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Category Archives: mystery
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty – a Book Review
This was probably my most anticipated book of 2021. Moriarty manages to deliver effortlessly every time. While some of her books I didn’t like as much as others, there hasn’t been one I didn’t enjoy at least on some level. … Continue reading
The Facts of Life and Death by Belinda Bauer – a Book Review
Oh my. Get ready for a deluge of book reviews. I haven’t posted much lately and have had an onslaught of sickness travel through my house so my blogging productivity took a nosedive. I will spend this next week trying … Continue reading
Posted in mystery, thriller, Uncategorized
Tagged book blog, book review, books, fiction, reading
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How Lucky by Will Leitch- a Book Review
I stumbled upon this book in the overdrive app and thought the cover looked quite appealing and enigmatic. I’m glad I read it, because it was a nice engaging read, and it was very short so it served as an … Continue reading
Posted in General fiction, mystery, Uncategorized
Tagged Book, book blog, book review, fiction, reading
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The Maid’s Version by Daniel Woodrell – a Book Review
Daniel Woodrell is a local Ozarks author who originally hails from my city of Springfield, Missouri. He writes predominantly crime fiction in the subgenre of country noir that is set in the Missouri Ozarks. You might be most familiar with … Continue reading
Posted in General fiction, Historical Fiction, mystery, Uncategorized
Tagged book review, books, fiction, the ozarks, West Plains
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie – a Book Review
To be honest, I don’t read a lot of murder mysteries. To date, this is only my 2nd Agatha Christie novel, and I chose this book because I chose Christie as my author for the reading challenge whose first published … Continue reading
Posted in Classic, mystery, Uncategorized
Tagged book blog, book review, books, british lit, murder mystery
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The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner – Book Review
At first glance, I could tell this book was right up my alley. Badass women, trips down deep back corridors of the darkened streets of historic London, and a bit of a mystery to sweeten the pot. As for the … Continue reading
Posted in General fiction, Historical Fiction, mystery, Uncategorized
Tagged apothecary, Book reviews, books, LibGirlBooks, London, murder, poison
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WWW Wednesday – March 17, 2021 #bookishmemes #wwwwednesday
Welcome to a new week of WWW Wednesday. This is a meme now hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. In it, we answer three questions and leave a link in the comments sharing our own posts … Continue reading
Posted in Classic, General fiction, mystery, Uncategorized
Tagged book review, books, LibGirlBooks, vonnegut, WWW Wednesday
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WWW Wednesday – January 13, 2021
What a crazy start to the new year. I have gotten back to posting and actually have two reviews to post in the next couple of days, and I’m as encouraged about my own pursuits as I seem to be … Continue reading
Posted in Horror, mystery, thriller, Uncategorized
Tagged book blog, book review, books, LibGirlBooks, WWW Wednesday
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WWW Wednesday – December 2, 2020
My apologies for my more than brief hiatus. This has been such a weird year fraught with unexpected hurdles. Henry and I are quarantined at home now after he got exposed at his preschool to Covid, and even before that … Continue reading
Posted in General fiction, Horror, Memoir, mystery, Nonfiction
Tagged book review, books, LibGirlBooks, reading, WWW Wednesday
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WWW Wednesday – Oct 21, 2020
Here’s my second edition of this weekly series of posts from Sam at Taking on a World of Words. Check out her blog if you haven’t, as she shares some fabulous content. In this series, each blogger answers the 3 … Continue reading
Posted in General fiction, Historical Fiction, mystery, thriller, Uncategorized
Tagged book review, books, fiction, LibGirlBooks, WWW Wednesday
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