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This Should Either be 5 Stars or Negative 100

Her Closest Friend by Clare Boyd

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. This book will be released on March 5, 2019.  I have no words guys. I stayed up until 1 am finishing this book. It’s engrossing because at times you can’t believe how bad the writing and flow is. I kept reading because I was wondering if the character of Sophie was finally going to snap and take out her closest friend Naomi. And I was baffled at how dumb Naomi was about a lot of things. So I just sat back and enjoyed […]

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2/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:43 |

The Audacity of the Rich White Lady

Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman

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Oh man. I really wanted to like this book, and I did like the first 1/4 or so. But then it just kept careening into stupider and stupider plot devices and the main character showed all the logic and self control of a baseball bat and I honestly barely finished it, even then it was just to hope against hope that it wouldn’t end the way it was so obviously going to… but no luck for me.   The book is told from the first person view of Erin, an incredibly spoiled and sheltered documentarian who is engaged to her […]

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2/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:4 |

When Chickens Come Home to Roost

A Legacy of Spies by John LeCarre

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John Le Carre (I can never figure out how to consistently get the accent mark to work on here, so I’m just not going to worry about it) is kind of a “warm blanket” writer for me. I love his books, especially the George Smiley ones, and I turn to them when I’m a little blue or distraught or as a palate cleanser from a more challenging book. When I saw he had a new book out I was so excited and it did not disappoint. If you’ve read any of the other books, this one takes a very distinct […]

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2/6/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:2 |

The Main Line continues to get dumped on

Wicked by Sara Shepard

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The Pretty Little Liars series is marketed as Young Adult mystery, but I think that it may have been wrongly classified. Five books in, I am convinced that the only explanation for the behavior of many of the characters in the books is possession by evil spirits. Wicked is a continuation of the story begun in Pretty Little Liars. The first four books solve the mystery of the identity of ‘A’, a malevolent ghoul embodied by a superficial, text-obsessed teenage girl. Wicked is the fifth installment of this series, and focuses on two other mysteries. The first mystery has been pretty well covered […]

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1/29/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:8 |

A Whole lot of lying

Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard

Flawless by Sara Shepard

Perfect by Sara Shepard

Unbelievable by Sara Shepard

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I’ve never seen this television show. My daughter got these books from a friend but hasn’t gotten around to reading them so I swiped them from her bookshelf. The first book in the series is Pretty Little Liars. It introduces the characters and plot of the following books. The story takes place in the Northwest Philadelphia suburbs and follows four high school juniors as they navigate the new school year, teenage drama, and the mysterious notes and text messages that are being sent to them from someone calling themselves only “A”. The foursome are different stereotypical teenage girls. Aria is the […]

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1/25/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:7 |

A Thousand Nos

The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

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    Sometimes you read a book that you can’t believe is so bad you just keep reading it. This was one of those books. The shifting narratives don’t work, you pretty much know who did what it’s just a wait for the cops to figure it out. The only reason why I didn’t zero star this thing was the ending which made me go, huh. “The Couple Next Door” follows Anne and Marco Conti. A happily married couple (or it appears to be so) with a new baby girl at home, they are out of the house for the […]

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1/24/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:15 |

Okay Thriller and Mystery

The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware

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This wasn’t bad, and it wasn’t an exceptional thriller. Very paint by numbers after a while. I think it’s because I figured out what went on and none of the twists were a surprise. I still liked this better than the “Lying Game” though. That was not good. “The Death of Mrs. Westaway” has Harriet (known a Hal) Westaway being told that her grandmother has died, and left her something in her will. The only issue is that Hal knows that Mrs. Westaway can’t be her grandmother. She goes through with meeting the family though hoping to be left something […]

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1/24/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:2 |

“The first rule is don’t fall in love”…. guess what happens??

How To Stop Time by Matt Haig

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I picked this up this afternoon as a cozy read during a snow day where work is cancelled and everyone is snowed in.   How To Stop Time is about Tom, a man who had a medical condition that causes him to age incredibly slowly. He’s not immortal, this isn’t played off as sci-fi or fantasy. He will eventually age and die, but in the meantime he is 439 years old and appears to be 41. The story takes us back and forth between present day London, where Tom is attempting to find meaning in life by teaching high school […]

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1/20/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:4 |


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