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Up next! I‘m using this for 2012 in the Backlist Reading Challenge by the Book Girls Guide Blog.

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My last audiobook of 2023 was a good one! This felt overly long, but it paid off. It was a multilayered story with an intriguing mystery, nuanced characters, and a moving ending. I always love Caroline Lee‘s narration. 🎧

I wasn‘t completely absorbed by my #authoramonth pick until about halfway through, but from there I got drawn deeper and deeper, and really enjoyed slowly uncovering more of the secrets. The final reveal took me COMPLETELY off guard, and the ending was really heartwarming. I also loved how completely different this was from the other book by this author I read a few years back. @Soubhiville

“RURAL England, a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere, a summer's day at the start of the 1960s.”
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#AutumnPlease #Day20 #Secrets 16yr old Laurel witnesses a shocking crime while hiding in her family‘s treehouse one sunny afternoon. 50yrs later, she will try to piece together what really happened that day, chasing Dorothy‘s secrets from pre WWII to the Blitz, the 60s & beyond. #Scarathlon #SpookyGhostClub 6pts

Just wanted to let you know this Kate Morton is on sale today (I think on multiple platforms). Might be something the #authoramonth group might want to look at.
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I forgot to post my remaining #12booksof2022. Here is my October selection. It had been on my TBR list for a number of years and when I got a paperback copy of the book from the library, I knew I wanted to read it. I honestly didn‘t know what to expect but once I really got into the book, I was hooked.

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4.5⭐️ This was one of those books that the journey to the conclusion was very much worth it and loved how the secret is slowly revealed and how the author crafted the story. I will have get my hands on another Kate Morton book sometime soon. #2022 #fiction #historicalfiction #wwii #bookreview #bookstagram #familysecrets

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As always with Kate Morton, I really enjoyed this. In her typical style, it moved back and forth through time, uncovering family secrets.

Wow! Kate Morton outdid herself in The Secret Keeper. It had her classic intricate plot with alternating timelines, which I always love. This one was set partially in World War II London, but it‘s not a WWII book. It focuses much more on the relationships between the characters than on the war. And there‘s a huge twist at the end. I‘ve still got a few more of hers to read, but this one is my favorite so far.

Kate Morton always humbles me as a reader - just when I think I have the ending figured out, she sticks one last twist in to remind you that she is a master story weaver. Finished this one this morning and I just can't stop thinking about it!

My Sunday morning reading companion ❤

Just a lazy Sunday here. I think I'm on a historical fiction kick and Kate Morton never disappoints

A mystery where you know who did it from the beginning and the question is why she did it. You won‘t predict the final twist-I didn‘t. I enjoyed the book greatly

This is my second book read by Morton, and I just absolutely love the way she writes - lyrical with a gradual unveiling of layers and mystery. In this dual timeline novel, Laurel discovers her dying mother has a secret that stems to events that took place during the Blitz in 1941. I savored this one!

Good WWII historical fiction story which is told using three timelines. It is a long book, and my general state of distraction right now didn‘t help, but there are enough twists to keep it interesting.

#LiteraryCrew ...it‘s discussion time! I‘ve posted several questions under the spoiler tag. A few of these questions come from the back of my copy in the reader‘s guide. I‘m still reading, and loving it, but I know a few have completed the reading and are anxious to discuss. Please jump in when you are able!

June is going to be a rocky month for me, going back to work, so I am moving our next book to read until July. Look for my post soon!

At 602 pages for my copy, this book took its time, but it really was a memorable read. If you‘re in for a long book with a storyline that seems to slowly wander, you‘ll love this one.

A bit slow a few times, but that might be my lack of focus these days. A bit of magical thinking, but then again, that helped it move along, so ok. But most of all, I really didn't see all of the twists coming!

What'd you think of the #buddyread?

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Omg both kids asleep, sun shining, monitors reach outside...

Finally getting going on my #buddyread @Librarybelle !

Just checking in with everyone - a few mentioned to me being unable to get this book, due to library closures. Shall we continue this read into May?

