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Ten Things I Wish You Knew About Your Child's Mental Health by Billy GarveyMy review 5⭐
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My review for Leave the Girls Behind by Jacqueline Bublitz (AA)https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just love Ann Cleeve's Vera series, and here is #11.
The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This second of 22 crime stories by downunder writers, Dark Deeds Down Under Volume 2 is at least as good as the first. 4.5★s and my too-long review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The Girls Who Dared to Love by Diney Costeloehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Mechanics of Memory
4 stars
Debut novel. Female author. NetGalley Review copy.
First published August 27, 2024
Science Fiction. Mystery. Thriller
Memory is Copeland-Stark’s business and they have a much larger secret they are determined to protect by any means.
Everyone has secrets
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by AA Shankari Chandran features an Australian nursing home founded by a Sri Lankan Tamil family who fled the civil war and the stories of its residents as well as raising the problems of colonialism and racism.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I enjoyed Percival Everett's reimagining of the slave Jim as James, fleeing to freedom on the mighty Mississippi with Huckleberry Finn. I think Mark Twain might have enjoyed it, too.
My review of James
Murder in Punch Lane by Jane Sullivan
With such a stunning cover and title, I expected far more from this Aussie murder mystery based on true facts. it wasn't bad, but it certainly could have done better.
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The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson 27/8 4.5★
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and I couldn't resist reading this one, too
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson 30/8 4★
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A delightful Golden Age murder-mystery
The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne ⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Murder with Oolong Tea by Karen Rose Smith
4 and a half stars
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Garlic and the Witch by Bree Paulsen
A worthy sequel to the first book. Much recommend this MG graphic novel series.
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So much praise for this author and this series! Just finished book #3 in “The Guard Trilogy” 
The Believer by N L Westaway
Absolutely loved this series and highly recommend it to lovers of this genre…and others!
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5⭐️s
Atlas of Paranormal Places: A Journey to the World's Most Supernatural Places was a fascinating read.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Lake House Children by Gregg Dunnett about an investigation into a house fire where some deaths occurred is written in the form of an interview with a suspect who makes some unusual and spooky claims. review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering by Andrew Hunter Murray: now this was a fun read!! 5★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Missing Pieces by Jennifer MacKenzie Dunbar is an intriguing multiple timeline historical mystery which shifts between Iceland and the Outer Hebrides of Scotland where the mysterious Lewis Chessmen were discovered by crafters in the 1830s but date back to the 1100s Iceland or Norway. ⭐⭐⭐ here is my review
Recollections of the Emperor Napoleon, During the First Three Years of His Captivity on the Island of St. Helena by Betsy (Elizabeth) Balcombe* (St Helena) 23 Jul 2024 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Talented Mrs Greenway by Tea Cooper is a feminist historical fiction set in colonial Sydney about Mary, the wife of architect Francis Greenway. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review
Days in the Caucasus is a memoir by Banine of her childhood in Azerbaijan, it’s idyllic peace interrupted by the arrival of the Red Army in Baku, an arranged marriage at 15 years of age to a man she despised, before fleeing to Persia then France. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review
I can never resist a book by Shari Low
One Midnight With You by Shari Low ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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⭐⭐⭐⭐.1 for the first book in a new series by Lucy Connelly
An Irish Bookshop Murder https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger is a masterful novel of a small town struggling to recover from the prejudice and trauma caused by war.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
AA Malcolm Knox's latest novel, The First Friend, won't be for everyone, but I found it darkly compelling.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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