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1-29-25: My 9th finished book of 2025! Jessica, Norah and Alicia are sisters but not by blood. They grew up in a foster home called Wild Meadows. Ms. Fairchild was their foster monster. Treated horribly they bonded and as adults they reminded sisters. When their childhood home is knocked down and bones are found under the ground the sisters are called back to Port Agatha to answer questions about their past and Ms. Fairchild. ⭐️⭐️⭐️📖#️⃣9️⃣

I need HELP please from my LitsyFamily. I‘ve completed my FIRST draft of a book about starting a career in Technology- so would love to find readers who are willing to read and provide feedback. If you are interested pls write in a comment. Thanks in advance 🙏

Wow, a blind secret Santa swap and I picked a good 'un! This tells a fictional biography of an Australian woman in the twentieth century who has a bohemian life, searching for belonging and warmth.
It was so interesting to read some Australian history of Sydney and also the war years.
Plenty of detail and gorgeous natural description. Finished it just as I'm off to bed. New book incoming!

A fair few plot twists, some pretty predictable others not so much. The writing kept me interested and invested the whole way through, which for a six hundred page book is pretty impressive. Overall really enjoyed this one #pick #homecoming

An interesting and informative read about some of the more known Australian crime cases including Peter Falconi, Jaidyn Leski. With insights into the Australian justice system and it's issues it was a well written thought provoking read.⭐⭐⭐⭐ #robinbowles #roughjustice #goodreads #getlitsy #thestorygraph #tea_sipping_bookworm #truecrime #bookstagram #bookqueen #lakepress

Dexter and Athena live a life of mundane but content (at least outwardly) domesticity, which is shaken when Dexter bumps into an old girlfriend whose lifestyle is more hedonistic. Garner‘s writing captures the elements of both lifestyles and the effects well, and she has some excellent turns of phrase: “She had all the colour and dynamism of a parsnip”

Book 6/60; Page 999/18000 #Read2025 @DieAReader
#JumpStart2025 @Lizpixie

I read “The Restless Dolly Maunder” last year when it was on The Women‘s Prize for Fiction Longlist and I loved that book. Ever since I wanted to read more by Granville. I thought this sounded interesting, but it was not for me.

I‘m not sure if it‘s the wrong time, the translation or that‘s it due back at the library, but I read 20p maybe andI wasn‘t gripped.

I‘ll see if I try anything else by her in the future

Heart felt for the foster children

An account of Davidson's trek across the Australian desert, but it's not an 'intrepid young adventurer' story. She explorers humanity, nature, brutality, race, and gender. The writing is excellent; it's was a bit of a revel. Highly recommend (though there are instances of intense cruelty to humans and camels described, be advised).

I need to go find the original NatGeo article on the trip, she was funded and photographed by the magazine.

Great audible.