I‘m loving it so far - Morton has a writing gift! I find I am swept up in her writing and the cadences of her sentences. I will not be able to finish by the end of the month, for sure, but I‘m making steady progress. It‘s a thick book!

Shall we continue through May? #LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead

By popular demand, the #LiteraryCrew #buddyread for March became the read for April. I am looking forward to this one!

I‘ll post check ins throughout the month, and we‘ll discuss at the end of the month!

Wow. I don't always like her books, or I do but with reservations, but this one was really so good, full of thick layers of mystery that were gradually peeled away. An excellent read. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

South Africa is going on lockdown at midnight on Thursday. I guess this book will keep me company for a little while if I'm only at 36%!

I have not forgotten about this month‘s selection for #LiteraryCrew ! With everything happening right now, would anyone object to continuing this selection in April? I haven‘t had a chance to start it yet, and I think I‘m not the only one. Let me know what you think! #buddyread

Though probably too wordy, it was nonetheless a gorgeous book, whose ending had me tearing up and clutching my heart.

New month, new #LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead ! I‘m hoping to be more attentive to the discussions and check ins this month. This will be my second Kate Morton book, so I‘m really looking forward to it!

Read throughout the month, and at the end, we‘ll discuss the book. There‘s still time to join...just comment below, and I‘ll add you to the list for this month!

Repost for @Librarybelle :

Announcing the March #LiteraryCrew #Buddyread ...Kate Morton‘s The Secret Keeper! Family secrets. Murder. English countryside.

Anyone is welcome to join! Comment below, so I can tag you in future posts about the book. Read the book throughout March, and I‘ll post periodically to check in with everyone. Discussion at the end of the month.

Which Kate Morton book is your favorite? I‘ve only read The Lake House, but I‘m determined to read at least one more of them this year!

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Announcing the March #LiteraryCrew #Buddyread ...Kate Morton‘s The Secret Keeper! Family secrets. Murder. English countryside.

Anyone is welcome to join! Comment below, so I can tag you in future posts about the book. Read the book throughout March, and I‘ll post periodically to check in with everyone. Discussion at the end of the month.

I don‘t quite my rating after the first read. But this second time wasn‘t very gripping. It‘s the last 40-50 minutes that make a difference.
Until then especially the female characters are all very unsympathetic. Vivien ain‘t as annoying as Dorothy – but none of them I was rooting for.

It‘s an okay story, lengthy and a bit overly constructed and compared to “The Forgotten Garden” a weak novel.

Fooled.
When you think you‘re almost through with your audiobook – and it then moves on to track 2 for another four hours. 😁

Which, I must admit that, fits my bit by bit returning memory of the plot, better.

May sound weird but in the audiobook I can keep the characters apart better than back when I read the book some years ago. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Out of nothing it became quite windy here. Autumn storm 🍂🌬 at its best. I‘m in the happy position to being able to not even bother. I‘m all comfy sipping my coffee ☕️ and enjoying my audiobook.

Which is, as I figured out at minute three, a re-read for me. I read it in my bookish years before Litsy but since I cannot recall the plot I will continue although I‘m usually no real fan of re-reads since there are so many books to discover.

Being woken up early by barking dogs that were taken for their morning walk. 🙄 (There‘s such thing like a dog grooming school when your dog constantly doesn‘t obey. You shouldn‘t need to scream your lungs out. “DROP! STOP! DROP! NOO! DON‘T! NOO! HEEL!” I mean why do people do that? If it‘s early morning/late night where‘s the consideration for the fellow human beings?)

It still don‘t wanna get up – time for more bed-coziness with my audiobook.

After my rather complicated last audiobook about the war in Syria 🇸🇾 I now look forward to this much lighter audiobook.

I expect it to be a typical Kate Morton.
An English manor, a family story about/of old English country gentry plus some mystery that connects the family‘s history with a cosy today love story.

I started off excited for this one (love the setting), got bogged down in the middle (so. many. words!), and then loved the ending. Family secrets, WWII, jumping back and forth in time, and the haves vs the have nots is what this one is all about. Read for #bookclub-- we meet today.