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Wake by Shelley Burr ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Read one of the ones I didn't get to last year. I really enjoyed this one.
An Affair by the Sea (The Siren's Retreat Quartet #2) by Erica Ridley
My Rating: 4 Stars
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I am currently reading Hello BeautifulI just completed the following two books and recommend both:
Brotherless Night
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The Wind Knows My Name
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If you read The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, you will have a feel for the issues of Brotherless Night, which is a moving (and research based) account of the Sri Lankan civil war.
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Just finished this great thriller which is also available on NetGalley
My review:
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1. The Tamarind Tree by Sundara Ramaswamy
Good for me as an Indian reader, might be good for you if you are open to literary fiction.
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2. Folktales for a Better World: Stories of Peace and Kindness by Elizabeth Laird
Definitely a yes for fans of folktales.
3. Frank and Bert: The One Where Bert Learns to Ride a Bike by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
One of the best and cutest picture book series I have read from Netgalley.
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The Whispering Dead by David Mark ⭐⭐ https://www.instagram.com/p/CnGYu9iLy...https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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My first historical read for this year, the engrossing
The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedictreview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
For Lamb by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Impactful. Recommended to all lit fic lovers who don't mind slow reads.
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A little behind on this one, but this was an adorable holiday romance.
A Cat Café Christmas by Codi Gary
My Review - 4 Stars
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A great book to start off 2023 - coming out next month
All the Dangerous Things by Stacy WillinghamStacy Willingham gets a fantastic 5* from me Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Brighten your day with a starry night! Look Up at the Stars by Katie Cotton is a children's picture book where a little bear who wants a star finds his own light.
4★ My review with lots of illustrations
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
After a long time, I found a Booker Prize winner that I actually liked.
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Love Stories by Trent Dalton
A lovely nonfiction collection of true life love stories. (Not romance, love.)
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Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
An enjoyable fantasy. If you like folklore, memorable characters, and fun banter mixed with somewhat dark scenes, this is the one.
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Got to another one of the ones I missed last year, this one's a great thriller.
Stay Awake by Megan Goldin
My Review - 4 Stars
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I loved Stay awake, but it took me a bit to get into it, so I too was late getting my review in
The Witches of Vardø by Anya Bergman
I had expected this to work far better for me. :(
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A couple months behind on this one, but I really enjoyed this historical romance which is the first book in a spin-off series.
Some Dukes Have All the Luck (Synneful Spinsters, #1) by Christina Britton
My Review - 4 Stars
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What an amazing woman! Helen Keller, deaf and blind from a childhood disease, travelled the world, inspiring leaders and the public. This children's picture book by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara is all the better for the wonderful artwork by Sam Rudd.
5★ My review of Helen Keller with several illustrations
So many readers have loved Barbara Kingsolver's important novel, Demon Copperhead that I'm sorry I didn't (probably because I'm already familiar with the subjects). But I'm glad she felt compelled to write it.
3★My review of Demon Copperhead
Proximity
ARC received & reviewed
Releasing 9th Feb
My review -
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All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
An outlier this time. Found it too slow and rambling. Hardly anything thrilled me about this "thriller".
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Rosh wrote: "Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettAn enjoyable fantasy. If you like folklore, me..."
I thought this one was so cute. My first book that I can confidently say is cozy fantasy. I get the genre now and I think I like it!
Welp, I just went on a little spree and am all ready for whatever nasty weather is supposed to come my way in the next week...I got an email about the first, then saw the second had been flipped to "Read Now" status (and can't believe it's my first Heyer), and some how got approved really quickly for the third.
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No Plan B by Andrew Child and by Lee Child This was the third Reacher novel by Andrew Child. Third time wasn't charmed.
My Review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood
A debut work that tries too hard to be amazing and ends up with messy timelines and messy themes.
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I'm reading Andrew Mayne's 4th and final book in the Underwater Investigation Unit series, Sea Castle. And I hate scuba diving! It terrified me. But Andrew got me addicted to his books with his Theo Cray series I started this one and liked it. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella
An interesting but straightforward read for lovers of character-driven plots.
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Just finished the audio and physical ARC of this great debut novel.4+ * for
My review:
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The Faraway World: Stories by Patricia Engel
If you like literary fiction AND you like short stories, I think you will like this anthology. It is going to be one of my favourite collections of this year.
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Finally got to one of the older ones I had left from 2021. A cute contemporary that had it's ups and downs.
Love at First by Kate Clayborn
My Review - 3 Stars
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In the Dark by Claire Allan
Pretty good despite the rushed ending.
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Other Worlds Were Possible by Joss Sheldon
A historical literary fiction. Mixed feelings about this one. Great intent, okay execution. Quite thought-provoking though.
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The Moth Keeper by NZ author Kay O'Neill
A worthy new book from the author famed for their Tea Dragon series.
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I'm starting The Wishing Game and with all the five-starred reviews, looking forward to the read! 
Into the Dark Forest by Liz Flanagan
If you have a tween in your life, this is a lovely book to gift to them!
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Dorie - Cats&Books :) wrote: "Just finished Lehane's newest novel 
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Dorie, could you link the titles or type them out since I can't see them in the app (but it's Lehane, so I had to read it!) 😊
Dwayne Johnson
is admired by adults and kids alike. In Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara's children's biography of The Rock is a good introduction to how he came from wrestling to be the highest paid actor in the world.
5★ My review of Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock)
This was an Allen and Unwin preview.SMUT. Yes, really. That's what the title means (among other things). Shmutz by Felicia Berliner, is the unusual story of a porn-addicted teen. Not a boy, but a sheltered Jewish girl from an ultra-conservative Hasidic family in New York. I loved it!
5★ My review of Shmutz with nothing graphic
Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry, features a retired policeman looking back on his life and the trauma that rippled down to the next generation following child sexual abuse in the 1960s. A tough story but beautiful Irish writing made it worth reading.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
In the Time of Our History by Susanne Pari
A literary fiction about a dysfunctional Irani-American family.
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Just finished
The Close by Jane CaseyJane CaseyGreat book - Here's my 5* review
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