The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware
I don’t know how this ended up being worse than the first book in the Lo Blacklock series, but it definitely was. Ruth Ware has mostly missed books for me, but I was curious how she would follow up to The Woman in Cabin #10. I wish I had just told myself to stop being nosy and picked another book. All in all, none of this makes sense except Lo has to be the most naive and just flat out Too Stupid to Live (TSTL) character […]
My Friends by Fredrik Backman, Neil Smith (Translator)
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Book 36: My Friends by Fredrik Backman, Neil Smith (Translator) Rough Review: 5 stars. I have so many thoughts and feelings about this book. AND SPOILERS NO TIME TO REDACT. The first 70 pages or so were perfect. Just quirky and heartfelt and true, and SO funny, these sensitive, awkward little weirdos with too many feelings, lucky enough to find their people, for however brief a time. I thought there was no way he could keep it up for 400+ pages, and if he did, I would […]
The It Girl by Ruth Ware
Read as part of CBR17 Bingo: starts with I It’s really tough to go long on The It Girl because there are dozens of these types of what’s billed as “dark academia” thrillers and while this is better than most, it’s not really inspired. Y’know this genre by now: they usually involve a secret society, a group of friends, a dead body, and time jumps. Most are indistinguishable from one another. They’re fine if that’s your thing, not trying to yuck anyone’s yum. But you know what’s […]
One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware
The ending and reveal on how things ended up the way they did really just ruined my enjoyment of this book. I really wish that Ware had went a different way with this one. I liked the whole idea of this being a homage of “And Then There Were One” with everyone being moved to a deserted island via a reality tv show. But once you get to how they all got there and why and the big gaping plot holes about why X and […]
Remembrance Day by Henry Porter
Dead Lions by Mick Herron
Zero Days by Ruth Ware
Whisper Down the Lane by Clay McLeod Chapman
Killing Castro by Lawrence Block
Deadly Beloved by Max Allan Collins
Spy Hook by Len Deighton
London Rules by Mick Herron
Real Tigers by Mick Herron
Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate. Remembrance Day**** An interesting take on the English-vs-Irish spy novel and while the author telegraphs too many things, he knows how to keep a story moving. Barely clears the 4-star threshold but if I invest time to read something almost 500 pages long, it has to be at least “good” and this was. Dead Lions, Real Tigers, and London Rules**** I had originally meant to do a big long post on my love/grr relationship with Mick Herron’s Slough House […]
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
Rowan works at a London daycare with the suitably horrible name Little Nippers. Though she likes the children, she dislikes her coworkers and the put-upon, complaining parents that she has to deal with. She lives in a cramped, run-down apartment, which she shares with a coworker who is now on Sabbatical. So when she finds a job ad for a live-in nanny on a country estate in the Scottish Highlands, she does whatever she can to get the job. It doesn’t go well; the book […]
