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> Tag: Ruth Ware

“News always reached Miss Marple, one way or another.”

Marple: Twelve New Stories by Various

December 29, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

I would read more of these Agatha Christie short story collections featuring notable authors, for sure. Even the ones where Americans tried and failed to capture that British Marple feeling were entertaining in their failure. But most of these stories were pretty successful! One nailed it completely. Highlights for me were the stories from Ruth Ware (I know!), Naomi Alderman, Elly Griffiths, Kate Mosse, and Leigh Bardugo. This may be the easy way out, but I’ve just copied and pasted my Goodreads status update mini-reviews […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Mystery Tagged With: agatha christie, Alyssa Cole, anthologies, Dreda Say Mitchell, Elly Griffiths, jean kwok, karen m mcmanus, Kate Mosse, Leigh Bardugo, Lucy Foley, Marple: Twelve New Stories, miss marple, naomi alderman, narfna, Natalie Haynes, pastiche, Ruth Ware, short stories, Val McDermid, various

narfna's CBR14 Review No:241 · Genres: Fanfiction, Mystery · Tags: agatha christie, Alyssa Cole, anthologies, Dreda Say Mitchell, Elly Griffiths, jean kwok, karen m mcmanus, Kate Mosse, Leigh Bardugo, Lucy Foley, Marple: Twelve New Stories, miss marple, naomi alderman, narfna, Natalie Haynes, pastiche, Ruth Ware, short stories, Val McDermid, various ·
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“You’ve done enough poking around, this is getting stupid. You’re not some kind of pregnant Miss Marple.”

The It Girl by Ruth Ware

November 13, 2022 by narfna 4 Comments

It was perfectly fine! But I still don’t get the Ruth Ware obsession that some people have. Our “It Girl” is April Coutts-Cliveden, who is murdered her freshman year at Oxford, and who had “that thing”. The main character and narrator is her roommate and “best friend”, Hannah, who has experienced ten years of PTSD and harassment from journalists and the public because she was the one who found April’s body, and it was her testimony that sealed the conviction of the murderer, John Neville, […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: British, British mystery, mystery, narfna, Ruth Ware, the it girl

narfna's CBR14 Review No:187 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: British, British mystery, mystery, narfna, Ruth Ware, the it girl ·
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The It Girl

The It Girl by Ruth Ware

August 7, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

Well color me shocked. This may be the second Ware book that I have liked. The main reason why I gave this just four stars is I really didn’t enjoy the retconning of one character. I won’t get into it since it would be spoilers, but it just felt off based on what we read about what was going on between this person and Hannah while at school. The book does a great job of showing the “before” and “after” and even manages to do […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Ruth Ware

Classic's CBR14 Review No:165 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: cbr14bingo, Ruth Ware ·
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July 2022 Leftovers

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipies from Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen by Snoop Dogg

Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

Plunder of the Sun by David Dodge

Stunt: A Mythical Reimagining of Nellie Jackson, Madame of Natchez by Saida Agostini

The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, A Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation by Rich Cohen

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

Defender of the Innocent: The Casebook Files of Martin Ehrengraf by Lawrence Block

Voluntary Madness by Vicki Hendricks

Two Gentlemen of Lebowski: A Most Excellent Comedie and Tragic Romance by Adam Bertocci

