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Be Gay, Do Crime: Sixteen Stories of Queer Chaos
This promised to be a fun anthology, but it was more tiresome. Hardly any crime and a lot of R-rated content. Might work for another reader, but not for me.
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My review of Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief by Dorothy Gilman
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⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 for rural romance and family drama
Cockatoo Cove by Maya Linnell https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The White Crow by Michael Robotham is an excellent follow up to When You Are Mine which introduced us to Constable Phil McCarthy and her criminal family. In this book Phil's career in the police is in trouble when their two worlds collide.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Somadina is an immersive YA fantasy set in a mythical West African village where everyone receives a magical gift when they turn 15.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Untouched by Nyssa Kathryn-- 5★ -- 06/07/2025
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Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris 2/7 3★
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New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb 4/7 4★
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Chaos in Death by J.D. Robb 5/7 3★
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Grandghost by Nancy Springer 5/7 3★
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The Secret Romantic's Book of Magic by Marie O'Regan
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Remember Her Name is another riveting Lisa Regan crime read. 5★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
When novels are failing me left, right and centre, graphic novels are turning out to be the rainbows! Absolutely loved these three:1. Pacheco and the Witch of the Mountain: A Graphic Novel by Juan E. Zambrano
A middle-grade graphic novel with an aspiring "boy witch".
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2. The Lost Sunday by Iléana Surducan
After a long, long time, a book earned the full five stars from me. This graphic novels is meant for kids and adults alike.
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3. The Fairy Tale Fixers: Cinderella: A Graphic Novel by Deborah Underwood
This one is perfect for younger kids who love fractured fairy tales.
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The Woman Who Met Herself by Laura Pearson
I like this author, but I don't think this was her best work. It's not bad, but it's not great either.
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3 stars for historical mystery
Secrets of the Watch House by Jenny AshcroftMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A L Booth's latest novel, Death at Booroomba is brilliant Aussie historical fiction. 5★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Death Row by Freida McFadden
The first story of the Alibs collection and a surprisingly good one, if you can decode the convoluted ending.
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Ming and Flo Fight for the Future by Jackie French
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Hidden Daughters by Patricia Gibney is the 15th in the DI Lottie Parker series. Lottie and her partner DS Mark Boyd are on holiday visiting Boyd's sister Grace and attending her wedding. Of course there is a murder nearby Lottie can't help getting involved.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Ellie Ment and the Material Matter by Bertie Stephens
A good indie middle-grade fantasy for little science geeks.
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3 stars for
The Mystery Writer by Aussie Author Sulari GentillMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 for the uplifting and heartwarming
One More Day of Us by Shari Low https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read
Bulldogs Through and Through: The History of the Western Bulldogs by Darren Arthur and Andrew Gigacz.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
L.J. Shepherd's debut novel, The Trials of Lila Dalton doesn't quite live up to its promise. 3★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
by Lisa GardnerMy review 3 stars (not indicative of writing which is 5 stars)
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