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Government drone by day and book lover and geek girl by night! I review on Booklikes, Goodreads, and NetGalley.

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The End/ Beginning of Tess

Hush Hush by Laura Lippman

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Sigh. What a great book this was. I was initially skeptical for how Lippman was doing this (interview style format sprinkled with third person POVs) but it really works. I also liked the conversation around motherhood. A mother killing their child is seen as being a horrific thing with a lot of people not even wanting to get to the point they can understand how that happens. I thought that everything really worked in this one. The characters, the writing, the flow, and even the slowly dawning reality of what type of mother Melisandre Harris Dawes was before and is […]

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11/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 311 |

Liz Talbot Regroups

Lowcountry Boomerang by Susan M. Boyer

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Well “Lowcountry Boomerang” was a really great installment into the life and work of private investigator Liz Talbot. Happily married to Nate, and running their PI agency. The eighth installment has the usual, a curious murder case, Colleen still the island protector and keeping an eye out for Liz and Nate. And Liz’s father and his dog doing something ridiculous. I really needed a comfy book this weekend, and this one fired on all cylinders for me. I also like that for once, Boyer seems to be setting up something to the future of the series. So I am curious […]

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11/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 310 |

4.5 Stars for Audio and 3 Stars for Actual Story

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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So, I have to say that all in all, I really enjoyed “Daisy Jones & The Six.” I am so glad many of my friends suggested I listen to this via an audiobook. I can definitely understand why many readers DNFed this book though. The interview style format would be a much to try to read. Same reason I gave up trying to read “War World Z” that’s another book you have to experience by audio. The voice actors in this one killed it, and honestly that is what makes this book so compelling. Decades later you can hear the […]

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11/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 309 |

What a Wonderful Collection of Essays

The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West

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Well I don’t know how to talk about this collection of essays by Lindy West. She does a great job of discussing and analyzing key moments over the past couple of years (the election of Donald Trump, the rise of the left, feminism, etc.) She also manages to make you laugh and at times want to throw hands at people because of the things that are going on and how many people seem to be turning a blind eye to things. Since this is an essay collection, I am just going to comment on the ones that touched me the […]

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11/22/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 308 |

Behind the Scenes Look at a Presidential Election via Prey

Extreme Prey by John Sandford

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I think that this was one of the strongest offerings in the Prey series. I still could not give it five stars though since there seems to be some ridiculousness with Lucas and his next job I think will get discussed further in the next book. At this point, they should have just retired Lucas and switched to someone else to focus on in this series. How he is running around in his late 50s, I think is a question. I did like the different mysteries going on and how the book ended though. And Sandford must by psychic because […]

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11/22/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 307 |

Great Short Story Involving Children’s Books

The Book Thing by Laura Lippman

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Well this wasn’t a bad short story involving Tess. I liked the overall message about the importance of books, but think at times that Lippman via Tess was throwing way too much out there about how readers that use e-book readers, and or bookstores to help them find books as being less than other readers was a bit much. I definitely get the pangs one gets when small bookstores and the like close. There was a used bookstore up the street from me that closed that I felt guilty about, but the owner was a bit….he was just a bit, […]

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11/22/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 306 |

Spirit of Christmas Past

O is for Outlaw by Sue Grafton

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This book was a great look into Kinsey’s past. We have heard offhand via the books that Kinsey was married twice. Her first marriage was to an ex-cop Mickey Macgruder and we know that Kinsey and he parted on bad terms. This book gives us even more information than what we were given before. Mickey was accused of murder and Kinsey bounced. She never talked to Mickey again after the divorce, but you start to see some glimmers in the man which probably is what led her to getting hooked up with her long-time lover Robert Dietz. This book does […]

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11/22/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 305 |

Disappointing Look at Where Some Characters Are Four Years Later

The Summer Guests by Mary Alice Monroe

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So if this book had just been a follow-up to the Beach House series it would have worked much better. Instead Monroe takes on horses in this one and a bunch of characters that either didn’t make an impression on me, or ones that I ended up not caring for. My favorite parts of this book was a look into Cara Rutledge’s life since the last book in the Beach House series. That said, I am still disappointed we didn’t hear more about her brother, nephew, etc. in this one. Instead we hear about her, her daughter, and the new […]

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11/22/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 304 |


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