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message 2451: by Andrea (new)
Oct 07, 2020 08:13PM

Andrea | 2164 comments The 2019 joint-winner of the Booker, Girl, Woman, Other, gets 3★ from me. Usually I prefer a little more plot, but what little there was, was magnificently well-done.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo


message 2453: by Marianne (last edited Oct 08, 2020 06:34PM) (new)
Oct 08, 2020 11:18AM

Marianne (cloggiedownunder) | 9975 comments Chris Hammer's third Martin Scarsden book, Trust takes the reader on quite a roller-coaster ride around Sydney's streets, with a pretty high body count by the end. Excellent Aussie crime fiction.
5★s

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 2454: by Marianne (new)
Oct 08, 2020 11:29AM

Marianne (cloggiedownunder) | 9975 comments Fiona Macleod's narration of Sophie Green's first novel, The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club, is an absolute pleasure to listen to.
5★s

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 2457: by Dale (last edited Oct 08, 2020 05:04PM) (new)
Oct 08, 2020 05:03PM

Dale Harcombe | 6879 comments My review of Gracie's Secret by Jill Childs
Gracie's Secret by Jill Childs
2 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 2459: by Dale (new)
Oct 08, 2020 08:35PM

Dale Harcombe | 6879 comments My review of The Godmothers by Monica McInerney
The Godmothers by Monica McInerney
5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 2460: by Marianne (new)
Oct 08, 2020 10:07PM

Marianne (cloggiedownunder) | 9975 comments Shadow Sands the second book in Robert Bryndza's Kate Marshall series is out early November, and as good as the first.
4★s

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 2462: by PattyMacDotComma (new)
Oct 09, 2020 02:50AM

PattyMacDotComma | 3299 comments Good Girl, Bad Girl (there's more than one!) by favourite, award-winning Aussie crime writer Michael Robotham is excellent!
Good Girl, Bad Girl (Cyrus Haven, #1) by Michael Robotham 4.5★ Link to Good Girl, Bad Girl review


message 2463: by PattyMacDotComma (new)
Oct 09, 2020 02:50AM

PattyMacDotComma | 3299 comments Anabasis is a very short story by Amal El-Mohtar and is free online. How "she persisted", I don't know. A must-read.

Anabasis by Amal El-Mohtar 5★ Link to review of Anabasis (with a link to the story)


message 2469: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)
Oct 09, 2020 09:27PM

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
My review for Letters from Berlin by Tania Blanchard Letters from Berlin by Tania Blanchard

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 2470: by Marianne (last edited Oct 09, 2020 11:54PM) (new)
Oct 09, 2020 11:49PM

Marianne (cloggiedownunder) | 9975 comments It's four years since I read the print version of Derek B. Miller's second novel, The Girl in Green, so I'd forgotten, a little, how good it is. Robert Slade's excellent narration of the audio version really brings it to life and served to remind me just what an excellent read this is.
5★s

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 2471: by Denisa (last edited Oct 10, 2020 12:00AM) (new)
Oct 09, 2020 11:59PM

Denisa Arsene | 23 comments https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
My review of Agatha Christie's "And There Were None".


message 2472: by Marianne (new)
Oct 10, 2020 01:38AM

Marianne (cloggiedownunder) | 9975 comments At age 65, I like to think that my enjoyment of children's fiction, in this case, The Lost Soul Atlas, reflects not my (im)maturity, but the literary talent of Australian author, Zana Fraillon.
5★s

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 2473: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)
Oct 10, 2020 01:47AM

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
Did you read her previous one Marianne? The Ones That Disappeared


message 2474: by Marianne (new)
Oct 10, 2020 01:52AM

Marianne (cloggiedownunder) | 9975 comments Brenda wrote: "Did you read her previous one Marianne? The Ones That Disappeared"

No I haven't, Brenda.


message 2475: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)
Oct 10, 2020 01:55AM

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
I quite enjoyed that one, but decided against this newest one when I read the blurb.


message 2478: by Phrynne, Series Queen! (new)
Oct 10, 2020 02:22PM

Phrynne | 15797 comments Mod
Denisa wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
My review of Agatha Christie's "And There Were None"."

