A Widow's Hope (Indiana Amish Brides #1)
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His scars are visible.Hers are hidden...An Indiana Amish Brides matchAfter tragedy claimed her...
Death March (Euphoria Online Book 1)
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I sacrificed everything for my family. It wasn't enough. I lost my mother, and now I'm about to lose...
Case Histories (Jackson Brodie, #1)
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Cambridge is sweltering, during an unusually hot summer. To Jackson Brodie, former police inspector...
Must Love Dogs (Must Love Dogs, #1)
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Divorced preschool teacher Sarah Hurlihy's first mistake is letting her bossy big sister write her...
Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated Murder, D.C. in Books
Apr 9, 2019
Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Viking for the opportunity to read and review this book. This is the first book I have read by Neely Tucker and I look forward to more that he has. I enjoy reading books in and around Washington DC as I have lived in this area most of my life.
This book had a very interesting story line and a few twists and turns along the way. Billy Ellison is gay and his family is very well known throughout the DC area. His family wants him to follow in his father's footsteps and become a lawyer, but this isn't something he is interested in. He enjoys exploring his family's rich and illustrious past in Washington, but then he discovers something very disturbing. After his death, Sully Carter, picks up where Billy left off and tries to find out what in the research could have gotten him killed. As Sully gets closer to the truth, his life is on the brink of ending as well.
In the book, Sully works for "The Paper" not sure which that would be, but I'm assuming its the Washington Post, the largest in the area. Sully is a character who you can love or hate, really. He didn't grow on me too much. The story overall had a good plot, but there were parts of it that my eyes read but my brain did not digest.
Overall the book is good and if given the opportunity, I will read more books by Neely Tucker.
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A poignant and transporting cross-cultural love story set against the lush backdrop of the Sicilian...
Andy K (10823 KP) rated The Mule (2018) in Movies
Jan 6, 2019
When he is truly down on his luck financially, he hears about a job offer to good to be true. Why not just do some "driving" to earn some extra money? Who cares what the cargo is right? He decides to take the job and then decides having money in his life is too good to pass up. His financial situation improves substantially and he then decides to try and make up for lost time with his family.
Things with his new career become complicated and he even is becoming known to the DEA. He unknowingly evades them several times as his stock among the cartel improves.
I thought the film started slow and for some reason the editing in the first hour really bothered me. It seemed like a bunch of random scenes put together in a random way. Not sure if I can explain why.
The acting and screenplay were sometimes good, sometimes not good. I thought Eastwood the actor was amazing, but Bradley Cooper and Laurence Fishburne just phoned this one in.
The 2nd half of the film was much more interesting and won me over in the end. The fact that Eastwood is almost 90 himself and is still acting and directing is incredible and I salute him wholeheartedly for that.
Fyodor Dostoevsky: in the Beginning (1821 1845): A Life in Letters, Memoirs, and Criticism
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More than a century after his death in 1881, Fyodor Dostoevsky continues to fascinate readers and...