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2018: #26 – A Drink Before the War (Dennis Lehane)

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019 0 Comment

I’ve read a couple of Lehane’s books already, including a later book in this series, and so far I’ve liked everything I’ve read. This series has a nice noir feel to it, especially with the couple of private detectives having their office in the bell tower of a church. I like Kenzie and Gennaro’s relationship, complicated as it may be. I also like Kenzie’s gutsiness.

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2018: #25 – Long Gone (Alafair Burke)

January 21, 2019January 11, 2019 1 Comment

This was the second Alafair Burke novel I read in 2 months, but this one wasn’t as good as the first. The story is about Alice Humphrey, a rich girl who has declined the help of her father and is therefore in need of a job and surprise, one falls into her lap one evening at an art show. Before she knows it, she is

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2018: #24 – From Cradle to Grave (Patricia MacDonald)

January 20, 2019January 11, 2019 0 Comment

From Cradle to Grave by Patricia MacDonald

This was a decent read, but a tough one for me. Content warning: there’s a dead baby in it. I’m a little surprised at how hard that stuff is for me to read now that I’m not a brand new mom. As far as the issues the book tries to cover, I think it did a decent job depicting post-partum depression, though it was frustrating

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2018: #23 – One of Us is Lying (Karen M. McManus)

January 19, 2019December 22, 2020 0 Comment

I thought this was really great, which should be evident by how quickly I read it (3 days). It starts out with five students serving detention one evening, but then one of them dies in a way that can’t quite be accidental. The characters start out rooted in their stereotypes — the smart one, the pretty one, the bad boy, the jock, and the outcast.