3.5 stars. I’ve heard so much about Bletchley Park code breakers and the Native American code talkers, that it somehow never even occurred to me that there were tons of Americans actively engaged in breaking both German and Japanese codes during World War II. Like the women at Bletchley Park, the American code women were sworn to secrecy about their work and it’s only now that their work is coming to light. Liza Mundy spent an incredible amount of time and effort tracking down women […]
The baddest bitch of them all
I didn’t love the final book in the Call of Crows series quite as much as I liked the first two. That kind of surprised me because Erin Amsel, who this book focuses on, is a favorite character in the other installments. I still liked her and thought the book was worth reading, it just didn’t have the same pull on me. Perhaps that’s because this book deviates from the first books and I found their sojourn through the various other worlds somewhat uninteresting. There […]
Books, cults, and rage
I enjoyed the first book in this series enough to immediately get the second book. Luckily my library had a copy. Libraries ftw! I’m happy to say that I enjoyed The Undoing even more than The Unleashing. The plot was just a bit tighter and the ending, while still pretty open, felt like it had more emotional closure. This book centers on Jace Berisha. She’s been a Crow for a few years, ever since her husband successfully killed her. After an upbringing in a cult […]
Best case zombies
3.5 stars. This book was a complete surprise and a total delight. Gobbled it up in one day because it was basically literary candy. Like, really well made gourmet level candy. I think it was recommended on a Book Riot podcast a while back and I thought, ooh, that sounds interesting. It was perfect timing for it to come up in my library holds for the weekend. Kera Watson is a tough lady. She served in Afghanistan in the Marines and now being back in […]
I like less psychobabble with my mysteries
I really, really wanted to like this, but I really really did not. I’ve read some of King’s Mary Russell series which I’ve massively enjoyed. Unfortunately the first installment of the Kate Martinelli series was not for me. I’m halfway tempted to try the second in the series to see if I like it better. It appears that this was King’s debut, so maybe she was just working some stuff out in her first novel? Detective Kate Martinelli was just promoted to homicide and keeps […]
Not quite like finding your long lost twin sister
3.5 stars. After growing up watching The Parent Trap (both versions, but especially the Lohan version) and wanting so badly to have that camp experience as a kid, I’m drawn to camp stories as an adult. The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore tells the story of a camp experience that goes very badly and then revisits each character in their adult lives to see where they’ve ended up and how that experience affected each of them. Their experience together was truly traumatic and yet, Fu […]
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