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Jun 18, 2020 07:01PM
A favourite author is Aussie Sulari Gentill. I love her historical mystery series, and this episode, Gentlemen Formerly Dressed, is a treat! Rowland and his mates are in 1930s London, trying to elude the Nazis. It's a great mix of high and low society, politics, and murder in pre-war England. 
5★ Link to my 'Gentlemen' review
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All kids love dinosaurs, but not all dinosaurs love each other! I Will Never Forget You by Tatsuya Miyanishi is a children's picture book about a Tyrannosaurus and a little potential "lunch" who become friends. 
My review with pictures
This was a lovely story about books, war time in London and a mystery, recommended read.My review for Finding Eadie by Caroline Beecham
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Gloria wrote: "This was a lovely story about books, war time in London and a mystery, recommended read.My review for Finding Eadie by Caroline Beecham [bookcover:Finding Eadie|53..."
I won't read your review yet Gloria as I have this book here to read shortly.
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When She Was Good by Michael Robothamhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5..."
Bad link Kylie :)
Homeward Bound, the debut novel from British author, Richard Smith is a wonderful, heart-warming read. The music nostalgia can be indulged with the author's Spotify list, and the Simon and Garfunkel earworm won't be the worst one you'll ever have :)5★s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished a great non-fiction read:-White Heat: A History of Britain in the Swinging Sixties, 1964-70 by Dominic Sandbrook
My review is here of a 4* (9/10) read for me:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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My review for 'All the single ladies' by Jane Costello.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
I'm unable to figure out how to link the ..."
In your comment box you click on "add book/author" then follow the prompts :) You can put the link, author and cover pic using that section. Good luck.
me.myshelf.and.i wrote: "A light and interesting read..My review for 'All the single ladies' by Jane Costello.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
I'm unable to figure out how to link the ..."
Sorry to add to your problems 'me' but your link for your review is wrong it goes to the book and not your review. Your review can be found at this address.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
To do this once you have written your review and saved your post go to the top left corner of your screen and you will see a link like the one I have copied above. Highlight and copy this address. Now when you write your comments to the group just paste the address at the bottom of the comment.
Hope that this is a help. If you still have problems anyone in the group will be pleased to help, including myself. Glad to have you on board always nice to meet new members.
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Good luck!
Brenda wrote: "Kylie H wrote: "My review for When She Was Good by Michael Robothamhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5......"
Sorry, Just corrected it!
I've also been reading The Finders by Jeffrey B. Burton this week - it's a great read! Good for lovers of serial killer thrillers; fantastic if you also love animals. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Randolph StowI am probably really late to this party, but I have never read anything by this author before. Didn't even really know who he was when I came across this book on a $1 table. I think this is the best book I have read all year. The writing is practically flawless and I am completely impressed.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished the second book in a promising new crime series by Matt Brolly
The Descentmy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3 stars for *sci-fi*
Ghost Species by Aussie Author James Bradleyhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Since hubby bought me a set of bluetooth earphones, I've been really enjoying listening to audiobooks on my phone (thanks Wollongong City Library and Borrowbox). This, effectively my third reading of Derek B. Miller's brilliant debut novel, Norwegian by Night, is wonderfully read by Sean Mangan, and had me laughing out loud in places where I'm sure I didn't when reading the print version. But also brought me to tears with the last few lines.Of course 5★s again
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I recently read Missing William Tyrrell by Aussie investigative journalist and author Caroline Overington. It's a thorough, sensitive look at the puzzling and ongoing case of three-year-old William's sudden disappearance in 2014.
4★ Link to my William Tyrrell review
What's not to like about a selection of chapters from upcoming books? Publishers Lunch puts out a series of previews which I always look forward to, and Buzz Books 2020: Fall/Winter is as good as ever. Something for everyone, including non-fiction. 
5★ Link to my review of BuzzBooks Fall/Winter 2020 including a link where you can download the BuzzBooks for free.
(sorry Veronica)While the characters in American author, Gregory Sterner's debut novel, Solving Cadence Moore may have been unappealing, the plot was good. Unfortunately the execution was excessively wordy and tested the limits of my patience. I found myself skimming and exhorting the author, out loud, to "just get on with it!"
3★s for the plot
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
COVID-19 aside, Typhoon
is a "thinking" spy thriller by Charles Cumming 4★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review for The Yellow Bird Sings
a beautiful 5 star read by Jennifer Rosner released this year.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley
2 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here's my review for The Wife and the Widow by AA Christian Whitehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finding Edward by American author, Suzanne McKenna Link is a quick little feel-good read, perhaps a little predictable but still very enjoyable4★s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finally bit the bullet and 'read' (mostly skimmed) another accidental romance buy. It was as terrible and trashy as I expected.Entranced by Nora Roberts
Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Ronia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgrenhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I've had two very different but brilliant 5 star reads in one day. Doesn't happen very often, so it's worth noting :DThis 5 star read was published in 2014 about a Pandemic. Beautifully written.
My review of Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Death Comes to the Nursery by Catherine Lloyd
3 and a half stars,
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Spindle City by Jotham Burrello was an interesting family saga set in a Massachusetts cotton manufacturing town in the 1900s.my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The House on Boundary Street by Tea Cooperhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm so glad I suggested that Wollongong City Libraries purchase the Jane Doe series by Victoria Helen Stone. The second book, Problem Child is deliciously dark and laugh-out-loud funny, easily as good as the first.5★s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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