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Share Your Reviews (and Thoughts) Here - 2024
My review for The Dream Haunters: A Metaphysical Mystery of Magick by Megan Maryhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review for The Village of Eight Graves by Seishi Yokomizohttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished the moving memoir,
My Brother Jaz by Gideon HaighMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Catherine Ryan Hyde's latest novel
Rolling Toward Clear Skies is a thoughtful novel featuring contemporary issues around teenagers, blended families and social media.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Liberty Scarf
by J'nell Ciesielski Aimie K. Runyan and Rachel McMillan and my review.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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In the Morning I'll be Gone by Adrian McKintyhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Is there anyone whose mind John Boyne can't inhabit? In the 3rd book of his Elements Quartet, he gives us Freya, a talented burns specialist doctor, but a vengeful manipulator of the unwary. Fire is ironically chilling.
My review of FIRE
This was just a bit too much for me. ⭐⭐.5 for
High Wire by Candice Fox https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The Harpy by Megan HunterMy review 3⭐
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No review there Suz!
My review of The Death of Dora Black: A Petticoat Police Mystery by Lainie Andersonhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4 stars for historical fiction
The Paris Gown by Aussie Author Christine WellsMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Hearts in Harmony by Beth Wiseman
4 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Revealing the True Miss Stansfield: A Sexy Regency Romance
by Bronwyn Scott2 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My Sister's Downfall
⭐⭐⭐
Published September 17, 2024
Read as a #ReviewCopy. #Booksirens
#femaleauthor #femaleprotagonist
#sisters
My review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Sorry, Humans Especially Greg by Faralee Pozo
If you want a totally wacky alien-human story in an apocalyptic setting, you might want to try this unusual entertainer.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This Cursed House by Del Sandeen is a creepy Southern gothic novel set in the 1960s.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A heartbreaking story about deaths in custody.The Leaves by Jacqueline Rule
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm really loving the DCI Christine Caplan Thrillers and I think #3, Out of the Dark is Caro Ramsay's best yet. 5★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Secret That Killed You
Published April 30, 2024
3.5 stars
Read as a review copy.
Nazis, Hitler, American Presidents, the Oval office, conspiracy theories and more.
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
An entertaining read about the dynamics of friendship ⭐⭐⭐.8
The Group Trip by Audrey Ingram https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Since this thread is Reviews and Thoughts, I figured I would offload some thoughts on recent DNFs (I don't review books I don't finish).
The Hitwoman's Guide to Reducing Household Debt by Mark Mupotsa-Russell - the biggest case of misleading cover and marketing I've encountered with a book. I anticipated dark humour, a quirky vibe, but only got darkness, brutality, and annoyance for the forty pages I lasted. 
All the Missing Children by Zahid Gamieldien - depression in book form. Boring and disjointed, completely void of hope. I don't know anybody who has enjoyed this read.
All You Took From Me by Lisa Kenway - I lasted almost 120 pages before the insufferable main character, Clare, became too much. 
Diving, Falling by Kylie Mirmohamadi - Another immensely unlikable main character. Beyond pretentious. It felt out of touch and I was unable to connect with any characters.
The Shortest History of Music by Andrew Ford - an incredibly technical thesis masquerading as general non-fiction. I don't think the average reader would understand much - I didn't.
Rowan wrote: "Since this thread is Reviews and Thoughts, I figured I would offload some thoughts on recent DNFs (I don't review books I don't finish)...."Those thoughts are just as valuable as reviews, Rowan. Thank you for taking the time.
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Thanks for those insights Rowan. Very helpful, as Andrea says. And although we are all different in our views of various books, your opinion is respected.
Thank you for your words, Andrea and Brenda. Sharing my brief thoughts here is a way to ensure the lost time spent on those books wasn't for nothing! 😊 I don't like being 'negative' and hope others might have better luck with them!
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Oh no Rowan, two of those books are actually sitting here in front of me on my desk! There they were, all bright and happy, promising so much, now they're dark and brooding and staring at me saying "read me IF YOU DARE!!!" Ha ha ha.
Here's hoping my tolerance for insufferable characters and darkness and brutality holds me in better stead.
Rowan wrote: "Since this thread is Reviews and Thoughts, I figured I would offload some thoughts on recent DNFs (I don't review books I don't finish)., love to see if you like that, too. Set in Tas!
Karren wrote: "The Starlets
by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Marie Thorne and my review.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Damo wrote: "Oh no Rowan, two of those books are actually sitting here in front of me on my desk! There they were, all bright and happy, promising so much, now they're dark and brooding and staring at me sayi..."
Oh no, Damo Haha Quick, forget you ever read my words about those books! 😂 I hope you have a much better experience with them. Looking forward to your thoughts!
The Body in the Library
3.5 Stars
The infallible, Queen of Crime. Miss Marple. Re-read.
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Universe in 100 Colors: Weird and Wondrous Colors from Science and Nature by Tyler Thrasher
A fabulous book about some unusual but wonderful colours. Very informative and gripping!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Coming Home to the Windmill by the Sea by Caroline Younghttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A lovely family mystery with a little romance and a wonderful dog! ⭐⭐⭐⭐.1 for
Aunt Violet's Locket by Kristin Harper https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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