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The Damage We’ve Done, and the Worse Things that We’ll Do

April 10, 2016 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

I’ve been on a streak lately of reading a lot of books that I really don’t have strong feelings about. They’re not unenjoyable, but they’re not super great, either. O is for Outlaw fits right in. I enjoyed reading it, but I didn’t tear through it and I wasn’t sorry it was over. It’s another in the Alphabet Mysteries series, revolving around private detective Kinsey Millhone. This one is slightly different from the others, in that she’s not investigating a case for work but a mystery in […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: alphabet mysteries, Kinsey Millhone, mystery, Vietnam war

Ellesfena's CBR8 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: alphabet mysteries, Kinsey Millhone, mystery, Vietnam war ·
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M is for Meh

April 6, 2016 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

I decided to read J is for Judgment last week when I was flying home from a business trip. It was late, and I wanted something I wouldn’t have to think about much. I used to be a big fan of this series, and I couldn’t remember whether I’d ever read this one before or not. If you’re not familiar with Sue Grafton’s Alphabet Mysteries, they follow a private investigator, Kinsey Millhone. They’re fairly standard in this genre–Kinsey is single, quirky, brave, and resourceful. She had […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: alphabet mysteries, Kinsey Millhone, mystery

Ellesfena's CBR8 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: alphabet mysteries, Kinsey Millhone, mystery ·
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