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[PamG]

Here is my review of a military thriller: Relentless by Jonathan Maberry. This is the is the second book in Rogue Team International (RTI) series featuring Joe Ledger. Overall, this novel is a shockingly dark, disturbing, and emotional ride. The story immediately pulls the reader in and never lets him or her off the rollercoaster of action and emotion.

My 5 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PamG]

I finished The Woods by Harlan Coben.

My 3.5 star review rounded down to 3 stars: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda]

My review for The Edelweiss Sisters by Kate Hewitt

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PattyMacDotComma]

Popular Aussie author Rachael Johns has written about a mother who is surprised to find herself pushed into Flying the Nest without her kids! Her fans will enjoy this one.
3.5★ Link to my review of Flying the Nest

[PamG]

Here is my review of an action-filled crime thriller in a historical western setting with some family drama which provided added depth to the story line.
Hell's Jaw Pass by Max O'Hara.

My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PamG]

I finished reading Magic Misled by Keri Arthur. I thoroughly enjoyed this urban fantasy / paranormal romance / supernatural suspense novel.

My 5 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PattyMacDotComma]

My Year Of Living Vulnerably sounds like a memoir by talented, tormented Aussie journalist, author, and broadcaster Rick Morton, but it dives into culture, politics, philosophy, and science, especially PTSD and the brain. Fascinating stuff and a great read!
5★ Link to my My Year of Living Vulnerably

[Alice]

I am reading an excellent book The Missing Sister by Lucinda Riley. Book 7 in the series. Book goes between 1920 and 2008. You will travel to Switzerland, New Zealand, Tornoto, London and Ireland Excellent series, but start with book 1.

[Tammy]

Just started reading The Dying of the Light by Robert Goolrick a historical fiction told in a nostalgic way.

[Meg]

Alice wrote: "I am reading an excellent book The Missing Sister by Lucinda Riley. Book 7 in the series. Book goes between 1920 and 2008. You will travel to..."

Sounds like something I want to try! I now have the first one in the WL.

[Brenda]

My weekend readathon reviews:

Rosie by Annie Seaton

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Because You're Mine by Luna Miller

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda]

My review for Death in Delft by Graham Brack

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[Brenda]

My review for I Don't Forgive You by Aggie Blum Thompson

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[PamG]

I finished The Defect by Jeff Bailey.

My 3.5 star review rounded to 3 stars: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PattyMacDotComma]

I loved Aussie author Tabitha Bird's imaginative debut novel, and I've just enjoyed her latest, The Emporium of Imagination. I'm pleased she weaves her magic in her hometown of Boonah, Qld, but I want this Emporium to open near me, please!
4★ Link to my Emporium of Imagination review

[PamG]

Here is my review for Darkening Sky by Margaret Mizushima. This is the 7th book in the Timber Creek K-9 Mystery series featuring Mattie Cobb and her canine partner, Robo. The book was initially titled Darkening Sky

My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PamG]

I finished reading The Mountain View Murder by Patrick Kelly. This is a mystery that deals with relationships.

My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda]

My review for Her Last Breath by Linda Castillo

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Tammy]

Just started reading Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood should be a good reading weekend.

[PamG]

I finished The Soul of the Family Tree: Ancestors, Stories, and the Spirits We Inherit by Lori Erickson.

My 3 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PattyMacDotComma]

I loved An Imaginary Life by acclaimed Aussie author David Malouf. What a strange and fascinating life he's dreamed up for the exiled Roman poet Ovid, banished forever to a remote village with primitive customs (and no common language).
5★ Link to my review of An Imaginary Life

[Brenda]

My review for My Sister's Husband by Nicola Marsh

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[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Am halfway through Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes, a contemporary romance, and enjoying it so far.

[Brenda]

My review for Wolfhunter River by Rachel Caine

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[Brenda]

My review for Dark Justice by Catherine Lee

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[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Heather L wrote: "Am halfway through Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes, a contemporary romance, and enjoying it so far."

