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| | # | cover | title | author | isbn | isbn13 | asin | pages | rating | ratings | pub | (ed.) | rating | my rating | review | notes | | comments | votes | count | started | read | addedDown arrow | | owned | | | format | | | -------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | -------------------- | --------------- | ----------------- | --------------- | ------------------ | --------------------- | ----------------------------- | --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | ------------------------- | ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | --------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | | ------ | | | checkbox | position | cover The Axeman's Carnival | title The Axeman's Carnival | author Chidgey, Catherine * | isbn 1776920058 | isbn13 9781776920051 | asin 1776920058 | num pages 350pp | avg rating 4.37 | num ratings 2,710 | date pub Oct 10, 2022 | date pub edition Oct 10, 2022 | Jennifer's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Oct 07, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Murder in the Valleys (Havard & Lambert Mysteries, #1) | title Murder in the Valleys(Havard & Lambert Mysteries, #1) | author McCathie, Pippa | isbn | isbn13 | asin B07JYH46VW | num pages 309pp | avg rating 4.24 | num ratings 3,376 | date pub Oct 28, 2018 | date pub edition Oct 28, 2018 | Jennifer's rating it was ok | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review I can’t give it one star because I reserve that to books I cannot finish (though I only finished to see if I was correct in guessing the murderer) and I can’t give it one star because I reserve that to books I cannot finish (though I only finished to see if I was correct in guessing the murderer) and also because the actual storyline is good, actually perfect for a cosy mystery. The other saving grace was that I listened to the audio book and the narrator had a lovely Welsh voice. Still, it scraped into two stars and not because I guessed the murderer and the reason from the start. Two stars because the writing was so poor, and for this I blame the editor.The author clearly hasn’t learnt that you show, don’t tell what people are like or are thinking. So many times, characters were guessing what others were thinking. And the adverbs for how people speak or enter a room. Maybe the author knows and she is writing for a less well-read audience who has to have everything spelt out?Then we have the phone issues. The ex-detective calls the detective several times to his police station where a junior answers. Umm, we are in the era of mobiles. It seems that by the third call, the author or editor realises this and all of a sudden throws in the solution - his mobile phone doesn’t work! But why did she call the station earlier? Even after establishing that she still had his number!Then there’s contrived “cliffhangers”. She finds a new clue. End of chapter! She suddenly remembers something. End of chapter! And so on. And then you have to wait ages until the clue or memory is revealed. And then there’s the “oh someone has critical info” but I have to do something else and can’t send a different copper? Why are crucial clues not explained on the phone? Why must everything be said in person? Not even a brief outline?As to the senior detectives - they are so dumb. Just not believable. See above for some reasons. Lastly, can we not have someone enter the house of the person they know is the murderer of two people alone. Of course, she didn’t hear the door open! FFS. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 1 | # times read 1 | date started Oct 06, 2024 | date read Oct 06, 2024 | date added Oct 06, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Ma’am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret | title Ma’am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret | author Brown, Craig | isbn 0008203628 | isbn13 9780008203627 | asin B06XBDGKYY | num pages 433pp | avg rating 3.34 | num ratings 7,843 | date pub Sep 21, 2017 | date pub edition Sep 21, 2017 | Jennifer's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review This was a perfect holiday read. Witty, gossipy, snippets of tales of pointless lives and hanger-oners. | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 1 | # times read 1 | date started Oct 04, 2024 | date read Oct 06, 2024 | date added Oct 04, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Outback Court Reporter | title The Outback Court Reporter | author Wells, Jamelle | isbn 1460711750 | isbn13 9781460711750 | asin B0CGSW5R4L | num pages 0pp | avg rating 3.62 | num ratings 194 | date pub unknown | date pub edition Feb 01, 2024 | Jennifer's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Many of the cases are harrowing, nearly all sad. As a city person, you expect justice and law to evenly accessible and applied across the country. But Many of the cases are harrowing, nearly all sad. As a city person, you expect justice and law to evenly accessible and applied across the country. But, like health care, it isn’t. