pickThe first in the series by L R Wright. I enjoyed the characters and the plot was interesting. There was sadness in several parts. 4/5⭐️
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pickThe first in the series by L R Wright. I enjoyed the characters and the plot was interesting. There was sadness in several parts. 4/5⭐️
so-so3⭐️ Thought it was an ok #shortstory; it was a fairly quick read #2025 #fiction #norawatts #mystery
pickThe Tiger and the Cosmonaut, by Eddy Boudel Tan (2025 🇨🇦)
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Premise: A man is called back to his hometown on BC‘s Sunshine Coast after his father disappears in a turn of events that eerily mirrors the disappearance of his brother.
Review: The Giller longlist is really hitting it out of the park this year! It‘s rare to see a mystery on one of these major awards lists, but this is more than deserving. ⬇️
pickAs seems to be the way with Prize-listed books this year, I really liked this but fell short of loving it. A story of small town prejudice and family secrets, and of the many ways one can be an outsider.
It's a bit of a slow start, with some unnecessarily purple prose at the beginning - it seemed to be trying to establish lit fic cred. But once the family story gets underway and secrets begin their unveiling, it finds its groove. #GillerLonglist
"I'd forgotten how goofy my sister could be. I suppose this happens with absence. Our perceptions of each other flatten, unchallenged by evidence that might form a clearer, fuller image. We become faint notions of ourselves rather than the tangle of contradictory details we actually are."
Alright #GillerLonglist, let's see what you've got!
pickThis is my second Lane Winslow mystery and I am delighting in this series. I do so enjoy a period mystery but where the women get to be strong, capable, independent characters. The incorporation of WW2 and post-WW2 geopolitics raises the bar on these mysteries. Good fun, and love the interior BC setting
I really enjoyed this. At first it seemed like the story of a young girl growing up on a ranch, with an almost idyllic life, but the detail about Ernestine‘s future revealed that the story was going to get darker. This is my first Ethel Wilson, but won‘t be my last.
Does anyone else think that Hetty would be able to get herself out of trouble in Austria, no matter how ominous the last lines? 😏
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I have a lot of thoughts about this one. Firstly, the ostracism. No one quite seemed to know exactly why, but Hetty was a “menace” & to be shunned. I wonder how often this happened (& still happens) to someone innocent? Then the “femme fatale”. Of course it‘s the woman‘s fault, no man can resist a beautiful woman who appears available & interested🤬 I was kind of disappointed that it turned out Hetty conformed to the stereotype.
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pickI‘m late to review our latest #PersephoneClub read as I‘ve been travelling around the interior of British Columbia (and very close to the setting of this novel).
I loved it! And who was surprised by the “reveal”?? I felt like I could have continued on with Frankie‘s story just a little bit longer.
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