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Sisters of the Midnight SunSisters of the Midnight Sun by Fiona Valpy
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I received this copy of Fiona Valpy’s from NetGalley. I feel so blessed to get to read, well, listen to this story using Kindle’s text-to-speech.

The story starts with two women getting to know each other. Both in grief. Soon we learn their stories. I don’t want to give too much away because the depth of their lives and loves is the best part of the adventure.

War. Interrupts life, and this part of the story about survival is the saddest.

Stories about families and loved ones are my favorite kind of story. I loved this book so much. I highly recommend it. I can’t wait for it to be an audiobook, as I would love to hear the languages, if not the accents, of the people in this book.

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Cursed (Cursed Magic #1)Cursed by Casey Odell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A four-star rating is pushing it. Mainly because I decided to try to read Book Two, I’m hoping it will get better. I picked this first book up in 2013. I kept putting off reading it. I was getting tired of Young Adult books, even then. Most are so angsty. Sadly, thirteen years later, I feel the same way.

The story started interesting enough, but as soon as the main character gets with the elves, the angst starts. ‘Why doesn’t he pay more attention to me? I can’t help myself; I have to kiss him. I know he’s bad for me, etc., etc.’

I pushed myself to get through this with Kindle Text-to-Speech. But it still was hard to read/listen to.

Okay, I will admit I was probably not the preferred audience; 76 is not YA, except in my own mind.

By the way, you can get this as a Kindle Unlimited title. Maybe you’ll like it better than I did.

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Poetic Justice: A Rascal Todd Mystery Featuring Brody ThompsonPoetic Justice: A Rascal Todd Mystery Featuring Brody Thompson by Dan Antion
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I’m sorry it took so long to get through this. It was the only book I was trying to actually read. I do so much better with audiobooks. I tried to set up the Kindle text-to-speech, but it didn’t bring up the voice I usually choose. I didn’t like the voice that came up, and I didn’t want to fiddle around to find it. So I made this book be for eyes only. Little by little, I finished the book. And even then, the story held together, and I found a lot I loved about it.

This is based on a topic I have second-hand knowledge about. The way Viet Nam Vets were treated by the government and personally. My husband has a lot of PTSD and health issues that were the result of what happened there. So I was personally involved in the story. I never seemed to lose the thread the book was pursuing.

I loved the poetry written by the homeless person pointing to the wrongs done.

I absolutely loved the author, Brody, as he tackled the story from the points of view of an amateur detective and an author.

The author of the book, Dan Antoin, and his cohort, Willow Willers(Willowdot21), are both blogging friends of mine. I love the job they did with this story.

I could tell that I was late getting into a series, but the book holds together quite well, even though I don’t have the characters down since book one, but I can see there is history here.

If I get to the series, I think I will try to find audiobooks so I can feel the personalities more deeply.

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Trees Tall as Mountains (The Journey Mama Writings #1)Trees Tall as Mountains by Rachel Devenish Ford
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This one has been on my TBR shelf for over a decade. I’m glad I finally got around to reading it. Well, listening to the Kindle text-to-speech British voice.

If you want to be inspired on your journaling journey, Rachel Devenish Ford may be able to help. She keeps it all honest and yet light enough to reach the deeper fears and regrets we all have problems putting on paper.

I wish her all the best and hope to get around to her other books. I love her expressive ways.

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Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2)Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The review below was from my first reading of the books. Now, because of the new series, Bone of My Bone (BOMB), I am reading and rewatching everything again. I am still so excited about the series. I finished this a couple of days ago and am already onto Voyager. I am still amazed at these books and shows.
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If my mind has not been very focused. This book may be the cause. Lack of sleep. Not because of worries. Nope, I just couldn’t stop reading/listening to the book.

I had the Audible Whispersynched with the Kindle version. Davina Porter did a marvelous job of narrating the story. Hers is not the sweet voice of the actress who played Claire Randall, Caitriona Balfe, of the TV series. But Ms. Porter has the versatility to act all the characters perfectly.

The show did a good job following the books. The only thing I miss in the reading is the music.
That’s okay. I can Sing Me A Song of a Lass That Has Gone…

This story is captivating either way. I love getting involved in the history presented. I wish I were better versed in world history, especially France and the British Isles. I know the next book will bring me into the founding of the United States of America. So that gives me a timeline,000 00I know, somewhat.