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 1 | date started Sep 30, 2024 | date read Oct 08, 2024 | date added Sep 30, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Farmer's Wife: My Life in Days | title The Farmer's Wife: My Life in Days | author Rebanks, Helen | isbn 0571370586 | isbn13 9780571370580 | asin 0571370586 | num pages 319pp | avg rating 3.89 | num ratings 1,508 | date pub Aug 31, 2023 | date pub edition Aug 31, 2023 | Jennifer's rating liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review I enjoyed the first half of the book which is a memoir of growing up, starting a family and farming. There’s an honesty to taking her own path. I skim I enjoyed the first half of the book which is a memoir of growing up, starting a family and farming. There’s an honesty to taking her own path. I skimmed through the recipes in the second half of the book. Really, I’m not going to cook them and recipes without photos are not my thing. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 1 | date started Sep 22, 2024 | date read Oct 09, 2024 | date added Sep 22, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Five On Kirrin Island Again | title Five On Kirrin Island Again | author Blyton, Enid | isbn 0340704055 | isbn13 9780340704059 | asin 0340704055 | num pages 144pp | avg rating 4.04 | num ratings 14,758 | date pub 1947 | date pub edition Nov 1997 | Jennifer's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 1 | date started Sep 15, 2024 | date read not set | date added Sep 15, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Brothers and Ghosts | title Brothers and Ghosts | author Pham, Khuê | isbn 1915590043 | isbn13 9781915590046 | asin 1915590043 | num pages 0pp | avg rating 4.16 | num ratings 1,000 | date pub 2021 | date pub edition unknown | Jennifer's rating it was amazing | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Is it strange that the first adult book I’ve read about the fall of Saigon, the Vietnam war, being a refugee, split families, re-education camps, all Is it strange that the first adult book I’ve read about the fall of Saigon, the Vietnam war, being a refugee, split families, re-education camps, all from Vietnamese perspective is one written in translation from German? It feels strange. Given we have a huge Vietnamese community here. This is moving, eye-opening, educational. It’s almost perfect, except for two bits in the storyline of the youngest narrator. The pain, the trauma of the older families is palpable. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 1 | # times read 1 | date started Sep 07, 2024 | date read Sep 21, 2024 | date added Sep 07, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Skin I'm In | title The Skin I'm In | author Tisdell, Steph | isbn 1761562630 | isbn13 9781761562631 | asin B0CZZZN4GN | num pages 278pp | avg rating 4.42 | num ratings 53 | date pub unknown | date pub edition Jul 30, 2024 | Jennifer's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review I think this is the best First Nations/Aboriginal teen novel I’ve read. I was hoping it’d be the next Looking for Alibrandi. It’s almost there - just I think this is the best First Nations/Aboriginal teen novel I’ve read. I was hoping it’d be the next Looking for Alibrandi. It’s almost there - just a little clunky in parts. But definitely a book that needs to be read widely. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 1 | # times read 1 | date started Sep 02, 2024 | date read Sep 06, 2024 | date added Sep 02, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire | title Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire | author Akala | isbn 1473661218 | isbn13 9781473661219 | asin 1473661218 | num pages 352pp | avg rating 4.54 | num ratings 20,563 | date pub May 17, 2018 | date pub edition May 17, 2018 | Jennifer's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Aug 25, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The End of the Morning | title The End of the Morning | author Clift, Charmian | isbn 1742238165 | isbn13 9781742238166 | asin 1742238165 | num pages 240pp | avg rating 4.14 | num ratings 83 | date pub unknown | date pub edition Apr 01, 2024 | Jennifer's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review This is infused with the sort of wistful, nostalgic, wished for idealistic past that seems to come from the post-war 50s and 60s looking back at the p This is infused with the sort of wistful, nostalgic, wished for idealistic past that seems to come from the post-war 50s and 60s looking back at the pre-war, and even wartime, times. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 2 | # times read 1 | date started Aug 24, 2024 | date read Sep 2024 | date added Aug 24, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Daughter of Empire: My Life as a Mountbatten | title Daughter of Empire: My Life as a Mountbatten | author Hicks, Pamela | isbn | isbn13 9781452698748 | asin | num pages unknown | avg rating 3.70 | num ratings 2,250 | date pub 2012 | date pub edition Jan 27, 2014 | Jennifer's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 1 | date started Aug 23, 2024 | date read not set | date added Aug 23, 2024 | owned | format Audiobook | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover James | title James | author Everett, Percival | isbn 1035031248 | isbn13 9781035031245 | asin 1035031248 | num pages 303pp | avg rating 4.53 | num ratings 83,970 | date pub Mar 19, 2024 | date pub edition Mar 19, 2024 | Jennifer's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 