Books You Loved:
March had so many super books that it was difficult to
whittle down which ones to mention here.
The Room on Rue
Amélie by
Kristen Harmel was reviewed by Melissa on Goodreads. She said 'story in France during World War II.
However, this story had a different feel from Sweetness, and reminded me a bit of Kristin Hannah's novel, The Nightingale. Even so, this
novel was full of interesting twists and surprises. Kristin kept me guessing
the entire time, while also captivating me with her beautiful writing and a
mesmerizing love story.'
Cheryl of Madhouse
Family Reviews brought us The Woman Before Me by Ruth
Dugdall. She said 'While most crime
fiction focuses on trying to catch the perpetrators of awful crimes, The Woman Before Me focuses on the
next stage. Rose Wilks has already been arrested, found guilty of manslaughter
for her part in an accidental house fire that killed a baby and served nearly
five years in prison. She is up for parole and her newly-assigned probation
officer Cate must decide whether she remains a threat to society or has
accepted her guilt and shown genuine remorse, in which case she could be
approved for early release'
Wanna Get Lucky? By Deborah Coonts
was reviewed by Captivated Reader. The review said 'the first novel in the Lucky O'Toole
series. Lucky O'Toole is a woman, who lives in Sin City, and works at a casino
where she pretty much handles any crisis large or small... And she's great at
her job!! Lucky is fun, sassy, snarky, confident, and and can handle every
situation relating to the business of running a casino. She also knows where to
find the skeletons and all the ins and outs of living and working in Las Vegas
as only a true veteran can.' I've now got this from the library and am
looking forward to finding a new author.
Alice is a nurse at a hospital, one that works with comatose patients,
and she is a lovely, caring woman. You can really get behind this
character, have empathy for her in both her professional and personal
life.'
Finally, a book that I thought was really well written
and important – Hunger by Roxane Gay. Doing
Dewey posted about it and said 'this brilliant memoir, which I would love to make
everyone read. I think it would be hard to come away from it without at least a
little more empathy for others.'
Now on to the April
collection. Remember the posts you link
in don't have to be recent and the book concerned doesn't have to have been
recently published or read. The only
requirement is that it is about a book that you loved.
To add to the list just pop the name of the book (and
your name/blog name if you like) into the first Mr Linky box and then copy and
paste the url of your post about it into the second box.
I'll be pinning your links to this Pinboard to
make it easier for you to check them out at a glance.
I so want to read: The Room on Rue Amélie
ReplyDeleteThanks for the new month's post.
Hope you get to read it soon.
DeleteAdded! Thanks for the shout-out!
ReplyDeleteAn FBI thriller!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the synopsis from last month. I've heard that Hunger is a very good and eye-opening read.
ReplyDeleteHappy April!
I read a LOT of mysteries and thrillers in March and I've given you links to the ones I enjoyed most. I hope you and your readers will give them a try.
ReplyDeleteTx 4 heads up
ReplyDeleteThe Queen of Heart by Kimmery Martin -- her zesty prose and vibrant voice made this one a page turner.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Carole. I've just linked to two books I read recently - polar opposites :)
ReplyDeleteFirst They Killed My Father (about Cambodia during Pol Pot's regime) & The Rosemary Tree by Elizabeth Goudge. Thanks for the link up!
Sadly, I am behind on my reviews, so I can't link anything in this month. However I recently read the brilliant historical fiction, Six Tudor Queens: Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen by Alison Weir, which I hope I can share with you soon.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading the third in this series at the moment, it's about Jane Seymour and I'm really enjoying it.
DeleteThanks for including my pick from the last round! This time I brought an Australian author.
ReplyDeleteI shared two links this month, two great books.
ReplyDeleteThank you for spotlighting one of my blog posts!
ReplyDelete"Shoes for Anthony" certainly was an interesting read. I think a lot of your readers will enjoy it. It shows the life of the "little" man in Wales during WWII.
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