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Girl, Ghost Best Friend, and Cranky Cat Head to Edinburgh

City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

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I read a bit of YA, but middle grades is not something I usually think to pick up, or even necessarily think of as a distinct genre. But as is often the case in my reading diet of the past few years the Read Harder Challenge had a task that needed sorting. Enter Leedock and her review of City of Ghosts – the perfect book to fulfill the “read the first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series”. Now is when I admit to having never read a Victoria (or V.E. as she is sometimes known) Schwab book […]

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12/13/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:61 |

Review roundup! Female-centric thillers

Into the Water; The Lying Game; The Good Daughter; After Anna; Then She Was Gone; Dark Places by Paula Hawkins; Ruth Ware; Karin Slaughter; Alex Lake; Lisa Jewell; Gillian Flynn

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I badly need to catch up with writing reviews, but don’t really have the inclination to write long and individual reviews for books that were mostly ‘meh’. I sometimes pick up thrillers when I need a break from fantasy, and this review covers several that I’ve read since the early summer, in order that I read them. In some cases I have to cast my mind back rather a long way–and some definitely made an impression more than others. Most of these I read pretty quickly and moved on just as quickly. I’ve refreshed my memory when needed with Wikipedia […]

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12/13/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:42 |

A 6 Star book!!!!

The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens

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I love this book so much. I read it a couple of years ago for my book club and thought it was the best book of that year. This book focuses on the central character Wolf. The book alternates between current events and events that occurred in Wolf’s past. Current event involves Wolf on top of a mountain where he plans to commit suicide, however he comes across a group of 3 ladies that require his help finding the secret lake. In assisting them, they end up getting lost. Whilst lost, relationships between the characters evolve and change ad you […]

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12/12/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:49 |

Tana French – take my money.

The Witch Elm by Tana French

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I have been recommending Tana French ad nauseum every time someone asks me for a book recommendation, ever since I discovered her delightful series in 2007. I have two left to read and I purposefully wait as looong as I can manage before reading one because they are so good and knowing I have one on the horizon makes me happy. That being said, imagine my delight as I’m perusing the “Hot Picks” aisle at my local library and see she has a new one out! And it is not part of the Dublin Murder Squad series, so I can […]

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12/5/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:42 |

I don’t want to go into those Dark Places either

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

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cbr10bingo…White Whale I accidentally bought this on my Kindle on March 6, 2015.  I don’t think I had even read Gone Girl yet at that point, but I think I had heard about Ms. Flynn.  This has been on my “to read” list for a while now, so I’m calling it my White Whale.  Like I said above, I have the Kindle version, but I wasn’t reading it, and I’m reading another book on my Kindle currently, so I downloaded the audiobook version and I listened to it in my car. This story is really messed up.  We meet Libby Day, […]

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11/30/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:55 |

Bright Lights, Bay City

Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs Novels Book 1) by Richard K. Morgan

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I went back and forth on whether to use this as “The Book Was Better” because while Netflix did turn it into a series I hadn’t watched it. Then, while it was dumping rain over the long weekend, I actually watched the series, so that assuaged my guilt and now I can write this review with a clear conscience. So. Altered Carbon. I gave this book three stars, but I honestly went back and forth on that for a while. I decided to give it the benefit of the doubt, because academically it is a good book. It didn’t totally […]

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11/28/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:20 |

I’m still hoping he hears that cell door slamming behind him, and I’m hoping she somehow does too…

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

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cbr10bingo…Cannonballer Says I remember hearing or reading something about this book back in April of this year, because that’s when aggregate DNA from family tree / ancestry sites matched the killer’s DNA to an actual person.  I’ve always been intrigued by serial killers, and I’ve been reading true crime books since high school.  That’s really what drew me in, Michelle partially wrote this book, then passed away, then her husband and another author finished it, it was released, and then through a totally different process, he was caught. I know that once I heard about the book, I went to […]

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11/28/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:54 |

Is this a dagger I see before me?

Macbeth by Jo Nesbo

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  Another great Jo Nesbo book. This is not part of the Harry Hole series (which I absolutely love), this is more of a stand alone book. I enjoyed this book for a few reasons. Firstly, Macbeth is my all time favourite Shakespeare text. So I am always happy to read modern adaptations. Jo has done a remarkable job of making this a modern story. He has kept all of the main story lines, but adapted it to a police setting. The story begins with Duncan as the Chief Commissioner  (instead of the King), Deputy Commissioner Malcolm, Cawdor head of […]

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11/28/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:45 |


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