Top Five Tuesday: 5 books with neurodivergent characters #Top5Tuesday #TuesdayBookBlog @MeeghanReads #TopFiveTuesday
Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme created by Bionic Bookworm, now hosted by Meeghan Reads. If you’re interested in participating, check out their blog to get the details and the prompts for each week!
This week, we’re picking out books that have neurodivergent characters in recognition of Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month.
So, with no further ado, here are my choices:
(as I usually do, I’ve linked…
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"The Seafarer's Secret" by Carol Ann Collins - Book Review @BeaufortBooks @authorcacollins #TheSeafarersSecret #BookReview
It was the setting that first attracted me to this novel. The Outer Banks of North Carolina – a place I visited once and long to return in person, though via fiction will have to suffice for now…
The novel centers around a police chief, William Templeton who is in his thirties and is a widower. Just one year ago his wife died in a tragic accident – they were separated at the time. Guilt plagues…
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"Death In A Lonely Place" by Stig Abell - Book Review @HarperFiction @HarperCollinsUK #DeathInALonelyPlace @StigAbell #BookReview
Jake Jackson series #2
Written partly as an homage to detective fiction, this second installment in the Jake Jackson series has cemented my vow to pursue this series avidly.
Former London police detective Jake Jackson is now firmly ensconced in his new rural home – he is a changed man. He is very fit and self-sufficient. Having no television, internet, or even phone service gives Jake the…
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"The Murmurs" by Michael J. Malone - Book Review @OrendaBooks #TheMurmurs #BookReview @michaelJmalone1
This is not my first Michael J. Malone novel and I have come to expect quality writing and an intense reading experience. One again, I was not disappointed.
I adored the Scottish settings, the pacing was spot-on, and the characters were well developed. I particularly enjoyed the twin/sibling relationship between Annie and her brother Mark. The charming and charismatic preacher was a man who…
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"The Night In Question" by Susan Fletcher - Book Review @UnionSqandCo @sfletcherauthor #TheNightInQuestion @doubledayca #BookReview
“Florrie learned, long ago, that society forgets an old person was ever young.”
Florrie was a remarkable old lady. She has seen much in her eighty-seven years. She has loved many, travelled afar, and experienced many losses. Also… Florrie holds a secret which she has kept from everyone for over seven decades.
Now, after a tragic accident, she has lost her left leg and is confined to a wheelchair.…
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"Clear" by Carys Davies - Book Review @ScribnerBooks @simonschuster #CarysDavies #Clear #BookReview
“Clear” was a novel that brought history to life. Rendered with empathy and beautiful prose, the author’s love of language is evident. The novel takes place in 1843, when the final stages of the Scottish Clearances was taking place. John is a minister, who, along with his wife Mary are desperately poor. When he is given the opportunity to travel to a remote Hebridean island to evict the last…
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Fictionophile's MARCH 2024 Reading Wrap-Up #bookblogger #MonthlyWrapUp #Fictionophile #MarchReads
March by the numbers:
Total titles read: 9
Published recently: 6
Backlist titles: 3
Five star reads: 5
Debut novels: 1
Books that are part of a series: 4
Goodreads challenge: 28/120 (23%)
GR NetGalley challenge: 14/50 (28%)
GR Edelweiss challenge: 8/25 (32%)
In March, my armchair travels took me to
England (once)
U.S.A. (twice)
Scotland (twice)Canada (once)Ireland (3 times)In this past month…
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Fictionophile's MARCH 2024 #BookHaul #Bookbloggers #ForthcomingTitles #TBR #AnticipatedReads
This month I added NINE new review commitments to my TBR mountain.
Six were publisher widgets sent to me that I couldn’t resist ; One was a ‘Read Now’ ; and I requested two. Temptation won me over…
(All book descriptions are linked to Goodreads.)
I received five of these titles from NetGalley.
