Review The Inheritance Games series
3/5 stars The Inheritance Games (2020), The Hawthorne Legacy (2021), and The Final Gambit (2022), by Jennifer Lynn Barnes I'll be...
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A New York Tate of Mind
A New York Tate of Mind
In which this reader and explorer reviews books, muses on literary (and other) matters, and shares some of her adventures.
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My 1-5 rating system:
1 = I did not like it and would not recommend it.
2= It was fine. Read it if the subject matter interests you.
3 = I enjoyed it and would recommend it.
4 = I really liked it, and think you should read it!
5 = One of the best books I've read.
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- Mar 27
- 3 min
Review: Hell Bent
3/5 stars (reluctantly) Hell Bent, by Leigh Bardugo (2023) A few years ago I read the first book in this series, Ninth House, and...
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- Mar 10
- 2 min
Review: Amy Among the Serial Killers
2/5 stars Amy Among the Serial Killers, by Jincy Willett (2022) I didn't realize until I was well into the book that it's actually the...
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- Feb 8
- 2 min
Review: The Death of Jane Lawrence
3/5 stars The Death of Jane Lawrence, by Caitlin Starling (2021) First 3/4 of the book - 5 stars. The final 1/4 of the book lost its way....
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- Jan 4
- 2 min
Review: Murder Most Festive
4/5 stars Murder Most Festive, by Ada Moncrieff (2020) A really charming and clever murder mystery. Very British, but in a...
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- Dec 5, 2022
- 2 min
Review: The Conductors
4/5 stars The Conductors, by Nicole Glover (2021) Husband and wife Benjy and Hetty Rhodes are escaped slaves, and former Underground...
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- Nov 25, 2022
- 4 min
Review: Magpie & Moonflower Murders
4/5 stars - Magpie Murders | 1/5 stars - Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz (2016/2020) I liked Magpie Murders a lot. Moonflower...
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- Oct 8, 2022
- 2 min
Review: Truly Devious series
5/5 stars Truly Devious, The Vanishing Stair, The Hand on the Wall, and The Box in the Woods, by Maureen Johnson (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)...
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- Jul 28, 2022
- 3 min
Review: two Sophie Hannah mysteries
4/5 stars - The Mystery of the Three Quarters, by Sophie Hannah (2018) 2/5 stars - Woman with a Secret, by Sophie Hannah (2014) 4/5 stars...
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- Jul 20, 2022
- 2 min
Review: The Liar's Dictionary
3/5 stars The Liar's Dictionary, by Eley Williams (2020) You need to love learning about language and, more specifically, the etymology...
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- Jun 3, 2022
- 3 min
Reviews: Eight Perfect Murders / The Hotel Neversink
4/5 stars - Eight Perfect Murders, by Peter Swanson (2020) 3/5 stars - The Hotel Neversink, by Adam O'Fallon Price (2019) Two very good...
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- Apr 11, 2022
- 2 min
Review: The 12 Lives of Samuel Hawley
3/5 stars The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley, by Hannah Tinti (2017) Tinti's The Good Thief was the first book that my book club read in...
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- Mar 18, 2022
- 2 min
Review: Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
3/5 stars Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore, by Matthew Sullivan (2017) TW: Suicide & murder I thought this was a really fun,...
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- Jan 23, 2022
- 2 min
Review: An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed
4/5 stars An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed, by Helene Tursten (2021) Translated by Marlaine Delargy Well, this was just a delight. To...
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- Dec 17, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Firekeeper's Daughter
3/5 stars Firekeeper's Daughter, by Angeline Boulley (2021) TW: grief, suicide, murder, drug addition, & rape Despite the heavy nature of...
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- Nov 9, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Into the Water
2/5 stars Into the Water, by Paula Hawkins (2017) This is one of those 4-stars-while-reading, 2-stars-when-done kind of books. It is...
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- Oct 8, 2021
- 4 min
The Book Thieves
My book club, The Book Thieves, met last night to choose all of our books for 2022, and I'm excited to share the list! If anyone is...
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- Oct 1, 2021
- 2 min
Review: If We Were Villains
3/5 stars If We Were Villains, by M.L. Rio (2017) A murder mystery for fans of Shakespeare! It's a very dramatic, literary, theatrical...
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- Jul 22, 2021
- 2 min
Review: The Glass Hotel
2/5 stars The Glass Hotel, by Emily St. John Mandel (2020) Meh. I don't get it. This was a disappointing read because Mandel's book...
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- Jul 21, 2021
- 3 min
Review: The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
5/5 stars The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, by Stuart Turton (2018) I enjoyed this book SO MUCH! It is as thrilling as it is confusing,...
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