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My review for Confessions of a Canine Drama Queen Stefanie London
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I so much enjoyed the audio of #2 in Joshua Moehling's addictive Ben Packard series, Where the Dead Sleep narrated by Linda Jones, I'm listening again. 5★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Into the Wadi is a memoir by Australian author Michele Drouart about meeting her Jordanian husband while studying in America, and the time she spent subsequently with his family in Jordan. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review
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The Demise of the Soccer Moms by Cathryn Granthttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Priory of the Orange Tree is an award-winning high fantasy by English author Samantha Shannon involving strong women, dragons and lesbian romance. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review
4 stars for paranormal romance
Layla by Colleen HooverMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Midsummer's Mayhem by Rajani LaRocca
A middle-grade retelling of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' An ambitious debut that gets it mostly right.
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For some reason it doesn't pop up when I look for it in the 'add book' section?!
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Perhaps do it with the ISBN/ASIN Krystal :)
Brenda wrote: "Krystal wrote: "My review for Fairy Tale (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...) by Stephen KingFor some reason it doesn't pop up when I look for it in the 'add bo..."
Worked a treat, thank you!!
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For some reason it doesn't pop up when I look for it..."
You're welcome :) That's how I always search for books now...
My reviews ofA True Story of the East End in the 1950s, Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth
three and a half stars
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and Where the Road Bends by David Rawlings
2 and a half stars
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A great debut.
The Opposite of Success by Eleanor Elliott ThomasMy review 4 stars
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I seem to be late 'discovering' popular UK crime writer Mark Billingham. His new Detective Miller series, The Last Dance, has plenty of scope to move into the next book, which I look forward to. Declan Miller seems very human rather than hard-boiled. Funny. Sad.
My review of The Last Dance
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Every Rising Sun by Jamila Ahmed
An Arabian Nights spinoff centred on Scheherazade (or Shaherazade, as she is called in this version.) A great attempt, but too ambitious for a debut novelist. You might fare better with it if you don't know much about the original. I did.
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At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities by Heather Webber
A sweet magical realism story. And when I saw 'sweet', I mean 'overly saccharine sweet'. Works well for the plot, so no major complaints.
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The Seven Sisters is a dual timeline historical romance by Northern Irish author Lucinda Riley. Mysterious Pa Salt adopts baby girls from around the world and names them after the stars in the constellation Pleiades. This is the story of eldest daughter Maia’s journey to Brazil to reclaim her heritage. Here is my review
My review of Paperbark Hill by Maya Linnell
4 and a half stars
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I recently read Jhumpa Lahiri's wonderful Pulitzer Prize winner, Interpreter of Maladies, a collection of short stories that mix and stir Indian cultures with others. No matter who people are or where they live, couples are couples, parents are parents, and everyone has customs they can't always explain.
My review of Interpreter of Maladies
My reviews from today - one a long neglected NetGalley read, the other finished on Monday.
The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero Review here
Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor (Jane Austen Mysteries #1) by Stephanie Barron Review here
Ali and Nino by Kurban Said is a love story set mostly in Azerbaijan between Muslim Ali Khan and Georgian Christian Nino, emphasizing the differences between their cultures and heritage. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review
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Just Out of Jupiter's Reach by Nnedi Okorafor is another intriguing sci-fi story from Amazon's The Far Reaches collection. The astronaut and space ship share DNA, which must be a first!
My review of Just Out of Jupiter's Reach
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