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The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne

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informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Memoir, complicated family
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Garden of Lamentations by Deborah Crombie

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challenging emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Excellent entry in this series!
Case in the Clinic by E.C.R. Lorac

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adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Murder in the English country side.! Golden age of detective stories. 
The Dead Shall Be Raised and the Murder of a Quack by George Bellairs

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adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Two BLCC in one! 
A Death in Diamonds by SJ Bennett

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adventurous informative mysterious relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Lovely margining of the early reign of Elizabeth II.
Manitou Canyon, Volume 15 by William Kent Krueger

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adventurous challenging informative mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Love this series and author!
A Death in Cornwall by Daniel Silva

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adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Audible reading is excellent. 
Descent by Tim Johnston

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Intriguing story well told. Terrifying in places.
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Loved this book ! So many of my favorite subjects: sisters, family, addiction and recovery, grief, hope, NY and England
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Christmas with the Queen by Heather Webb, Hazel Gaynor

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emotional hopeful informative lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

This is cataloged as historical fiction. It is that and more historical romance.