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![Suz | 4235 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1593566451p1/11889829.jpg)
![Christmas at Applemore by Rachael Lucas](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1668877067l/60525933._SY75_.jpg)
My review 3★
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![Carolyn | 9350 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1704069075p1/19559507.jpg)
![The Paris Secret by Natasha Lester](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1596433223l/50358502._SY75_.jpg)
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![Sandysbookaday (sandyj21) | 204 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1509647506p1/30817744.jpg)
![The Lawson Legacy by Janet Gover](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1698619859l/201008479._SY75_.jpg)
![Krystal (krystallee6363) | 2130 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1491478087p1/18989854.jpg)
Faebound by Saara El-Arifi
![Faebound (Faebound, #1) by Saara El-Arifi](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1695755226l/157981739._SY75_.jpg)
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![Marianne (cloggiedownunder) | 9628 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1303027210p1/5067228.jpg)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
![PattyMacDotComma | 3061 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1704070746p1/1128612.jpg)
![The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1640879690l/22700038._SY75_.jpg)
![PattyMacDotComma | 3061 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1704070746p1/1128612.jpg)
![The Tilt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #2) by Chris Hammer](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1657354700l/61413297._SY75_.jpg)
![Carolyn | 9350 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1704069075p1/19559507.jpg)
![Murder at the Wedding (Miss Underhay Mysteries #7) by Helena Dixon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1623246649l/58301852._SY75_.jpg)
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![Sanjib Dash BookishDramas (sanjibkd) | 95 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1708173870p1/134366167.jpg)
1 star for an entire year to read this.
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
![Rachel (mimbza) | 489 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1395815313p1/22824800.jpg)
![When the Apricots Bloom by Gina Wilkinson](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1591021052l/51831724._SX50_.jpg)
![Rosh (roshreviews) | 452 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1700254211p1/91622714.jpg)
Ended 2023 with two mixed historical fiction reads.
1. Dinner with Churchill by Robin Hawdon
![Dinner with Churchill by Robin Hawdon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1699680264l/200592670._SX50_.jpg)
A great book in the first half, but went on a downwards spiral in the second half. The postscript killed it entirely. But the Churchill-related historical research is excellent.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok
![The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1679352643l/78296909._SY75_.jpg)
Might have worked better for me had it not been marketed as a mystery-thriller and had the plotting been tighter.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
![Rachel (mimbza) | 489 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1395815313p1/22824800.jpg)
![The Translator by Leila Aboulela](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328856924l/107824._SY75_.jpg)
![Rachel (mimbza) | 489 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1395815313p1/22824800.jpg)
![Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1571573089l/52761023._SY75_.jpg)
![Rachel (mimbza) | 489 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1395815313p1/22824800.jpg)
![The Secret Life of Winnie Cox by Sharon Maas](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1441576503l/26237327._SY75_.jpg)
![Rachel (mimbza) | 489 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1395815313p1/22824800.jpg)
![The Desert and the Drum by Mbarek Ould Beyrouk](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1544301584l/43176990._SY75_.jpg)
My review of Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories by Kate Atkinson
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![Normal Rules Don't Apply Stories by Kate Atkinson](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1685992294l/63934847._SY75_.jpg)
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![Carolyn | 9350 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1704069075p1/19559507.jpg)
![Shadow Over the Fens (DI Nikki Galena #2) by Joy Ellis](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1466752008l/30741950._SY75_.jpg)
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![Andrea | 2029 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1703745161p1/9582364.jpg)
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![The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1569862373l/37642030._SY75_.jpg)
![Marianne (cloggiedownunder) | 9628 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1303027210p1/5067228.jpg)
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![Brooke - One Woman's Brief Book Reviews (onewomansbbr) | 648 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1522300779p1/27567325.jpg)
![The Milliner of Bendigo by Darry Fraser](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1696292530l/171090028._SY75_.jpg)
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
![Andrea | 2029 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1703745161p1/9582364.jpg)
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![A Shadow at the Door by Jo Dixon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1695684516l/183715375._SY75_.jpg)
![Sharon | 5210 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1704017985p1/11267295.jpg)
![Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year by Joanna Nell](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1686285339l/156512344._SY75_.jpg)
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![Mary (bookworm60) | 365 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1352180284p1/14308715.jpg)
HIghly recommended
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My review for
The Bookstore at Rivers End by Phillipa Nefri Clark
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![The Bookstore at Rivers End (Temple River #2) by Phillipa Nefri Clark](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1701420116l/199892920._SY75_.jpg)
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![Marianne (cloggiedownunder) | 9628 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1303027210p1/5067228.jpg)
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![Marianne (cloggiedownunder) | 9628 comments](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/users/1303027210p1/5067228.jpg)
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