What have you just read? Opinions, Recommendations, and Reviews, part 3 Showing 51-100 of 2,441

[PattyMacDotComma]

Six Ostriches is the next in Philipp Schott's Canadian vet mystery series. I enjoyed it without knowing anything about the previous book, Fifty-Four Pigs. It's an entertaining mix of ancient Icelandic sagas, cults, sacrifices... and ostriches.
4★ My review of Six Ostriches

[Phrynne]

My review of Family Baggage by Ilsa Evans

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Rosh ~catching up slowly~]

Letters to a Writer of Color edited by Deepa Anappara

A dull cover, but shines brightly on all other counts. Good for readers and writers of all colours.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Leslie]

I have finished Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell. I gave it 3* but I didn't really like it very much... it wasn't the writing but the content with which I had issues. I explained (briefly) what the problems were in my review:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Greg]

Leslie wrote: "I have finished Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell. I gave it 3* but I didn't really like it very much... it wasn't the writing but the content with which I had issues...."

I think I'll avoid that one based on your review. I like many depressing and bleak books, but I generally dislike books written from a philosophically bleak worldview.

[Suz]

Keeping on with this great series

Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child

My review 4★

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Suz]

Higher Sobriety: my years without booze by Jill Stark

My review 4★

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Phrynne]

My review of Death of a Bookseller by Bernard J. Farmer

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Greg]

Finished Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. At first it was a little slow, but it picked up halfway through, and I ended up quite liking it

[Dale]

My review of Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Rosh ~catching up slowly~]

The Magician’s Daughter by H.G. Parry

Pretty good if you treat it as a YA Fantasy than an adult fantasy.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Suz]

Seconds Away by Harlan Coben

My review 3★

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Suz]

Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes

My reivew 3★

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Dale]

My reviews of Gladden the Heart by Olivia Newport

3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and
The Sunday Potluck Club by Melissa Storm
5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PattyMacDotComma]

I was pretty sure that The Bullet That Missed would actually hit the mark. Of course I enjoyed Richard Osman's unusual Thursday Murder Club of elderly sleuths. Wonderful characters, actual danger.
5★ My review of The Bullet That Missed

[Kim]

Here is my review for the novella Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan - 4*

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Rosh ~catching up slowly~]

Girl Out of Time by Clyde Boyer

Assumed it to be an adult sci-fi read, but it turned out to be a middle-grade sci-fi. Nevertheless, very entertaining and thought-provoking.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Phrynne]

My review of Harbour Street by Ann Cleeves

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Pam]

Review catchup:

A Spartan's Sorrow by Hannah M Lynn - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5387928595

Murder in the Crypt by Irina Shapiro - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5368131272

At Midnight In Venice by JC Briggs - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5315246358

[Elizabeth A.G.]

Just finished Follow Me to Ground by Sue Rainsford

review - 4 stars: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Dale]

My review of The Little Wartime Library by Kate Thompson

5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Rosh ~catching up slowly~]

All That Is Mine I Carry with Me by William Landay

A well-written family drama set around a crime mystery. Slow paced but worth it.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Pam]

Read The Redemption Murders by JC Briggs - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5315246490

[Suz]

The Force by Don Winslow

My review 5★

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Tamara]

I read Medea: A Modern Retelling by Christa Wolf, translated from the German by John Cullen.
Wolf recasts Medea as a compassionate healer who is blamed for crimes she did not commit. She uses the myth as a vehicle for political commentary, demonstrating the extent to which people will go to hold on to power, including scapegoating and othering those who look different. I thought the retelling was excellent.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Rosh ~catching up slowly~]

A Broken People's Playlist: Stories by Chimeka Garricks

I adored this anthology!!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Phrynne]

My review of Black Diamond by Martin Walker

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Rosh ~catching up slowly~]

The Company by J.M. Varese

Left too many things unsaid. :(
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Dale]

My review of All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffen

3 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PattyMacDotComma]

Aussie author Kerry Greenwood's popular Phryne Fisher murder mystery series continues with #6, Blood and Circuses, which sees Phryne disguised as a circus trick rider. A lady of many talents! Who knew?
3.5★ My review of Blood and Circuses

[PattyMacDotComma]

