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My review of The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Recently read Honky Tonk Samurai by Joe R. Lansdale
My 5 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of This I Know by Eldonna Edwards
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Greeks Bearing Gifts
by the late Philip Kerr 3.5★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Murder on a Mississippi Steamboat by Leighann Dobbshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Lock In by John Scalzi is a fun futuristic thriller set in a post pandemic world.review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift as part of my 'read the classics personal challenge. I did have to keep reminding myself it was 300 years old and it was certainly far from a complete pleasure. Very interesting though.Here is my review, be warned, it is almost as long as the actual book....
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just re-read an old favourite. This is a book that (in a small way) changed my life. Chimerahttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Kim wrote: "Couldn't help but give this one 5 StarsEnjoyed it so much more than I was expecting to, very pleased it's made it to the 2020 Miles Franklin longlist.
[book:The..."The first book by Birch I read was the same; I just could not believe how much I liked it!
4 stars for *historical fiction*
The Paris Model by Aussie Author Alexandra Joelhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have to admit that I have had Sebastian Barry's 19th Century novel Days Without End sitting in my TBR for a while, but when I saw that the sequel/companion volume, A Thousand Moons was available on NetGalley, I thought I' better hop to and read this first. And as you'd expect from this author, a moving and powerful read, full of beautiful prose, even from the voice of this uneducated 19th C Irish immigrant.4.5★s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I love audio books! Having a story read to me while I do chores, drive somewhere, bliss. I love Bolinda audio books. I love Wollongong City Library. I love Borrowbox. I'd already read Anne Tyler's latest, Redhead by the Side of the Road, but I really enjoyed having it read to me by MacLeod Andrews, and I'm sure I laughed out loud even more than when I was reading from the book.
5★s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Continuing my impulsive re-read of LOTR, I've just finished The Two Towers
Tolkien sure does love describing plants!
I'm still enamoured, though. No change to those 5 stars. :)
Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Krystal wrote: "Continuing my impulsive re-read of LOTR, I've just finished The Two TowersTolkien sure does love describing plants!
I'm still enamoured, though. ..."
Intriguing, I don't remember that much plant love, unless you mean the Ents?
Deborah wrote: "Krystal wrote: "Continuing my impulsive re-read of LOTR, I've just finished The Two TowersTolkien sure does love describing plants!
I'm still ena..."
Haha to elaborate, during book 4, Tolkien likes to describe Frodo and Sam's surrounds. Which involves flowers, grass, herbs, trees, etc.
Krystal wrote: "Deborah wrote: "Krystal wrote: "Continuing my impulsive re-read of LOTR, I've just finished The Two TowersTolkien sure does love describing plants..."
Ah yes, the swamps? I seem to remember when I first read them that section seemed to go on forever.
My review for Kafka on the Shorehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Also a short review for a Kafka short story mentioned in the above
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Summer at Urchin's Bluff by Eliza Bennetts
3 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I always enjoy books featuring K9 dogs and this was quite a good read. 
The Finders by Jeffrey B. Burtonreview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm sure a lot of readers are familiar with Montessori schools, but I bet they don't know Maria Montessori was the first woman in Italy to go to medical school. Maria Montessori by Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara is designed for little kids, but I learned a lot, too. 
4★ Link to my 'Montessori' review with illustrations
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, written by Carson McCullers when she was only 23, has become a classic of the American South - 1930s Georgia. Great characters!
4★ Link to my 'Heart' review
Aussie author Cassie Hamer's second novel, The End of Cuthbert Close is an enjoyable tale about the residents of a cul-de-sac that has a few red herrings to keep you guessing. I will definitely be trying out the Melted Snickers Mug Cake!!5★s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finally! My review for:
Below Deck by Sophie Hardcastle*Warning may contain spoilers.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4⭐️'s
My review of Blood Strand, the
by Chris Ould: a handy "O" for A-Z authors, and a good mystery too. 4★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Another masterpiece from AA Robbie Arnott is on the way! Here's my review for The Rain Heronhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
AND IT'S DONE.Here ends my re-read of Lord of the Rings.
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Having thoroughly enjoyed the first Perveen Mistry book, A Murder at Malabar Hill, I would have to say that Sujata Massey has outdone it with the second book in this series, The Satapur Moonstone, and I really hope she has a lot more of them planned. I'd probably never choose to read about India in the 1920s, but with Perveen Mistry guiding me through, I definitely want more.5★s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Daughters of Gentlemen by Linda Stratmann
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I enjoyed Jeffery Deaver's first book in his series featuring a quadriplegic detective. 
The Bone Collector review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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