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The Audacity of the Rich White Lady

Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman

February 8, 2019 by lumenatrix Leave a Comment

Oh man. I really wanted to like this book, and I did like the first 1/4 or so. But then it just kept careening into stupider and stupider plot devices and the main character showed all the logic and self control of a baseball bat and I honestly barely finished it, even then it was just to hope against hope that it wouldn’t end the way it was so obviously going to… but no luck for me. The book is told from the first […]

Book Goes Off Rails at 50 Percent Mark

Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman

January 25, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

This book was so weird. I think it could have worked without the ending no one asked for and didn’t make a lot of sense. Especially because Steadman didn’t set it up to really work. Also going to have to say it. Erin was being an idiot. I didn’t root for her since you know what she and her husband Mark were up to was just what I called the “worst idea ever.” “Something in the Water” is told from the first person POV of […]

What would you do if you found a bag of money?

August 3, 2018 by KB Leave a Comment

A great read despite a few flaws. This book follows a couple as they go on their honeymoon and find a bag full of money. What do they do? What would you do? Turn it in or keep it for yourself?? This book follows the couple through their daily lives and challenges and how that is impacted with the discovery of the bag of money. The pros to this story for me involved a few things. Firstly, great characters being introduced into the novel (through […]

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