White Mulberry by Rosa Kwon Easton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I downloaded this book from Amazon's "Read the World" promotion in April 2025.
I enjoyed this historical narrative that was based on the life of the author's grandmother born in Korea, lived as a young adult in Japan, and returned to Korea during WWII.
I recommend it to all readers who enjoy historical fiction.

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Amethyst by Lauren Royal
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This ebook has been in My Digital Library since 2016 or 2017.
I enjoyed the historical fiction, and the explanation in an afterword about which characters were based on real people from history.
I can't give it the fourth star because there are some of my friends who would be uncomfortable with the sensual scenes between the male and female lead characters, and I would not recommend this book to them. It is a long book which some readers may consider too many pages for an entertaining read.

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Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I encourage everyone to read the epilogue of this book.
What makes it difficult to recommend it to my friends is the complexity of family history with details about how to set up science-based experiments. Would this book appeal to a friend who reads family dramas? Would this book appeal to readers who enjoy a procedural approach to mysteries?

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The Promise of Rain by Vasundra Tailor
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I downloaded this Kindle book when it was offered in the Read-The World promotion in April 2025.

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A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This mystery has been in My Digital Library since the end of 2016 or beginning of 2017, and it was originally published in 1992. This author had been recommended to me by a family friend.
The author does a great job of setting the land as a character, the culture as a character, and making the humans distinctive.
I recommend this book.


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