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Carol J.'s Books Read in 2021
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Persona Non Grata by Ruth Downie - Gaius Petreius Ruso and Tilla, are headed to his home in Gaul. There he finds that his family is almost bankrupt... and of course there is a death. *** 6/20/21
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The Supreme Macaroni Company by Adriana Trigiani - The next part of Valentine's life after she and Luca marry. *** 6/22/2021
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The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec - The retelling of the Norse story of Loki, his giantess wife and his children. It was a slow starter, but am glad I finished it. *** 6/22/2021
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Maximum Ride, Vol. 1 by NaRae Lee - The graphic novel version of James Patterson's Maximum Ride series. *** 6/23/21
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Desolation Mountain by William Kent Krueger - I'm so sad! I am all caught up on this series. Now I have to wait... In this story, Cork O'Connor investigates a missing plane that is carrying a senator. Now I wait for the sequel and the series prequel. **** 6/24/2021
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The Promised Neverland, Vol. 10 by Kaiu Shirai - The kid's time on Goldy Pond continues until someone comes to their aid. *** 6/28/21
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The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks - I first read this book about 40 years ago. I liked it, but did not fall in love with it, like I did with Tolkien's Lord of the Ring Series. Shea Ohmsford is a Shannara descendant and must play a part in the demise of the Warlock Lord. *** 6/29/2021
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The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks - I first read this book about 40 years ago. I liked it, but did not fall in love with it, like I did with Tolkien..."I haven't read the books but I watched the first season of the TV show when it was on MTV. Haven't seen the rest when it went to...Netflix, I think. Maybe just one more season.
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The Orphan by Clarence E. Mulford - This is the story of a cowboy known as "The Orphan". *** 7/1/2021
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Shipwreck by Maureen Jennings - A sweet prequel to the Detective Murdoch series. *** 7/5/2021
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The Rustlers of West Fork by Louis L'Amour - Louis L'Amour's take on Hopalong Cassidy. Hoppy is delivering money to his friend, Dick Jordan. When he gets to the Jordan ranch, he finds out that Dick and his daughter are being held hostage. *** 7/6/2021
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I Always Loved You by Robin Oliveira - The story of Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas’s romance. *** 7/6/2021
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The Sunday Potluck Club by Melissa Storm - Amy is a teacher in Alaska. She reaches out to help a troubled student and finds much more. *** 7/8/21
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Oh Danny Boy by Rhys Bowen - Daniel Sullivan is in jail. He claims to be blackmailed and wrongly jailed. He calls for Molly and asks her for help. *** 7/8/21
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Lost Among the Living by Simone St. James - This book definitely had a Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier vibe. Jo Manders is a war widow, who, out of necessity works as a paid companion to her husband's wealthy aunt, Dottie Forsyth. **** 7/10/2021
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Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs - Tarzan goes back to the city of Opar to mine gems and gold. He is with a Belgian and a Middle Easterner. He gets in a fight, hits his head and looses his memory. *** 7/11/2021
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The Promised Neverland, Vol. 11 by Kaiu Shirai - There are lots of kids with injuries (including Emma) as the kids of Goldy Pond fight the demons. But there was a surprise from someone we haven't seen in a while... *** 7/11/2021
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The House of Hades by Rick Riordan - Percy and Annabeth are stuck in Tartarus. The rest of the gang are still dealing with their issues. **** 7/11/21
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The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History by Nathalia Holt - This was a good book, but it kind of breaks my heart to see how women were treated up until recently. The Disney Studios workshops was a prime example of a hostile workplace. I know they were not exclusive in their treatment... Sad to say, that's just how it was. Despite that, a few female superstars managed to prevail... not without heartache. *** 7/12/21
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The Forgotten Flapper: A Novel of Olive Thomas by Laini Giles - A historic fiction telling (by the ghost) of the career of real life, silent star Olive Thomas and her marriage to Jack Pickford, the silent star Mary Pickford's brother. *** 7/12/2021
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The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran - This book is full of stories of the hard lives of many of the women in China. The book was written in the late 80s and I do not know if conditions improved for them. I hope so. *** 7/14/2021
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The Family Corleone by Edward Falco - This book goes back in time before Vito Corleone became the Godfather and Sonny first got into the family business. **** 7/15/2021
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The Land Beneath Us by Sarah Sundin - A sweet finish to the Sunrise at Normandy series. Leah Jones meets Clay Paxton and they develop a slow, sweet relationship. **** 7/17/2021
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Tender Is the Bite by Spencer Quinn - Chet and Bernie are hired by a frightened young woman, but she flees before they can get any info from her. *** 7/18/2021
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Death in Daylesford by Kerry Greenwood - I liked this story of Phryne Fisher and her assistant, Dot. They travel to Daylesford for a vacation. They find much more. Also, her adopted wards also have a tragic mystery to solve. *** 7/23/2021
