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As the title suggests,
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies
is an amusing historical fiction about the daring adventures of twin aristocratic sisters who risk more than their reputations to rescue women living in desperately awful circumstances. Fun, but also dark.
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My review of A Reason to Stay by Linda Charles
3 and a half stars
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Finished reading Russia and the Russians: From Earliest Times to the Present
by Geoffrey Hosking. This is the upgraded version of his previous works. My review
My review of
Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See which I enjoyed more than I expected to (apologies for the long review).https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
What a pleasure it is to listen to Anna Popplewell's narration of the third book in A.J. Pearce's Emmy Lake series, Mrs. Porter Calling. 5★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Thing at 52
by Ross Montgomery is the most beautifully illustrated story of a small child and an enormous creature learning about life. The artwork by Richard Johnson is stunning and as moving as the story. Every child should read this one.
My review of The Thing at 52 with several of the illustrations
My review for
Missing by AA Catherine Lee, the first book in her new crime series.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Escapades of Tribulation Johnson is my second novel by Aussie author, Karen Brooks, just as enthralling as her Good Wife. 5 big ★s from me. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
On my fourth reading, this time in audio narrated by Diana Quick, Arundhati Roy's debut novel, The God of Small Things is just as powerful and moving as the first time around. 5★s
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I finished
Sisters in Captivity by Colin Burgess.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finally read the unabridged version of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens.
Enjoyed the story almost as much as I did decades ago. Loved the free Audible version narrated by Martin Jarvis.
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A Boy Named Rose by Gaëlle Geniller
Adored the illustrations and liked the story in this historical graphic novel about a boy who dances in the cabaret in Paris.
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My review of
Deadline (Jonno Bligh, #2). by Terence J. Quinnhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Falling behind on my reviews, have been busy.Loved this.
A Week in Winter by Maeve BinchyMy review 5★
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What Harms You by Lisa Black, a brazen killer hiding in plain sight carries out a murder in a renowned Institute of Forensics, surrounded by criminology experts.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Garnett Girls by British author Georgina Moore is an outstanding debut novel. 4.5★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Return to Valetto
by Aussie author (living in US) Dominic Smith felt like someone's real story to me. Old women in an ancient Italian village conduct Google searches from their crumbling villa. War crimes are not forgotten. 
My review of Return to Valetto
The Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn
A good book with an average ending. The 'book about books' aspect is superb.
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Last Survivor was my first by AA author Tony Park but won't be my last. 4★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I wanted to like this cosy mystery set in a board game shop more than I did but the MC is such a wimp!
Board to Death by C.J. Connorreview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Roman Dial took me off to the jungles of Costa Rica in The Adventurer's Son. Slow to start, but with a strong middle and heartbreaking end, I'm glad I read this book.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The Bookbinder by English Australian author Pip Williams is a historical fiction set in Oxford during WWI featuring twin sisters Peggy and Maude. Despite working with books as a bindery girl, Peggy has cherishes the seemingly impossible dream to cross the divide between “town” and “gown” and study at the University. my review
Any reader in the market for some feminist werewolf action drama can't go wrong with the 2nd book in Sue Denver's Sara Flores Werewolf PI series, 192 Days Missing. Very entertaining. 4★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Girl with the Hazel Eyes by Bajan author Callie Browning is a dual timeline historical fiction and suspense that shifts between Barbados in the 1950s and 60s, and contemporary Florida. Lia has been asked to write a biography of reclusive Bajan author Susan who mysteriously wrote one controversial book then disappeared from the public eye. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review
Death, the Gardener by Daniel T. Dodaro
I can see this working way better for me had I been two decades younger. Still, a pretty good story. Not written for YAs but will surely be a bigger hit with them.
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