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Watch Me Disappear
Watch Me Disappear: A Novel | Janelle Brown
A beautiful Berkeley mom with a radical past vanishes while hiking, leaving her family to piece together her secrets, in this keenly observed novel for readers of Emma Straub and Maria Semplefrom the bestselling author of All We Ever Wanted Was Everything. From the Hardcover edition.
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Hilary427
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Pickpick

ARGH! Billie is just the worst. Although, I must admit, I get the desire to drop everything and walk away from it all. Frustrating ending, but in a good way!
⭐️: 4/5

Reading_Beyond_The_Book_Cover Yes. Yes. Yes. Relatable. Billie is most of us at one point in time. 🫠 2y
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Coleen
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Pickpick

Mixed feelings here, but ultimately there was more to like than to not like, so I‘ll go with a pick. I didn‘t care for the paranormal portions of this…the story could‘ve held its own without them. The more I read, the more I disliked the character of Billie. The ending….there was closure, but yet not. Not sure how I felt about that.

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Nalbuque
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Mehso-so

This bitch! 🤦🏽‍♀️ lol oh Billie.
Slow start, decent middle, kinda meh ending. Not bad overall, but not mind blowing either.

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BeckaroniAndCheese
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Hanging in the cell phone lot at the airport waiting for my college girl to land. Can‘t wait to see her!! This book is easing the anticipation 😁

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Elizabeth2
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Pickpick

This is novel is more of a mystery wrapped in family drama than a thriller. Billie has disappeared and is assumed dead. Her husband Jonathan, and her daughter Olive, are left to pick up the pieces and try to move on. Olive begins having visions of her mom, and Jonathan discovers that maybe he didn‘t know his wife. Good story with imperfect flawed characters that kept me turning the pages because I needed to know what happened. ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 /5

Elizabeth2 This was my #bookspin book for October. Got it in just in time! @TheAromaofBooks 3y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3y
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Elizabeth2
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Starting this one next. It‘s my #bookspin for October. Hoping to finish by Sunday. I realized during the Readathon this weekend, that I enjoy books more that I immerse myself into and finish faster - meaning I spend more time reading in a shorter time frame, rather than dragging it out. I am hoping that realization helps me prioritize reading over other free time pursuits (like social media or mindless games on my phone). ❤️📚

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OriginalCyn620
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Pickpick

Really good! Very twisty, but I wanted to throttle the MC, and though the ending was kinda expected, I wish it had been different. I can‘t say much without giving anything away!

#bookspinbingo - this was my #doublespin for this month!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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allureofbeauty
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Pickpick

This I enjoyed reading up until the end. The end is didn‘t like. The author says in it she had three different endings she tried writing and you can really tell. But otherwise I enjoyed the journey til then.
#janellebrown #watchmedisappear #mystery #thriller #cookies #snack #quickread #badending #targetbookclubpick #bookclubpick #target #pokemon #pokemoncookies

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Tracey3
Mehso-so

1/16/2021 Reading this book felt like work. I just didn‘t sink into this one. When an enigmatic woman suddenly disappears on a hike leaving behind a husband and a teenaged daughter, her remaining family struggles with grief while trying to figure out what has happened to her. Her daughter starts to have visions and believes her mother is still alive, so she begins to research into her mom‘s life.

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SheReadsAndWrites
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Pickpick

I DEVOURED this this weekend. Could NOT put it down. I have a new favorite author in Janelle Brown. 🤓🤍 #greatread

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Hooked_on_books
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Pickpick

Billie disappears while hiking and is presumed dead. Nearly a year later, her husband Jonathon and daughter Olive start having suspicions about her fate. This is more of a literary mystery, though not an entirely successful one, as the book bogs down in places. Also, the more we learn about Billie, the less I liked her, making me less invested in her fate. Parts are terrific, so between pick and so-so for me.

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BookDragonNotWorm
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Mehso-so

I have mixed emotionas about this one. Several pages in, I knew it wasn‘t what I was looking for. The writing, pacing, characters – all fine, just not what I wanted. I considered DNFing, but I rarely ever do that, and the plot was interesting enough that I felt I‘d be haunted by wondering what happened if I didn‘t stick with it, so I did. It‘s not fair to say this is a ‘meh‘ book, but that‘s how I felt about it.

