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What is on your bed side table? 2023/2024
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Dec 05, 2024 04:09AM
I finished The Alehouse Murders
. It is set in 1200 England. It was pretty good. She blended Templar history and Englands history. The characters were a bit boring. 1200 is not the most exciting time period. Overall it was okay, don't think I need to read book 2 though.
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⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 for this Australian Gothic Mystery novel set in the remote northwest Pilbara region.
Jasper Cliff by Josh Kemp https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm closing out this week with
A Summit in Shadow by Sarah E. Burr https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm currently reading "The Christmas Cottage" by Sarah Morgan on page 103. Looking for new book friends. Feel free to add me I'll adv back 📖📚
Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen by Vicki Delany 🎧 4-StarsA nasty Grinch has his eye on Christmas in Rudolph, New York.
My Review
The Next Grave by Kendra Elliot 4-Stars Wonderful Mystery/Suspense Plot and a pulse pounding ending
My Review
⭐⭐⭐⭐.1 for this dark and gritty detective thriller
Past Redemption by David Mark. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for
The Summerfield Saddler by Penelope Janu which gave me so much more than I expected. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm kicking off the week with the delightful
Fondue or Die by Korina Moss. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I am still enjoying my Michael Connelly binge. Latest one was Echo Park, which I feared I might not have enjoyed because I saw the Bosch TV episode that was based partly on it. I was wrong. Bosch is not all plot, it's people, and I liked seeing them back at work.
My review of Echo Park
On a completely different note, I'm also getting a kick out of Alexander McCall Smith's mystery series for kids, going back to his famous Lady Detective's schoolgirl investigations. Precious and the Zebra Necklace is another I'd recommend for young and old.
My review of Precious and the Zebra Necklace
Time to kick off my Christmas cozies. I started out with
Shock and Paw by Cate Conte https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

My mouth was agape starting around 70% of the audiobook. Please do not expect a serious thriller going into this. When this book starts ramping up, it's a one way ticket to cuckoo town. There were plenty of plot holes or convenient non-explaining / accepting of implausible situations to move the plot along, but I didn't mind; there were so many loose threads to pull, I just rolled along with it, relishing in the ridiculousness. Here are all the predictions i had while reading:
1. The husband killed the wife, but out of guilt, blocked the memory/is living with amnesia
2. The husband and wife are BOTH dead, and the island is purgatory
3. The wife is alive and is framing her husband (the seems the most obvious choice, but is it?)
4. Lesbian cult
There were some genuinely...
full review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Johnny English meets James Bond in the form of a failed actor, Lou Galloway, in this ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ read.
El Flamingo by Nick Davies https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm really enjoyed
Sleep in Heavenly Pizza by Mindy Quigley. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I recently listened to the first 'volume' (two short stories in this) of the very entertaining New Adventures of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Vol 1 by Max Allan Collins. They were full dramatisations, like radio plays with footsteps, gunshots and all. They're narrated by the inimitable Stacy Keach, who played Hammer in the TV series, back in the day. Great fun from Audible.
My review of New Adventures of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
I finished A Nest of Vipers
by Harini Nagendra. Book 3 in the series. I think the best yet. Set in 1922 Bangalore, India. Lots of interesting History and cultural information. Good Glossary in the back. I recommend starting with book 1.
I'm ending the week with
Rockin' Around the Chickadee by Donna Andrews https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Black Loch was an excellent surprise addition to the original three books of Peter May's Lewis Trilogy. Rugged Isle of Lewis setting, dark mysteries, more secrets revealed from the past - love it!
My review of The Black Loch
My review of The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning by P.J. Fitzsimmons
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I snuck in one more Christmas cozy -
I'll Bee Home for Christmas by Cathy Wiley https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm finishing off the year with
Irish Soda Bread Murder, a novella anthology featuring stories from Carlene O'Connor, Peggy Ehrhart, and Liz Ireland. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie by Freida McFadden
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of You Don't Own Me by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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