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My FriendsMy Friends by Fredrik Backman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Fredrik Backman wrote a Man Called Ove which became a movie called A Man Called Otto. Both the book and the movie were wonderful character development stories. So, guess what? Yes, ‘My Friends’ has even querkier characters grow as we watch the story unfold.

As if the story didn’t come alive with the written word, Marin Ireland (Narrator), make brings the listener to the dock to enjoy being a teen on summer break.

I hope you all get a chance to read/listen to this book. It is on Libby.

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Beautiful UglyBeautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Alice Feeney wrote a most delicious thriller. It reminded me of scary ghost stories around the campfire, but much more detailed and realistic. Though not at all. You’ll understand once you read or listen to it.

If you choose to listen, Richard Armitage (Narrator) and Tuppence Middleton (Narrator) tell the story with great acting and characterization. I love their accents.

Once again, I found this book on Libby as an available audiobook. Now I’ve found a new author to enjoy.

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Any Day Now (Sullivan's Crossing, #2)Any Day Now by Robyn Carr
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

As I mentioned in the review for the first book, if you like the streaming series of Sullivan’s Crossing (Netflix, I think), you’ll like these books. The same love and concern for each other, living in a tranquil place of camping and hiking, and sweet characters combine to make a heartwarming story.

Roby Carr writes a beautiful story. This second book seemed to have a bit more repetition than may be needed, but it is easy to forgive. Terese Plummer narrates the tale well. I wish she could vary the character voices better. All the men sound the same; all the women sound the same. It is hard, sometimes, to know the person who is speaking. But Ms. Plummer keeps the listener engaged.

This book has quite a lot of suspense near the end. Thank you, Ms. Carr, for leaving us in a happy place regardless.

I found this second book on Audible. I want to go camping at Sullivan’s Crossing again soon. Next paycheck, I guess.

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Tom LakeTom Lake by Ann Patchett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Meryl Streep narrated this story. It was fun to hear her voice. I do wish the characters had been a little different but that didn’t stop an intriguing story.

This wasn’t a story full of thrills or mystery but rather memory and family. A parent telling stories of her youth. This was a great read for bedtime. Just enougn to keep keep me awake and interested. No tension to add to bad dreams.

Libby supplied this audiobook. I hope you get the chance to read it.

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The Housemaid Is Watching (The Housemaid, #3)The Housemaid Is Watching by Freida McFadden
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Lauryn Allman and Ina Marie Smith bring Freida McFadden’s third book in her Housemaid series to life. This book was even more interesting in that it involved the family. The housemaid is married and has two children. She learns that what was easy as a single person is now four times as much.

The layers of personalities are complicated and yet full of love and suspicions. My favorite part was when we could see the issues from the child’s perspective. We often forget that our attempts to protect them can cause more harm than talking it out, painful as that might be.

Now I feel I can go watch the show

I was lucky to find this audiobook on Libby. I highly recommend this fun read if you like a thriller.

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Three Sisters (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #3)Three Sisters by Heather Morris
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

These three books were so good that I had to buy the Audible version so I can read/listen to them again and again. Heather Morris’s research and writing were fascinatingly well done! And Finty Williams’s narration just brought the characters to life. She made her voice sound different for every character. I never felt lost as to whose point of view was being expressed.

This book is about the worst and best of people, at the worst time in history. Three sisters are caught up in the worst conditions and separated after promising to stay together and protect each other. I love books about people who care for others, even for those who were seemingly on the wrong side. Even as it seems hopeless, these characters find ways to make it just one more day.

I hope everyone gets a chance to read these books. I was able to read/listen to them first from Libby, but as I said, I look forward to reading them many more times. I may yet buy the paper version, as there are a lot of facts in the afterward that I think I need to look at and absorb.

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Cilka's Journey (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #2)Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Louise Brealey’s amazing voice narrated Heather Morris’s fascinating novel.

This series is so important to read. We need to feel what people felt as this actual crime happened in history. It may be the only way new generations will believe it. Even those who lived through it didn’t believe it until they were nearly dead from the cruelty.

This series is based on facts told to the author by the Tattooist himself. As many in that generation do, holding the unbelievable truths for the protection of body and soul, he finally wanted to talk. He needed someone to listen to his story.

The fiction in this story gives the listener/reader a basis for understanding the human issues involved. I couldn’t stop reading. The sun was up when I finished. The excitement and the truth the author conveyed at the end of the book kept me awake until morning. I wanted to start the next book in the series, but I attempted to sleep.

I was lucky to find this series on Libby, but I know I will have to read them again and again, so I will buy the Audible versions and maybe even the paperback for the record, when I get paid.

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The Tattooist of AuschwitzThe Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was such a good book. Not my favorite of this subject matter, but it ranks high. Most war stories center on the men. And there’s my disappointment. But I now see that the author has written a couple more books that are more my speed. Women existed and were put through even more torture because they were women. There are stories to claim half the sky, the good and the bad.

Still, the love story that sustained the main character, a crush more than love at first, makes the intolerable barely tolerable. A touch of hope that brings others light. I’d like to think that kind of light helped others trapped in that crazy, horrid existence. Richard Armitage, the narrator, brings the story to life.

Libby had this and the other two books, which I’ll start tonight. I recommend this author and this book.

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The Lost ApothecaryThe Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I ran out of things to read at two in the morning. Under available audiobooks, I found this one.

This is a layered story; three different characters share their truths around the Lost Apothecary. Lorna Bennett, Lauren Anthony, and Lauren Irwin narrate the people, giving the story depth I think might be missing in a book read by eyes.

It was a quick read. I must admit that it made me want to do research like the main character. Any time I am supposed to be writing, I find myself going down deep wells of information. Most of it never makes it into the book, but I feel it enriches my soul and mind.

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The HousemaidThe Housemaid by Freida McFadden
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was not what I expected. I thought for sure that I would find it boring or silly. But instead, I found a very interesting story, told in a way that kept I interested from the very beginning.

The narrator, Lauryn Allman, did a marvelous job of varying her voice for each character, making them believable.

The film has been out for a while. My favorite way to watch books made into movies is to read them first. So that was my goal. Little did I imagine I’d be hooked into reading the next few books. As soon as I’ve read them all, I will find the movie.

Don’t you love Libby? I wouldn’t be able to read/listen to so many books without it.

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