First Colony in California where people are secured in a compound. It‘s a back-to-basics way of life,devoid of television, phones, cars & office life. People have jobs such as teachers, soldiers & farmers.

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I can't put this book down, but I must, as I'm on the way to getting spectacularly drunk .#JustinCronin #DreamingTreeWine #paperWhite

When I'm done with City of Mirrors I want to get back to DCI Alan Banks. #peterRobinson #InspectorBanks

His writing is so descriptive, I could see, smell & hear Lucessi. #justincronin #CityOfMirrors

Does anyone know of an Australian book challenge to hook up to next year? I'm doing a Brit book challenge this year & am planning ahead. I'd appreciate a point in the right direction

“I tried to think back to earlier in the evening, to where the argument started. We were having such a good time. I‘d done grilled prawns with lots of chilli and coriander, and we were drinking this delicious Chen Blanc that he‘d been given by a grateful client. We were out on the patio...

What a sad collection of characters, it had my unsaved attention!
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Overall, this book couldn‘t hold my interest. If the environmental catastrophe was addressed more and the dialogue was more intriguing, if it wasn‘t a makeshift tragedy with characters you just couldn‘t care about….maybe then I could have finished the book.

I did the read along and I didn't sign up. Anyway, got up at 5:30 this morning and read for 3 hours before anyone was up. I am now 75% done with The Twelve. Aja kept me company while I read. Well read Shiba Inu #readathon

I was fortunate enough to receive an advance copy of this book. If I hadn't been so immersed in The Twelve by Cronin I would have started it immediately. It's on deck next.

Everything I've tried from this cookbook had been fantastic ! ❤️👍This chicken and sausage Paella is a keeper. Great recipes, easy to follow and no fuss ingredients.

Maeve Binchy was a wonderful storyteller. She could weave a plot with so many characters, all their lives intersecting with one another and yet, you wouldn‘t be confused about what was going on in their lives. It was a sad day when she died. Ireland lost a treasure

I read this book a while back. A friend was talking to me about magic words that draw you to a book when browsing at the store or library. What are your attractors? I wrote about it here :
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I can't put The Twelve down! Read a few chapters, pour a bourbon and read some more before bedtime.

This apocalyptic lit has me totally engaged. As I learn more about April, Kittridge & the others I can't air to see here they end up

I'm about 20% into this book, it's great! It's too hot to ride now so I can tuck into my book this weekend. If virals come after us I guess we could try and ride far, far away!

Overall, I will pass this book on to the library as there isn‘t much I would actually cook from these recipes. If I were into desserts I may love the book but yeah….not a winner for me. I won't eat rose petals. Or kale.

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This cookbook isn't pedestrian, so-so book laid out like so many others. This is an extraordinary cookbook, beautifully photographed with easy to follow recipes. There are numerous recipes I would like to try but I started with one for salmon.

3 children disappear in the woods. Jamie, Adam &Peter go playing & don‘t come back. Adam Ryan is found clinging to a tree, blood in his shoes. Jamie &Peter are never found. Fast forward 22 years & meet Rob Ryan, a detective with Dublin Murder Squad. Rob is actually Adam Robert Ryan.

Love how he ties things together at the end, finding parallels between Graham & Luke. They were teenaged boys with 40 years between the disappearances but there were indeed comparisons. Each book includes Banks musical education.I'm on book 14 now and his taste in music evolves each time. Fav author

This is one of my favorite cookbooks by Nigel Slater. You get lost in the visuals as you read his magnificent prose, describing things so well you can taste it, you can feel the cool breeze in his garden, smell the alluring aroma of an exotic dish he's cooking. Definitely for Anglophiles & cooks. ❤️

What happened to the brilliant Cambridge student Edith Hind? The first 72 hours are crucial to find a missing person alive,the clock is running from the start of this novel. This isn‘t a slam dunk, a mystery figured out early on. That‘s a wonderful thing to be surprised when you reading a mystery.

To be forewarned, French isn‘t a cozy mystery writer. To me, this one is so well written and may be my favorite in the series. So far. By the 81% mark on my Kindle I was thrown for a loop – something I did not see coming, a twist in the story. Honestly, I couldn‘t put this one down.

I‘d say I got totally invested in this story after a few chapters, more than I usually read before getting hooked. But then, let me tell you, it becomes a pager turner & there are twists & surprises I never saw coming. Great story. Love it when I can‘t see the ending& we have some surprises.

Everyone encourages Claire. It seems she has good friends & lovely boyfriend but she pushes them away at times by being over sensitive and worse, not holding her tongue when she drinks too much. This isn‘t a format I love when reading a book but I did find it humorous and finished the book.