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The Charm School. River of Stars, and Pandemic; but I've currently stopped reading those temporarily for various reasons.


i liked everything but the ending, which was unsatisfactory to me, both the motive for the murder (kinda weak), the identity of the murderer, and also the main character's decision after they had figured out the former two mysteries.
my full review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


WAKE UP SHEEPLE!
read this for the first time at my old head age, don't know why it took me so long. and wow, it was awful, in the archaic sense of the word, as in it inspired awe within me, overwhelmed me.
my full review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...



It was more interesting than I had expected given that so much was revealed in the title. Murder, mutiny, disease, and starvation revealed just how thin is the veneer of civilisation that covers man.
My review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...



I was surprised to see this a BOTM in one of my other groups. Urban policies usually aren't key discussion topics even though we're all impacted by the policies adopted by the places where we live. And I tend to hear about parking only if someone is complaining about it. I was thus surprised by how interesting the subject became in this book.
My review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Labeled as #3.5 by Goodreads, this short story is really a prequel to the Finlay Donovan series. Readers get more insight in Vero's character and learn of the history between her and her childhood crush.
My review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I'm currently reading True Winter by Q.K. Petty


Still feels a bit flat but the tension is very slowly building.


this gif is how i felt upon reading the final page. happy to be unhappy. slow, deliberate, like the unfurling of an intricately beaded and embroidered fan. absolutely beautiful and poignant prose from the author. it was at turns exciting, suspenseful, but also navel-gazey in a good way. ruminations on art, love, purpose, fate vs chance.
full review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin



This felt very different, in a good way, compared with Bardugo's Shadow and Bone trilogy though is set in the same universe. It’s not often that I read a high stakes international crime caper in the urban fantasy genre.
My review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Christina Lauren are back. This time, the novel is set in the dreamy island resort in Indonesia and involves the lifestyles of the ultra wealthy.
My review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...




Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading a near-forgotten gem of a horror story written by a former actor

The Other by Thomas Tryon


The Man Who Tried to Get Away by Stephen R. Donaldson
Rating: 2 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading the first book in the Marseilles Trilogy

Total Chaos by Jean-Claude Izzo


I'm loving every page of this (and have loved each book before) but I keep putting it down because I don't want it to end!



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Do you love? I am a Sager fan for sure. I haven't had a chance to get my hands on this one!


Patricia Briggs is back on track after a couple of average installments in the Mercy-verse.
My review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Just started the Ruth Ware book last night



Night Shift by Stephen King
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started another short story collection, this one with a book cover that looks like it was assembled by a three year-old with blunt-nosed scissors and a crusty bottle of Elmer's Glue

The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
and
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Currently reading:
Play Along by Liz Tomforde
Up next:
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
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