I swear, either it was written by and AI bot after digitizing his other books or another writer completely. Oh well! Glad to hear you don’t mind the lows- some people think only positive reviews should be written, but I feel as if three has to be some balance.

Thank you so much for the gracious words! I love hearing from readers of the blog. Thankfully, I’ve had a run of great books so feeling a bit calmer!

I don’t think you are petulant at all! I appreciate your honesty in reviewing books and knowing what you like! Sure, everything isn’t going to be 5 (or even 4) stars but it’s also o.k. to notice when the 3 and 3.5 are getting you antsy… when that happens for me it’s time to look to my trusted recommenders for a really well written and compelling story (personally beautiful writing isn’t enough- I’m a plot driven reader who also requires good character development and excellent writing- now who’s finicky?!!!?) Please know how very glad I am that you are out in this space giving such beautiful reviews!

And yet, I feel so spoiled saying that! It’s not possible for everything to be outstanding, I’m just being petulant.

I am absolutely shocked by how many people are raving over it! The Eddie Flynn novels were so sharp; I never had any sense of what was going to happen, but this was awful. Almost like it could have been AI- interesting premise but written by a machine.

Permission to DNF is critical! Thank you for the percentages- I have a reading tracker and really need to sit down and look at my percentages. Maybe my mood is coloring my perception of my reading.

I’ve become too finicky!