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4.5 stars for this fascinating sci-fi novel
The Choice by Claire Wadehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My thoughts on Where The Wild Cherries Grow by Laura Madeleine
No rating as did not finish
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Recently finished the new true crime book, Unsolved Murders by Amber Hunt and Emily G Thompson
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It's been a while since Martin Cruz Smith produced another in Arkady Renko series, and
The Siberian Dilemma does not disappoint. 5★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I thought Gemina by Aussies Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff was much better than the first!
Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This Booker winner was such a top book! 5 stars! Not stuffy. One. Little. Bit. :D
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
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Book #1 of Robert Bryndza's new Kate Marshall series, Nine Elms was pretty good, but not quite Erika Foster standard. I will check out #2 Shadow Sands when it is published, though. 4★s
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Thanks to Wollongong City Libraries, I really enjoyed listening to Aiofe McMahon’s brilliant narration of The Ruin (who doesn’t love an Irish accent?) and the only tiny niggles are the hints of South African, American and New Zealand vowels, at times, in Maude’s Australian accent. And after her first 15 years in Ireland and then some 18 years in Australia, shouldn’t it be more Irish and less Aussie? The audiobook stated “unabridged”. I think, perhaps, “enhanced” might describe it better, as there was an extra bit in chapter 20 that definitely wasn’t in the final print. 5★s for this one too
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I picked up You and Me by Aussie artist and author Michael Leunig from one of those street libraries because, well, a bit of Leunig's always entertaining, isn't it? And now it can go back for someone else to be entertained.4★s
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My review, outstanding book particularly for those interested in Historical Fiction.
5 stars
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A Good Neighbourhood by Therese Anne Fowlerhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Saving Missy by Beth Morrey is bound to be a favourite of many. Old lady, cute dog, new friends. 
3★ Link to my review
My review for Jim C. Hines fun scifi novel
Terminal Alliancehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A little something to go with your afternoon cup of coffee....4 Stars (rounded up from a high 3)
My review for Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
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My review of Truths I Never Told You by Kelly Rimmer
4 and a half stars
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I enjoyed these charming short stories that are a prequel to P.F. Chisholm's Sir Robert Carey historical mystery series, showing us Sir Robert as a young boy. Thanks to Phrynne and Patty for finding these little free gems!
A Pest of a Boy (free on amazon.com)
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A Boy in Trouble (free on the author's website https://www.patriciafinney.com/books/)
my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A bright comic spark of a collection from my favourite Australian woman cartoonist 5 Stars
If You Can't Stand the Heat by Judy Horacek
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Having recently read another novel ( The Two Lives of Lydia Bird) which started out the same way (grieving widow mourning the love of her life suddenly taken) I can categorically state that this one, Come Again is MUCH, MUCH better. I do like a bit of time travel and I enjoyed the resolution in the final chapter. Basically I loved it and I can’t wait to see what actor, comedian and author Robert Webb does next. It’s out in April so I suggest you pre-order or reserve at the library now.
5★s
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I enjoyed many of the old poems in Around the Boree Log and Other Verses by John O'Brien, especially “We’ll all be rooned, said Hanrahan”, the eternal pessimist. Always fun to read these.
3★ Link to my Boree Log review
The Apartment by K.L. Slater was an entertaining read but had a lot of plot holes and wasn't up to Slater's usual standard.my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Elizabethan England - Shakespeare and Marlowe as minor characters with questionable ethics - great mix of real and imagined characters in P.F. Chisholm’s entertaining Sir Robert Carey historical mystery series. Loved A Murder of Crows.
4.5★ Link to my Murder of Crows review
I can't stop thinking about this memoir, I finished it a couple of days ago, published last year. Had quite an impact on me. 4 Stars
The Cherry Picker's Daughter by Kerry Reed-Gilbert
My no spoiler review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished (finally)
North by Brian Martin. Too dull for my tastes. 2.5★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Little Paris Patisserie by Julie CaplinThe Little Paris Patisserie
3 and a half stars
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Just had a fizzer of a read. It's a shame, because I was hoping for insight into the plight of those hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram. It's also longlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize. 2 Stars
Girl by Edna O'Brien
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Bad luck Kim :(
Finished up the Illuminae Files with Obsidio
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and also returned to my childhood a bit with Fruits Basket Another, Vol. 1 by Natsuki Takaya
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⭐️5 Stars, for thriller fans, creepy!!!⭐️Dear Child by Romy Hausmann
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I'm really enjoying this Aussie cozy seriesDisguising Demons by Brigid George
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My review for
The Sin Eater by Megan Campisi. Set in the 16th century it features a young girl forced to ‘eat’ people’s sins that they confess before dying in the form of specific foods.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
For those that like memoirs of Australian women writers. Published 20 years ago but I thoroughly enjoyed it. 5 Stars from me. 
Half A Lifetime by Judith A. WrightMy Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This Aussie horror will live a long time in my mind. Loved it.The Roo by Alan Baxter
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