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Kills Well With Others: Deadly Old Broads Part 2

Kills Well With Others by Deanna Raybourn

April 7, 2026 by beereadsbooks Leave a Comment

At this point I’m a bit fuzzy on the finer points because I finished this book about a month ago. We pick up with our protagonists about a year or so since we left them. They have gone their separate ways again for the time being, and they’re still struggling to get their retirement from the Museum sorted out. Naomi – the new or interim new head of the Museum approaches them with an off-the-books job tidying up a mess that a mole in the […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction Tagged With: adventure, assassins, Deanna Raybourn, menopause

beereadsbooks's CBR18 Review No:13 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: adventure, assassins, Deanna Raybourn, menopause ·
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Killers of a Certain Age: Damn, I love a competent woman.

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

February 8, 2026 by beereadsbooks 2 Comments

Killers of a Certain Age has been lurking on my TBR for a while. When I picked it up from the Libby app, I was searching for an audiobook option to help fill my ears while doing something with my hands – chores probably. Killers primarily follows four post-menopausal women – Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie – as they near retirement from a lifetime of service with The Museum. The Museum is an extra-governmental organization dedicated to assassinating the Bad Guys, and our heroines […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction Tagged With: adventure, assassins, Deanna Raybourn, menopause

beereadsbooks's CBR18 Review No:6 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: adventure, assassins, Deanna Raybourn, menopause ·
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Not all men, but certainly a lot of them. Especially rich, white ones.

The Change by Kirsten Miller

August 5, 2025 by Malin 3 Comments

4.5 stars Buzzwords Cover Challenge 25: Pattern CBR17 Bingo: Red (A book with a red cover) Official plot summary: In the Long Island oceanfront community of Mattauk, three different women discover that midlife changes bring a whole new type of empowerment… After Nessa James’s husband dies and her twin daughters leave for college, she’s left all alone in a trim white house not far from the ocean. In the quiet of her late forties, the former nurse begins to hear voices. It doesn’t take long […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: buzzwords cover, cbr17, cbr17bingo, contemporary fiction, family, feminism, friendship, Kirsten Miller, LGBTQIA, magical realism, Malin, menopause, murder, mystery, Red, Sexual Assault, the change, the Dark Corner, witches

Malin's CBR17 Review No:49 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Speculative Fiction · Tags: buzzwords cover, cbr17, cbr17bingo, contemporary fiction, family, feminism, friendship, Kirsten Miller, LGBTQIA, magical realism, Malin, menopause, murder, mystery, Red, Sexual Assault, the change, the Dark Corner, witches ·
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I’d Pay So Much to See this as a Movie

The Change by Kirsten Miller

July 18, 2022 by Ale 2 Comments

When picking up the actual book I ordered at the library, I was lured in by their “new releases” display. The book jacket of The Change promised some menopause-induced magic, a murder mystery, and three bada** women taking down some powerful men on the backdrop of a coastal New  York town. So of course I picked it up, and it was an absolutely delightful ride. Harriet, Nessa, and Jo are three women in their 50s going through a rough time. Harriet’s husband leaves her for a […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: aging, cbr14bingo, Kirsten Miller, menopause, murder, mystery, shadow, speculative, women

Ale's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: Mystery, Speculative Fiction · Tags: aging, cbr14bingo, Kirsten Miller, menopause, murder, mystery, shadow, speculative, women ·
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Being informed is so much better than not being informed.

What Fresh Hell is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You by Heather Corinna

May 31, 2021 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

I received What Fresh Hell is This? as an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. It publishes June 1, 2021.  What Fresh Hell is This? Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You came to my attention following emmalita’s positive review of it earlier this month. The title alone intrigued me, what fresh hell is this is something I say in my day-to-day life, so an author that chose to use it as their title would very likely be an author I’d want to […]

Filed Under: Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: ARC, faintingviolet, feminist, Heather Corinna, inclusive health, menopause, perimenopause, read women, What Fresh Hell is This

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:23 · Genres: Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: ARC, faintingviolet, feminist, Heather Corinna, inclusive health, menopause, perimenopause, read women, What Fresh Hell is This ·
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This is the Menopause Book I Will Recommend to Every Body

What Fresh Hell is This? by Heather Corinna

May 10, 2021 by Emmalita 2 Comments

The upside of my disappointment about that other menopause book I reviewed was that several people reached out and told me that there was another book about menopause available for request on NetGalley. What Fresh Hell is This? Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities and You is exactly what I was looking for – gender inclusive, pragmatic, compassionate, and truly, deeply feminist. Why do I, a cis woman, care that a book about menopause is gender inclusive? The answer is, as is the answer to many things, […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: advance reader copy, Heather Corinna, menopause, NetGalley, What Fresh Hell is This

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:43 · Genres: Health · Tags: advance reader copy, Heather Corinna, menopause, NetGalley, What Fresh Hell is This ·
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