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My review for the “chilling” Cold Truth by Ashley Kalagian Blunt
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5⭐️s
4.5 stars for
Inheritance by Aussie Author Genevieve GannonMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Last November, The Sunbird, by Lebanese-Australian author Sara Haddad, was one of the five books sent to the 227 Australian MPs and senators to read over the summer break as part of a non-partisan effort to give background on the Israel-Palestine conflict. I suspect my view of this one won't be popular.
My review of The Sunbird
Tales of Virtuous Stepmothers by Georgina Warren
A wonderful story collection for middle-graders, filled with positive representation of stepmothers. Much recommended!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The Reunion by Bronwyn Rivers, a suspenseful debut, where five school are reuniting for the 10 year memorial of. school friend who died on an overnight trek with them in the Blue Mountainsreview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Irish author Faith Hogan has a talent for feel-good, uplifting fiction and The Bookshop Ladies is no exception. 5★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
You are Your Own Fairy Tale by Amanda Lovelace
A feminist collection of contemporary poetry with some fairy tale inspiration. Much recommended, but not to be read at a go.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My short review for
Eleven Numbers by Lee Child, a short but satisfying short story about a mathematician who gets into trouble while attending a conference in Russia.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Invisible Boys by Aussie author Holden Sheppard has been made into a TV series just starting on STAN, an Aussie streaming service. #LGBTQI I don't know how closely it will stick to the original storyline in Geraldton WA, but it will no doubt highlight the trials of growing up gay, especially in small communities, far from the Big Smoke. This is a bookcover for the series.
My review of Invisible Boys
My review for The Sheikh's Forced Bride: A Billionaires and Sheikhs novel Cathleen Ross
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Murder in the Tuscan Hills
3.5 stars for me.
I read this as a NetGalley review copy. Murder mystery.
Feb 2025 release.
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by H.G. Parry
A historical fantasy combining fae magic with dark academia. Quite interesting!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review for The Scorpion and the Night Blossom by Amélie Wen Zhaohttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Zoe Carides is the perfect narrator for Robbie Arnott's fourth novel, Dusk. 5★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of An Affair at Stonecliffe by CandiceCamp
3 stars
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My review for The Ledge by AA Christian White (yeah, he got me good).https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I was recently tickled to discover how entertaining A Man With One of Those Faces is. It's the first book in Caimh McDonnell's Dublin Trilogy, which is now 8 books long! I'd heard it was fun, but I'd feared it was just hype.
My review of A Man With One of Those Faces
This one brightened my day/month/whatever. My review of
The Vanishing Children by Graham Brack 5★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Rosie and the Dreamboat by Sally Thorne
After two 1-star duds in this series, this short story somewhat redeemed my feelings.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Girls of Good Fortune by Kristina McMorris is the tale of a mixed race Chinese American woman living in Portland, Oregon in the 1880s. It was a bit slow and predictable for me initially but picked up around the middle and I found the MC's adventures and the historical depictions of life there interesting.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Jolie and Scoobie High School Misadventures by Elaine Orrhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Dead Draw by Robert Dugoni #11 in his Tracy Crosswhite series takes us back to the start of the series to the event that drove her to become a detective. Perhaps not the best book of the series, having a slower build up, but an important addition to Tracy's ongoing story which fans of the series will enjoy.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here is my late review of
The Inheritance by Trisha Sakhlecha a tale of family dynamics and dysfunction at their worst while trapped on a remote Scottish island.(I read it on 31st Dec/1st Jan and just noticed that I forgot to review it).
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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