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April Reading Recap

May 2, 2024

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Is it the year? The authors? Me? Or some depressing combination of all three? I don’t know, but my April reading was as hit or miss as the Seattle weather.   Just when you think you’ve read every horror story about the opioid epidemic there’s more. Prescription for Pain is an investigative look into the life of Paul Volkman, a doctor turned pharmacist who at the peak ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: history, mini-reviews, thriller, true crime

The House Guest

March 24, 2023

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Reading as much as I do is a joy, but it can make me feel jaded. It leaves me with a ‘been there, read that’ mindset, especially when it comes to thrillers. That’s one of the reasons I was so tickled by Hank Philippi Ryan’s The House Guest. She uses the reader’s cynicism and suspicion against them, jamming the novel with dubious characters at every turn and a maze of a plot. It ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: mystery, suspense, vacation reading, wealth

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