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Deblovestoread
Exiles | Jane Harper
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And that‘s a wrap! #52Books52Weeks #SetinAustralia

I wasn‘t aware until I finished that this was the last book in this series. It is a slow burn of a book with a couple of mysteries to figure out one a hit and run and one a disappearance. It felt a little flat to me after loving the first two.

So happy to have finished this challenge!

@Librarybelle @rmaclean4 @Read4life @BarbaraBB @jenniferw88 @squirrelbrain @LeeRHarry @Bluebird @azulaco

Bluebird 🥳 Congrats! 3mo
BarbaraBB Congrats! Nice timing 😀 3mo
Read4life Congratulations! Great job! 🥳 3mo
Librarybelle Congratulations!! 3mo
squirrelbrain Perfect timing! 🎉 3mo
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jenniferw88
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LeeRHarry Great choice for this prompt. 😊 3mo
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ravenlee
The Lost Man | Jane Harper
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Low pick. Not my usual genre but I needed a #setinAustralia for #52Books23 and wanted to stretch my comfort zone. I guess this is not just a whodunit but a didanyonedoitatall and a whydidithappen. The gradual reveal of convoluted backstory was both frustrating and interesting and I was satisfied with the ending.

Ruthiella I find her later books are stronger than her debut. 7mo
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ravenlee
The Lost Man | Jane Harper
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Hubby picked up the library holds today, and I figured I should separate mine out before the kiddo dived into the bag. Tagged is for #52Books23 #setinAustralia and the other two are to do some cramming about perimenopause (yay! Plus two more should come in next week). Getting old is not for the faint of heart.

Desha No, it‘s not. I‘ve got the Menopause Manifesto on my TBR as well….ughh! 🤪 8mo
Megabooks The menopause manifesto is great!! I actually bought a copy I liked it so much. 8mo
ravenlee @Desha @Megabooks I feel like I‘m way behind the curve here. My mom had a hysterectomy in her thirties, my older sister did the same in her mid-forties, so I‘m flying blind and scrambling to figure it all out! 8mo
Desha Me too! Just like @Megabooks mentioned I‘ve heard great things about the menopause manifesto so I‘ve got a copy of my own…I think I‘m gonna need help! 😂 8mo
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BarbaraBB
The Strays | Emily Bitto
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Avant-garde artist Evan Trentham, his wife Helena and their daughters live a bohemian life in 1930s Melbourne. They start an art colony, inviting upcoming artists to live and work with them. Narrator Lily is the bff of daughter Eva and lives there too for a while. Through her eyes the story unravels as the community and the family fall apart around her. Decades later she reconnects with this past life.
Thank you for sending me this one Karen🩷

Librarybelle This is on my to read list! I meant to read it a few years ago, bought a copy, and then shelved it…one of these days… 11mo
squirrelbrain Sounds like a good read! 11mo
LeeRHarry This was a miss for me but I‘m glad you enjoyed it 😊 11mo
Cinfhen I remember how much @KarenUK LOVED this book 😁 11mo
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rmaclean4
The Strays | Emily Bitto
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I enjoyed this novel of deep friendship between young girls and the art world of the 1930s in Australia. I did not feel compelled to pick it up often, but when I did, I enjoyed it. 3 🌟 #52bookclub23 #setinaustralia @LauraReads @KarenUK @britt_brooke @CarolynM @Smarkies @LeeRHarry @Clwojick @BookBelle84 @jennifer80 @Librarybelle @triplem80 @AshleyHoss820 @Read4life @Bluebird @squirrelbrain @BarbaraTheBibliophage @ravenlee @Deblovestoread

Librarybelle This is on my to read list! 12mo
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CarolynM
Lantana Lane | Eleanor Dark
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Usually, 1950‘s rural Queensland is the stuff of my nightmares, but I was amused and weirdly charmed by this tale of the goings on of a community of pineapple growers on small holdings somewhere in the tropical inland.
#52Books23 #SetinAustralia #ASecondHandBook

Cathythoughts Lovely review 👍🏻♥️ 12mo
Cinfhen Sounds good 😌 12mo
Librarybelle Hooray! 12mo
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jlhammar Great cover! 12mo
Aimeesue I love the cover! 12mo
LeahBergen I love the cover and I‘m SUPER intrigued by all the oldies behind it! 👀 12mo
squirrelbrain I love the cover too! ❤️ 12mo
CarolynM @LeahBergen They are from our CJ Dennis collection. He‘s unfashionable these days but we still love him. We have most of the first editions and a few other interesting editions of Songs of a Sentimental Bloke. 12mo
LeahBergen I don‘t know CJ Dennis at all! 12mo
Rissreads I have 2 pineapples growing in pots! Shouldn‘t be too long before they are ready! Pineapples are my favourite 🍍 12mo
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squirrelbrain
Exiles | Jane Harper
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I agree with some that this was more of a character study novel, and had less of a sense of the Australian Outback, but it‘s still my favourite Harper novel so far.

I loved meeting all of the characters, they were all so evenly drawn that I didn‘t guess the outcome until it actually happened; both the main storyline and the sub-plot.

#booked2023 #anypartofatrilogy
#52books23 #setinaustralia
#pop23 #abookaboutafamily

BarbaraBB Your review makes me want to read it even more!! 13mo
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Ruthiella Is this the first in a planned trilogy? Or is it is the last Aaron Faulk novel? 🤔 I think her books just keep getting better and better! I‘m very much looking forward to this one. 13mo
squirrelbrain It‘s supposedly the last Aaron Falk novel @Ruthiella - and the book does kind of imply that too (no spoilers!). 13mo
LeeRHarry Nice review. I think it‘s good that the setting for this book highlights the variety of landscapes here in Australia - most states have their wine countries and I was visualising Victoria‘s Yarra Valley whilst reading this having not been to that area in SA. (edited) 13mo
Librarybelle I really enjoyed this one! 13mo
Cinfhen This was a favorite for me too @BarbaraBB and you still get the sense of place. I feel like the book left on a cliffhanger setting up another Aaron Faulk story….I hope so 🙏🏻 13mo
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Librarybelle
Exiles | Jane Harper
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It was so wonderful to return to Australia and Aaron Falk! This time, Falk is on a vacay of sorts and is reminded of a tragic disappearance the prior year. Yet, as he looks a bit further into things, something just does not quite add up. Leave it to this flawed yet patient and honest guy to try and figure out what actually happened. Don‘t blink, or you‘ll miss the clues.

I‘m so glad I snagged an #ARC through #NetGalley from the publisher.

CoverToCoverGirl Great writer. And she not only writes great characters, she makes Australia come alive and jump of the page(s). 14mo
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BarbaraBB Lucky you! Looking forward to meeting him again too! 14mo
Cinfhen Yay!!! Happy you enjoyed it 🫶🏼 14mo
squirrelbrain Glad it‘s fab! I applied for an #arc of this, but didn‘t get it. I shall have to get myself a ‘proper‘ copy! 😁 14mo
Librarybelle Thanks, @Cinfhen ! 14mo
Librarybelle Hope you enjoy it too, @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain ! 14mo
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