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I'm very pleased I didn't pick that one up Carolyn...
Here's my review of The Puzzle Solver: A Scientist's Desperate Quest to Cure the Illness that Stole His Son by Tracie White & Ronald W. Davis. It's a collaboration between an investigative journalist (White) and a Stanford geneticist (Davis) detailing Davis's progress in unlocking the mysteries of chronic fatigue syndrome. An interesting and inspiring non-fiction read.
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Here's my review of The Apprentice (Rizzoli & Isles #2) by Tess Gerritsen, a great crime-thriller with well-developed and complex characters and a thrilling conclusion. 
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I have been really looking forward to reading the third book in Sujata Massey's Perveen Mistry series, The Bombay Prince, and I am pleased to say it lived up to my expectations. I'm really enjoying this protagonist and her support characters, and the setting is so interesting!5★s
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3 stars for this mystery/romance by an Aussie Author
The McCalister Legacy by Nicole Hurley-Moorehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Brenda wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "I love Angela Marsons crime novels so thought I'd try her latest novel, a romantic comedy but unfortunately it wasn't for me...."I'm very pleased I didn't pick that one up Carolyn..."
You made a good choice there Brenda!
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My short and sweet review for Loch Ness Revenge by Hunter Shea
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Love Paula McLain’s historical fiction but her first foray into mystery was a little too dark for me.When the Stars Go Dark review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Abbe Holmes does an excellent job of narrating the audio version of Aussie author, Tabitha Bird's debut novel, A Lifetime of Impossible Days. 5★s
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She's Gone is a stand-alone by British author, Susan Wilkins that grabs you from the start, and just when you think it's going one way, first twist kicks in and keeps you guessing from then on. Excellent crime fiction.5★s
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Here's my overdue review for
Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitzhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3.5 stars for this historical fiction
The Chanel Sisters by Judithe Littlehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Do not judge this book by its cover!!!
Aussie journalist, reporter, and writer Rick Morton bared his family's soul in his memoir One Hundred Years of Dirt. His childhood in far outback Queensland sounds like something from a couple of hundred years ago.
4.5~5★ Link to my review of One Hundred Years of Dirt
I see mixed reviews, but I loved Aussie author Robert Hillman's new novel, The Bride of Almond Tree. Communists and Quakers, Moscow and London, Hiroshima and a Victorian country town, all these add up to a moving and thought-provoking love story.5★s
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Malala Yousafzai isa another inspiring Little People BIG DREAMS book from Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara. The Taliban tried to assassinate Malala, but she recovered and went on to become the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
4.5~5★ Link to my review of Malala Yousafzai with several illustrations
A title I couldn't resist which turned out to be a very quick read (mostly illustrations) and mostly told me all the ways you could get murdered
Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnsonreview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book of Lost Threads
A nice turn of phrase but not really my thing 3 stars
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A road trip to track down an unknown father and perform at an international comedy festival. What could possibly go wrong? The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson follows twelve-year-old Norman, his mother, and an old codger to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Don't trust me - many readers just loved this one!
3★ Link to my review of Norman Foreman
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My review of
She Who Became the Sun by AA Shelley Parker-Chan, a sweeping historical saga with a small fantasy element and some gender diverse characters, based on the fourteenth century rebellion that led to the establishment of the Ming dynasty. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Two reviews upIt Started With Paris by Cathy Kelly
3 stars
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The Other Half of Augusta Hope by Joanna Glen
3 and a half stars
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My review of Seventy-Seven Clocks
by Christopher Fowler: a tad disappointing. 3.5★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I've never read any Angela Marsons, and I know her crime fiction is very popular. I see from other reviews that her foray into romcom is not representative of the quality of her writing. If Only is likely to disappoint fans of her crime series.3★s
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3.5 stars for this domestic drama by an Aussie Author
Her Last Words by Kim Kellyhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Cardboard Cowboys by British author, Brian Conaghan is aimed at middle grade readers, but that doesn't stop readers fifty years older than the target age from enjoying it. Moving, thought-provoking and full of humour.5★s
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Carolyn said the same Marianne...
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