Navigating the Stars (Sentinels of the Galaxy Book 1)
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“The answer is no, Lyra,” my mother utters her favorite—I swear—phrase. No means I have...
The After Wife
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L.A. is no place for widows. This is what forty-four-year-old Hannah Bernal quickly discovers after...
Anyone: A Novel
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Charles Soule brings his signature knowledge—and wariness--of technology to his sophomore novel...
Courage to Stand: Mastering Trial Strategies and Techniques in the Courtroom
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#1 National Bestseller on Amazon in SEVEN categories, including Liability Insurance, Law Office...
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2652 KP) rated The Bootlegger’s Daughter in Books
May 2, 2024
Obviously, these two women are destined to meet. The story along the way is enjoyable, and the further I got into the book, the more I wanted to keep reading. There are some surprises on the way to a suspenseful climax. I did feel like a few aspects of the plot were rushed, but that’s a minor complaint overall. We get the story from three different character’s points of view, Letty in first person and the other two in third person. These changes happen at chapter breaks and are all clearly labeled. The book is written in present tense, and once my brain got used to it, it didn’t matter. Many of the supporting characters don’t get much page time to be fully developed, but they feel real in the time they have. Letty and Annabel, however, are wonderful characters, and I enjoyed watching them deal with what life has given them. If you are looking for a historic crime story, you’ll be glad you picked this one up.
Covered in Flour: 1968: A Young Boy's Perspective on School, Family, and Changing Times
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It's 1968 in Whisper Haven, and 8-year-old Carl Pozzi's world is about to change. For...
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Appointment in Paris
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Following an acclaimed debut outing, Harry Fox, an MI5 Watcher, now suspended, and his associate...
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ClareR (6256 KP) rated The Silence Factory in Books
Jul 16, 2024
A factory in Telverton seems to have acquired a particular breed of spider whose web, when spun into a silken fabric, can bring silence to the person/ people sitting inside. However, if the fabric is the other way round, it produces sounds that can make people go mad (they don’t make too much of that fact). So, no the best factory to work in, then!
I enjoyed the two timelines: the discovery of the spiders in 1820, told through the journals of Sophia Ashmore-Percy; and the manufacture of the silk in a factory town decades later along with an audiologist who goes to work for Sir Edward Ashmore-Percy. He has the task of helping Sir Ashmore-Percy’s deaf daughter to hear.
I love how Bridget Collins mixes historical fiction and fantasy, and makes it all seem perfectly reasonable. There’s a lot to be said in this story about taking advantage of people for profit (in the factory in particular) and how nature can be used for man’s own ends, regardless of the consequences. Humans aren’t painted in the best of light, and I actually felt sorry for the spiders 🕷️🕷️🕷️
Still don’t like spiders though.