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Thrilling Reading: Mini-Reviews

March 21, 2019

thrilling

Sometimes the mood strikes for thrilling reading. It’s not a genre I look to often, but in the beginning of the year it felt like the only kind of reading that satisfied me. Maybe because if it’s done right it can be great reading without being great? I’m not sure, but I tore through these two novels even when a part of my brain was thinking ‘Really?’. They piled unreliable ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: mini-reviews, Mulholland Books, mystery, St. Martin's Press, suspense, thriller, women

Descent by Tim Johnston

January 21, 2019

descent

All her life 18-year-old Caitlin has been a runner. It is who she is and in running she moves in a world of her heart, her blood, her muscles—all working in sync to do what she loves to do. How then could something at the core of her being that brings her such joy lead her into a nightmare? Because if she hadn’t insisted on going running in the early morning in the Rocky ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Algonquin Books, family, suspense, thriller

October Reading-Wrap-Up

November 5, 2018

October

  I realize it's already the first week of November but last week was taken up with family and I could not get myself pulled together until  the weekend. Having said that, as much as I'd like you to read on, if you haven't voted...GO VOTE. Done your civic duty? Super! Well, October was not a big reading month, mostly because I took on a 700 page novel, but the majority ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: cookbook, mini-reviews, mystery, thriller

Summer Thrillers: Mini-Reviews

August 17, 2018

summer

I haven't given much thought to seasonal reading, but this summer I've read more thrillers than I have in years' past. Maybe because they are more about plot and less about character and easier to digest? Who knows, but here are two summer releases I tore through. They're on opposite sides of the drama scale- one boils over right from the beginning while the other is more of a ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature, Fiction Tagged: mystery, suspense, thriller

Tangerine by Christine Mangan

July 18, 2018

tangerine

  If you run into trouble at home, do not be surprised to run into trouble here. You are still the same person. Tangier can be magic, but even she is not a miracle worker. Heiress Alice Shipley has found herself, at age 20, married and living in Tangier. It’s 1956 and not a place she ever thought she would go, but her new husband John was enamored, so while he goes ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1950s, ecco, friendship, morocco, suspense, thriller

9 Books for Fun Summer Reading

June 18, 2018

summer

The first official day of summer is Thursday so what better way to kick it off then having your summer reading lined up. I never used to think I was a seasonal reader, but this year the only books that are working for me are light, heavy on plot not characters, and fast paced. Humor is also a huge go-to for me. That could mean anything from chick-lit to thrillers. If you like ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: chick lit, favorite books, lists, midlife, mini-reviews, mystery, thriller

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