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Nice Blend of Science Fiction and Suspense

The Perfect Wife by JP Delaney

May 31, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley for free. This did not affect my rating or review. This book will be released on August 6, 2019. So, I was pretty vocal about how badly I disliked “The Girl Before.” So you are probably wondering what in the world caused me to willingly pick out “The Perfect Wife” to review. Well, I heard that it had a lot of science fiction elements in it and since I want to read more science fiction this […]

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The Dime by Kathleen Kent

May 5, 2019 by yesknopemaybe Leave a Comment

4.5 stars. This book left me with a massive book hangover. Incredibly violent in almost every way, so just a content heads up if you’re thinking about reading this. If you like mysteries and you haven’t given this one a chance, I would snag it as soon as you can. Betty Rhyzyk is tough as fucking nails, not surprising since she comes from a long line of Brooklyn police detectives. She never thought she’d leave New York, but finds herself in Dallas with her partner […]

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419 by Will Ferguson

April 25, 2019 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

Wow, I was not expecting this to be so good. My prior experiences with Will Ferguson have been through his light, ‘humourous’ travelogues (ie: Beauty Tips From Moosejaw), which I remember being just ok, and not really that funny (I always felt like he was aping Bill Bryson and falling short). This novel is a big departure from those earlier travelogues, in both subject and tone: it is a tight, character-driven thriller about the fall-out from a Nigerian email scam, nicknamed ‘419’ scams after the […]

The Kind Worth Killing – A Thriller Worth Reading

The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

April 5, 2019 by cheerbrarian 2 Comments

I am no stranger to a thriller, I love a good murder mystery. I was looking for book recommendations to make me feel better about present stress in my life (i.e., when I am stressed, reading about murder makes me feel better because at least I’m not being murdered) and picked this one up on the recommendation of a friend and am delighted to give it two big ol’ thumbs up. This is a book I was delighted and surprised by, so much so that […]

It took all the strength I had not to fall apart!

I Am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall

March 30, 2019 by cosbrarian 3 Comments

I’m really sorry for naming this review after the most cliche song I could have quoted — OR AM I? Sixteen-year-old Jess has been through it this year. She survived a terrible car crash that killed her mother on impact. She’s left scarred and her leg is irrevocably damaged, despite the diligence she has devoted to her physical therapy. And now, the court has ordered her custody to the father she has barely known, transported there by an old family friend named Gil. Gil does […]

Down the Rabbit Hole

Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane

March 28, 2019 by Zirza Leave a Comment

I fell for you because that’s what you do when you meet the woman whose face you want to be looking into when you die. You fall. And keep falling. And if you’re really lucky, she falls with you and then you never get back up again to where you were because if that was so great, you wouldn’t have needed to fall in the first place. Rachel Childs has not had the best childhood. Her mother was a famed psychologist and writer of self-help […]

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Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
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