec make for a good read.
4★ Link to my review
4 stars for this historical fiction novel by an Aussie Author.
The Cinema at Starlight Creek by Alli Sinclairhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review for a lovely WW2 love story
The Light From the Dark Side of the Moon by Norman G. Gautreau 4.5★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
"Cherry" Ingram was a somewhat eccentric Englishman who became one of the world's experts on flowering cherry blossom trees. I gave 'Cherry' Ingram: The Englishman Who Saved Japan’s Blossoms by Naoko Abe 3.5 stars rounded up to 4, mainly because I thought it had a great overview of Japanese culture and history. Here’s my review
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman took a lot of work to get into but it came good in the end.
Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Because I really enjoyed Balli Kaur Jaswal's third book Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, and learned something too, I was pleased to the my library had ordered her latest book The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters. Another excellent read, and you don't have to be of Indian extraction to enjoy it5★s
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A Lifetime of Impossible Days by Tabitha Bird
fabulous debut!!
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I got Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 11 out of the library because I noticed on GoodReads that there was a Varg story by Alexander McCall Smith in it. I read two other stories as well. They are all VERY short. So this is a cheat's review.5★s for the three I read
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Here's my review for Where the Dead Go by Sarah Bailey, the latest in the DS Gemma Woodstock series -https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5 excellent stars for this Australian crime novel! Highly recommend. 
Under the Midnight Sky by Aussie Author Anna Romerhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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My review of Messy, Wonderful Us by Catherine Isaac
3 and a half stars
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I just enjoyed a re-read of an old favourite, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. It's been adapted as a play and a film more than once, and it's as powerful now as ever. People haven't changed.
5★ Link to my review with a couple of illustrations
Another re-read was John Steinbeck's wonderful, funny, poignant Cannery Row. There were some real characters in Monterey, California in the 1930s!
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3 stars enjoyed the read and history of the area, my own family from Scotland grew up nearby
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Can always count on Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff for a fun YA sf novel and 
Aurora Rising delivered a good start to a new series.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Dewberry Farm is a fun cozy series, but this one wasn't quite as engaging as the earlier booksDeadly Brew by Karen MacInerney
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Must admit I wasn't blown away with this one... Daisy Jones & The Six
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