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sebrittainclark
The River Has Roots | Amal El-Mohtar
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5/5

The River Liss runs out of Faerie, full of magic, and two sisters grow up singing to the willows that soak up it's magic. This is such a beautiful and lyrical story about sisterhood, love, grief, and magic.

In the audiobook, the narrator sings all the songs, and I think that adds so much to an already incredible story. I really recommend listening to the audiobook.

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julesG
Emberclaw | L. R. Lam
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LeafingThroughLife
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This is a sweet cozy fantasy about 3 seer sisters who run a tearoom where they read tea leaves for their customers. Positive the tearoom and home is their future, all 3 are surprised to find themselves called to different pursuits just when it seems they most need to be united to the job of helping elder witches find their life tasks. Leans hard on the “failure to communicate” trope but is ultimately a satisfying story about finding your own path.

LeafingThroughLife Looks like this has a sequel coming out this year that I might just add to my TBR! February #doublespin #netgalley 1d
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1d
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Deblovestoread
Untitled | Unknown
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#FebruaryWrapUp

#NetGalley #ARC

Black Woods, Blue Sky
The Lost Passenger

#TOB25

Beautyland
The History of Sound

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 17h
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OutsmartYourShelf
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20 years ago eight-year-old Marty Grey's younger brother disappeared on the walk back home through the woods - she turned around & he had gone. Now 28, Marty still lives in the same house & keeps watch, waiting for her brother to come home. The search for her brother led Marty to an interest in true crime podcasts & she eventually started 'Welcome to Murdertown' looking at the disappearance of two female backpackers on nearby Ghost Mountain.

OutsmartYourShelf Unfortunately it backfired spectacularly leaving Marty almost a pariah in the town & now, when the sister of one of three men killed in a mall car park asks Marty to look into the case, she is reluctant because of what happened before, but the more she looks at the evidence the more she knows that something isn't right.

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OutsmartYourShelf Wow, this is definitely my Read of the Month! I flew through two-thirds of the book in one sitting, it was as if it was tailor-made for me: true crime, unsolved disappearances, & a supposedly haunted ghost town. Sign me up! Marty is a great main character, imperfect but you can empathise with her & what she has been through. It also had good pacing & the storyline was well planned out. I did work out most of what was going on but not all. 2d
OutsmartYourShelf Verdict: a really good read. Recommended. 4.5🌟

My thanks to #NetGalley & author, Rian Wynne, for the opportunity to read an ARC.

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7278365456
Read 27th-28th Feb 2025

#ReadAway2025 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES
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DieAReader Fantastic! 2d
CoffeeK8 Sounds interesting! 1d
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BoleyBooks
Witness 8: A Novel | Steve Cavanagh
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vlwelser
Fire Exit | Morgan Talty
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This author is interesting. He tells a good story. His text is non-linear. The subjects are not cheerful. I recommend it anyway.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

I also had an #ARC from #Netgalley 😂 oops.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2d
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OutsmartYourShelf
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Mehso-so

A well-researched, but sometimes academically dry, look at those who spent their lives closest to the heirs to England's throne. From Henry VII's formidable mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, to Cat Ashley, Elizabeth I's confidant. The issue for me is that we seem to spend an awful lot of time on Henry VII, Prince Arthur, & Henry VIII, & seemingly whizz through Edward VI, Mary I, & Elizabeth I. (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf That may just be my impression though as I find the latter three more interesting.

I do note that the author brought out evidence to counter the impression that most people have of Edward VI as a sickly invalid. Here he seems to have been a fairly healthy child & took part in activities such as tilting & hunting which he would not have done if he were fragile.
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OutsmartYourShelf Overall though, it took me almost a week to read this & normally I absolutely tear through anything to do with the Tudors, so I rate this 3.25⭐
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My thanks to #NetGalley & publishers, Pen & Sword, for the opportunity to read an ARC.

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7254294896
Read 19th-25th Feb 2025

#ReadAway2025 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES
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DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 3d
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BoleyBooks
Strange Case of Jane O. | Karen Thompson Walker
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squirrelbrain
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Loved this coming-of-age story set in Doncaster (Donny) and written in Northern dialect. It even took me a while to get into it and I‘m from the North of England! See what you think! ⬆️🤪

Kel, Shaz and Rach grow up in the 1990s in that typical friendship love-triangle when there‘s 3 of you. The changes in timeline and POV tell the story of the girls‘ growing up and apart but will a long-held secret destroy the friendship for good?

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LeeRHarry Sounds fab - stacked - spent many an hour in Donny train station as a student on my way to York. 😊 7d
squirrelbrain I think you‘d love it @LeeRHarry - it came out last week. 😉 I‘ve only been to Donny once (apart from on the train!), on a works night out with a colleague who was from there. It must have been 1993/4 and we actually went to Karisma nightclub, featured in the book. 🤪 I yelped when I read it! 7d
LeeRHarry @squirrelbrain Love it when you get surprised in a book like that 😊 7d
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