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#FlashbackFriday Feb 2023My last post for this recurring meme was #FlashBackFriday December 2022 This is a monthly meme hosted by Kerry @Chat about Books...
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For the Minds and Wills of Men by Jeff LanierMy reaction to this book was more because of the setting of the story than the story itself (although the latter is not bad either). The...
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January 2024 Books Vs MoodsThis is my first compilation post for the year. It is something I do to recommend the reads I have reviewed during the month and the kind of mood...
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Eight Bright Lights by Sara GibbsI wanted to read this book for a different take on December in this genre. The story begins with separate plots for two of the women. One...
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Travels With My Grief by Susan BlochThis is a deeply personal memoir that begins with the author’s loss of her husband. She talks of what that experience was like and...
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A Tall Dark Trouble by Vanessa MontalbanThis is the kind of book that plunges right into the narrative and then moves backwards and forwards (to the present) to give us a...
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Atoms and Ashes by Serhii PlokhyThis is a very comprehensive book. It is something people interested in history, and Nuclear History, in particular, will find...
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And Put Away Childish Things by Adrian TchaikovskyThe story begins like one of those prompts that creating writing classes provides, one that says a fictional World comes alive. A man...
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The Stars Undying by Emery RobinI would have rated this book even higher if it was a little bit shorter, there is a lot packed into this brutal book. I do not use the...
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The Location Shoot by Patricia LeavyA filmmaker has a very unique way of making movies. He is well sought after, and he makes his own choices when it comes to casting and...
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The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic by Breanne RandallI like picking up books that weave real contemporary life with magic as if it being part of certain people’s life makes perfect...
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Kindergarten at 60 by Dian SeidelThis is not a book about a sixty-year-old person starting kindergarten, as the title might immediately make one think. This is the story...
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What Board Games Mean To MeI have slowly descended into this hobby over the last decade. Access to information and games themselves have improved over the years,...
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No. 23 Burlington Square by Jenni KeerThis was an unexpected story. To be more precise, I should call it stories. There is a room for rent in a house with three different...
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The Cricket War by Tho Pham; Sandra McTavishThis is a refugee story of an older time. The age and experiences of the central protagonist and everyone connected to him were different...
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The Other Jerusalem by Michel KichkaI read the author’s previous childhood memoir in the same format. It was my window into the country of Israel since I had known...
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Burlington by Heather DixonI have lived in three countries other than my home country in the past decade or so, and each time, I managed to live on the fringes as...
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Murder In Maastricht by Graham BrackI have read and reviewed several of the previous works. The last one I did was: here I have read and reviewed all the previous...
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Where Ivy Dares to Grow by Marielle ThompsonI must admit, as I begin this review, that the author’s writing style and narration set the right tone. There is a very ominous...
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A Lady Librarian mystery #1,#2 by Samantha LarsenA woman in 1784 England does not have many reputable means to keep herself afloat and lead a decent life. Our lead protagonist, Miss...
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The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya LakshminarayanThe world introduced in this book is complex while being simple in its obviousness. The biggest divide in this dystopian (while appearing...
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Secrets of Starshine Cove by Debbie JohnsonAlthough this is not strictly a sequel in terms of understanding the book, only having read the previous one, it is a better experience...
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Shooters and Chasing the Light by Julia BoggioI should have guessed the tone of the books with the cover and the name, but for some reason, the explicit nature of some took me by surprise!...
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Non-Bookish Weekend Post – Sail To IndiaI must admit that I got the game initially because it was within the budget I had in my head and had a four-player count. What I failed to...
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A Walk Between Raindrops by Amalie JahnThis was an almost five-star read for me. The reason it was almost so was because I found it unexpectedly emotional and very impactful,...
