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Merissa (13927 KP) rated Disjointed Lives in Books

Mar 30, 2018

Disjointed Lives

Morgan Sheppard | 2018 | Contemporary

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Disjointed Lives by Morgan Sheppard

Disjointed Lives is the first non-fantasy story from Morgan Sheppard. It is only a short story, based around two friends meeting for coffee, and one of them needing help. It does mention gas lighting and mental/emotional abuse, but without going into too much detail.

One of the things that is becoming clear is that Morgan Sheppard writes character based stories. The world building is very good, but what gives these stories the emotion behind them, is the characters. They are completely relate-able, with foibles and quirks that readers will recognise in themselves and those they know.

Whether you like fantasy or contemporary/women's fiction, I would definitely recommend this book, and others by this author.

* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book, and the comments here are my honest opinion. *

Merissa
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Lady beneath the Tides (Between Hill and Sea)

Morgan Sheppard

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They say the lake returns when the moon burns blue. In the drowned valley of Llyn Du,...

Contemporary Fantasy Romance Magical Realism

Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

Haruki Murakami

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A narrative particle-accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn...

Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Just Remember to Breathe (Thompson Sisters, #3) in Books

Jan 6, 2021

Yeah... I wasnt impressed with this at all but i persevered and finished it.

The family unit was just...strange--at least Alex's parent's were anyway. Do people really react like that? Her sisters were okay but also a little wooden. The secondary characters also didn't really sit well with me.

It could all do with the fact that I'm really into reading my urban fantasy/paranormal romance books right now and deviated off track since I'm starting to run low, but i just don't think I was in the right headspace for contemporary romances.

It didn't draw me in and i was continually bored throughout.

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Image and Imagination: Essays and Reviews

C.S. Lewis and Walter Hooper

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This selection from the writings of C. S. Lewis gathers together forty book reviews, never before...

Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Dark Dates (Cassandra Bick Chronicles #1) in Books

Jan 12, 2021

I struggled with this from the beginning. I'd finish one of the short chapters and put it down for days, not at all interested in picking it back up again. Then do the same again a few days later. Until last night when I just decided to give up. It wasn't working for me. Over two weeks I've been reading this and I wasn't getting anywhere.

It may be that my taste has changed from my recent obsession with Paranormal/Urban Fantasy and back into Contemporary Romances as I've just read entire backlog of books pretty much back to back.

I may attempt to read this again at a later date when my taste changes back to paranormal

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Shadow Game (GhostWalkers, #1) in Books

Sep 5, 2019

It's taken me forever to read this. I struggled with it from the start. I've drifted from my love of Paranormal Romances into Contemporary Romance and Urban Fantasy Romances so this just seemed too focused on the romance side of things. Sounds strange, I know, considering that's all I read but...I just couldn't get into it.

The writing seemed so old fashioned in the chemistry/romance parts. It was written back in 2003, when I was 12 and I would probably have loved it back then, but I'm now 28 and I prefer a more modern wording to my romances.

I have a few more paperbacks from this series but I'm not in any hurry to read them.