End of Watch
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The cell rings twice, and then his old partner in his ear...'I'm at the scene of what appears to be...
Evening Stars
10.0
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New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery returns to Blackberry Island with the poignant tale...
Farewell, My Lovely
Raymond Chandler and Colin Dexter
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Farewell, My Lovely is a classic novel by Raymond Chandler, the master of hard-boiled crime. Eight...
Girl Unknown
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'Full of intrigue and incident and keeps us guessing until the very last tragic page' Liz Nugent,...
What She Knew
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***Previously published as BURNT PAPER SKY*** THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In her enthralling...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2484 KP) rated Dead Body Language in Books
Jul 24, 2020
What I haven’t mentioned so far is that Connor is deaf. I found this character trait to be an interesting addition to the mystery, and it really added suspense to the climax. Connor is an all-around strong character, and I enjoyed getting to meet her friends here as well. The plot is strong, although I have a couple niggles about who the killer turned out to be. Even so, I have to admire the strong plotting; I missed several major clues. I did find there to be a few more four-letter words than I was expecting, and I think there were timeline issues, although I might have added an extra day in there somewhere as I was reading. I originally read this book close to when it was originally released in 1997, but I never read the rest of the series. I’m looking forward to fixing that soon.
Black Female Sexualities
Melissa V. Harris-Perry, Trimiko Melancon and Joanne M. Braxton
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Western culture has long regarded black female sexuality with a strange mix of fascination and...
Charlotte (184 KP) rated Ninja Girl Adventures (Ninja Girl Adventures #1) in Books
Feb 26, 2021
Moira, the middle sister, is pretty amazing. She holds her sisters together, deals with her own grief and takes her destiny in her stride.
As a start of a series I'm impressed. Ninja Girl Adventures has it all, danger, action, family, mystery.....the list goes on! Moira is a good, strong main character that is believable, down to earth and has you firmly on her side.
Through her experiences she is encouraged to believe in herself, use love, not fear to overcome obstacles and to relax so as to feel more in her ninja training and fights.
From the very first paragraph I was hooked, you get straight into the story with background information coming throughout rather than an avalanche straight away. The action is evenly spaced out so you don't go too long without the next thing to keep your interest, yet it isn't so full on that you feel the need to take a break from it.
All the way through I was thinking that something would happen and it did......at the very end, which leaves a nice stepping stone ready for the next installment.....which I can't wait for!
I'd recommend this as a young adult/adult read that is perfect to get your brain working a little and to keep you entertained, whether that be on a cold winter's day in front of the fire or out in the summer sun.
If I could give half scores I would but as I can't I'm going to round this up.....
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Lennon's Jinx (Lennon's Girls, #1) in Books
Jan 6, 2021
I think this will have to be a 2.5 rating.
The beginning took me a while to get into, the style seemed to be all over the place during the party and I had no idea what the hell was going on. It seemed to me like we were just dropped right in the middle of it all.
Then by about the 10-15% mark, I'd been dragged into it, the story had settled in a bit by then and I was getting used to the style but I still didn't quite understand Lennon (poor bugger name wise, both him and his little sister Currie). Why was he the way he was?
The really low simmer thing he had going with Jinx sorta kept me reading but I didn't really feel it until about the 80% mark.
There were some really dark/sad elements to this story, and in a way it depressed me. The last 10% had me in floods of tears. I don't mind crying but it's generally due to my emotional attachment to a couple and them splitting up for whatever reason before working it out and getting back together.
Not because of a 9 years old death
I've looked at the rest of the trilogy and after getting invested in Lennon and Jinx's story, I'm not sure I want to read them.