Ms Liz rated Demon Copperhead: 5 stars
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, Barbara Kingsolver
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single …
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Ms Liz rated Lady Tan's Circle of Women: 5 stars
Ms Liz rated Sunflower House: 4 stars
Ms Liz rated Frozen River: 5 stars
Ms Liz rated Lady Chatterley's lover: 4 stars
Lady Chatterley's lover by D. H. Lawrence, D. H. Lawrence (Penguin classics deluxe edition)
Ms Liz rated Homecoming: 4 stars
Homecoming by Kate Morton
The highly anticipated new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Clockmaker’s Daughter, a sweeping novel that …
Ms Liz rated A Gentleman in Moscow: 5 stars
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
With his breakout debut novel, Rules of Civility, Amor Towles established himself as a master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction, bringing …
Ms Liz rated The Painted Veil: 4 stars
The Painted Veil by William Somerset Maugham
Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, The Painted Veil is the story of the beautiful, but love-starved …
Ms Liz rated A Study in Scarlet Women: 4 stars
A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas (Lady Sherlock series -- bk.1)
"USA Today bestselling author Sherry Thomas turns the story of the renowned Sherlock Holmes upside down... With her inquisitive mind, …
Ms Liz rated Fall of giants: 5 stars
Fall of giants by Ken Follett (Century -- bk. 1)
Follows the fates of five interrelated families--American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh--as they move through the dramas of the First …
Ms Liz rated The Girl Who Lived Twice (Millennium, #6): 4 stars
The Girl Who Lived Twice (Millennium, #6) by David Lagercrantz, George Goulding (Millennium #6)
Ms Liz rated The chaperone: 3 stars
The chaperone by Laura Moriarty
"A novel about the friendship between an adolescent, pre-movie-star Louise Brooks, and the 36-year-old woman who chaperones her to New …
Ms Liz rated The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: 5 stars
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Millenium, #1)
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander investigate the disappearance of Harriet Vanger which took place forty years ago.
Ms Liz rated The Namesake: 5 stars
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Gogol is named after his father's favourite author. But growing up in an Indian family in suburban America, the boy …
Ms Liz rated Once upon a river: 5 stars
Diane Setterfield: Once upon a river (2018)
Once upon a river by Diane Setterfield
When the seemingly dead body of a child reanimates hours after arriving at an ancient inn on the Thames, three …