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The writing of this family saga was heartfelt. You could feel the love this author has for her characters. It is a straightforward multigenerational tale of a black family living in a country that is deadly. Well deserved nomination for The Womens Prize and The Aspen Words Prize. 3 🌟 #52bookclub23 #womensprize #citynameintitle @Clwojick @BookBelle84 @jennifer80 @Librarybelle @triplem80 @AshleyHoss820 @LauraReads @KarenUK @britt_brooke

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Three months into the year and I managed to read books for 32 of the 52 prompts of the challenge.
These were the easy ones of course, now on to the second quarter of the year!

This series, at least for me, just seems to keep getting better and better. What starts as one potential crime leads to a murder that Brunetti has to solve. As with the others in the series, darker subject matters and IRL issues are presented. Leon‘s turns of phrases are at times poetic and descriptive and at other times biting and sarcastic. On to the next!

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“Perhaps one day… there will be a safer time, when women could walk the Earth, shining bright with power, and yet live.”

I adored this witchy tale about the strength women can possess within when they allow themselves to find it. It weaves 3 stories over 4 centuries, and I loved the way it all came together, especially in the second half of the book.
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I loved the premise. A 19th century London mystery. A female spiritualist who conjures murder victims in order to identify the killer. The men‘s club, London Seance Society, does spiritualism for profit and appears to have a fraudulent element within it‘s membership. The two collide….
The pacing was slow and uneven. I enjoyed parts of the book, couldn‘t wait to finish others. I knew where this was going early on and there were no surprises. ⬇️

I happily devoured this fifth in the Midsomer Murders series on audio. The character studies in each of these novels is remarkable, and this addition is no exception. Barnaby and Troy come off as cantankerous and crass, respectively, and the mystery and murder are so twisted. Great listen! #192025 #1996 #52BookClub23 #RelatedToTheWordMurder

Not my favorite TJR read, but that may because I‘m not a fan of celebrity…and all that goes along with it. However, It was an integral theme to the book, so it was necessary. I most enjoyed the familial relationships and personal drama away from the privileged lifestyle—although the party scene was quite humorous—loved the surfing down the roof into the pool. Lol. #52bookclub23 #abookaboutsiblings

A fun read. A podcaster returns to teach a class, at the fancy boarding school of her childhood where she was an outsider and her once roommate was murdered. Reads like a mystery, layered with interesting takes on the #metoo movement and grooming, collective memory, race and privilege, the exploitative nature of true crime, wrongful imprisonment and so much more. Sharp and nuanced, I found the ending unsatisfying but all the more realistic for it.

Very funny and pointed greek myth retelling. I laughed out loud several times. I enjoyed it but would be surprised if it made my top reads of the year. 3.5 🌟
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“I try to remember another time when I felt like this and am sad because I can‘t remember a time, and happy, too, because I cannot.”

A quiet, lovely novella about a young Irish girl who goes to stay with distant relatives when her mother is having yet another baby and there are just so many mouths to feed. Full of phenomenal writing and filled with the most beautiful, yet simple, passages & messages. Highly recommend! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️