My request was granted to read and review this title from HarperCollins Canada – August 6, 2024…
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"No Strangers Here" by Carlene O'Connor - Book Review @KensingtonBooks #NoStrangersHere #ReadingIrelandMonth24 #IrishFiction #CarleneOConnor #CountyKerryMysteries
“There are no strangers here; only friends you haven’t yet met.” – William Butler Yeats
County Kerry Mystery #1
Dimpna Wilde was one of the most unique and enchanting characters I’ve encountered in some time. She is diminutive in size, colossal in heart, has been dealt many crushing blows in her life, yet she remains positive and funny. She works as a veterinarian and loves all animals without…
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"Crow Moon" by Suzy Aspley - Book Review @OrendaBooks #CrowMoon @Writer_Suzy #BookReview #BlogTour #MarthaStrangewaysInvestigation @RandomTTours
“When the crow moon rises, the darkness is unleashed…”
Martha Strangeways has endured many traumas in her life. She lost her family at a young age and was put into care. Most recently, she lost her three-year-old twin boys in a house fire. More loss than most people can imagine…
Martha works worked as an award-winning investigative journalist. She was attending a press conference when her partner…
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"Growing Wild In The Shade" by Jean Grainger - Book Review #MagsMunroe @jeanniegrainger #ReadingIrelandMonth24 #IrishFiction #BookReview
I loved the bones of Mags Munroe when I read the first book in this series, now, after reading the second instalment, I’m even more her fan. She was such an authentic character. Again, this novel follows Mags through her days . The reader is privy to her thoughts, her worries, and her delightful sense of humour.
Mags is fifty years old and lives with her beloved husband, Kieran, who works as a…
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"The Secret of Eveline House" by Sheila Forsey - Book Review #ReadingIrelandMonth24 @PoolbegBooks @SheilaForsey #TheSecretOfEvelineHouse #BookReview
An unforgettable, dual-time line story which tells the tale of the residents of an Irish house over the years.
“Religion and tradition still ruled the state.”
1949-50 – The Ward family took ownership of Eveline House in County Wicklow not far from Dublin. They were native Irish who met and were married in London, England. Henry Ward was an ambitious goldsmith/jewellery designer while his wife…
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#FlashFiction by Andrea Rodda #EverythingYouThinkYouAre
A friend of a friend wrote this short fiction piece and I thought I’d share it with my followers.
Everything You Think You Are
He reveals himself to me one evening as I meditate upon the star, Arcutrus (called The Dragon in some places around the world). As I sit gazing up at the sky, allowing the thoughts to roll through my mind unchecked, a question arises within me…
What am I?
The star,…
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Announcing the Libby Award Winners! #LibbyAwards @LibbyApp
As a follow-up to my post of February 25, 2024 – I thought you might be interested in who won the first ever Libby Awards!
Libby just announced the winners of its first-ever inaugural book awards, The Libbys! Showcasing titles and authors from 17 different genres, voted on by over 1700 librarians from across the globe, the Libby Book Awards were created by book lovers, for book lovers.
Here are…
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"Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?" by Nicci French - Book Review @HarperCollins @Morrow_PB @FrenchNicci #HasAnyoneSeenCharlotteSalter #BookReview
Niall Salter is the only one of the siblings to stay in the area. He married and took over the family’s landscaping business.
Paul Salter, deeply affected by his mother’s disappearance, took his own life five years after she was last seen…
Oliver Salter is the artistic one. He too left the area for pastures new.
Etty Salter, the youngest of the family, is despondent and grieving her mother. As…
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"The Inheritance" by Joanna Goodman - Book Review @HarperCollins @HarperCollinsCa #JoannaGoodman #TheInheritance #BookReview
“Say not you know another entirely, till you have divided an inheritance with him.”
Arden Moore is widowed suddenly while still in her thirties. Her lifestyle was affluent thanks to Scott, her stock broker husband, but the stock market crash saw their bank accounts dwindling. Her husband though, didn’t adjust to the new reality, which meant that he left Arden and their three children almost…
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"Still See You Everywhere" by Lisa Gardner - Book Review @GrandCentralPub #StillSeeYouEverywhere #FrankieElkin @LisaGardnerBks #BookReview
The third Frankie Elkin novel
“Being in a line of work where everyone lies to me has made me a firm believer that everyone lies.”
Frankie is courageous, lonely, wise-cracking, impulsive, driven by her demons, a recovering alcoholic, and most of all…. broken. In her forties, she shuns personal possessions and travels light. She is a drifter who, at all times, lives by her instincts, and is an…
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