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Well, this one is pretty self-explanatory. Give somebody new a try!

My book for June will be

"Rebecca Clifford: Survivors, Children's Lives After the Holocaust."

It is not a short book, but it was so interesting that I finished it already. It is not a novel but a book about what happened to the children related to the Holocaust on one way or another. Also linked to the evolution of the psychology and psychoanalyse.
Best book in a long time. I recommend it.

Marie-thérèse wrote: "My book for June will be

"Rebecca Clifford: Survivors, Children's Lives After the Holocaust."

It is not a short book, but it was so interesting that I finished it already. It is not a novel but ..."

Wow, that does sound fascinating!

yes, it was, it is.

I finished Fire at Falcon Point a kindle only book (I believe) by an ex-cop I once worked with - it was a decent story, I enjoyed it. I think it could have had a bit more character development, but the premise was nice (kind of Men in Black sort of scenario - based on a game that I can't recall right now)

I also finished Everybody Lies which is a book by a data analyst - he looks at big data, like google searches and porn hub data. What he finds is pretty fascinating. He doesn't dwell too much on what is out there in the social media realm to mine, because well...everybody lies. :-)

I'm giving Melissa F. Miller a try. I found a quartet of her Sasha McCandless books on Kindle for free. I'm a few pages in and so far, it's looking really promising for a good read.

I've picked up a new fantasy novel for the first time in a while. The Court of Broken Knives by Anna Smith Spark. Her twitter title is @QueenOfGrimdark, and we are promised a decadent empire, treachery and dark deeds. I'm enjoying it so far, as a company of mercenaries cross a desert to perform an assassination at the behest of a decadent courtier with n agenda. We've had a gritty dragon slaying, a view of opulent court life, and now a relentless army of conquest on the horizon. Some of the tropes you've seen before, but with a quite fresh take.

I read my first Harlan Coben, The Boy from the Woods. I liked it pretty well, although other reviewers have said that it isn't his strongest. I may look for some others by him.

I read "Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel". The book just won the SF/F category of the Lambda awards and it's Pride Month. I'd been looking at it for a while and this seemed like a good reason to read it and report. I strongly recommend this anthology.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Jacqie wrote: "I read "Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel". The book just won the SF/F category of the Lambda awards and it's Pride Month. I'd been looking at it for a while and this seemed like a good r..."

That sounds good!

I managed to complete this one with a fairly lame selection but I was so busy it was all I could do. I read You Know You're 50 When . . .

Can't say I recommend it, but I wanted to complete every month of this challenge.

I read 8 new-to-me authors in June. The most intriguing was Sue Rainsford. The one I have no desire to read more from was Mary Doria Russell.

I am somewhat intrigued, because I LOVED The Sparrow and I have several other MDR books on my TBR. I recommend The Sparrow to everyone, so I am curious about your take on her work. If you have a link to your specific thoughts on a specific book, I would love it if you would share.

Cheryl wrote: "I am somewhat intrigued, because I LOVED The Sparrow and I have several other MDR books on my TBR. I recommend The Sparrow to everyone, so I am curious about your take on her work. If you have a li..."

It was The Sparrow. I didn't hate it, but I found it neither entertaining nor inspiring. Mostly it was a boring slog, and every time it seemed like something interesting might happen, she went back to pointless philosophizing.