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Cover of Too Good to Be True

Too Good to Be True: Who’s to blame?

Too Good to Be True by Carola Lovering

July 1, 2021 by msvreadsbooks 1 Comment

Skye has found love. She never thought it would be possible, especially with her Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Her knocking patterns and need to kiss clocks prevents her from living a “normal” life. But Burke sees her for who she is, OCD and all, and he accepts her.  They haven’t known each other for long, and they got engaged after a couple of months. They are planning to be married within a year of meeting, and Skye could not be happier.  However, in chapters which alternate […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Carola Lovering, Marriage, mystery, OCD, revenge, thriller, Too Good to Be True

msvreadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Carola Lovering, Marriage, mystery, OCD, revenge, thriller, Too Good to Be True ·
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Will You Ever Win?

Dream Girl by Laura Lippman

June 25, 2021 by Jake 2 Comments

Laura Lippman continues to outdo herself. After an entertaining (but pedestrian by recent standards) standalone in The Lady on the Lake, she again finds the form she had in Sunburn. I don’t know yet which is better but I know I liked them both a lot. While I guess it’s somewhat of a mystery, this book is a horror, with transparent shades of Stephen King’s Misery. And yet, Lippman is able to make it a work all of her own by taking the piggish perspective of Gerry, the writer, and […]

Filed Under: Horror, Mystery Tagged With: Baltimore, Dream Girl, horror, Laura Lippman, mystery

Jake's CBR13 Review No:94 · Genres: Horror, Mystery · Tags: Baltimore, Dream Girl, horror, Laura Lippman, mystery ·
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“The sun is up, the skies are blue, and murder is in the air.”

The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1) by Richard Osman

June 24, 2021 by narfna 6 Comments

This really hit the spot, and it had a lot more emotional depth than I was expecting from it! I think I was expecting something more on the cozy mystery side of things, something lightweight, and it did have a bit of that feel to it as well. But this also had a larger scope than a cozy mystery, way more characters, and a lot more focus on uncozy things, sad and emotional things—like accepting death and dying, the realities of getting older, dealing with […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: British, murder mystery, mystery, narfna, Richard Osman, the thursday murder club, thursday murder club

narfna's CBR13 Review No:73 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: British, murder mystery, mystery, narfna, Richard Osman, the thursday murder club, thursday murder club ·
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“When you’re documenting everything you do, you stop living life for yourself and start living it as a performance for others. You’re never in the actual moment, just the response to the moment.”

Pretty Things by Janelle Brown

June 23, 2021 by Catticus Finch Leave a Comment

Two wildly different women–one a grifter, the other an heiress–are brought together by the scam of a lifetime… This book tells the story of two women from very different backgrounds.  Nina has learned to make a living by playing the con game along with her boyfriend, Lachlan.  They make a comfortable living, but her mother is sick and there’s big medical bills to pay.  Things start to unravel, and the police come knocking on her door so Nina decides to disappear for awhile.  She and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: con artists, Janelle Brown, mystery, thriller

Catticus Finch's CBR13 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: con artists, Janelle Brown, mystery, thriller ·
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I should have just watched that Trixie and Katya video

The Woman in the Window by A.J Finn

June 21, 2021 by caragwapa 3 Comments

Did I read The Woman in the Window because I wanted to watch an episode of Netflix’s Queens Who Like to Watch (with Trixie and Katya) but I couldn’t watch it because I hadn’t seen the movie, and I couldn’t watch the movie because I hadn’t read the book?  I will neither confirm nor deny but, YES I DID.  All this just to watch a 10 minute video of my favorite queens.  Was it worth it?  Well, yes but only because Trixie and Katya are […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: A. J. Finn, agoraphobia, mystery, psychological thriller

caragwapa's CBR13 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: A. J. Finn, agoraphobia, mystery, psychological thriller ·
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the (reading) Weekend…

Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon

Times Square Red, Times Square Blue by Samuel R. Delany

Queer: A Graphic History by Meg John-Barker, Julia Scheele (illustration)

Widespread Panic by James Ellroy

Quarry's Cut by Max Allan Collins

June 20, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read a variety of books close to and over the weekend. Let’s check it out… Bleeding Edge **** This is a 2021 reread and it’s better than I remember. The ending disappoints but it’s still an entertaining, prescient novel. Pynchon warned us about Too Online culture and yet, here we are.   Times Square Red, Times Square Blue **** I don’t know what I expected but it wasn’t this. And I liked it! Mostly. This is like a tale of two books. It’s two essays […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #history, 9/11, Bleeding Edge, conspiracy, essays, Freddie Otash, gentrification, Graphic Novel, historical fiction, homosexuality, James Ellroy, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Max Allan Collins, Meg John-Barker, Julia Scheele (illustration), mystery, New York City, pornography, Quarry, Quarry's Cut, Queer: A Graphic History, Queerness, Samuel R Delany, Thomas Pynchon, Times Square, Times Square Red Times Square Blue, Widespread Panic

Jake's CBR13 Review No:92 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #history, 9/11, Bleeding Edge, conspiracy, essays, Freddie Otash, gentrification, Graphic Novel, historical fiction, homosexuality, James Ellroy, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Max Allan Collins, Meg John-Barker, Julia Scheele (illustration), mystery, New York City, pornography, Quarry, Quarry's Cut, Queer: A Graphic History, Queerness, Samuel R Delany, Thomas Pynchon, Times Square, Times Square Red Times Square Blue, Widespread Panic ·
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