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LEECH | Hiron Ennes09.27.2022 | TordotcomRating: 3/5 stars In an isolated chateau, as far north as north goes, the baron’s doctor has died. The doctor’s replacement has a mystery to solve: discovering how the Institute lost track of one of its many bodies. For hundreds of years the Interprovincial Medical Institute has grown by taking … Continue reading Book Review: Leech
How are we almost a week into December? I’m slacking so hard on all things holiday…no tree up, very few gifts bought. I’m also slacking on actually finishing a book. My goal is to have Dead and Gondola completed tonight. I’ve really enjoyed this cozy mystery! It’s got so many fun nods to Agatha Christie … Continue reading December Possibilities
THE LOST VILLAGE | Camilla Sten03.23.2021 | Minotaur BooksRating: 4.5/5 stars Documentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt has been obsessed with the vanishing residents of the old mining town, dubbed “The Lost Village,” since she was a little girl. In 1959, her grandmother’s entire family disappeared in this mysterious tragedy, and ever since, the unanswered questions surrounding … Continue reading Book Review: The Lost Village
Read:The Resemblance by Lauren Nossett 4⭐Lord of the Fly Fest by Goldy Moldavsky 3.5⭐They Drown Our Daughters by Katrina Monroe 3⭐(🎧)The Hacienda by Isabel Canas 3.5⭐Dead Flip by Sara Farizan 4⭐Fairy Tale by Stephen King 3⭐Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV 4⭐The Godmother by Barbie Latzu Nadeau 3.5⭐(🎧)It Rides A Pale Horse … Continue reading November Wrap Up
IT RIDES A PALE HORSE | Andy Marino10.04.2022 | RedhookRating: 4/5 stars The Larkin siblings are known around the small town of Wofford Falls. Both are artists, but Peter Larkin, Lark to his friends, is the hometown hero. The one who went to the big city and got famous, then came back and settled down. … Continue reading Book Review: It Rides A Pale Horse
THE GODMOTHER | Barbie Latza Nadeau 09.06.2022 | Penguin Books Rating: 3.5/5 stars For as long as it has gripped our imaginations, the Mafia has been tied to an ingrained image of masculinity. We read about "made men," "wiseguys," and "goodfellas" leading criminal organizations whose culture prizes machismo, with women as ancillary and often-powerless characters: … Continue reading Book Review: The Godmother
FAIRY TALE | Stephen King 09.06.2022 | Scribner Rating: 3/5 stars Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, but he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself—and his dad. … Continue reading Book Review: Fairy Tale
DEAD FLIP | Sara Farizan 08.30.2022 | Algonquin Young Readers Rating: 4/5 stars Growing up, Cori, Maz, and Sam were inseparable best friends, sharing their love for Halloween, arcade games, and one another. Now it’s 1992, Sam has been missing for five years, and Cori and Maz aren’t speaking anymore. How could they be, when … Continue reading Book Review: Dead Flip
THE HACIENDA | Isabel Cañas 05.03.2022 | Berkley Rating: 3.5/5 stars In the overthrow of the Mexican government, Beatriz’s father is executed and her home destroyed. When handsome Don Rodolfo Solórzano proposes, Beatriz ignores the rumors surrounding his first wife’s sudden demise, choosing instead to seize the security his estate in the countryside provides. But … Continue reading Book Review: The Hacienda
THEY DROWN OUR DAUGHTERS | Katrina Monroe 7.12.22 | Poisoned Pen Press Rating: 3/5 stars They say Cape Disappointment is haunted. That's why tourists used to flock there in droves. They'd visit the rocky shoreline under the old lighthouse's watchful eye and fish shells from the water as they pretended to spot dark shapes in … Continue reading Book Review: They Drown Our Daughters
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