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One of the Girls

One of the Girls by Lucy Clarke

May 16, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review.  I ended up giving this one 4.5 stars and rounding it up to 5 stars. The only reason why I didn’t think it was a 5 star favorite read for me was that 1) I doubt I would re-read this again and 2) the omnipotent narrator in between chapters started to grate towards the end. I just wanted to find out what happened or was going to end. […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Lucy Clarke, thriller

Classic's CBR14 Review No:107 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Lucy Clarke, thriller ·
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Various Reviews During My Vacation, Some Were Brilliant, Some Were Good, Some Were Awful.

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

Once More Upon a Time: An Enchanting Romantic Fairy Tale by Roshani Chokshi

Hot and Sour Suspects by Vivien Chien

Gilded by Marissa Meyer

One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

Hostage by Clare Mackintosh

May 2, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

The Kaiju Preservation Society-5 stars I don’t even know what to say except this was pitch perfect. It reminded me in a good way of “Old Man’s War” and I cheered through the whole book. I loved everyone. I am so sad this is a standalone so we don’t get to follow Jamie and his friends he meets in the Kaiju Preservation Society (KPS). “The Kaiju Preservation Society” begins with Jamie Gray getting fired. Jamie lives in New York and doesn’t know how he will […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Clare Mackintosh, cozy mystery, Fairy Tales, Gilded #1, john scalzi, magical realism, Marissa Meyer, Noodle Shop Mystery #8, Rebecca Serle, Romance, roshani chokshi, Suspense, thriller, Vivien Chien

Classic's CBR14 Review No:97 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #Science Fiction, Clare Mackintosh, cozy mystery, Fairy Tales, Gilded #1, john scalzi, magical realism, Marissa Meyer, Noodle Shop Mystery #8, Rebecca Serle, Romance, roshani chokshi, Suspense, thriller, Vivien Chien ·
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Charity

The Appeal by Janice Hallett

April 29, 2022 by Pooja 2 Comments

Poppy, the two-year-old granddaughter of the Haywoods, is diagnosed with an aggressive brain cancer, the whole community rallies around them to raise money for her treatment. But not all is as it seems in this little town, and when someone turns up dead on the night of the Fairway Players’ dress rehearsal, the truth must be uncovered. I picked up this book because someone here recommended it (thank you!) and because it’s been a while since I read a good epistolary novel. Certainly I’ve never […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: ARC, Janice Hallett, letters, NetGalley, Suspense, thriller

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:60 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: ARC, Janice Hallett, letters, NetGalley, Suspense, thriller ·
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A cool collaboration of thriller writers and characters

Face Off by David Baldacci

April 26, 2022 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

This is the second collaboration audiobook I’ve borrowed and read from my library.  I got into it because of my buddy Michael Connelly.  If you read my previous review that I just posted, you’ll know that maybe he’s not my buddy after all, but Harry Bosch is.  Conveniently, Harry is in this book! The wording on Goodreads calls this “an unprecedented collaboration”, which sounds very grand.  I didn’t really get it until I looked at all the authors involved and listened to the intro.  Apparently […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: David Baldacci, Dennis Lehane, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, F. Paul Wilson, Heather Graham, Ian Rankin, james rollins, Jeffery Deaver, John Lescroart, John Sandford, Joseph Finder, lee child, Linda Fairstein, Linwood Barclay, Lisa Gardner, M.J. Rose, Michael Connelly, Peter James, R.L. Stine, Raymond Khoury, Steve Berry, Steve Martini, T. Jefferson Parker, thriller

kfishgirl's CBR14 Review No:19 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Suspense · Tags: David Baldacci, Dennis Lehane, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, F. Paul Wilson, Heather Graham, Ian Rankin, james rollins, Jeffery Deaver, John Lescroart, John Sandford, Joseph Finder, lee child, Linda Fairstein, Linwood Barclay, Lisa Gardner, M.J. Rose, Michael Connelly, Peter James, R.L. Stine, Raymond Khoury, Steve Berry, Steve Martini, T. Jefferson Parker, thriller ·
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Surprisingly Enjoyable

In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

March 22, 2022 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

For as often as I read mystery thrillers like this, I so rarely enjoy them. And there are so many reasons I shouldn’t have enjoyed In My Dreams I Hold a Knife, but I still did, in spite of all of them. The main character, Jess, is an overachiever preparing to go back to her 10 year college reunion at Duquette, a college which is “just a step below the Ivy League.” In college she was part of a golden group called the East House Seven […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Ashley winstead, college, mystery, reunion, thriller

Ellesfena's CBR14 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Ashley winstead, college, mystery, reunion, thriller ·
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Gentrification Meets Get Out in Brooklyn

When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole

March 13, 2022 by donttrustthe_bea 4 Comments

I couldn’t put down this book after starting it. I burned through it in one and a half days, because sleep,  it it was engaging all the way through and the ending was insane. Loved the story, as it’s something that resonates with me (gentrification in NYC has gotten so bad and so many people have been displaced/ out priced because of it). I also loved the slight sci-fi elements of this book, a turn I was not expecting as it starts out as a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Alyssa Cole, Black History, gentrification, psychological thriller, sci-fi, thriller

donttrustthe_bea's CBR14 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Alyssa Cole, Black History, gentrification, psychological thriller, sci-fi, thriller ·
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