Not That I Could Tell
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An innocent night of fun takes a shocking turn in Not That I Could Tell, the next page-turner from...
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The Sin Eater
8.0
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Can you uncover the truth when you’re forbidden from speaking it? A Sin Eater’s duty is a...
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Girls With Balls: The Secret History of Women's Football
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Boxing Day 1920, and 53,000 men, women and children pack inside Goodison Park. The extraordinary...
Build With Grandpa
Education and Games
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Demolish an old building with a wrecking ball, clear the lot with a bulldozer - then design, build,...
ArecRain (8 KP) rated Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries in Books
Jan 18, 2018
First I should mention that I love space. Despite this and the fact that I am actually a fairly intelligent human being, I have found that most books written about space, and physic in general, are written at such a high reading proficiency and are jargon heavy to the point that it is more chore to read than anything.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson brings his trademark humor to this novel as well as making it genuinely enjoyable to read. For being a non-fiction book, it certainly did not read like one. Regardless of whether you are a newbie when it comes to space or a seasoned fan, Death by Black Hole is consciously written with an easy almost conservational style that draws the reader in. I personally feel that it opens a lot of doors to those who want to learn but may have difficulty with the language.
I recommend Death by Black Hole to everyone. Literally everyone.
One Grump or Two: The Grumpy Guide to Modern Life, from Call Centres to Getting a Decent Cup of Tea
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All you want is a decent cup of tea. But oh no, modern Britain doesn't want to give you that. It...
Room Planner Home Design
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Home Design - Create realistic floor plans and 3D models in minutes for your next room or home...
Walton Ford: Pancha Tantra
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This book features a natural selection: Ford's beautifully savage beasts and birds. Walton Ford's...
Aitch: A Life in Colour: Conversations with My Hair Stylist
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We've all chatted with our hair stylist. But how often do our conversations reveal extraordinary...
Christine A. (965 KP) rated Such a Quiet Place in Books
Jul 20, 2021
The setting for Megan Miranda's latest thriller, Such a Quiet Place, is Hollow's Edge, a picture-perfect, idyllic neighborhood where neighbors become family. That is until the Truetts were killed. Now, a year and a half later, new evidence emerges, and the convicted killer returns home to Hollow's Edge. Once a warm and open community now finds neighbors locking their doors, spying out their windows, and hiding secrets from each other. Did the jury get it right? Was Ruby guilty? If so, what should they do? If not, the killer is hiding among them.
Such a Quiet Place is a suspenseful roller coaster from beginning to end. She kept me guessing until the big reveal.
Megan Miranda's suspenseful writing immediately made her an author on my "I have to read" list. Her most well-known novel is All the Missing Girls, with a 3.77 rating and more than 146,000 reviews. The Last Guest House was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club selection, and my review can be found at https://philomathinphila.com/last-house-guest-by-megan-miranda.
I first found her through her YA novels and know, whichever age group she is writing for, it will be a story to remember. The ratings for her novel average 3.72 on Goodreads.
This 200-word review was published on Philomathinphila.com.