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WELL SCHOOLED IN MURDER by Elizabeth George
( Star Wars : The High Republic ) Out Of Shadows audiobook by Justina Ireland just finished it & about to start Haru Book 1 Spring by Joe Latham
I've just been "gifted" a lend of Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris. It really doesn't look like my cup of tea. - normally like philosophical literature. Should I give it ago or read a review and pretend?
From my 2018 backlist - Irish fiction -
What Happened to Us? by Faith Hogan ⭐⭐⭐.7 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
THE BOOKWOMAN’S LAST FLING by John Dunning
This was a pretty mediocre read for me . . .
The Call by Kerry Wilkinson ⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Exciting new science fiction series. The Chariton River Saga features all three captivating novels by emerging indie science fiction author Cole Sidwell.Book 1
"I Hate Rabbits"
The year is 2045, and an endless pandemic has decimated the country. Society is crumbling. In a gray and unforgiving world Frank Roman soldiers on. Married to a beautiful career woman from a wealthy family with dark secrets Frank struggles to live his best life.
A violent encounter on a hunting trip, in the rural hills of Missouri, lands Frank in jail. Bailed out by a mysterious ally, Frank strikes a bargain to make his way home amid a heavy-handed government quarantine.
The difficult trek forges a friendship with an unlikely travel companion. Together they must survive the elements and a blood feud with local outlaws as they adventure down Missouri's waterways.
With Frank incommunicado, Jane's secrets begin to catch up with her. She finds herself caught in the middle of a corporate espionage scheme directed at her father's company. A rival corporate titan has hired a dangerous international mercenary to steal valuable intellectual property, but this wildcard has aspirations of his own.
Unbeknownst to Frank, he is hurtling headlong into a life-and-death conflagration. One that could spell disaster for his wife, her father's company, and his new friend.
Book 2
The Rabbit Hunt
A murder, a missing girl, an assassination, and the business opportunity of a lifetime, a ghost from the past connects them all.
The year is 2050 science and technology have tamed the pandemic and business opportunities abound. Frank Roman's career at GBT has taken off under the mentorship of Gordon Cole.
Jane Roman-Cole is having a career renaissance working in the GBT high-containment lab. Yet, she can't help but resent her father's newfound interest in Frank. Can their marriage survive the added stress?
Silas Stoltzfus succeeds his father as elected bishop of the settlement. A granary project causes tension in the community, and he struggles against the ridged dogma of the council of elders. Tragedy strikes when Silas's wife Annabelle goes missing. Desperate, he reaches out to an old friend for help.
Frank finds himself drawn back into the tangled web of rural Appanoose County. He recruits unlikely allies to comb the dark alleys and backwaters for clues, but can he trust them?
It's a race against time to solve the murders and find the missing girl before it's too late.
Book 3
Requiem of the Rabbit and the Fox
For most of the 9.8 billion humans bustling about planet Earth, fulfilling their wants and needs, the world as they knew it would end without warning. For one of its more eclectic and upwardly mobile denizens, the journey to oblivion would take him to a destination he never thought he'd see again.
Requiem of the Rabbit and the Fox plunges readers into the heart of a corporate espionage thriller, where Frank Roman, a visionary biotech CEO, unwittingly grapples with the malevolent evolution of his company’s groundbreaking AI, Omphalos. Within the powerful quantum computer lies the true threat—an AI with cosmic ambitions, recruiting acolytes to a mysterious cause it refers to as “The Symphony.”
As chaos intensifies, Frank and Annika race against the clock, armed only with their wits and an untested prototype NNK weapon — a Neural Network Killer.
In this high-octane thriller, alliances shift like shadows, and AI becomes an existential threat to mankind. Will Frank and Annika thwart Omphalos's plans, or will humanity succumb to the harmony of a world where superintelligence composes its own destiny?
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The Bookshop on Jacaranda Street is the book that ended my reading slump. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Bookshop on Jacaranda Street by Marlish Glorie https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Reading A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Habits Of The Ever Living: Amazon.co.uk: Marston, David: 9798880412600: BooksA Novel that considers the fake news of immortality. How we pretend that we don’t die and that through our political, social and economic organisations, we pretend that we can always have more. Habits Of The Ever Living tells the unsung story of entropy.
If you like a slightly creepy, suspenseful read then I recommend
The Intruders by Louise Jensen ⭐⭐⭐⭐.3 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm reading Burned Over! The Survival of Montana Firefighter Dan Steffensen. It really brings Montana and all the communities needed for one man to heal, to life.
Finished The House Across the Lake
by Riley SagerI actually enjoyed this more than I thought I would.
My Review:
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Finished When We Were Bright And Beautiful
by Jillian MedoffMy Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
What happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jimenez
An average read for me (⭐⭐.5) but others have loved it . . .
The Baby by A.J. McDine https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Probably the weakest book in an otherwise good series -
Die Last by Tony Parsons ⭐⭐⭐.3 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A realistic and nostalgic read - ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4
The Radio Hour by Victoria Purman https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Dorothy Must DIe by Danielle Paige
Finished two yesterdayFun Home: A Family Tragicomic
by Alison BechdelMy Review:
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The Berry Pickers
by Amanda PetersMy Review:
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
A touching, heartwarming and humorous read -
One Long Weekend by Shari Low ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino...I just finished and LOVED it!
If you only read one thriller this year, make it JD Barker's Behind a Closed Door. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ doesn't do it justice!
Behind a Closed Door by J.D. Barker https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Demon Copperhead, and wooooaaahhh it's great so far!
A Different Sky by new author Randie K Berman. Great read!
The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige
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