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel García Márquez

A Night to Remember by Walter Lord

Slonim Woods 9: A Memoir by Daniel Barban Levin

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

My Summer Darlings by May Cobb

The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa

Firestarter by Stephen King

The Editor by Steven Rowley

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

Crossroad Blues by Ace Atkins

Lucky by Jackie Collins

August 5, 2022 by Jake 2 Comments

Here are reviews for the books I read in July that I didn’t have time or energy to do a full review on. Note: I was out of work in July so I read a lot. The Woman in Cabin 10 *** Read this while on a cruise ship and it definitely gave me some interesting feelings! A relatively entertaining thriller. I’d read another Ruth Ware book but wouldn’t rush out to do so From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes From Tha Boss Dogg’s Kitchen**** […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: a clockwork orange, A Night to Remember, Ace Atkins, Adam Bertocci, Anthony Burgess, Blues (Music), boarding school, Books about books, Brighton, Brighton Rock, Cats, Colombia, cookbooks, Crossroad Blues, Cruise Ship, cults, Daniel Barban Levin, David Dodge, Defender of the Innocent, dystopia, England, erotica, Firestarter, From Crook to Cook, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, gangsters, Graham Greene, hard case crime, Ireland, island, Jackie Collins, jackie kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Japan, Key West, Larry Ray, lawrence block, legal thriller, Loki, Louisiana, lucky, Lucy Foley, maureen johnson, May Cobb, mississippi, My Summer Darlings, mystery, mythology, Neil Gaiman, Nellie Jackson, New York City, Nick Travers, norse mythology, Odin, piracy, Plunder of the Sun, poetry, reread, Rich Cohen, Ruth Ware, Saida Agostini, Sara Lawrence College, search for treasure, shipwreck, short stories, Slonim Woods 9, Snoop Dogg, Sōsuke Natsukawa, Stephen King, Steven Rowley, Stunt, Texas, The Big Lebowski, The Cat Who Saved Books, the editor, the guest list, The Last Pirate of New York, The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor, The Woman in Cabin 10, Thor, Titanic, true crime, truly devious, Two Gentlemen of Lebowski. Shakespeare, Vermont, Vicki Hendricks, Voluntary Madness, Walter Lord

Jake's CBR14 Review No:145 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: a clockwork orange, A Night to Remember, Ace Atkins, Adam Bertocci, Anthony Burgess, Blues (Music), boarding school, Books about books, Brighton, Brighton Rock, Cats, Colombia, cookbooks, Crossroad Blues, Cruise Ship, cults, Daniel Barban Levin, David Dodge, Defender of the Innocent, dystopia, England, erotica, Firestarter, From Crook to Cook, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, gangsters, Graham Greene, hard case crime, Ireland, island, Jackie Collins, jackie kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Japan, Key West, Larry Ray, lawrence block, legal thriller, Loki, Louisiana, lucky, Lucy Foley, maureen johnson, May Cobb, mississippi, My Summer Darlings, mystery, mythology, Neil Gaiman, Nellie Jackson, New York City, Nick Travers, norse mythology, Odin, piracy, Plunder of the Sun, poetry, reread, Rich Cohen, Ruth Ware, Saida Agostini, Sara Lawrence College, search for treasure, shipwreck, short stories, Slonim Woods 9, Snoop Dogg, Sōsuke Natsukawa, Stephen King, Steven Rowley, Stunt, Texas, The Big Lebowski, The Cat Who Saved Books, the editor, the guest list, The Last Pirate of New York, The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor, The Woman in Cabin 10, Thor, Titanic, true crime, truly devious, Two Gentlemen of Lebowski. Shakespeare, Vermont, Vicki Hendricks, Voluntary Madness, Walter Lord ·
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Henry James would not have understood what a smart house is.

The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

March 3, 2022 by narfna 7 Comments

I read the first third of this in my paperback copy, then switched over to the audio to see if I could jump start my interest in it again. It worked! For a while, at least. It helped me get through the book, anyway. I liked the audio version better. I was super into this book at first, but as soon as the main character reached the house in the country, something about it lost me. It probably also didn’t help that I was traveling […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: audiobooks, imogen church, mystery, narfna, retelling, Ruth Ware, Suspense, The Turn of the Screw

narfna's CBR14 Review No:35 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: audiobooks, imogen church, mystery, narfna, retelling, Ruth Ware, Suspense, The Turn of the Screw ·
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What does the dark dark wood got to do with it?

In A Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

August 31, 2021 by caragwapa Leave a Comment

It’s one of those books where the “mysterious events of the past” are mysterious only because the narrator isn’t telling you about it. Leonora, 26 years old is a crime author and lives a solitary and lonely life.  Then, she receives an email from a woman she does not know, inviting her to a “hen party” for a friend she has not spoken to for a long time.  But she goes.  This hen party is for the wedding of Leonora’s childhood friend Clare.  A wedding […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: mystery, psychological thriller, Ruth Ware, thriller

caragwapa's CBR13 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: mystery, psychological thriller, Ruth Ware, thriller ·
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