So this is book two of a series I started at book three. I finished books three and one in CBR9, so I might as well start out CBR10 with the middle of a series! That’s just how I roll… I continued on with this series because I like the main characters. I probably said that in my reviews for the other two books too, but it’s true. They’re smart, intuitive, human cops. They make mistakes sometimes, but they’re usually right when they trust their […]
The night may be dark and full of terrors, I thought, but I’ve got a big stick.
Ben Aaronovitch did a really smart thing with Foxglove Summer, which was to de-escalate, take it down a few notches, and bring us back to basics. I complained after Broken Homes that things were getting too complicated and also sort of repetitive. Foxglove Summer is a breath of wonderfully Peter Grant-laden fresh air. When you study Shakespeare, at some point or another, you get to the idea of the Green World. My college advisor was deeply in favor of Northrup Frye’s theory, and I have […]
Definitely not The Descent
I have this tendency to add books to my audiobook queue (I use SimplyAudio because it’s cheap) without really doublechecking that they’re the correct book, which sometimes leads to a pleasant surprise but most often just leads me to a place of confusion and disappointment (aka “adulthood”). I, like many people, really enjoyed the movie The Descent and I guess when I saw this title come up on my recommended list I just assumed it was the novelization or book it was based on. It’s […]
Don’t read the end of this book at work… I don’t know how many times I’ve cried at work from books!!
I could not put this book down! I read it over 3 days, and unfortunately I had to work those days, or it would’ve been 1 day! A friend from work knows I love to read. She also knows I read Gone Girl, and that I liked it. Gone Girl is actually mentioned on the front cover of this book. To me, the only similarities between Reconstructing Amelia and Gone Girl is that the stories are told by two different people, and there’s a mysterious […]
Just in case I needed another reason to dislike camping
Peggy Hillcoat is the daughter of a famous German concert pianist and an English survivalist, who despite the disapproval of his wife keeps stockpiling supplies in a shelter in their garden and preparing for the worst. Only eight years old, she doesn’t question what is happening when her father takes her away from their big house in London while her mother is away on tour. He takes her to the German countryside, to a delapitated cabin remote in the mountains, explaining that this is their […]
I randomly got this book from my neighbor
I got this book from my neighbor, who is an old lady. So I didn’t have much hope for it being a great book. However… I really liked it! Newsflash – old ladies like good books too! I guess I’m an ageist. The book takes place somewhere in the UK. It starts out as a really sad story of a kid (Stevie) whose uncle was kidnapped and murdered. His mom and grandmom basically ignore him most of the time. The rest of the time, they’re […]
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