Since I read the book after watching the show, I wish I could have read it first. Not that the show is missing anything. I just like visualizing the story for myself. Now the people and places are fixed by the show.

At any rate, it is a good read, even if you’ve seen the show. It will keep you engaged in the story. I can’t wait until I can afford book three.

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Escaping the TwilightEscaping the Twilight by Sigrid Weidenweber
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Kindle ASIN B0080XHDC2

I am not sure where I learned about this book, but it has been on my TBR shelf for a long time. Although it appears to be an autobiography, it is actually well-researched fiction.

Here, read the blurb from GoodReads:

In this coming-of-age story, Amina, a Sudanese girl experiences a traumatic event at age nine. Intensifying her struggle for identity in the silent world of women, she cannot erase the pain and humiliation of that experience. With steely determination, she vows to do whatever is necessary to prevent her daughter from suffering the same demoralizing fate–even if it means going against the wishes of her husband and the rules of her family. Will she succeed in helping her daughter rise above her own personal tragedy and humiliation? The detailed descriptions of customs and lifestyle give a deep, fascinating insight into the Sudanese culture, as well as entry into the cloaked world of Muslim women in a story about survival, tradition and triumph.

This was an intense story. I hope it is read a lot. I would have loved it in audio form, but text-to-speech on Kindle helped a lot.

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My Grape Escape (The Grape Series, #6)My Grape Escape by Laura Bradbury
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I love this series so much! It is the only series I am reading without text-to-speech or narration. On my old phone, on the Kindle app. Each book is just the right size for me, and by being Kindle, I can adjust the font and background. And when French words appear that I don’t know, I can highlight them, and the app will translate them for me.

This book was enjoyable to read as Laura and her husband, Franck, fix up an old home in hopes of making it a profitable vacation getaway. Somehow, my review is falling short. But this book is anything but. I always feel that I am not only traveling to France, but also learning a bit of history and enjoying French vocabulary.

Each of these books is enjoyable and personable. I’ve already moved on to the next book. I think I’ll try to read these again, but I’ll also look for the audiobooks. I want the sound of the French to help my education.

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Kat Drummond Ten Book Box SetKat Drummond Ten Book Box Set by Nicholas Woode-Smith
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This series took me a while to read. A South African monster slayer, post-apocalypse, still in college in a time when monsters now roam. Kat Drummond is a ghost-inhabited student just trying to get by. She can be sassy, but mostly a new adult full of the normal insecurities we all have in our late teens and early twenties.

This was fun, if not downright bloody. The gross scenes were vivid and not the best for a bedtime read. But before long, the characters grow on you, and the story holds up over the scarier or grosser parts.

I can see young adults and new adults loving this series.

The coolest part of this book was that it took place in South Africa. It is a nice diversion from the usual books we can access here in the States. This is a fun series if you can handle monsters to learn about how real people operate in less than the best circumstances.

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Clarity (Clarity, #1)Clarity by Loretta Lost
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Reaching to the bottom of my currently-reading shelf I found this at 79.

Look straight up, I will warn you. The main character is blind and experiences a rape. So you will have to decide for yourself if this is something you can handle. The author covers the situation with all her senses, as she does with the rest of the book. Though I didn’t like the rape, the next bits of the story are quite interesting.

Elise Arsenault narrated the Audible version I listened to. Her voice is a great addition to the story.

Now I have to say what I didn’t like. Say it with me? Cliffhanger! The worst! Good thing it happened at night with me awake enough to want to read more. I often don’t buy the next if that’s how the authors do it. Somehow, I moved on and am reading book two. But I feel violated when an author does that!

Still, I do like the main character and how she chooses to live her life. And I do want to read more.

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Revelations: A Novella (Jaguar Sun, #2.5)Revelations: A Novella by Martha Bourke
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I don’t know if it is because it has been years since I read books one and two of Jaguar Sun or what. I couldn’t understand or care about the characters in the book—so many loose ties and not enough to hold on to. If I have time, I may re-read these later. But for now, I’m glad it was just a novella as it was over before I had the chance to complain about how the young woman who promised her sister she’d write didn’t for a year or so. I just didn’t understand this book at all.

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