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August 2023 Leftovers

Red Cat by Peter Spiegelman

You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters by Kate Murphy

Gangland by Chuck Hogan

Death and the Good Life by Richard Hugo

You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington by Alexa Coe

Britt-Marie Was Here by Frederik Backman

Occupied City by David Peace

Sleepless City by Reed Farrel Coleman

Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum

Run Time by Cathy Ryan Howard

Loyalty by Lisa Scottoline

None Of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

The Club by Ellery Lloyd

Not in Bronxville by Rita K. Farrelly

September 1, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

Unquestionably the worst month in the calendar. Red Cat*** It’s not the writer’s fault that I just finished Robert Kolker’s excellent Lost Girls in light of the apprehension of the man they think is the Gilgo Beach murderer. But my threshold for murdered sex workers was low going into this. I only finished it because it filled a specific square for my library summer reading game. It’s not bad; the mystery is done well but it doesn’t stand out as far as the rest of […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #biography, #history, active listening, Alexa Coe, Bad Summer People, Britt-Marie Was Here, Bronxville, Cathy Ryan Howard, Chicago, Chuck Hogan, David Peace, Death and the Good Life, Ellery Lloyd, Emma Rosenblum, Frederik Backman, Gangland, George Washington, historical fiction, horror, Immigration, Ireland, Japan, John March, kate murphy, LGBTQIA, Lisa Jewell, lisa scottoline, Long Island, Loyalty, mafia, Martha Custis, Montana, movies, mystery, New York (State), New York City, Nick Ryan, None of This Is True, Not In Bronxville, NYPD, Occupied City, Oregon, Peter Spiegelman, podcasting, politics, presidents, psychological thriller, Red Cat, Reed Farrel Coleman, Revolutionary War, Richard Hugo, Rita K. Farrelly, Run Time, Self-help, Sicily, Sleepless City, Soccer, Sweden, The Club, Tokyo, Tokyo Trilogy, you never forget your first, you're not listening

Jake's CBR15 Review No:129 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #biography, #history, active listening, Alexa Coe, Bad Summer People, Britt-Marie Was Here, Bronxville, Cathy Ryan Howard, Chicago, Chuck Hogan, David Peace, Death and the Good Life, Ellery Lloyd, Emma Rosenblum, Frederik Backman, Gangland, George Washington, historical fiction, horror, Immigration, Ireland, Japan, John March, kate murphy, LGBTQIA, Lisa Jewell, lisa scottoline, Long Island, Loyalty, mafia, Martha Custis, Montana, movies, mystery, New York (State), New York City, Nick Ryan, None of This Is True, Not In Bronxville, NYPD, Occupied City, Oregon, Peter Spiegelman, podcasting, politics, presidents, psychological thriller, Red Cat, Reed Farrel Coleman, Revolutionary War, Richard Hugo, Rita K. Farrelly, Run Time, Self-help, Sicily, Sleepless City, Soccer, Sweden, The Club, Tokyo, Tokyo Trilogy, you never forget your first, you're not listening ·
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A father has to take matters into his own hands after a shocking tragedy

What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline

December 30, 2022 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

This book was a recommendation from my sister. I listened to the audiobook, which was great. It starts out with a bang and only has a few small slow spots in the middle before the intense ending. I don’t think this is a spoiler, because it happens in the very beginning – the Bennett family is the victim of an attempted carjacking. The worst happens and their daughter is shot by the bad guys. It’s heartbreaking, obviously because it’s a young girl who tragically dies, […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: carjacking, lisa scottoline, the mob

kfishgirl's CBR14 Review No:57 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Suspense · Tags: carjacking, lisa scottoline, the mob ·
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Keep Quiet

July 1, 2017 by Ealbrecht Leave a Comment

Jake’s son Ryan is growing up before his eyes and he doesn’t have the close relationship with him that he wishes that he had. Part of that is his own fault, he’s been busy with the business he started after losing his job. One night, Jake’s wife Pam tells Jake to go pick up their son from the movies, hoping that spending some unexpected time together will help with their relationship. This is where everything goes wrong. Trying to be the “fun dad” Jake agrees […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: lisa scottoline

Ealbrecht's CBR9 Review No:41 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: lisa scottoline ·
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Every 15 Minutes

February 6, 2017 by Ealbrecht Leave a Comment

Dr. Eric Parrish is a psychiatrist at a local hospital. He also sees patients at his home. One day, he is called in for a consult in the emergency department at his hospital. Here he meets an elderly woman who is in with her grandson, Max. While talking to her, he’s questioning why he was called, the woman has no psychiatric issues that he can see. Once Max leaves, the room, he learns that the woman asked that he be called, the woman knows she doesn’t […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: lisa scottoline

Ealbrecht's CBR9 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: lisa scottoline ·
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Stockholm syndromed by a crappy book.

January 28, 2017 by Blingle Bells 1 Comment

It’s hard for me to know exactly what I’m reviewing when I review this book. It was my first audiobook, and the narrator was awful. Am I really reviewing the concept of audiobooks, new to me after 24 years as an avid reader? Am I reviewing the narrator, kind of? Or the book? One thing is certain: the latter two things were terrible. So I guess it really doesn’t matter. Dr. Mike Scanlon is a podiatrist serving in the Army, repairing feet blown up by […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks Tagged With: doctors, lisa scottoline, mysteries, ptsd, war, whodunit

Blingle Bells's CBR9 Review No:3 · Genres: Audiobooks · Tags: doctors, lisa scottoline, mysteries, ptsd, war, whodunit ·
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