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WHAT ARE YOU READING THESE DAYS?
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What are you reading these days?


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Overall, this was fun and charming, but the ending was too quick and easily resolved in this slow burn romance for me. While there wasn’t enough depth to the plot for my tastes, I still enjoyed it.


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part legal thriller and part crime thriller
With the usual short chapters, this story progressed quickly with other members of the Women’s Murder Club putting in cameo appearances. It was fast-paced and filled with action. Additionally, it has a shocking twist that completely caught me by surprise.

When not doing that, I've been rereading some older cozies, which I need to get updated on my challenge page (as usual, I'm procrastinating!). I've been reading Selma Eichler's Desieree Shapiro and Elizabeth Daniels Squire's Peaches Dann series. I'm probably going to hit Heather Blake's Magic Potions series again, too. (I do this knowing her Wishcraft series sits unread on (in, or under) Mount TBR. Oh well...

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Romantic Suspense
Overall, this briskly paced novel was engaging and atmospheric with great characterization.


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Paranormal Romantic Suspense / Urban Fantasy
Overall, this book is emotionally-charged, full of danger, and intense; with a terrific romance and nonstop action. The plot is twisty and the first sentence had me rapidly turning the pages. The author introduces some new types of supernatural villains in this one.


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Paranormal Romantic Suspense / Urban Fantasy
Overall, this briskly paced novel was engaging and had great characterization. The significant amount of danger and action kept me fully engaged and made this a true page turner for me. It is a riveting story with protagonists that I liked and cheered on as their journey progressed and became ever more dangerous.


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Political Thriller
Gilstrap has a way of writing thrillers that immediately grab your attention. He’s an excellent storyteller who combines a creative plot with gripping scenes and plenty of action and suspense. Overall, this briskly paced and explosive novel was tense, fast-paced, action-oriented, and scary to think about.


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Police Procedural
This was an atmospheric book with great characterization and a complex plot filled with secrets and tangled relationships. It is very character-driven and has a few slow spots.


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Police Procedural
This was an atmospheric book with great characterization and a complex plot filled with secrets and tangled relationships. It is very character-driven and has a few slow spots.


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Horror short stories and a poem
Overall, this was a great collection of stories and one that kept me feeling the characters’ anxiety. While some are full of exciting scenes and plenty of action, others are more thought provoking. The world-building and characterization are terrific.


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Mix of mix of urban fantasy, western, action adventure, and alternate history
Exceptional characters, intense fight scenes, and family drama made this an entertaining read.


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Alternate History / Fantasy / Western
Exceptional characters, intense fight scenes, and family drama made this an entertaining read. This well-crafted story hooked me in the beginning and kept me turning the pages as I went on a rollercoaster ride through twists, drama, grief, and intrigue.
I'm reading the Injured Heroes series by Danielle M. Haas. Currently I'm on book 4: Crossroads of Obsession. Enjoying it so far :-)


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Paranormal Romance
The characterization and world-building are well-done in this novel. It’s a light, easy read with a fast-paced romance. While there was some minor conflict, I wanted some additional intensity and suspense. Despite this, I enjoyed the book.


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I love this series. Robb is an excellent storyteller who combines a creative plot with suspenseful scenes and some action and romance. Overall, this novel was a twisty tale with great characterization that kept me turning the pages. I loved spending time with some of my favorite characters and can't wait for the next book in the series.


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Private Detective
This is an outlier review. There are many readers who loved this novel.
There’s a decent mystery in this story, but the start is slow-paced, meandering, and uneven. However, it picks up in the last third of the novel. Overall, this sets the stage for an interesting series with some eccentric characters and new investigations to pursue.


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Cozy Mystery
Overall, this novel is entertaining and was a pleasurable reading experience. It's a fun cozy featuring many unique and interesting characters. Humor is sprinkled throughout the novel. However, the start is somewhat slow and there is some repetition that was somewhat annoying.


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Romantic Suspense
Overall, I enjoyed this novel which was suspenseful, atmospheric, full of action, and it had great characterization.