Wrong link Denisa!


message 2479: by Jeanette (new)
Oct 10, 2020 05:12PM

Jeanette | 400 comments People of Abandoned Character by Clare Whitfield

5 stars loved the read, fabulous first book.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 2480: by Carolyn (new)
Oct 10, 2020 05:57PM

Carolyn | 9837 comments I was expecting an interesting read in this novel about female WW2 correspondents but was disappointed that it was more of a light adventure. Lots of 5★ reviews but only 2★ from me.

The Last Correspondent by Soraya M. Lane The Last Correspondent by Soraya M. Lane

review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 2481: by PattyMacDotComma (new)
Oct 10, 2020 06:22PM

PattyMacDotComma | 3299 comments This is a terrific, informative eye-catching graphic book for kids, teens, adults - folx - with advice and actions for everybody: This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work by Tiffany Jewell.

It should be in all schools and libraries.
This Book Is Anti-Racist 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work by Tiffany Jewell 5★ Link to my review of Anti-Racist, 20 Lessons with some of the artwork.


message 2482: by PattyMacDotComma (new)
Oct 10, 2020 06:22PM

PattyMacDotComma | 3299 comments Michelle Obama is an excellent example of "Nevertheless, she persisted", which has become a feminist cry.

In her memoir, Becoming, she takes us from Chicago's Southside to Ivy League universities to the White House. Great read, great audio as well.
Becoming by Michelle Obama 5★ Link to my review of Becoming


message 2483: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)
Oct 10, 2020 09:39PM

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
Carolyn wrote: "I was expecting an interesting read in this novel about female WW2 correspondents but was disappointed that it was more of a light adventure. Lots of 5★ reviews but only 2★ from me.

[bookcover:The..."

I have only read one of this author's and that was enough to know her writing is not for me :) Sorry you were disappointed too Carolyn.


message 2484: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)
Oct 10, 2020 09:40PM

Brenda | 79989 comments Mod
My review for Magic Lessons (Practical Magic) by Alice Hoffman Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 2485: by Alex (last edited Oct 10, 2020 11:14PM) (new)
Oct 10, 2020 11:13PM

Alex Cantone | 982 comments My (belated) review of A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO DIE A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO DIE (An Emmanuel Cooper Mystery Book 1) by Malla Nunn by AA Malla Nunn 5★

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 2490: by Carolyn (new)
Oct 12, 2020 04:31AM

Carolyn | 9837 comments Tana French's new novel The Searcher by Tana French The Searcher is a slower paced, character driven mystery than her Dublin Murder series.

review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 2491: by Phrynne, Series Queen! (new)
Oct 12, 2020 12:58PM

Phrynne | 15797 comments Mod
My review of ExSpelled by Morgana Best ExSpelled (The Kitchen Witch, #5) by Morgana Best

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 2492: by PattyMacDotComma (new)
Oct 12, 2020 07:05PM

PattyMacDotComma | 3299 comments I've enjoyed articles by Ta-Nehisi Coates and wish I'd liked The Water Dancer as much as everybody else has. The slave trade was (and still is) appalling.
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates 3.5★ Link to my Water Dancer review


message 2495: by Dale (new)
Oct 12, 2020 09:04PM

Dale Harcombe | 6879 comments My review of Last Day by Luanne Rice
Last Day by Luanne Rice
2 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 2496: by Marianne (new)
Oct 12, 2020 09:18PM

Marianne (cloggiedownunder) | 9975 comments Fans of horror short stories might like to get a sample of twenty authors with After Sundown, edited by Mark Morris. A mixed bag, but some excellent stories, so overall, 4★s

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 2497: by Marianne (new)
Oct 12, 2020 09:33PM

Marianne (cloggiedownunder) | 9975 comments I was disappointed in the audio of Bill Bryson's early work, Neither Here Nor There. Not narrated by the author, the tone is altered and not as benign as I remember it being thirty years ago.
3★s

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 2499: by Marianne (new)
Oct 12, 2020 11:52PM

Marianne (cloggiedownunder) | 9975 comments I love Monica McInerney's latest novel, The Godmothers (anyone who knows me well knows that I can really identify with a list-making, organised protagonist)
5★s

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 2500: by Carolyn (new)
Oct 13, 2020 12:44AM

Carolyn | 9837 comments Brenda wrote: "I have only read one of this author's and that was enough to know her writing is not for me :) Sorry you were disappointed too Carolyn.
.."

I'm glad to know it's not just me! it has a lot of 5★ reviews!


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