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Here is my review for Akwaeke Emezi's new book, The Death of Vivek Oji. highly recommended.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Ann Cleeves's latest murder mystery featuring Vera Stanhope, set in freezing snowy weather seemed very appropriate during this cold wintery snap in the southern part of our continent 
The Darkest Eveningreview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of
The Whitstable Pearl Mystery by Julie Wassmer3 and a half stars
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I admit I'm very late to the party with this one, but I thought it was hugely entertaining, especially the chemically enhanced bits. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
5★s
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Melissa wrote: "Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Started The Culture series, this one didn't blow me away but it set the scene for the following books. This is supposed to be one of the be..."
I also was not blown away by it, but I did not read it first - I was warned! I actually read one of the later ones first then came back to it and I am glad I did, as I might not have kept going if this had been my first contact :)
My review of Sleep State Interrupt by T. C. Weber. Sleep State Interrupt is a dystopian, science-fiction novel set a few decades into the future. In this world, the government has been taken over by corporate interests and America is suffering as the global elite loot the country for its wealth. An unlikely hero appears in the form of Waylee, an ex-reporter with a psychological condition, who is hell bent on bringing her tormentors to justice. It traces her winding journey as she assembles a (somewhat) reliable team and overcomes the raw power of the State to give America its last, and perhaps final, wake-up call.
Melissa wrote: "Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Started The Culture series, this one didn't blow me away but it set the scene for the following books. This is supposed to be one of the be..."
I'm a huge sci-fi fan but do not get the hype over the Culture series. Consider Phlebas was a plotless yawn for me.
I swore after Inferno that I would never read Dan Brown again.Sigh...my review of Origin
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Another great read from AA Michael Robotham, my review of
The Other Wife 5★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
GUYS. I LOVED THIS SO MUCH!!!Flyaway by (AA) Kathleen Jennings
Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Recently finished a delicious blend of book/horror/and fantasy in the form of The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review for The Deadly Hours by Susanna Kearsley, Anna Lee Huber, Christine Trent and C.S. Harris, an anthology of four historical suspense novellas all linked by a cursed watch. Good fun!review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It's no secret I'm partial to Sir Robert Carey and his Elizabethan escapades, and I loved An Air of Treason, number 6 in P.F. Chisholm's historical mystery series.
5★ Link to my Air of Treason review
4 stars for the dark and confronting
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russellhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The House at Mermaid's Cove by Lindsay Jayne Ashfordhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Beach at Painter's Cove by Shelley Noble
3 stars.
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Richard Osman's debut novel,
The Thursday Murder Club is a fun cosy mystery set in a retirement villagereview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Usually, after reading the print or e-book version of a novel, I find that listening to the audio book enhances the whole experience. Sadly, this is not the case with Anni Taylor's One Last Child . I believe the narrator to be poorly chosen, as she has a sharp, jarring voice, making the whole experience, frankly, less than pleasant when one has to endure fifteen hours of it. Strangely, her voice is much more tolerable when she narrates Nine Perfect Strangers. Due to the length, the unconvincing motive and plot holes, I gave the print version 3.5★s. I can only give the audio 3★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The Last Lions of Africa: Stories from the Frontline in the Battle to Save a Species by Anthony Hamhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My first audio book experience! The Hospital: The First Mountain Man Story by Keith C. Blackmore
An interesting experience! I may dabble again some time. :)
My review is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review for
Disgrace also known as
The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsenhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It seems that whatever Maggie O'Farrell turns her hand to, it ends up brilliant. Hamnet is no exception, just my kind of historical fiction. Have the tissues ready though.5 big ★s
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Litrpg (literary role playing games) are definitely not my usual genre but this audiobook from Netgalley was a lot of fun.
Planet Hero: Civilian by M.A. Carlsonreview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
House of Correction a stand-alone from Nicci French was entertaining. A moody, irascible woman disliked by the whole village is accused of murder when a body is found in her shed.my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3.5 stars for
Stars Over the Southern Ocean by Aussie Author J.H. Fletcherhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The Life She Imagines by Maggie Christensenhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of
Lost Girls by Angela Marsons. 3.5★ rounded to 4★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
While I didn't enjoy the narrator's reading in a previous book, in Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty, Caroline Lee does a very good job of enhancing the text. 5★s
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The second installment of Graham Brack's Master Mercurius Mysteries series, Untrue till Death is just as entertaining as the first. Looking forward to #3, Dishonour and Obey5★s
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Karlyn Stephen has absolutely the perfect voice and accent to narrate this delightful little dose of Isabel Dalhousie: Sweet, Thoughtful Valentine: An Isabel Dalhousie Story by Alexander McCall Smith5★s
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