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Carolyn wrote: "Leonie wrote: "Glad to hear your wrist feels better out of the cast, Carolyn! And you get to wash it, and and give it a nice scrub and a rub - I think that's the thing most people want to do most d..."You might need a good physio!
Carolyn wrote: "Now I just have to work on getting my wrist to bend again!"Wish you a quick recovery, Carolyn! 💐
What Never Happened: another clever and twisty thriller from Rachel Howzell Hall that gets 5★s from me.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Rosh wrote: "Wish you a quick recovery, Carolyn! 💐"Thanks Rosh :)
Leonie wrote: "You might need a good physio!.."
Definitely! Thinking of seeing one soon :)
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3 stars for non-fiction
Emboldened by Belinda AlexandraMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Last Dance by Mark Billingham, is first in a new murder mystery series featuring a quirky detectivereview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Dust Child by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
An OwnVoices historical fiction focussing on the Vietnamese experience during the war. Mostly great.
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Steven Weber's narration of T.J. Newman's unputdownable debut thriller, Falling, is excellent.5★s
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I'm yet to be disappointed by anything Joanna Nell writes. Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year is laugh-out-loud funny, thought-provoking, heartwarming and uplifting. A big 5★s from me!https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Girl in the Painting is a dual timeline historical fiction by Indian author Renita D'Silva set in England during WWI and India in the 1920s. It has romance, mystery, betrayal and heartache. It also covers issues such as the caste system and the custom of Sate (suttee) of Indian brides being burnt on the funeral pyres with their husband. A captivating read. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review
The Chocolate Tin by Australian author Fiona McIntosh is a historical fiction set in Yorkshire in 1910s featuring wealthy Alexandra who wishes to escape the confines of her family's expectations and find romance and a career. Here is my review
Carolyn wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "I'm reading it now and finding it very different from the others of his I've read. I'm not finished yet, but I'm a little worried.”It is very different to his other books..."
I hope you're doing your physio and feeling a bit freer without the cast, Carolyn.
I haven't read any of the other reviews, but I finally posted my own for Barren Grounds by AA B. Michael Radburn. I don't believe the ending, BUT I reckon it could be made into a terrific film or TV series. It has all the right elements.
My review of Barren Grounds
A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales
A mostly agreeable debut parody of regency-era historical mysteries. Will click better if you don't apply too much logic while reading. It's a light entertainer.
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These Broken Stars is an intergalactic YA dystopian sci-fi by Australian author Amie Kaufman where rich girl Lilac and gruff military hero Tarver are stranded together on a strange new planet. Here is my review
Elianne is a sweeping dual timeline family drama by Australian author Judy Nunn, set in rural Queensland on the sugar plantations. When Kate finds her grandmother’s diaries everything the family believes about itself is shaken up. This book takes in the Vietnam war, importation of Pacific Islanders to work the plantation, the white Australia policy and more. Here is ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
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The Misremembered Man by Irish author Christina McKenna is partially a humorous story of two people looking for love and companionship, and partially a harrowing tale of abuse and mistreatment of a child growing up in a Catholic orphanage. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review
Rising Dust is a rural suspense by Australian author Fleur McDonald featuring stock squad Detective Dave Burrows. Dave and his partner Bob have been sent to a station north of Carnarvon to investigate stock theft when the discovery of a dead body suddenly complicates things. Here is my review
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels is a zany madcap adventure of a historical fantasy romcom by New Zealand author India Holton set in Victorian England. It features pirates, assassins, flying houses and posh but feisty tea-drinking ladies. Here is my review
The Children's Bach is literary fiction by award-winning Australian author Helen Garner. It is a short book that examines the grittier side of suburban family life. Here is ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
In the Company of Men by Ivorian author Véronique Tadjo is a short but powerful book recounting the tragic stories of the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa from multiple points of view. Here is ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II by Nobel prize-winning Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich is an eye-opening collection of stories told by Soviet women about their experiences, emotions and fears during WWII. Instead of recounting a male version of history she has chosen to tell the women’s side of the story. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Barren Grounds is something a little different from Aussie author, B. Michael Radburn, very atmospheric historical crime fiction. 4★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My reviews of Ice Creams at Emerald Cove by Holly Martin
2 and a half stars
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and
Tiny White Lies by Fiona Palmer
four and a half stars
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I finished
Operation Kingfisher: The cancelled rescue mission that sacrificed Sandakan POWs to the Death MarchesMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Mystery in the Highlands by Lydia Travers is the third book in this entertaining historical cosy mystery series.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4.5 stars for young adult fantasy
The Stolen Heir by Holly BlackMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
In the 1920s, London's dance halls, with their young 'hostesses', were the
Shrines of Gaiety
that Kate Atkinson showcases here. Crime, bent cops, girls as playthings to be cast aside. What a story.
My review of Shrines of Gaiety
This very short, gentle story shows how two cultures bond over an old Native American. The Man to Send Rain Clouds by Leslie Marmon Silko is free online and I loved it.
My review of The Man to Send Rain Clouds with a link to the story online.
The Forgotten House on the Moor by Jane Lovering
I wish I could forget this house on the moor. Such a disappointment!
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Killer Traitor Spy by Tim Ayliffehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I nominated Smokehouse by AA Melissa Manning as one of my mid-year top Aussie reads, so now here is my review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Mountains Sing is a powerful story by Vietnamese author Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, a broad-sweeping historical fiction that follows the Trần family through the French occupation, the Japanese invasion of 1945, the Great Hunger, the Land Reforms, the First Indochina war (1946–1954) between the Việt Minh and the French, and the Việt Nam War. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review
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