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Family Secrets Never Seem to Be Happy Ones

Leave Well Alone by AJ Campbell

August 2, 2022 by esmemoria Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo: New Leave Well Alone by AJ Campbell features Eva Barnes, the protagonist of what seems to be the first in a series. Campbell is a new suspense writer I came across in looking for thrillers that don’t involve eyeballs in nether regions. The book follows the story of Eva, a law student who marries and has a child with Jim, who is ten years older and was one of the children Eva’s mother served as a caretaker for growing up. An intensely happy […]

What’s a Vestigial Eye Among Friends?

Suicide Med by Freida McFadden

July 30, 2022 by esmemoria 8 Comments

Spoilers ahoy, because this book has to be revealed to be believed. Freida McFadden’s Suicide Med is an absolutely bonkers thriller that I’m almost at a loss to describe. The story revolves around a small group of medical students who attend a school known for its string of suicides. The book is divided into parts, each part from the point of view of a different student. There is the dippy one, the temptress, the ferocious competitor, the handsome sociopath and the lumbering ox. Plus an […]

Thriller Binge

The Perfect Son by Freida McFadden

Do You Remember? by Freida McFadden

The Inmate by Freida McFadden

The Wife Upstairs by Freida McFadden

July 27, 2022 by esmemoria Leave a Comment

Well, I’ve done it again. I just can’t quit Freida McFadden. This time I’ve read four books in a row. I have a bingo book I want to start but I upended myself. Let’s review! The Perfect Son. The Perfect Son features a series of murders and disappearances that may have been perpetrated by a teenage boy. His mother is convinced he is a sociopath, given things he’s done in the past. When another teenage girl disappears, she tries to find out what her son […]

How can life be so sweet and so sad all at the same time?

Behinds the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson

July 25, 2022 by esmemoria Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo: Rec’d Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson was recommended to me in a comment on my very first review in 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos. I had reviewed Atkinson’s Case Histories and thought it was okay. But andtheIToldYouSos encouraged me to read more of Atkinson’s work, particularly mentioning Behind the Scenes at the Museum. And boy howdy, I’m glad I did, because I really liked it. The book starts with maybe one of my all time favorite opening passages, told from the […]

I Have Never Been so Happy in My Entire Life

Dragonbreath #1 by Ursula Vernon

July 18, 2022 by esmemoria 7 Comments

CBR Bingo: Monster Dragonbreath #1 by Ursula Vernon has cured all my ills. This story about an irrepressible dragon named Danny who can’t breathe fire (but has no fear) is so delightful, and the illustrations so insanely adorable, that it’s changed my entire day, which until this point has been as fun as a case of scurvy. Dragonbreath #1 follows Danny around as he goes about his day, starting at the Herpitax-Phibbias School for Reptiles and Amphibians, where he is the only semi-mythical […]

Why do you take all the life out of life? Why do you kill all the beauty?

The Collector by John Fowles

July 17, 2022 by esmemoria Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo: Minds I remember GP saying that collectors are the worst animals of all. He meant art collectors, of course. I didn’t really understand, I thought he was just trying to shock Caroline—and me. But of course, he is right. They are anti-life, anti-art, anti-everything. I have had John Fowles’ The Collector in my library for a number of years. I recently read that it was one of the first modern psychological thrillers, so it seemed like a good match for the “Minds” category. […]

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