Cannonball Read 17

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Government drone by day and book lover and geek girl by night! I review on Goodreads, StoryGraph, and NetGalley.

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I Came to Praise Carla Rinker

Mortal Prey by John Sandford

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Sigh. Wow. Sandford holds nothing back in this 13th book in the Lucas Davenport series. He brings back Clara Rinker and we are on for a wild ride. I really had no issues with anything except the ending, I wanted a different one, which probably says more about me than anything else. In “Mortal Prey” we have Lucas and Weather planning their wedding and expecting their first child together. Lucas is going crazy with plans for their new house coming together and also with him […]

Chosen Prey Rebounds After the Last Prey Book

Chosen Prey by John Sandford

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We get to see who Lucas chose after the mess of the last Prey book (spoiler: Weather) and how they are dealing with each other months later. Still ambivalent about what things mean, the two are back together, stronger than before. Lucas is dealing with a shake up though professionally. The chief who he has been working for is not likely to get re-appointed, which means Lucas is going to have to go too. If that’s enough, it appears a murder is leading Lucas and […]

Realistic Look at Marriage With Bumps in the Road

The Truth About Ever After by Rachel Schurig

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  Fans of the Three Girls series were introduced to Kiki Barker-Thompson in book #2. We know that she and Jen set up their own business and now in book #4 we begin with Jen’s wedding. Kiki realizes that after being married for a couple of years to her husband Eric she is starting to think about having children. When she sees how happy Ginny and Josh are (with their now two kids) she really thinks that she and Eric are ready for even more […]

Typical Romance Read

Three Girls and a Leading Man by Rachel Schurig

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Eh, this one didn’t set my hair on fire. Annie and her dilemma was lame to me. She has the opportunity to become a big time actress, but you know love is the answer. I loathe romance books that do this mess with heroines. It also didn’t really line up with what Annie wanted for herself either. And it doesn’t say a lot about her friends and love interest if that she needs to give up what she wants to be in a relationship. “Three […]

Sweet Nightingale

Nightingale by Amy Lukavics

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Please note that I received this book for free via NetGalley. This did not impact my rating or review. June Hardie is struggling to fit in. Too bad that her family starts to push for her to be more like other women in the time (1951) and the story weaves back and forth to a time before June was sent to an asylum to what takes place when she gets there. I rooted for June, but thought most of the story was kind of a […]

Okay Thriller and Mystery

The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware

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This wasn’t bad, and it wasn’t an exceptional thriller. Very paint by numbers after a while. I think it’s because I figured out what went on and none of the twists were a surprise. I still liked this better than the “Lying Game” though. That was not good. “The Death of Mrs. Westaway” has Harriet (known a Hal) Westaway being told that her grandmother has died, and left her something in her will. The only issue is that Hal knows that Mrs. Westaway can’t be […]



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