The Dutch House ~ Anne Pratchett

 

Daughters of Moloka'i ~ Alan Brennert

 

Disgrace (Dept Q #2) ~ Jussi Adler-Olsen

 

Fell down so badly in the last 10%! So rushed, so stupid, 

Death of the Author ~ Nnedi Okorafor

 A great twist on a sci-fi novel

Dream Hotel ~ Laila Lalami

A Black Mirror Dystopian story.

Dream Count ~ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

 

Devil Makes Three ~ Ben Fountain

 DNF

Down Cemetery Road ~ Mick Herron

OK

This was the first in the series.  Man! it would have to get better!!

So freakin cliched, So boring, So not Slow Horses!!!

This review on Goodreads says it well :

I guess when you chose to read a schlocky novel that has something to do with cartoonish assassins, British military spies, hard-bitten lady detectives, and a dim-witted heroine, you deserve what you get

Dusk ~ Robbie Arnott

 

Did I Ever Tell You This ~ Sam Neill

 

Demon Copperhead ~ Barbara Kingsolver

 *****

A 5 Star Read

A retake of David Copperfield : engaging writing, powerful storyline, 

Disappearing Earth ~ Julia Phillips

 **** FAVOURITE

In some ways it reminded me of The Island of Women in that it introduced me to a place I knew nothing about.  This was set on the Kamchatka Peninsula.  While the heart of the storyline is the disappearance of two (three) young girls, there is also so much about the way of life, the location, the problems, the displacement of the indigenous people.

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye ~ A. S. Byatt

 

** OK

Wordy and lecturing rather than beguiling storytelling

Devotion ~ Hannah Kent

 

* NO

In my new coding system this would be a WOT or a WMLB

(Waste of Time or Want My Life Back)

Wordy drivel

Dune Messiah ~ Frank Herbert

 

So little happens other than major Paul angst.  

All is clouded in mumbo jumbo deep-and-meaningfuls.

Dune ~ Frank Herbert

 

The Dirty South ~ John Connolly

 

The Darkness ~ Ragnar Jonasson

Devolution ~ Max Brooks

Days Without End ~ Sebastian Barry