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Two books with green covers today. ;)1. Into the Dark Forest by Liz Flanagan
If you have a tween in your life, this is a lovely book to gift to them!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. The Stars Aren't Ready by Georgia Peterson
An indie YA coming-of-age story. Pretty good but mainly for its target audience.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It's been years since I first read this famous John Cheever short story, The Swimmer, but I was surprised how much I remembered. It was also made into a Burt Lancaster film (which may have helped my memory).
5★ My review of The Swimmer with a link to where you can find it and other info
If you think you might enjoy historical murder mysteries, I recommend C.S. Harris's Viscount Sebastian St. Cyr series, set in London, early 1800s. Terrific characters and atmosphere. When Maidens Mourn, #7, is another winner.
5★ My review of When Maidens Mourn
Anna Hruby's narration of The Gifted Son by Genevieve Gannon is excellent. 4.5★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
What July Knew, my first novel by British author, Emily Koch, is definitely not my last. Intense and moving, an utterly captivating mystery. 5★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of
Murder in the Village by Faith Martin, #4 in her excellent DI Hillary Greene serieshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Bark Cutters is a dual timeline family saga by Australian author Nicole Alexander. It follows the story of Hamish Gordon moving from the Scottish Highlands to Australia in the 1850s and his efforts setting up a successful property Wangallan. The second storyline is about his great-granddaughter Sarah who is torn between two men, and between a life on the land and an escape to the city. Here is my review
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The Last Letter From Paris by Kate Easthamhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My reviews of
The Bushranger's Wife by Cheryl Adnams
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
The Girl on the 88 Bus by Freya Sampson
5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Neapolitan Novels: My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay The Story of the Lost Child: The Complete BBC Radio Collection by Elena FerranteMy review 3.5★
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of
- In La La Land We Trust by Robert Wright Campbellhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4 stars for
The Forthright Woman by Aussie Author Darry FraserMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
SMUT. Yes, really. That's what the title means (among other things).
Shmutz
by Felicia Berliner, is the unusual story of a porn-addicted teen. Not a boy, but a sheltered Jewish girl from an ultra-conservative Hasidic family in New York. I loved it!
5★ My review of Shmutz with nothing graphic
Dwayne Johnson
is admired by adults and kids alike. In Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara's children's biography of The Rock is a good introduction to how he came from wrestling to be the highest paid actor in the world.
5★ My review of Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock)
My review for
All the Broken Soldiers: Private Kennedy's War by Jan McLeodhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry, features a retired policeman looking back on his life and the trauma that rippled down to the next generation following child sexual abuse in the 1960s. A tough story but beautiful Irish writing made it worth reading.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
In the Time of Our History by Susanne Pari
A literary fiction about a dysfunctional Irani-American family.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Maybe This Time by Jill Mansell
2 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
The Country Guesthouse by Robyn Carr
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth StroutMy review, all the stars.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm late to the party, but Dorje Swallow's narration of the first book in Chris Hammer's Ivan Lulic and Nell Buchanan series, Treasure & Dirt is exceptional. 5★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of
The House Guest by Hank Phillippi Ryan, an entertaining enough psychological suspense in an over the top way.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of
- Desert Star by Michael Connellyhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
(Gosh, I can't believe I've been reading this series for over 30 years!)
The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People is a self-help book by happiness researcher Meik Wiking. It explores ways to be more happy, as shown in studies around the world. Here is my review
I see high ratings but I didn't love the first book in Stacy Green's Lucy Kendall series, All Good Deeds. Hoping the next three are better. 3★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This was another fun episode of paranormal mayhem in Ilona Andrews Innkeeper series,
One Fell Sweepreview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hi, here's my review of The Secret History by Donna Tartthttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Enjoy 😀
Rachel wrote: "The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People is a self..."I really loved this one, Rachel!
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