A Company of Laughing Faces is a curious and moving short story by South African Nadine Gordimer, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991. In this, she captures the mixed feelings of a 17-year-old girl being pushed by her mother into the company of other young people.
5★ My review of A Company of Laughing Faces

[Suz]

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

My review 3 stars

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Tamara]

I read Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller.
An unusual mix of a crime novel; a chase across scenic Norway; Kosovor war criminals on the hunt; a veteran's haunting memories of war; and a delightful, eighty-year-old curmudgeonly grandfather prone to hallucinations and talking to ghosts as its central figure.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Rosh ~catching up slowly~]

End of Story by Louise Swanson

Loved it! Would work great for literary fiction readers, even if you don't like dystopian.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Phrynne]

My review of Overboard by Sara Paretsky

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Leslie]

Phrynne - I'll have to start skipping your posts if I don't want my TBR list to explode!! I'm glad to see you are enjoying the Bruno mysteries by Walker - I have read all of them and love the way Bruno fits into his community, the food & coaching & everything. Plus the mysteries often have a social commentary aspect that I appreciate.

I haven't kept up with V.I. Warshawski so I didn't realize Paretsky was up to book #21! I read the first 10-12 so I guess I have a lot to catch up on.

[Leslie]

I finished a couple of books recently:

Effi Briest by Theodore Fontane, 3*
Reminded me a bit of the little I read of Madame Bovary (which I abandoned). Not really my cup of tea but an interesting look at late 19th century German society.

Killer's Wedge by Ed McBain, 3.5*
Two major plot lines - one was a typical case (Carella investigating a supposed suicide) and one quite unusual (the squadroom being held hostage by a grief-crazed widow with a gun and some nitroglycerin).

The Complete Maus by Art Speigelman, 5*
A graphic novel depicting the life of the author's father in Poland before and during WW2 interspersed with current (when written in the 1970s) interactions between the author & his father.

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson, 4*
Audiobook edition. Such fun! Miss Pettigrew is the product of a Victorian upbringing in a C of E parsonage, now eking out a living as a governess in 1930s England, when she stumbles into the life of a frivolous wanna-be actress with too many 'boyfriends'.

[Dale]

My review of The Children’s House by Alice Nelson

3 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Phrynne]

Leslie wrote: "Phrynne - I'll have to start skipping your posts if I don't want my TBR list to explode!! I'm glad to see you are enjoying the Bruno mysteries by Walker - I have read all of them and love the way B..."

My TBR list exploded ages ago Leslie:) And I am loving Bruno and his delightful lifestyle.

[Phrynne]

My review of And Put Away Childish Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Pam]

Read three in the Detective Inspector Hillary Greene series by Faith Martin:
Murder of the Bride - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5380344751

Murder in the Village - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5380344869

Murder in the Family - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5380344969

[Kathleen]

I got behind, and don't remember what I last posted! But here's my latest:
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. A dystopian story that feels more realistic the more you think about it. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Country Chronicle by Gladys Taber. A wonderful, feel good memoir. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne by Brian Moore. An excellent but sad story. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read it for St. Patrick's Day, but had to follow it up with another excellent Irish writer for some levity,
Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Leslie]

Love Oscar Wilde Kathleen! Nice review of Lady Windermere's Fan :)

[Kathleen]

Leslie wrote: "Love Oscar Wilde Kathleen! Nice review of Lady Windermere's Fan :)"

He is wonderful, isn't he. Thank you, Leslie!

[PattyMacDotComma]

The Girl in the Ice, by Robert Bryndza, is the first book in his popular Detective Erika Foster series. It's hard to believe it was the author's debut novel. Great read, with six more to follow.
4★ My review of The Girl in the Ice

[Suz]

Crows Nest by Nikki Mottram

My review 2★

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Leslie]

Whipped through a couple of decent Golden Age mystery books:

The Case of the Famished Parson by George Bellairs, 3.5*

The Puzzle of the Red Stallion by Stuart Palmer, 3*

Both were good mysteries but nothing extraordinary.

[Dale]

My review of Return to Valetto by Dominic Smith

4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Pam]

Read vol 7 in J C Brigg's Dickens detective series - The Mystery of the Hawke Sapphires - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5315246618

[Rosh ~catching up slowly~]

Rootless by Krystle Zara Appiah


Hopeless!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...