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Government drone by day and book lover and geek girl by night! I review on Goodreads, StoryGraph, and NetGalley. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Classic's Quick Questions interview.)

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The Black Wolf by Louise Penny

The Black Wolf by Louise Penny

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And this is where I leave you. I just cannot with any more Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. It takes a while to me toss up my hands with authors I love and finally go, you know, it’s not me, it’s you. I gave up Dean Koontz, James Patterson, John Sandford, Kristin Hannah, Debbie Macomber, and this year got well and truly fed up with Joseph Delaney. And sometimes it is just the characters you get fed up with. You feel like you are on […]

Killing Me Softly by Sandie Jones

Killing Me Softly by Sandie Jones

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Was pleasantly surprised how much I like this one. The last Jones book was kind of a mess to me, but this one hit the sweet spot. I only gave it 4 stars though because the cliffhanger ending irked the life out of me. I like my suspense novels to wrap things up in the end please. Killing Me Softly follows married couple Freya and Charlie. A power couple, […]

Don’t Let Him In by Lisa Jewell

Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell

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Not going to lie, this was really good. I started reading it and couldn’t put it down. I wish I had started this before some of my other books sitting in my get to finish by 2025 pile. I like all of the characters, the bits that take some time to fit, and the various POVs we get actually work in this one. And I thought the ending was so solid. I was worried at first it was going to end on some weird cliffhanger, […]

The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly

The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly

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Not going to lie, the first 30 percent of this book dragged. I just plugged away but honestly I just felt a bit deflated by the entire premise and the ending. Especially since it seems a client we get introduced to in this one, will take up the next The Lincoln Lawyer book in this series. The Proving Ground follows Mickey Haller, now strictly a civil attorney. His daughter is surfing in Hawaii and his ex-wife Maggie is now the new DA. Mickey feels content. He’s going up […]

Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates

Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates

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I can’t recall the last time I was this annoyed. Oh yeah, The Rose Field. Anyway. This book was slow, meandering, and ultimately made my brain mad because I knew within a few percentage of my e-Reader, I knew who was the killer, I just didn’t know why. And when you get to the why I tossed my hands up and said for real? And I just don’t know. No spoilers and all, but the whole thing was so unhinged and I feel like the […]

An Irish Country Girl by Patrick Taylor

An Irish Country Girl by Patrick Taylor

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Updated 12/25/2025 Sigh. This honestly will always be one of my favorite books in the series. I don’t think Taylor ever did another ghost/horror story before and to set it on Christmas was definitely a great idea. Initially I didn’t think it would work, but it does. I really do wish that had more POVs starring Kinky and her gift. I think about how the series ended and get sad all over again. I have to say though, this and the first few books in the […]



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