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The novel posits a world in which H..."
If only Hillary had given him the boot........😃
My review of Siren of the Waters
the first Commander Matinova mystery by Michael Genelin. 3.5 starshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Steam Pig
, the first Kramer and Zondi mystery by James McClure. 2.5 starshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Bill,I haven't read your review yet but the book title keeps popping up in my feed.
Gregg
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by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney BoylanA high school romance results in a dead girl and a boy on trial for murder.
Jodi Picoult's books always include a 'big topic' and this one features beekeeping. Good story. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Gregg wrote: "Bill,I haven't read your review yet but the book title keeps popping up in my feed.
Gregg"
I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing, Gregg. LOL
Earlier this week, I finished reading "Letter From New York" by the TV scriptwriter and lover of British literature Helene Hanff (1916-1997).
In this delightful book, Hanff shares with readers excerpts from monthly broadcasts she made to the UK via the BBC radio program Woman's Hour between 1978 and 1984. These excerpts convey with amazing vividness and richness what living in New York was like for Hanff who lived in a small high-rise apartment in the heart of Manhattan.
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by Kate Alice MarshallTwo decades ago Naomi Shaw helped put a serial killer in prison. Now Naomi isn't sure she fingered the right man.
Good suspense thriller. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Maddie Hatter and the Deadly Diamond
by Jayne Barnard 3.0 starshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by James Patterson and Candice FoxDetective Harriet Blue has a double agenda: to prove her brother is innocent of murder and to catch a killer in the Australian outback.
Fast-moving thriller. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Mariah FredericksAn account of the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby from the point of view of the nanny. Though the book is fiction, it's based on real people and real events.
Good book. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Battle of the Atlantic: Gauntlet to Victory
by Ted Barris 4.0 starshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew PerryIn this memoir Matthew Perry (who plays Chandler Bing on Friends) writes about his decades long struggle with drugs and alcohol.
Gives some insight into uncontrollable addiction. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Anne of Windy Poplars
by L.M. Montgomery 3.0 starshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Ottoline and the Yellow Cat
by Chris Riddell 4.0 starshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Goth Girl and the Fete Worse than Death
by Chris Riddell 4.0 starshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest by Gregg OlsenThis true crime book tells the story of Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard, an advocate of the 'fasting cure' for illness. Sadly Linda was more of a murderer than a healer.
Well researched story. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Johan TheorinA boy disappeared twenty years ago and his sandal shows up now. The boy's mother is determined to find out what happened.
Good mystery. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
3.5 starshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Georgia DunnGeorgia Dunn's illustrated books about three cat journalists are always fun.
Great for cat people. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished reading yesterday (New Year's Day 2023), the novel "The Saint-Fiacre Affair" by Georges Simenon.
Inspector Maigret finds himself back in his hometown, having been in receipt of the following message: A crime will be committed ,,,during first mass .... There an old countess, whose family had long held sway over the town, has died in the pews of the local church under seemingly mysterious circumstances. Her death brings back into town her son, Maurice de Saint-Fiacre, who had lived a dissolute life in Paris with his mistress.
My review of The Cool Cottontail
by John Dudley Ball (Virgil Tibbs #2) 4.0 starshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Phillip MargolinThis book is Margolin's homage to Golden Age mysteries. In the story, a group of people are stranded in a gothic mansion where murders occur.
It's all good fun. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Cormac McCarthyAfter a salvage diver investigates a mysterious drowned plane, the government goes after him. This seeming mystery is really a literary novel where Cormac McCarthy airs his views about science, math, and other things.
Interesting unusual novel. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Barbara wrote: "The Passenger by Cormac McCarthyAfter a salvage diver investigates a mysterious drowned plane, the government goes after him. This..."
I keep looking at this novel in the local book store. It does sound interesting.
My review of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
by Kate Beaton 4.0 starshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Bonnie GarmusYou might think a book about chemists couldn't be comical, but you'd be wrong. This novel is wildly original and laugh-out-loud funny. It's about Elizabeth Zott, a chemist who has to negotiate male privilege and entitlement in the mid-1900s.
Very entertaining novel. 4.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Decent Inn of Death
by Rennie Airth (John Madden #6) 4.0 starshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Jane HarperAustralian Police Investigator Aaron Falk takes a break from his job in Melbourne to attend a christening in the town of Marralee Valley. There he helps look into a disappearance that occurred a year ago.
Good mystery. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Stories I Might Regret Telling You: A Memoir
by Martha Wainwright 4.0 starshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Leslie MeierAmateur sleuth Lucy Stone looks into deaths in an English manor.
Always fun to visit with the recurring characters in this series. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
America's Last President: What the World Lost When It Lost John F. Kennedy - Monika Wiesak
One of the BEST books I've read thus far this year. Highly recommended.
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This looks good. When I compare Kennedy to Trump.....OMG. Such a difference. 😌
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by Ann CleevesThis first novel in the Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope series introduces us to the frowsy Northumberland sleuth and her forbearing assistant, Sergeant Joe Ashworth.
Good mystery with a lot of possible suspects. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Ottoline Goes to School
(Ottoline #2) by Chris Riddell (3.5 stars)https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Nice to see you all again.Happy New Year!
The Man Who Screams At Nightfall...and other stories
5 stars
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The Man Who Would Be King: and Other Stories
by Rudyard Kipling (3.5 stars)https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Angelina DayanThese true cat stories are narrated by a feline named Freddy and his (human) Mum, who live in France, not too far from Paris.
Fun entertaining book. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Alexander McCall SmithIn this book in the 'No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' series, Mma Ramotswe's concerns include a problem in the office; a furniture store's cutthroat business practices; and a rebellious teen.
Usual quiet cozy from this author. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Innocent: A Vanessa Michael Munroe Novel
by Taylor Stevens (3.5 stars)https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Artificial Condition
by Martha Wells (Murderbots #2) 4.0 starshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Barbara RossThis book contains three cozy mystery novellas written by three authors. Each story takes place in Maine around St. Patrick's Day, and features Irish Coffee,
Entertaining novellas. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB
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The novel posits a world in which Hillary Rodham and her fellow Yale Law School classmate and steady boyfriend Bill Clinton break off their relationship in 1975 [in reality, they married that year] and traces the divergent paths their lives would take over the next 4 decades. It's a very cleverly written, entertaining novel that I very much enjoyed reading.