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Continue reading →: The Murder of Mr. Ma Took Me Back to a Simpler Time
Authored by S.J. Rozan and John Shen Yen Nee; Published April 2024; Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ The word that first occurs to me when I try to describe The Murder of Mr. Ma is charming. It’s from another era, one more scandalized by drug use and sex than the one…
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Continue reading →: In the Woods Goes Deeper than the Average Police Procedural
Authored by Tana French; Published 2007; Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ I don’t normally love novels like In the Woods. Without spoiling too much, the ending is certainly not what I would have hoped for. Yet, even though my heart tugged with pain when I closed this book, I enjoyed it…
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Continue reading →: One of Us Knows is a Step into Horror
Authored by Alyssa Cole; Published April 2024; Thriller/horror ⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ I’m not quite sure how to talk about One of Us Knows, because I have no idea how accurate its portrayal of dissociative identity disorder (DID) is. Which, considering all of the fantasy and science fiction I’ve read, shouldn’t…
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Continue reading →: Annie Bot was a Little Disturbing… in a Good Way?
Authored by Sierra Greer; Published March 2024; Science Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️ Annie Bot is a difficult read. Not the writing, which flows easily, or the plot, which made it near impossible to put down. No, it was difficult to read emotionally. Despite knowing that Annie is a robot from…
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Continue reading →: The Three Body Problem is a Classic for a Reason
Authored by Liu Cixin; Published 2006; Science Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ The Three Body Problem has become much more than a trilogy of books, expanding into the world of Netflix and abundant fan fiction. (For the record, I am a purist. I won’t be watching the TV series until I…
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Continue reading →: The Fox Wife is a Perfect Novel to Curl Up and Read
Authored by Yangsze Choo; Published February 2024; Fantasy/Mystery ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ There is such a thing as a vibes mystery novel. Among my personal favorites are Louise Penny’s Armand Gamache series, set in snowy Quebec, Canada. The Fox Wife reminded me a little of that–it’s a gentler…
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Continue reading →: Bride is Spicy!
Authored by Ali Hazelwood; Published February 2024; Romance ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ As you may have noticed, I love romance novels. I tear through them, usually making my way through in two days or less. But, I like a solidly medium level of spice in my romance novels and Bride was…
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Continue reading →: Triptych Took Me by Surprise
Authored by Karin Slaughter; Published in 2006; Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ Triptych defied my expectations. The way it shifted perspectives, built up empathy for unexpected characters, plunged me into the daily routine of policing in Atlanta—all of it came together for a compelling mystery. As state and federal authorities pursue…
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Continue reading →: Fangirl Down Gave Me Butterflies
Authored by Tessa Bailey; Published February 2024; Romance ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ I love the feeling you get when you read a romance novel and you feel the plunge in your stomach because the hero (or heroine) has just admitted how in love they are. Not every book gives me this…
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Continue reading →: Beautyland is Alien. Like, Weird.
Authored by Marie-Helene Betino; Published January 2024; Science fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️ Beautyland is weird. I wasn’t sure whether to call it science fiction or not—if you told me that it was not, actually, a book about aliens, but about very human delusions, then I would believe you. But more…
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