1 | date started Aug 18, 2024 | date read not set | date added Aug 18, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club | title The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club | author Simonson, Helen * | isbn 1984801317 | isbn13 9781984801319 | asin 1984801317 | num pages 432pp | avg rating 3.95 | num ratings 7,413 | date pub May 07, 2024 | date pub edition May 07, 2024 | Jennifer's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Aug 10, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover A Spoonful of Murder | title A Spoonful of Murder | author Hall, J.M. | isbn 0008509611 | isbn13 9780008509613 | asin 0008509611 | num pages 336pp | avg rating 3.17 | num ratings 5,725 | date pub Mar 17, 2022 | date pub edition Apr 18, 2023 | Jennifer's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review I enjoyed the feeling of a cold damp Yorkshire, and sense of quiet retired teachers going about their garden centre cafe weekly catchup. Wish two of t I enjoyed the feeling of a cold damp Yorkshire, and sense of quiet retired teachers going about their garden centre cafe weekly catchup. Wish two of them were not so interchangeable. Liz/Pat, same same, if only they wore different coloured hats so I could tell them apart. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 1 | # times read 1 | date started Jul 27, 2024 | date read Aug 03, 2024 | date added Jul 27, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Five Go Off In A Caravan (Famous Five #5) | title Five Go Off In A Caravan(Famous Five #5) | author Blyton, Enid | isbn 1444936352 | isbn13 9781444936353 | asin B002CEF9U8 | num pages 216pp | avg rating 4.03 | num ratings 14,408 | date pub unknown | date pub edition 1997 | Jennifer's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 1 | date started Jul 21, 2024 | date read Aug 26, 2024 | date added Jul 21, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Five Go to Smuggler's Top (Famous Five, #4) | title Five Go to Smuggler's Top(Famous Five, #4) | author Blyton, Enid | isbn 1444936344 | isbn13 9781444936346 | asin B004T3G3PA | num pages 202pp | avg rating 4.09 | num ratings 18,857 | date pub 1945 | date pub edition 1997 | Jennifer's rating liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 1 | date started Jul 17, 2024 | date read Jul 21, 2024 | date added Jul 17, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Five Run Away Together (Famous Five, #3) | title Five Run Away Together(Famous Five, #3) | author Blyton, Enid | isbn 1444936336 | isbn13 9781444936339 | asin B0016WFCQ8 | num pages 202pp | avg rating 4.09 | num ratings 19,377 | date pub 1944 | date pub edition 1997 | Jennifer's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 1 | date started Jul 16, 2024 | date read Jul 17, 2024 | date added Jul 16, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Five Go Adventuring Again (Famous Five, #2) | title Five Go Adventuring Again(Famous Five, #2) | author Blyton, Enid | isbn 0340765151 | isbn13 9780340765159 | asin 0340765151 | num pages 192pp | avg rating 4.06 | num ratings 20,136 | date pub unknown | date pub edition 1999 | Jennifer's rating liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Who wouldn’t love to be snowed in a country cottage over Christmas, with a cook! | notes Notes are private! | comments 1 | votes 0 | # times read 1 | date started Jul 16, 2024 | date read Jul 16, 2024 | date added Jul 16, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Queen Macbeth | title Queen Macbeth | author McDermid, Val | isbn 0802164293 | isbn13 9780802164292 | asin 0802164293 | num pages 144pp | avg rating 3.74 | num ratings 1,125 | date pub 2024 | date pub edition Sep 24, 2024 | Jennifer's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review This was nearly a five star book for me. The reversal of what we know of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth from Shakespeare. The hero becomes villain; the vill This was nearly a five star book for me. The reversal of what we know of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth from Shakespeare. The hero becomes villain; the villain hero. The unexpected arrival of one of the characters. The use of Shakespearean lines. The suspense of the escape.What stops me giving five stars is the last section which is in a different tone as 15 years are summarised. The focus on the singular, the here and now, the one scene; that works. A precise not so much. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 1 | # times read 1 | date started Jul 12, 2024 | date read Jul 15, 2024 | date added Jul 12, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Suddenly Single at Sixty | title Suddenly Single at Sixty | author Peck, Jo | isbn 1923059068 | isbn13 9781923059061 | asin B0CPXQVQJZ | num pages 288pp | avg rating 3.95 | num ratings 220 | date pub unknown | date pub edition Apr 30, 2024 | Jennifer's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Don’t know why they publicise this as hilarious and funny. It’s neither. It’s real, heartfelt, honest and packs a punch. | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 1 | # times read 1 | date started Jul 09, 2024 | date read Jul 12, 2024 | date added Jul 09, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | |

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