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Oct 17, 2021 10:20AM
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood - 4 stars - My Review
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Whetting the appetite for domestic explorations -
100 Great American Parks by Stephanie PearsonMy review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4292858137
Fun with 50 States: A Big Activity Book for Kids about the Amazing United States by Nicole ClaesenMy review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4292857493
I recently reviewed the Andy Warhol book from this series by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, and he always makes me think of Marilyn Monroe, whose rise from lonely little girl to fabulous movie star is captured here (sadly no Warhol pictures).
5★ Link to my review of Marilyn Monroe with several illustrations.
The Incredible Winston Browne by Sean Dietrich is a warm, poignant heartstring-tugger about small town America in the 1950s. Readers will eat it up, I bet.
4★ Link to my Winston Browne review
I have been spending a lot of time in my car lately, so I have been catching up on audiobooks. This is a good one, available for free on Audible with a subscription (your results may vary):
The Coming Storm by Michael Lewis
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished the second book in the Sherlockian "IQ" series:
Righteous by Joe Ide
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading the prequel to The Shadow of the Wind:
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Wonderfully written memoir set in Indonesia in the 1930s:House in Bali by Colin McPhee - 4 stars - My Review
Sea themes:
Octopus, Seahorse, JellyfishMy review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4299696551
The World of Coral Reefs: Explore and Protect the Natural Wonders of the SeaMy review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4299694010
4 stars but I didn't love this one as much as I wanted to
The Lincoln Highwayhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez - 4 stars - My Review
The Ninja Betrayed by Tori Eldridge - best installment so far as third's the charmMy review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4184893655
What a fantastic cover and what an odd book. The 1800s were full of fortune-hunters, in all senses of the word, all over the world. Fortune by Aussie author Lenny Bartulin is wild historical fiction.
4.5★ Link to my review of Fortune
Finally! I have met Sebastian St. Cyr! His first adventure, in What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris, is an atmospheric murder mystery in 19th century England.
4.5★ Link to my review of What Angels Fear
I finished the OG (Original Gothic) novel
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading
The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories by Arthur Machen
I enjoy journals and diaries and historical mysteries, so I was hopeful about The Secrets of Elloughton Park by Stephen Taylor. I liked it!
4★ Link to my Elloughton Park review
Practice reading English with a good story! Canadian author Louise Penny wrote The Hangman for a Canadian literacy project. This short novella is #6.5 in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series, written in simpler language but still with our favourite characters in Three Pines. It's an excellent choice for adults learning to read and/or learning English. Great project!
5★ Link to my Hangman review
After a long hiatus, Ilona Andrews have returned to their Kinsnen series with this novella -
Fated BladesI haven't read the preceding installments which were really just short stories. There's plenty of world-building here with a Sci-fi setting instead of their usual UF.
My review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just read Life’s Not Yoga by Jacqui Burnett. Absolutely wonderful and what an engaging voice. I’ve rated it 5 stars and I highly recommend it. Check it out, so inspiring, real and powerful. I love the title too. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
I finished the fifth Discworld novel
Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading the final installment in the Winternight trilogy started by The Bear and the Nightingale:
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
I'm listening to/reading
as I commute to and from work (for a November book group at my library), and it's amazing!I'm also reading
because I found it on a YA shelf at the library I am subbing at. Also trying to finish (difficult due to time!)
so that I can read
for a Goodreads November challenge (last of a series).Also checking out a few graphic novels:
So, in other words, barely reading. [eye roll]
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan - 4 stars - My Review
Under Red Skies: Three Generations of Life, Loss, and Hope in China by Karoline Kan - 4 stars - My Review
Silverview was the last complete manuscript John le Carré left behind. It has just been published by his estate -My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4302579893
I finished the Russian dystopian classic
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading the award-winning Aussie crime thriller
The Broken Shore by Peter Temple
After reading an ARC for Fated Blades by Ilona Andrews, I looked up the 2 preceding installments.
Silent Blade #1My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4314911062
Silver Shark #2My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4314912139
BOO! If anyone is looking for a good spooky story to share for the Halloween season, I recommend Click-Clack the Rattlebag by master storyteller Neil Gaiman. It's free to download, and there's also a YouTube video of him reading it. Details in my review.
5★ Link to my Click Clack review
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