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I didn’t quite finish The Secret Lives of People in Love
. Beautiful writing, but overwhelmingly sad . 3 stars.
I finished We Begin at the End
, 5 starsand The Vanished Birds
, a science fiction debut by Simon Jimenez; I'm still mulling the rating which come to me as I write up my review. It will be between a 4 and 5.Not sure what's next. The day will probably bring that.
I'm currently reading
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I always read several at one time. I vary them enough that I don't get confused. Usually LOL.
Upcoming reads - going to have a focus author each month for awhile. April will be Sue Grafton so I'll be trying to read these in her KInsey Millhone series -
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I listened to Survival Lessons
, a gem of a little book. Best one hour I’ve spent in a while. 5 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Eternal
. 5 stars . I loved everything about it. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Currrently reading The Absolutist
I listened to The Didomenico Fragment. 5 stars for a favorite writer. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished Code Name Hélène
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And I have started A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom
I read Dog Flowers: A Memoir
. 4 stars for this sad but hopeful memoir. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...I’m currently reading Unsettled Ground
Finished Unsettled Ground
. 4 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Just starting The Willow Wren
I finished The Willow Wren
, a WWII story from the perspective of a young German boy, based on the author’s father. 4 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Just starting All the Children Are Home. I’m hooked already .
Finished
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& some others. It's been a great reading month. It's surprising because I've been busy getting our Special Olympics athletes back to practicing after over a year. It's wonderful to see them all again. Current reads are
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Finished
. Joe is BBAACCKK!My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Not sure what's up next eeney meanie minie moe!
I read All the Children Are Home
. 5 stars . My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Starting The Souvenir Museum.
I finished Knight's Gambit, a book of short stories with one novella by William Faulkner, 3 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...I have started The Seed Keeper
Finished Our Wild Calling: How Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our Lives—and Save Theirs
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and started
The Performance
I read The Souvenir Museum
. 3.5 stars rounded up for the lovely writing. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show.... Currently reading The Thirty Names of Night.
Finished The Seed Keeper
, 5 starsMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Now, I'm reading, The Hand That First Held Mine
Just finished
. A disturbing one. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...I have 10 books out from the library so I will need to check which one has to go back first!
I read The Thirty Names of Night
. 5 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Just starting The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
I read The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
. 4.5 stars rounded up for it’s importance. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I listened to The Swimmer The Diana Nyad Story
. 4+ stars . A dramatization of a just over an hour. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Finished The Hand That First Held Mine
, 5 starsI'm reading When the Stars Go Dark
And listening to The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
Finished
. An ok one but didn't blow my mind or knock my socks off. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Up Next is
I read Things We Lost to the Water
. 3.5 stars rounded up.I’m so excited to have an ARC of Oh William!, that I’ve got to start it now. I will have come back to the other book I’m reading since I can only read one at a time.
Angela M wrote: "I read Oh William!
. 5 stars for a favorite character and a favorite writer!"Yay!!! I'll have to wait for this one for a few months until it's released.
I finished The Dictionary of Lost Words
. 4+stars . My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Just starting Three Dreamers: A Memoir of Family
Susy wrote: "Finished The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and loved it!Started Crooked Kingdom."
Suzy , I loved Addie LaRue , too.
I don’t read many memoirs, but I enjoyed this one. Three Dreamers: A Memoir of Family
. 4 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Currently reading Night Came with Many Stars
I finished Night Came with Many Stars
. 5 stars and many more . My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Just started Meet Me in Another Life.
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Started The Secret Lives of People in Love, short stories by a fantastic writer.