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Christine Allard (22 KP) rated Queen of Spades in Books

Jan 26, 2018  
Queen of Spades
Queen of Spades
Michael Shou-Yung Shum | 2016 | Contemporary
10
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Easily the best book I've read in six months. (0 more)
I want more from this first time author....soon! (0 more)
Small story, small setting, gambling and some mystical realism in a down-to-earth story.
Very few characters. Set in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. It's about gambling and math and cheating, and winning and losing at life and relationships. The writing is simple and stunning. The characters are few and very well-developed, quickly and slowly at the same time, without a lot of fanfare. There's a touch of mystery.

It's a "small" book, as I like to call them. Kind of like Nicholson Baker's writing. Focused.


Read it in two sittings--started one evening and finished over breakfast. Wish I had savored it more. Have already sent copies to at least seven people. Don't bother with the blurb on the back--doesn't do it much justice for what's really between the covers. Also, the paperback is a joy to hold. Even if you're a fan of eReaders, I recommend buying the real deal for this one.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2395 KP) rated The Long Quiche Goodbye (A Cheese Shop Mystery, #1) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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The Long Quiche Goodbye (A Cheese Shop Mystery, #1)
Avery Aames | 2010
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
The grand reopening of Fromagerie Bessette, a gourmet cheese shop in a small Ohio town, is going well until Charlotte's grandmother is found kneeling over the corpse of a man she was just scene arguing with. The book started out a little slowly, but I quickly got into the characters and story.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-long-quiche-goodbye-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated Take My Hand (A Pine Cone Romance #1) in Books

Aug 12, 2018  
Take My Hand (A Pine Cone Romance #1)
Take My Hand (A Pine Cone Romance #1)
Missouri Vaun | 2018 | Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance
8
6.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Take my hand is a well developed contempoary romance of the accidental sort. The characters are an interesting blend and the secondary characters in the small southern town lend to the setting. This book provided laughs as well as warm fuzzies and perhaps a bit warmer feelings as well. It is part one of three books that three authors worte together each focusing on one of three best friends and their relationships.
  
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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Grave Sight (Harper Connelly, #1) in Books

Jan 6, 2021  
Grave Sight (Harper Connelly, #1)
Grave Sight (Harper Connelly, #1)
Charlaine Harris | 2006 | Romance
6
7.2 (5 Ratings)
Book Rating
3.25 stars.

This is my first book by the author and I have to ask, do a lot of her characters have unusual names? Tolliver, Hollis, Dell?

Then the rest. I was intrigued by the story but I wasn't entirely drawn in, some of the plot was just a little odd for me and everyone seemed related to everyone else in this small town.

I'm not sure just yet if I'll continue the series.
  
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Merissa (13169 KP) created a post

Oct 21, 2020  
"Barn burning in a sleepy farming community is a serious enough matter, but a grisly murder or two in a small midwest town is a showstopper. Throw in a serial blackmailer who has his claws in some of the town’s leading citizens and you have one big recipe for disaster."

RELEASE DAY BLITZ - Two Murders Too Many by Bluette Matthey - @Archaeolibrary, @HardyDurkin, #Mystery, #Crime

https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/two-murders-too-many-by-bluette-matthey