Monday, March 30, 2026

Review of SON OF NOBODY by Yann Martel (New Release)

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 4 Stars This is a very interesting read from the author best known for his Life of Pi . Harlow Donne, a Canadian doctoral candidate study...
Thursday, March 26, 2026

Review of THE MAID'S SECRET by Nita Prose

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 2.5 Stars Had this book not been chosen for book club, I would not have finished it. I found it insipid and overly sentimental and cliché...
Monday, March 23, 2026

Review of DAUGHTER OF EGYPT by Marie Benedict (New Release)

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 3 Stars This feminist historical fiction focuses on two ambitious women defying expectations. There are two storylines. One begins in 14...
Friday, March 20, 2026

Review of THE LONELINESS OF SONIA AND SUNNY by Kiran Desai

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 4 Stars This 670-page tome was shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize and I kept coming across rave reviews so thought I’d read it. It’s a...
Monday, March 16, 2026

Review of THE CABIN by Jørn Lier Horst

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 3.5 Stars This is the second Norwegian police procedural in the Cold Case Quartet. A prominent politician dies and 80 million kroner is f...
Friday, March 13, 2026

Review of THE KATHARINA CODE by Jørn Lier Horst

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 4 Stars My husband and I have streamed all seasons of Wisting , a Norwegian police procedural television series based on the William Wist...
Monday, March 9, 2026

Review of CROSSBONES YARD by Kate Rhodes

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 3 Stars I was recently introduced to the author’s Isles of Scilly series which I enjoyed so thought I’d listen to the first book in her ot...