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The Marinated Meeple (1853 KP) created a poll

Mar 18, 2020  
Poll
When the quarantine is over, what will be the thing that you look back at and smile? What will be the best thing you do that you normally wouldn't?

Binge watching that ENTIRE TV show of 7+ Seasons in 5 days

6 votes

Movie Marathons: All the Marvel Movies in Chronological Order!

2 votes

All Day Video Gaming Sessions

6 votes

Day Drinking because: Wine Not?

3 votes

Solo playing Board games: Viticulture with Automa

0 votes

Playing Board games with Non-Infected family: Teaching your kids Azul

4 votes

Spending more time on the phone with Parents and Grandparents who were at risk, and couldn't visit

0 votes

Curling up with a good book and not having to put it down unless you wanted to.

13 votes

Finally getting to work from home like you always wanted to.

1 votes

All the internet things.... all the rabbit holes you got to explore.

2 votes

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ClareR (6106 KP) rated Miss Aldridge Regrets in Books

Nov 13, 2023  
Miss Aldridge Regrets
Miss Aldridge Regrets
Louise Hare | 2022 | Fiction & Poetry, Mystery, Thriller
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Miss Aldridge Regrets is a great murder mystery set on board the Queen Mary en route to New York in the 1930’s. And boy, does Miss Aldridge have some regrets!

When a man claiming to be the fixer for a man that her father used to work with in New York appears and offers her the Broadway role of a lifetime, Lena Aldridge can’t refuse. Especially as the husband of her best friend has died in rather unusual circumstances and she could easily be dragged into the aftermath.

Whilst on board the Queen Mary, Lena meets the Abernathy’s, a very wealthy American family. But all is not as it seems, and soon murder is committed on board, and Lena is left thinking that she is in danger too.

This is a novel dripping in glamour, and Lena isn’t always comfortable with that. She comes from a very different background. Everyone seems to be very accepting of her and her ‘Italian’ looks, but if the truth comes out to the Americans, her standing could be changed in an instant.

This was fast paced, and left me guessing up to the last page. The book ends with Lena in New York, so I’m looking forward to the next book to see just what she gets up to, and whether she will actually return to England.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2498 KP) rated The Poet (Jack McEvoy, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #5) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
The Poet (Jack McEvoy, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #5)
The Poet (Jack McEvoy, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #5)
Michael Connelly | 1996 | Crime, Fiction & Poetry, Thriller
8
9.0 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
Crime reporter Jack McEnvoy’s world is turned upside down when his twin brother Sean, a cop, commits suicide. But when Jack goes to write a story on it, he discovers a disturbing pattern that will take him cross country and ultimately to the FBI. But will he learn the truth about what happened to his brother?

This book is praised as one of Connelly’s best, and I can see why. This book introduces an entire cast of characters, and they are all strong. The plot is ingenious, and I was on board for all the twists. Unfortunately, it is 20 years old, and the parts of the book that attempt to profile the villain and the scenes that are written from the villains point of view felt clichéd to me. Maybe it is because it has been done so often since this book. Whatever the reason, I found this the only flaw in an otherwise outstanding book.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2016/12/book-review-poet-by-michael-connelly.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.