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Author Beth Miller gives us The Missing Letters of Mrs Bright, to explain Kay's coming-of-(middle)-age attempt to jump into life without a safety net. 
3★ Link to my "Missing Letters" review
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I do, more or less:) At the moment I have more reading time than usual!
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Buried Angels by Patricia Gibney is the eighth book in this addictive crime series featuring DI Lottie Parker.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Anstey Harris's new book The Museum of Forgotten Memories, also published as Where We Belong is even better than her first. 5★s from me
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I won a e-copy of Taking Tom Murray Home from the author Tim Slee via GoodReads but the format was too tiny for my 65-year-old eyes and there was no way to enlarge it. But maybe this was a cloud with a silver lining, because I noticed that Wollongong City Libraries had an audio copy on Borrowbox, read by Stig Wemyss, and what an absolute pleasure he is to listen to!! Funny, topical and moving, this is a truly entertaining read.5★s
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An enjoyable, but forgettable, murder mysteryNext Door by Blake Pierce
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I'm starting to really enjoy Robert Crais' PI Elvis Cole series now that I'm up to episode three:
Lullaby Town review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Marianne wrote: "I won a e-copy of Taking Tom Murray Home from the author Tim Slee via GoodReads but the format was too tiny for my 65-year-old eyes and there was no way to enlarge..."I loved that book Marianne. Glad the audio worked for you.
Nothing nice to say about this one, unfortunately!The King's Spy by Andrew Swanston
Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A book that spans pre-history through to the present day, narrated by an extinct mammoth, a book that makes you think and laugh and keeps you interested? And gets my husband reading it too? Not every author can pull that off, but Chris Flynn does it with ease in Mammoth. Out today, this one is clever and perceptive and hugely entertaining. Thanks to UQP
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Roger Ebert was a Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic, but before that, he was a classmate and friend of mine, so of course I've always enjoyed his reminiscences. I wrote some comments about his memoir, Life Itself, but I didn't 'rate' it, just gave it "two thumbs up"! 
My thoughts about "Life Itself"
Another on my long-standing TBR list,
Distress Signals by Catherine Ryan Howard turned out to be a stylish thriller after all. 4★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Had hoped to avoid any DNF this year, and though swimming against the tide, I found
The Book Thief by AA Markus Zusak a train-wreck too far; morbid. mawkish, pretentious. DNF at page 329
3.5 stars for this upcoming contemporary/domestic fiction release
The Extraordinary Hope of Dawn Brightside by Jessica Rynhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I enjoyed
Firedrake's Eye by Patricia Finney, a tale of Elizabethan espionage.my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of the fabulous book 🐙 The Octopus and I by Erin Hortle
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Just because I felt like a change from thrillers I read this light and easy romance set in Italy 
Finding Edward by Suzanne McKenna Linkmy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Alex wrote: "Another on my long-standing TBR list, Distress Signals by Catherine Ryan Howard turned out to be a stylish thriller after all...."I wasn't particularly blown away by The Book Thief myself, so I don't think you really missed a lot. Definitely over-hyped in my opinion.
Well, this one was pretty full on. I gave myself nightmares reading it before I went to sleep, so it's one for those who don't mind a bit of horror in their thrillers. Very well written, fast paced and utterly compelling.
The Hunted by Aussie author Gabriel Bergmoserreview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield
5 stars
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Private Investigations: Mystery Writers on the Secrets, Riddles, and Wonders in Their Lives I grabbed this collection of short non-fiction pieces from twenty mystery authors from NetGalley because Sulari Gentill was one of them, although I have read some of the others too. It is a mixed bag, some are wordier than they need to be, but Sulari’s piece is a highlight. Of the authors I haven’t read, Robert Dugoni’s contribution makes me definitely want to seek out his work. Some are 3★ reads, a few, 5★s. Overall, 4★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I actually think this is the best thread on GR, but I've only recently found it so I'm including a small number of reviews that are less than current.I thought Last Drinks started out really well, but...
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I thought Last Drinks started o..."
A shame you've missed it for so long Adrian - we've had it for years :) At least you've got it now!
Some light reading about a grumpy old man who finds redemptionOut of Sorts by Aurélie Valognes
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My review for
The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle by Sophie Greenhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just in time for our April read!
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https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...My review of Eusum Kim's "A thousand miles to freedom: my escape from North Korea "
Brenda wrote: A shame you've missed it for so long Adrian - we've had it for years :) At least you've got it now!I tend to dip in and out of GR because I'm usually pretty busy. Most of my GR time has been spent in the Historical fiction groups (for which I have a passion) but this is a dangerously addictive thread bristling with good ideas (and some really good reviewers) so I have to be careful I don't get lost in it.
My review for Girl in the Rearview Mirror by Kelsey Rae Dimberg, which was addictive but ultimately a little disappointing.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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I tend to dip in and out of GR because I'm usually pretty busy. Most of my GR time..."
We'll help add to your TBR for you ;)
Brenda wrote: "Adrian wrote: "Brenda wrote: A shame you've missed it for so long Adrian - we've had it for years :) At least you've got it now!I tend to dip in and out of GR because I'm usually pretty busy. Mos..."
No doubt about that! My TBR grows at an alarming rate.
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I don't have a TBR except in my head. That would really complicate my life if I had one of those making me feel guilty every day.I probably do as much writing as reading and would get waaaay behind schedule with a TBR.
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