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Book Notes
Title
Author
Date
Notes
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02/15
 
Murder in an Irish Pub (4) +
Carlene O'Connor
8/19
*** Satisfying puzzler with lots of Irish flavor
Bad Date - A Short Story +
Ellery Lloyd
8/02
**** Celebrity actress with clever assistant and murderous son outwits scheming stalker
The Fourth Daughter +
Lynn Liao Butler 
08/01
*** Chef with PTSD finds Taiwanese grandmother's long-lost daughter and love
Murder at an Irish Wedding (2) +
Carlene O'Connor
7/25
*** Light and charming mystery with colorful Irish characters
The Secret Chord +
Geraldine Brooks
7/21
***** Believable, engaging and evocative biography of King David
The Women of Arlington Hall +
Jane Healy 
07/11
**** Young woman in 1940's helps crack Soviet code, falls in love.
The Recipient +
Audrey J Cole 
06/28
*** Alcoholic detective solves serial murder case in Seattle. Fast-paced, compelling.
Such a Beautiful Thing to Behold +
Umar Turaki
06/23
**** Children in a village survive a plague which kills all the adults. Dystopian with final miracle.
The Way Life Should Be +
William Dameron
06/19
*** Blended family challenges face two married gay men. Confusing but upbeat.
The Fallen Stones +
Diane Murci
06/15
*** Journalist visits butterfly zoo in England and butterfly farm in Belize. Philosophical, playful.
When We Were Enemies +
Emily Bleeker
05/26
*** Granddaughter learns secrets about her Italian movie star grandmother during filming of biopic
Well Behaved Wives +
Amy Sue Nathan
05/25
*** Well-off Jewish housewives in 1962 try to conform to society and cope with domestic abuse
Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight +
Alexandra Fuller
5/01
***** Author's childhood in a hardscrabble white farm family in the African bush
West With Giraffes +
Lynda Rutledge
04/21
***** Dust bowl orphan drives flatbed truck carrying two giraffes across the US in 1938
Like Me +
Hayley Phelan
04/19
 *** Obsessive young woman emulates then replaces influencer whom she idolizes
The Best We Could Hope For +
Nicola Kraus
4/05
**  Woman raises abused sister's children, projects abuse onto her daughter, who works out the truth
The Rules of Fortune +
Danielle Prescod
4/04
*** Daughter of wealthy black businessman discovers skeletons in the corporate closet
American Housewife +
Anita Abriel
3/11
**  Young woman in 1950's New York finds fame as TV show hostess and resolves relationships
Missing in Flight +
Audrey Cole
03/04
*** Mother loses baby on flight, revealed to have been kidnapped, flight almost crashes
Little Man, What Now? +
Hans Fallada
02/17
**  Young couple struggles to establish their home in Weimar Germany
Mozart's Starling +
Lyanda Lynn Haupt
02/15
*** Both the author and Mozart learned from and loved a pet Starling
Into the Fall +
Tamara L. Miller
02/11
*** Husband abandons wife and children during canoe trip
Eruption +
Crichton & Patterson
01/28
*** Volcano erupts and threatens toxic waste dump in Hawaii
The Curious Secrets Of Yesterday +
Namrata Patel 
12/24
**  Young Indian American woman finds love and independence from family Ayurveda ttradition
Sorry for the Inconvenience +
Farah Naz Rishi 
12/24
**  Young Pakistani American woman's memoir about family, friendship, loss and love
In Any Lifetime +
Marc Guggenheim 
12/24
*** Physicist searches multiple universes to reunite with his dead wife 
The Paris Assignment +
Rhys Bowen 
12/24
*** Young London woman becomes a spy in WWII occupied France
Bitter Passage +
Colin Mills 
12/24
***** British explorers face starvation, death and themselves in 1850's Canadian Arctic
Floreana +
Midge Raymond 
11/24
*** Two women eighty years apart find agency and direction in the Galapagos Islands
The Bootlegger's Daughter +
Nadine Nettmann 
11/24
*** Two young women, a liquor seller and a cop, face off in Prohibition-era Los Angeles

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