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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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What Moves the Dead

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Wow. This was so good. It could have been 100 pages longer and I wouldn’t have noticed. This was a great twist on “The Fall of the House of Usher” and I loved every second of it. “What Moves the Dead” follows Alex Easton that is a retired soldier that is rushing to see their childhood friend, Madeline Usher. Alex served with Madeline’s brother Roderick and finds both […]

Fake it Till You Bake It

Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Did Not Finish-30 percent. I cannot read any more fake relationship romances. I am tired of them. It feels like lately all I am reading is fake relationship which turns to lovers. I thought the premise of the book was good (football star running a cupcake bakery meets a social media “star”) but I really didn’t like Jada and thought her and Donovan didn’t work. I initially was […]

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

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This took a while for me to get going. Some parts of it dragged out a bit too much. I also think the breaking up of chapter/sections by dates and following certain characters sometimes got a little confusing. That said, I really enjoyed this and though some of Lily’s family background didn’t add much to the story, IMHO, it didn’t hurt things. “Last Night at the Telegraph Club” follows 17 year old Lily who starts to explore her sexuality in 1950s San Francisco. I really […]

One of the Girls

One of the Girls by Lucy Clarke

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review.  I ended up giving this one 4.5 stars and rounding it up to 5 stars. The only reason why I didn’t think it was a 5 star favorite read for me was that 1) I doubt I would re-read this again and 2) the omnipotent narrator in between chapters started to grate towards the end. I just wanted to find out what happened or was going to end. […]

Overboard

Overboard by Sara Paretsky

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A great installment in the V.I. Warshawski series. The only reason why I didn’t give this 5 stars is that the technology angle flew over my head (pun intended) like each time I read about it. I still don’t understand it, and just shrugged and decided to enjoy the book. “Overboard” follows V.I. as she is dealing with the impact of COVID-19 on her, her business, and the city of Chicago. V.I. is running her dogs when one of them gets away from her and […]

The Book of Cold Cases

The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

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I think the only book of Simone St. James I have really enjoyed has been The Sun Down Motel, and even that fell apart for me towards the end. I think the supernatural aspects of this book just actually didn’t work in this one one. The main character, Shea, was too self righteous for me and I got really tired of her by the end of the book. “The Book of Cold Cases” follows receptionist, Shea Collins. Shea is just going through the motions of […]



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