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Great potential, horrible execution

Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

December 21, 2020 by pixifer Leave a Comment

Cannonball Read introduced me to Riley Sager and I’ve become a huge fan. That’s why Lock Every Door was such a disappointment. Jules Larsen has recently lost her job, her boyfriend, and her apartment. She’s been sleeping on her best friend’s couch while unsuccessfully looking for a new job. Desperate for money and a new place to live, she answers an ad for an apartment sitter at the luxurious Bartholomew. The Bartholomew is a small apartment building in Manhattan, known for its strange history and […]

Mediocre installments in two different series by the same author

A Death Long Overdue by Eva Gates

Tea & Treachery by Vicki Delany

December 11, 2020 by pixifer Leave a Comment

A Death Long Overdue is the seventh book in the Lighthouse Library series. Library director Bertie is hosting her college reunion at the library, so the staff prepare a special exhibit of library equipment from the past for the party. The check-out slip for the Celestine Prophecy shocks guest Helena Sanchez but she refuses to say why. Later that night, Helena’s body is found in the marsh outside the library. While Lucy tries to find the killer, her boyfriend Connor tries to plan a date […]

Second verse same as the first?

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

December 6, 2020 by pixifer Leave a Comment

A group of old friends from college go on vacation together every New Year’s Eve. They tell themselves that after the initial awkwardness of reuniting wears off, they realize how much they still have in common and mean to one another. But not New Year’s Eve 2018. The differences have become more pronounced, and their physical and emotional distance reminds them of long-held grievances and hurt feelings. When one of them is found dead, everyone’s a suspect (okay, maybe not the infant). After loving Lucy […]

Adorable cozy series

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman

The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman

November 19, 2020 by pixifer Leave a Comment

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax Emily Pollifax is a widowed housewife who has filled her days with volunteering and gardening. Society tells her that should be enough, but she finds herself unfulfilled and wanting excitement. One day, she remembers that as a child she wanted to be a spy, so she goes to the CIA to volunteer her services. She’s thrilled to be sent on her first secret mission, and doesn’t even care that she’s only a courier and the assignment was a result of mistaken […]

I wasn’t expecting such a serious book based on the title

Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks

November 18, 2020 by pixifer Leave a Comment

Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre is the story of of a group of yuppies fighting for survival against a tribe of starving Sasquatch after Mount Rainier erupts. Most of the novel is told from the point of view of Kate, a new resident to the western Washington planned village of Greenloop. Kate and her husband, Dan, have been having marital troubles, in part because Dan can’t find a job. Kate is hoping the tech and creative community in Greenloop will inspire Dan and […]

Can’t compete with Red, White, and Royal Blue

The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

October 10, 2020 by pixifer 1 Comment

When American college student Rebecca “Bex” Porter enrolls in a semester abroad at Oxford, she finds herself living on the same floor as Prince Nicholas, grandson of Queen Eleanor of England. Bex and Nick quickly become friends, only to accidentally fall in love. But young love is difficult, especially when one is heir to the throne. Will Prince Nick and Bex get their happily ever after, or will a secret tear them apart? The Royal We started off great; the first third was fun and […]

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