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Marshmallow fluff of mystery novels

The Serial Killers Club by Jeff Povey

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This is a light, breezy mystery novel, written from the perspective of a not-so-bright serial killer imposter who inadvertently becomes a killer of serial killers.  You will not get attached to any of the characters and this is not a character study of depravity or look at any sort of cultural issues. This is a somewhat silly whodunnit that I would recommend if you need that kind of junk food reading snack in your larger reading pantry- the marshmallow fluff of mystery novels if you […]

Murder in the marshes

Death of an Expert Witness by P.D. James

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Death of an Expert Witness feels like a classic P.D. James Dalgliesh novel- a forensic scientist with a lot of enemies is discovered murdered in the lab, and Dalgliesh is called in to find out whodunnit.  The setting for this Dalgliesh outing is a private forensic lab near the small town of Ely, which is 14 miles north of Cambridge.  Ely is part of England’s fenlands, which is a low-lying coastal plain similar to Holland.  James’ ability to tie her mysteries to her setting is […]

Sublime horror classic

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

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This pandemic is giving me a chance to read some classics that I’ve never read before- silver lining!  Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley in 1816, when she was all of 18 years old (Lainey Gossip would call her a First Book Bitch although this was actually her second book…).  Frankenstein was Shelley’s entry into a horror story challenge between herself, her lover and soon to be husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and their friend, Lord Byron. Despite what Hollywood might have you believe, Frankenstein is […]

I wouldn’t be sad if she stayed lost

Lost by Joy Fielding

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Lost follows Cindy Carver, a 40-something divorced mom of two who lives in Toronto in the early 2000s.  When Cindy’s eldest daughter, aspiring actress Julia, doesn’t show up for her bridesmaid’s fitting, Cindy starts to worry.  Most of the rest of the book is Cindy’s amateur attempts to find Julia as she grows increasingly paranoid and sleep deprived.  There are occasional interludes where Cindy is spending time with her friends, her family (mother, sister, younger daughter), and her new romantic interest, but during all of […]

Unaccompanied Minors, side of Nazis

The Adventurous Four by Enid Blyton

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Set in an unnamed fishing village off the north east coast of Scotland, Blyton’s book follows three siblings, Tom and his younger twin sisters Jill and Mary, who are on late summer holidays with their parents.  Their older friend, Andy, is the son of a local fisherman, and the four of them are planning a day trip with Andy’s father’s boat, lent with permission.  On their day outing, a storm sweeps the boat off course, and the four children are shipwrecked on a small island […]

Read How to Build a Girl Instead

How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran

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Caitlin Moran is a British culture writer/arts reporter/ feminist thinker, and How To Be A Woman is her 2011 memoir/ collection of feminist essays that had been sitting on my shelf for far too long.  How To Be a Woman is structured as both a chronological progression of Moran’s life events and a feminist opinion tied to that event (ie: the first chapter is “I Start Bleeding”, which is both an account of her first period, as well as a discussion on masturbation, women and […]



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