It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #SundayPost #SundaySalon

 

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Life…

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It’s been an uneventful week for me.

My husband however did the eight hour round trip to return our eldest son to university for the last semester of his first year at university today.

My youngest son is still in the middle of exams.

My youngest daughter got the news that she made the Dean’s List again for her results last year. I can’t believe she graduates university in just a few months!

My eldest daughter and her other half dropped around to pick up mail, they can’t get packages delivered to their address so they use ours instead, which means they visit regularly.

I don’t have any particular plans for the week ahead, other than the usual tasks.

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What I’ve Read Since I last Posted…

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Over My Dead Body by Max Evans

The Witch is Back by Sophie H Morgan

Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister

The Things That Matter Most by Gabbi Stroud

Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson

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New Posts…

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Review: A Curse of Salt by Sarah Street

Review: Twelve Steps to a Long and Fulfilling Death by Sarah Smith

Review: The Invisible Women’s Club by Helen Paris

Review: Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister

Bookshelf Bounty

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What I’m Reading This Week…

 

Mary “Mae” Foley was a force to be reckoned with. On one hip she held her makeup compact, on the other, her NYPD badge. When women were fighting for the vote, Mae was fighting crime in the heart of New York City – taking down rapists, boot-leggers, Nazis, and serial killers. One of the first women to be sworn into the police force, Mae not only fought crime in the city that never sleeps, but also did something much bigger – challenged the patriarchal systems that continually tried to shut her and other women down. The result of her efforts? A long career that helped over 2,000 women join her auxiliary police force, the ‘Masher Squad.’ Mae Foley is proof that women can do anything men can do, all while wearing corsets and the perfect shade of rouge.
From renowned author, speaker, and retired U.S. Army Major General Mari K. Eder comes the exciting and superbly researched story of a trailblazer who courageously dedicated her life to public service.

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The night of London’s grandest ball, a bold group of women downstairs launch a daring revenge heist against Mayfair society in this dazzling historical novel about power, gender, and class.

Mrs. King is no ordinary housekeeper. Born into a world of con artists and thieves, she’s made herself respectable, running the grandest home in Mayfair. The place is packed with treasures, a glittering symbol of wealth and power, but dark secrets lurk in the shadows.

When Mrs. King is suddenly dismissed from her position, she recruits an eclectic group of women to join her in revenge: A black market queen out to settle her scores. An actress desperate for a magnificent part. A seamstress dreaming of a better life. And Mrs. King’s predecessor, with her own desire for vengeance.

Their plan? On the night of the house’s highly anticipated costume ball—set to be the most illustrious of the year—they will rob it of its every possession, right under the noses of the distinguished guests and their elusive heiress host. But there’s one thing Mrs. King wants even more than money: the truth. And she’ll run any risk to get it After all, one should never underestimate the women downstairs.

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“We always listen out for the train when we’re down in the cutting because sometimes they come quicker than you expect. There aren’t as many trains as there used to be. Mostly just the freight ones, like the one that nearly killed us on the bus … The best train is The Southern Aurora. It goes all the way from Melbourne to Sydney, and from Sydney to Melbourne. It stops in Mittigunda because we’re pretty much exactly halfway between.”

Jimmy is a kid growing up fast on the poorest street in town. He tries to do everything right and look out for his mum and his younger brother. His older brother is in jail, so it’s up to Jimmy to hold things together. But small-town life is unforgiving if you’re from the other side of the tracks.

If only his mum didn’t drink so much.

If only he could win the school billycart race.

If only his best friend understood.

If only he could stop his mum’s boyfriend from getting angry.

If only he was there.

Jimmy soon learns that even when you get things right, everything can still go wrong.

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In 15th century China two women are born under the same sign, the Metal Snake. But life will take the friends on very different paths.

According to Confucius, ‘an educated woman is a worthless woman’, but Tan Yunxian – born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separation and loneliness – is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. She begins her training in medicine with her grandmother and, as she navigates the male world of medicine, requiring tact and diplomacy, she struggles against the confining world of her class.

From a young age, Yunxian learns about women’s illnesses, many of which relate to childbearing, alongside a young midwife-in-training, Meiling. The two girls find fast friendship and a mutual purpose – despite the prohibition that a doctor should never touch blood while a midwife comes in frequent contact with it – and they vow to be forever friends, sharing in each other’s joys and struggles. No mud, no lotus, they tell themselves: from adversity beauty can bloom.

How might a woman like Yunxian break free of tradition, go on to treat women and girls from every level of society, and lead a life of such importance that many of her remedies are still used five centuries later? How might the power of friendship support or complicate these efforts? Lady Tan’s Circle of Women is a captivating story of women helping other women. It is also a triumphant reimagining of the life of a woman who was remarkable in the Ming dynasty and would be considered remarkable today.

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