Finished last night. Not bad for a LFL find.

[Brenda]

What is a LFL find Heather? Sorry to show my ignorance (and age!!) lol

[Mark]

Little Free Library? Just a guess. I haven't run across that one before either.

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

LFL = Little Free Library

I have fifteen within walking distance in my neighborhood.

[Brenda]

Thanks Mark and Heather!! We have a few of them here in Australia, but they are only just beginning to be a thing :)

[Brenda]

My review for Happy Dreams at Mermaid Cove by Marie Laval

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Brenda, we have a TON of LFLs in my area, but then—the movement did get its start in Wisconsin. Technically, there are five in my neighborhood proper, and ten at the elementary school just over the boundary of my neighborhood and another. We added three of the five LFL in my neighborhood during the pandemic. It is possible to visit all fifteen on a three mile loop around the neighborhood.

A friend’s neighborhood only has two, so I am definitely spoiled in this regard. There are also some near or at the two grocery stores I frequent, and I know where a few boxes are in nearby neighborhoods, too. I enjoy checking them out, and finding new ones. Many people have one of the utilitarian models found on the LFL website while others get pretty creative with their boxes.

https://littlefreelibrary.org/

[PamG]

I finished reading a great urban fantasy / paranormal romance / supernatural thriller yesterday by a new-to-me author:
The Harlequin & The Drangùe by Liane Zane.

My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

I’m not a fan of horror, but I read a long short story or short novella in the genre this week, The Willows by Algernon Blackwood. Very creepy!

[PamG]

Here is my review of a historical mystery: Crooked in His Ways by S.M. Goodwin.

My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda]

Heather L wrote: "Brenda, we have a TON of LFLs in my area, but then—the movement did get its start in Wisconsin. Technically, there are five in my neighborhood proper, and ten at the elementary school just over the..."

You're very lucky Heather! Do you donate back to the LFLs as well?

[Brenda]

My review for Dear Neighbour by Anna Willett

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Brenda — Yes, I do. Whenever I decide to purge books I either donate them to a LFL or the library used book sale.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Getting Tyson is exactly what the good guys are trying so hard to do with such little luck in this UK thriller by P.K. Davies. Big Dave Tyson has zero redeeming features!
3★ Link to my review of Getting Tyson

[Brenda]

Heather L wrote: "Brenda — Yes, I do. Whenever I decide to purge books I either donate them to a LFL or the library used book sale."

Great idea - I like giving mine to the local library :)

[Mark]

Started off the week with A Distant Grave by Sarah Stewart Taylor https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PattyMacDotComma]

I didn't know Daphne du Maurier wrote this kind of entertaining, historical romance. Frenchman's Creek is a light, atmospheric bodice-ripper in which no bodices are seen to be ripped.

Pirates, lords and ladies, Cornwall!
4★ Link to my review of Frenchman's Creek

[Tammy]

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "I didn't know Daphne du Maurier wrote this kind of entertaining, historical romance. Frenchman's Creek is a light, atmospheric bodice-ripper in which no bodices are se..."

Sounds like a good find.

[Tammy]

Just started I, Eliza Hamilton by Susan Holloway Scott It has been a while since I have read an American historical fiction.

[Brenda]

My review for Summer of Hopes and Dreams by Sue McDonagh

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[PamG]

I finished my review for A Time to Swill by Sherry Harris. This is the second book in the Chloe Jackson, Sea Glass Saloon cozy mystery series. The author brings humor, mystery, and beach atmosphere to this novel.

My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PamG]

I finished a light, funny, and entertaining contemporary romance that is the first book in a new series.
Willow by Grace Parks

My 3 star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda]

My review for The Third Grave by Lisa Jackson

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[Brenda]

My review for When You Are Mine by Michael Robotham

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[Brenda]

My review for Lucy and Copper by Mandy Foot

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