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Song of the Sun God is a sensitively-handled family saga with the Sri Lankan civil war as its backdrop.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of A Stone’s Throw Away by Karly Lane
4 and a half stars
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I'm late to the party, but was impressed by this debut. 5★s for Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. Cassandra Campbell's narration is excellent. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Women by Kristin Hannah is a historical fiction featuring the often unacknowledged women who went to the Vietnam War. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review
Dale wrote: "
My review of Guide Me Home by Kim Vogel Sawyer
3 and a half stars
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The Girl Thief
4 stars
Read as an ARC
Thriller Mystery Woman author Thriller specialist
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der KolkMy review 5⭐
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No rating as I abandoned this. While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory
I tried, I really tried. I wanted to like this book. But in the end I never wanted to pick it up again. I wasn’t enamoured of the characters and couldn’t relate to them or the story at all. The read wasn’t helped by repeated use of the f word and blow by blow descriptions in the sex scenes. Some of us know how it works. We don’t need the details. In the end I was skimming more than reading and that’s when I gave up. That said, there are going to be people who will enjoy it. But in the end just not for me.
I just finished reading the 2023 Dorothy Hewett Award winner:
Depth of Field by Kirsty Iltners.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Dale wrote: "No rating as I abandoned this. While We Were Dating by Jasmine GuilloryI tried, I really tried. I wanted to like this book. But in the end..."
Such a shame Dale, I am sure your next read will be much better :)
Aya and the Star Chaser by Radiya Hafiza
Had high expectations from this because of the title, the cover, and the setting. But it was a disappointment on many levels.
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Dale wrote: "No rating as I abandoned this. While We Were Dating by Jasmine GuilloryI tried, I really tried. I wanted to like this book. But in the end..."
Dale, hope your next one is much better!
My review for Coming Home to Featherwood Falls Heather Reyburn
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Shakespeare's Champion by Charlaine Harris 31/5 3★
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The Malevolent Seven by Sebastien de Castell 2/6 3★
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Dale wrote: "No rating as I abandoned this. While We Were Dating by Jasmine GuilloryI tried, I really tried. I wanted to like this book. But in the end..."
Sorry it was not for you, Dale. Hopefully some great ones lined up already.
L'Air du Temps (1985) by Diane Greco Josefowicz opens with a murder and becomes a thoughtful insight into a 13-year-old who starts to question what's going on with her parents. A good read.
My review of L'Air du Temps (1985)
Buzz Books 2024: Fall/Winter is another huge collection of chapters and excerpts from upcoming books. Great resource - I selected a few that interested me.
My notes with quotes on Buzz Books 2024 Fall/Winter and a link where you can get this free
Murder on the Train by Faith Martin is a great addition to her terrific series featuring Hillary Greene.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Homestead in the Eucalypts
by [author:Leonie Kelsall| and my review.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3 stars for
The Fall Between by Aussie Author Darcy TindaleMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan is a book lover’s romcom set in the Scottish highlands. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar is a sapphic dystopian romance that moves through time and space, with two agents from opposing enemy civilizations falling in love via a series of poetic letters. ⭐⭐⭐ here is my review
One Day in Winter by Scottish author Shari Low is a day in the life of four very different but cleverly interconnected people⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review
The House in the Water by Victoria Darke
Great setting, dull characters, great historical research, dull(ish) plot.
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The Cornish Campsite Murder by Fiona Leitch is #7 in this fun cosy mystery series set in Cornwall, featuring ex- detective turned caterer Jodie Parker, her DI partner and friends review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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