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The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl by Theodora Goss - The last book in the series :( . Story of Mary Jekyll and the Athena Club, a group of daughters of famous men from 1800s horror stories and other such women who are trying to save one of their members who has been kidnapped! **** 7/23/2021
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The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal - An alternate history where, in 1952, the earth gets hit by a meteorite. It is eventually determined that the temperature of the earth will change so that the world is uninhabitable. This forces people to speed up their work on the space program, so they will be able to leave the planet and find a new home in outer space. **** 7/24/2021
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Articulated Restraint by Mary Robinette Kowal - Ruby has issues while doing a training exercise. *** 7/25/21
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The Lady of Sorrows by Anne Zouroudi - Hermes Diaktoros must solve the mystery of the death of an icon painter and finds more than he expected. **** 7/25/2021
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How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk by Adele Faber - Some good suggestions on how to talk to your teen. Some suggestions were common sense. Some were as easy as showing your teen a little respect. *** 7/27/2021
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UnWholly by Neal Shusterman - The saga continues in the Unwind series. Connor Lassiter, Risa Ward, and Lev Calder are still playing their parts... trying to stay alive and bringing to the surface despicable act of "unwinding". Camus Comprix is also a victim of unwinding. Instead of being "unwound" for parts, he is made up of many, many parts of unwound youth. **** 7/27/2021
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People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry - Poppy and Alex have been good friends for a long time. Both of them know they love the other... but should they tell them? *** 7/27/2021
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The President's Daughter by Bill Clinton and James Patterson - It's just another day in retirement for former U.S. President Michael Keating. His daughter is going off with her boyfriend on a hiking trip in the mountains. Then she gets kidnapped. **** 7/28/2021
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Persuasion by Jane Austen - Anne is betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth. She is persuaded into breaking off the engagement because it seems to be an unworthy match. *** 7/29/21
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Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie - A dead body is discovered at a private girls boarding school. And then another. And then... Poirot does not show up until the last third of the book where he nicely figures out who done it. *** 8/19/2021
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Armada by Ernest Cline - What if all those Sci Fi movies you watched were maybe based on a little bit of truth and the government was putting the information out there, just so we, as a human race might believe. ***** 8/19/2021
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Ever Faithful by Karen Barnett - Elsie Brookes is a Ranger's daughter in Yellowstone National Park. She meets Nate Webber a young man working on the new Civilian Conservation Corp. Sparks fly, but should they? ***** 8/19/2021
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Shoulder Season by Christina Clancy - A book about a Playboy Bunny at a resort in Wisconsin. *** 8/19/2021
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The Missing American by Kwei Quartey - A new series by Kwei Quartey. An American man gets hoodwinked by a "woman" he meets on Facebook and gives her thousands of dollars. He figures out he was taken and goes to Ghana to confront her. Then he goes missing. *** 8/20/21
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Matt Jensen, the Last Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone - The book starts with Matt Jensen as a boy. His family is moving west by wagon. They get held up and he watches as they get killed. As he grows into a man, he swears revenge. **** 8/20/2021
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Spirits of Pepin by Barbara Deese- The book club gets together on a boat outing. They see a boat that looks to be out of control. A couple of the members get on and what they find is a dead body. *** 8/20/2021
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Beach Read by Emily Henry - January Andrews is having a hard time... a break up with her boyfriend, the death of her father, writers block. Augustus Everett, another writer is going through a divorce. He also happens to be January's next door neighbor. They reunite after several years. *** 8/20/2021
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Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich - Stephanie's good friend and coworker Lula witnesses a murder and needs protection. **** 8/20/2021
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Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson - David is kidnapped and sent to America. *** 8/20/2021
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The Bungalow Mystery by Carolyn Keene - While on the water, Nancy is saved by a young teenage girl. Nancy in turn, helps her out. *** 8/21/2021
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Songs in Ursa Major by Emma Brodie - The highs and lows of Jane Quinn's music career. **** 8/21/2021
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The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys - This was a slow starter and a bit of a hard book to read. It was based on real events that happened after the Spanish Civil War. *** 8/21/2021
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Reborn in the USA: An Englishman's Love Letter to His Chosen Home by Roger Bennett - A very fun and funny telling of Roger Bennett's obsession with the US in his younger years. Thanks for the love, Roger. **** 8/22/2021
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Beach Rental by Grace Greene - Somehow Juli Cooke is talked into marrying a dying man, Ben Bradshaw. What starts out as a platonic relationship turns into something more. *** 8/23/2021
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While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory - Anna Gardiner is an up and coming African American female actor. She is working on an ad campaign and meets handsome Ben Stephens. While working on a campaign, Anna has a family emergency. Ben rushes to her aid and then.... *** 8/27/2021
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