May Book List

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I read only 2 books this month, both by Alexander McCall Smith.

1. Corduroy Mansions (2008) - Alexander McCall Smith
The novel was serialized daily and can be found online HERE as both written and audio-book. It's very episodic and I hope he writes another book, with these characters, to tie up the loose plot-lines.
2. Blue Shoes and Happiness (2006) - Alexander McCall Smith
This is book #7 in the wonderful The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. I love the series.

*Total Books read in May: 2
*Total Books read in 2009: 26

Maria's May Reads

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I want to apologise in advance - some of these reviews are quite long. What can I say - I got wordy ;) Because of that, I'm going to try something new and put each review behind a separate cut instead of just having one big cut for the whole thing. Let me know if that's an absolutely horrible idea?

Finnikin of the Rock - Melina Marchetta, 3.5/5, 399 pages
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The Story of the Treasure Seekers - E. Nesbit, 4/5, Audibook ~5hrs
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Betrayed - P.C. & Kristin Cast, 4/5, 305 pages
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Rocco - Sherryl Jordan*, 4/5, 215 pages
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Blood Sins - Kay Hooper, 3/5, 296 pages
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The Coffee Mom's Devotional - Celeste Palermo, 4/5, 202 pages
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Bibelen fortalt for store og små - Ingrid Schrøder-Hansen, 5/5, 436 pages
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Dødens mange facetter - Dennis Jürgensen, 4.5/5, 228 pages
(The Many Faces of Death)
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The Shack - William Paul Young, 4/5, 250 pages
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Bloodhound - Tamora Pierce, 4/5, Audiobook ~18hrs
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A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin, 2.5/5, 674 pages
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If You Could See Me Now - Cecelia Ahern, 3/5, 410 pages
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The Fetch - Laura Whitcomb, 3/5, 378 pages
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The Giver - Lois Lowry, 5/5, 180 pages
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Where Do I Go? - Neta Jackson, 4/5, 370 pages
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Goodnight, Beautiful - Dorothy Koomson, 3/5, 433 pages
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Book of the month: The Giver. Seriously, I cannot find words for how much this book blew me away. In style it reminded me a lot of Singularity by William Sleator which has been one of my favourites in a very long time.
Biggest disappointment: Where Do I Go?. For once not the book with the lowest rating, but the one I had the highest expectations of, and the one I was saddest to discover "didn't deliver".