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TerriGreen
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Mehso-so

Overall I liked this book. I really felt for this family who lost their wife/mother. I just thought Olive‘s visions were not realistic especially the way they drove the plot forward and I thought the ending was not believable. #unpopularopinion 3⭐️ #2020book15

Tracyantoon Hmmm this sounds like one I need to take off my TBR. I really need to purge some mysteries. I hate when you can see the plot points and the journey from A to B feels forced. 5y
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Tracyantoon
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#disappear #ReallyRandomFebruary This one is on my TBR, along with almost 2000 other books but who‘s counting, right? 😁❤️📚

OriginalCyn620 😂📚👍🏻 5y
TerriGreen I am reading this one now! It is great so far! 5y
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brittanythebookdragon
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Pickpick

This book has me shook, y‘all! The author has written a character that I want to choke the life out of. For you to pull me in so deeply that I feel that sort of visceral hatred toward a character...ma‘am you deserve an award. I feel for me to say which character would be a huge spoiler so I won‘t. I can not recommend this book enough if you‘re a fan of any psychological thriller that‘s out there. Just read the damn book.

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TheNerdyProfessor
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Watch ME disappear into a room and spend the whole day reading. I'm about 100 pages in and I just now feel like the story is picking up. Quick synopsis: Billie goes missing while hiking by herself one weekend. Fast forward a year later and her daughter starts "seeing" Billie and is convinced she's still out there waiting to be found. At the same time, Billie's husband is learning that perhaps his marriage had more secrets than he thought.

Jenken1998 This sounds good 5y
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KayJaysReads
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This one is worth getting to the end to find out what really happened to Billie!

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Jody3
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Pickpick

Intense. Disturbing. I couldn‘t put it down. Good book. You‘ll never figure out the ending until you read the last page, literally! The premise of this book is fascinating.

Caroline2 Oh I love that quote! Stacked!! 😉 6y
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violabrain
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Pickpick

Not my typical genre (because usually books in this genre are so badly written I can‘t stand to read them), but I really enjoyed this book! It kept me guessing until the end and I really liked the different points of view. Some reviewers on here said it was confusing, but I didn‘t find it confusing at all (but I also really dislike it when authors announce whose point of view they are using. If it‘s written well, it should be clear). Great read!

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mommymendes
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Pickpick

OMG!!!!! What a great book....all the way to the very LAST sentence. I want to reread this one for sure!

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Librarybelle
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Billie Flanagan is #lost . She failed to return from a hiking trip a year ago and has disappeared from her life. From her fractured marriage, her broken daughter, and her best friend. Is she missing, or did she run away from everything? This is a thriller I read last year as an eARC ...overall, I liked the book. Hated the characters, but it kept me reading. #NoFemmeber

Billypar Sounds intriguing! When you don't like the characters and still feel compelled to keep going, you know the author is doing something right. 6y
Cinfhen I read this as an ARC too! It was ok, but not super memorable. And I agree, the characters were pretty annoying. 6y
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Jbakesmcgee3
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Just finished my first week of school! Year 7 (4th at my school) is looking awesome!

DivineDiana Here‘s to an awesome year! 👏🏻📚👍🏻 6y
Jbakesmcgee3 Thank you!!! 6y
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Jbakesmcgee3
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I hesitated to read this for a long time because I thought the Sister Wife from the show on TLC wrote it 😂😂😂but it‘s seriously so good! I can‘t wait to find out the ending!

emilyhaldi LOL 6y
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Jbakesmcgee3
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Loving this cover #currentlyreading

cassareada That's the exact reason I bought this book 😂😂 6y
Jbakesmcgee3 @cassiopia 😂😂😂 6y
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KTV323
Pickpick

Oh my goodness......I finished this book in 2 days! Such a great read with a really cool twist at the end. Reminded me a little bit of Gone Girl....Definitely one to pick up

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skayr33
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There's never a wrong place or time for reading.. Just picked up this mystery and I'm already hooked. - "Her mother is still alive out there, somewhere, and olive needs to try harder, much harder, to find her." -

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Hooked_on_books
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Here‘s my Powell‘s haul from after the #PNWLitsymeetup today and the tagged book from the book swap with @That-Bookish-Hiker . Thanks for the book and thanks again for organizing! It was great to spend time with fellow book lovers and talk about books.