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um please don’t question the copious piles of book filling up my room. those are my emotional support comfort piles and I am about to make another.
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Clutter it may be, but it's my "emotional support clutter"... I have piles of books, papers, clothing, stuff in boxes... :o)


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Romantic Suspense + Ghosts and more
Overall, this novel was entertaining and had great characterization. The plot is multi-layered and gets increasingly dangerous as the unsettling disturbances escalate and secrets are revealed. It’s twisty, thought-provoking, and tragic, as well as full of suspenseful moments. It's also very atmospheric.
I'm reading the Agency series by Alexandra Ivy. I very much enjoyed the first book: Pretend You're Safe. I'm now on book 2: What Are You Afraid Of? Enjoying this one as well :-)


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Suspense, Science Fiction, Horror, and more
Overall, this novel was somewhat uncomfortable at times, entertaining, and imaginative.


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Fantasy
Intrigue, danger, action, suspense, a quest, and a romance are mixed with Greek mythology and fantasy in the fourth book in Amanda Bouchet’s Kingmaker Chronicles. There was always something new happening in this story that demanded my attention once the quest started. However, the first third of the book was extremely slow-paced. It also took me a while to understand this new-to-me fantasy world. I wanted a little more world-building. I believe those who have read the earlier books in the series would already have that grasp.


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Political Thriller
A great start to the novel grabbed my attention. Action, suspense, intrigue, and danger keep this novel moving at fast pace. There is a strong sense of good versus evil throughout the novel. Geopolitical conflicts that help enable drug, human, and weapons trafficking are highlighted in this book.


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Police Procedural
The author brings action and intense moments to the novel, but the story built a little less suspense into the story line than usual. Despite this, the plot is intriguing, full of chasing down leads and interviewing suspects and witnesses in anticipation of identifying the killer.

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There are links to Kobo, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, and Amazon. I haven't investigated as of yet, so I don't know if you're signing up for newsletters or not. Though it says romance, I don't know if there are any mysteries available either.
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Happy hunting.
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I actually just went directly to Amazon and searched for "stuff your kindle day". There are lots of books available, not just romances.

Saving that search! Thanks, Pam.
I mainly use my Nook and ADE readers, so getting items from Kobo, who allows physical downloads so I can use whatever reader I want, is my favorite. I haven't downloaded books from Apple in a while, but they used to allow the same. Google Books does too, but with their DRM. B&N (who used to be "freer") and Amazon are more proprietary with their files. I tend to get Kindle versions if I can't get the item(s) from Kobo or one of the others.
Doesn't stop me from having a Kindle TBR mountain!!
Off to see if there are files I just can't live without. :o)

Saving that search! Thanks, Pam.
I mainly use my Nook and ADE readers, so getting items from Kobo, who allows physical downloads so I can use whatever rea..."
By the way, the next Stuff your kindle day is 12/27/2023. Also be careful using the search I used, some of the free ones are kindle unlimited and not free for all.


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The cross between science fiction and mystery worked well. What a great first sentence! However, the book quickly goes back and forth in time without notice causing one to feel unsettled and disrupting the flow and pacing. These instances are also from different points of view and only slowly reveal what has happened in the past. Despite this, the plot was interesting and complex. Overall, this novel was entertaining and had great world-building.
I read Quarter to Midnight and Beneath Dark Waters by Karen Rose. These are the first two books of her New Orleans series. I'd planned to wait till a few more books of the series were published so I could binge read them together, but I saw these two books in the library and couldn't resist getting them. Lol. I enjoyed them both but not as much as I enjoyed some of her previous books like Closer Than You Think, You Can't Hide, Death Is Not Enough, Have You Seen Her? and several others. Still, the two New Orleans books were pretty good and I'm looking forward to the third one :-)

I'm glad to hear you enjoyed them too. I want to read some of her other series.


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Crime thriller, legal thriller
Well-developed characters, a great setting, and a page-turning story line.


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Urban Fantasy
debut novel
imaginative world-building and diverse characters
I'm reading—and enjoying—the Detective Josie Quinn series by Lisa Regan. I just finished book #3: Her Mother's Grave. It's my favourite book in the series so far. Now starting book #4: Her Final Confession.


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True Crime
Heartbreaking novel. Unfortunately the writing style didn't appeal to me. However, this is an outlier opinion.
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Action / Military Thriller
Overall, this novel is a shockingly dark, disturbing, and an emotional ride. Once again Maberry hooked me with the fascinating prologue than pulled me immediately into the story.