I’ve never married and I don’t have kids. I wasn’t expecting to like this novel. I didn’t think I’d be able to relate at all. But from the opening scene and the casual cruelty I loved Ashling and was completely invested in the story. What a way to co-parent. What a sensitively written, completely uplit […]
I’m still thinking about this one. I love Tricia Stringer’s books and the love she has for people. I think she does such a great job with empathy. I even loved Ian. I loved the three generations of family, I loved the pink jelly cakes. I thought the themes of domestic violence and financial distress
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Whew!! I could not put that down!! What a great read!! I loved it!! As a book lover I completely love the idea of being a librarian that can ‘hear her name being called’ whenever someone needs printer help and a private cupboard sounds completely heaven. All the book references and recommendations were so great;
I loved it! What a great, Australian gothic story. I loved the fictional town of Shipwreck Bay, ‘the virtuous facade (that) hid something darker’. I loved Rebecca, I feel like I know we would be friends, although I would have appreciated ‘the pink dolls house’. I thought the themes of animal welfare and gaslighting were
The perfect sequel to PS I love you, it was so nice to see everyone again and see what Holly has been up to. It’s more mature and sophisticated than I remember PS to be, but of course it is it’s 7 years older. I loved it. But obviously it’s all concerned with grief and
Couldn’t have loved it more!! A book about books and people who love books is the book for me!! Add in the themes of friendship ‘all of us at the library’, community ‘people of the mountain..knew how to look after their own’ and I am there!! Absolutely loved it!! There’s also the gift of literacy,
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I am a left handed bookseller so I knew I had to read it, but I haven’t read a fantasy in years!! It took me a while to get into it, but once I was in I had no trouble turning the pages. It was fun and I did love seeing London through Susan’s eyes.
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What a ride!!! Loved seeing Sydney, loved Dixon St, loved the Old Goods Line. Loved the coffee, the food court…Oh.My.God!!! Love Martin with his journalist passion and Mandalay, I love the recurring characters. Such hard hitting themes…It was so much more violent than I remember Silver being, but I was completely captivated.
Absolutely spellbinding, this was such a beautiful read. I have read and loved books about masterpieces and I wasn’t expecting this to be in the same class, but it absolutely was. So beautiful, so haunting so perfect. I love and know Ellie, Sara and Marty. I feel I learnt a great deal about the Dutch
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What an epic!! This book has been on my TBR list since 1992! I cant wait until I see someone reading it and I can congratulate myself for having knocked it off! The style isn’t for me though, I felt like both Kane and Able were unrealistic; both not just smart, capable, handsome but also
