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Currently reading? Just finished? 2023
I loved Katherine Heiny's latest book, Games and Rituals: Stories. Unconnected stories ranging from imagining who taught Ted Bundy to drive (yikes!) to worrying if your wife's Marie Kondo decluttering is going to turf you out next. (Do you still spark joy?!) Thought-provoking as well as entertaining.
My review of Games and Rituals
I recently finished
How to Kill a Client by Joanna JenkinsMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read ALASKA DEADLY: A Novel by J.L. Askew It is a private eye mystery set in Alaska. I read it in 2 days and recommend it to Alaska crime/private eye fans. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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.
My review of ...ill-mannered Ladies
My review of Murder in the Book Lover’s Loft by Ellery Adams
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Malibu Burning
is fun entertainment but requires a huge suspension of belief. My 3.5 star review:https://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
Betty & Veronica Double Digest #308
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Star
Filler to boost reading and prevent fatigue.
Casual, relaxed comics with an age-old tale of Riverdale.
Lovable characters that have grown on us over the last century.
Reviewed here -
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
That Night
1992 movie
⭐⭐⭐ Star book based on social connections and relationships between neighbors of a past era and features a teenage romance at its base.
Also a movie of the same name released in 1992 featuring Juliette Lewis, C Thomas Howell and also the debut movie for Eliza Dushku and Katherine Heigl
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Love and Murder The Lives and Crimes of Bonnie and Clyde
Barbacoa, Bomba, and Betrayal
by Raquel V. ReyesOn a work trip to Puerto Rico, food anthropologist/amateur sleuth Miriam Quiñones-Smith becomes worried about property developers forcing people to sell.
Good multicultural culinary cozy (with recipes). 3.5 stars
My review: https://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
Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge
was mildly entertaining. My three star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I can’t believe I’m now all caught up with Bruno. The latest, A Chateau under Siege
was five stars for me. My review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Wedding Station
by David DowningPrequel to the John Russell "station" series. Wedding is an area of Berlin. Feb. 27, 1933, the day of the Reichstag fire. The Nazis are now in power and crime reporter John Russell must find his way both professionally and personally. Very fine series done to a high standard. Clearly a great deal of research has gone into the writing but the action and suspense about what happens to the very real people in the book makes this series a real winner. I'm a big fan -- 4 stars.
I recently finished
The Caretaker by Gabriel BergmoserMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge by Martin Edwards
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My vote for best mystery, best fiction - best book? - of the year! Comes out in September. The River We Remember
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan It is set in South Korea and has elements of the supernatural. It is shortlisted for the Man Booker prize. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan It is set in South Korea and has elements of the supernatural. It is shortlisted for the international Booker prize. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Witching Tide
is a well done historical fiction. My four star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Actually, it was the booker international prize. I'm looking forward to reading it. The actual Booker Prize long list is out August 1.
Nancy wrote: "Thomas wrote: "I read Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan It is set in South Korea and has elements of the supernatural. It is shortlisted for the Man Booker prize. My revie..."My mistake, now corrected. Thanks
I finished The Body Under the Bridge by Nick Louth
Good plot, but the characters stay a bit flat: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished The Mother at Number 5 by Jill Childs
Expected more of this... https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finding Me
by Viola DavisIn this memoir Viola Davis writes about her life, starting with a desperate, poverty-ridden childhood through her schooling and successful career.
Very interesting and moving book. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This is another good sci-fi story from Amazon's The Far Reaches collection. Falling Bodies by Rebecca Roanhorse has a more advanced "offshore detention" than what is currently used.
My review of Falling Bodies
Here what I read last 4 weeks since its been supper hot here to do anythingGR Giveaway Review https://shannonbooks197.livejournal.com/
Now on to books and on Libby Some of these are 5 Stars read and few or 3 or 4 stars
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GR Giveaway Review https://shannonbooks197.livejournal.com/
[bookcover:The Reunion|10113..."I'm not sure where you are, Shannon, but I'm in South Florida and it's too hot to do anything here. Like right now, it's 89 with a heat index of 101.
I’m just starting The Last Remains. It is the 15th and last book of Elly Griffith’s Ruth Galloway series. What first attracted me to the books were its archeological aspects, and the chubby main character who was good at her job and desired by men. It’s turned into a will they/won’t they romance that I am ready to be resolved (which I hope it does). It’s bittersweet, but it’s time.
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