That-Bookish-Hiker It was so great meeting you! And thanks for the book and the recommended one I ended up buying. 😊 6y
Hooked_on_books @That-Bookish-Hiker You‘re welcome! I hope you like it as much as I did! 6y
night_shift Great choices! Wish I could've stayed longer and for something, but I liked the surprise book I got (thanks @That-Bookish-Hiker 😃) 6y
Jeannie Nice! I just finished Ayiti this week and loved it! 6y
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jouleian
Bailedbailed

Okay I legitimately just googled the spoilers bc I couldn't take anymore of this book. And I'm glad I didn't spend anymore time reading it. To me the juice just wasn't worth the squeeze on this one. -🌟🌟

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jouleian

This book is beginning to lose me. The plot is thick, and I mean thick like mud and hard to get through.

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BilboBookends
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“Who you want people to be makes you blind to who they really are.”

Reviewsbylola I enjoyed this one. 7y
bedandabook What a brilliant quote. 7y
RebelReader Loved this one! 7y
youneverarrived Great quote! 7y
JHSiess Great book. 6y
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Wife
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Pickpick

I‘m getting a bit burned out on thrillers, but this one was pretty good. #AudioDriving 3/5⭐️

BookBridget Stacked 7y
HOTPock3tt I‘m not sure why.. I TRY to like these kinds of books.. but they never really seem to work out for me 😕 (edited) 7y
Wife @HOTPock3tt I usually use thrillers as palate cleansers between heavier books, but Overdrive seems to have a lot of them, so I‘ve been listening to more. 7y
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Ehbooklover
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Pickpick

This one is a twisty slow burn and I couldn't stop reading it. I really liked how the story was told via alternating points of view. The characters felt real and I grew very invested in the outcome of the story.

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WanderingBookaneer
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Panpan

Did not enjoy this one. I was left with many unanswered questions that the unnecessary epilogue did not address.

Reviewsbylola I enjoyed this one more than I expected. The ending surprised me. I‘m not sure why. 7y
BookishMe I was curious about it after the raving reviews here. But the beginning chapters were draggy and didn't appeal to me. Definitely paled in comparison with other exciting CR 7y
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LoLo_and_The_Dude
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Add another to the growing pile of library holds! #justkeepreadingjustkeepreading

Chelleo You‘ll get there! Just. Keep. Reading. (That would make a great T-shirt) 7y
LoLo_and_The_Dude Thanks! I have this fear that I won‘t finish a book in time by not realizing my loan has ended and then I have to go to the end of the line... 7y
knittedgnome I get that struggle! I just had four books I have been waiting on for ages become available all at once! Eek! Two down two to go! 7y
LoLo_and_The_Dude @knittedgnome my library holds always seem to come in waves! 7y
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WanderingBookaneer
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#Audiocoloring as I recover from food poisoning.

daena Oh no! Feel better soon! 7y
Seekingtardis Oh my goodness!! What happened?? Feel better soon!!! 7y
goodbyefrancie Oh no! Hope you're feeling better soon! 7y
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Texreader Looking good so far! 7y
theshrinkette Feel better soon! 7y
CAnne 😣 7y
JessClark78 Feel better soon! 7y
ghosthost Hope you feel well soon! 7y
BookishBelle I hope you feel better soon! 7y
MissAimz_55 Ugh food poisoning is the worst 7y
BookishMe Hope you are feeling better 7y
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caitlintx
Bailedbailed

This book had potential, but the chapters were so choppy and jumped from POV to POV and I couldn‘t keep up. So into the next one.

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RebelReader
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Lido Beach on the Gulf! Seems like a person could get lost here and disappear just like in one my favorite books so far this year (tagged above). My other one tied for favorite so far in 2018 is You by Caroline Kepnes. These were both twisty good and oh so hard to put down!
#TheWallsAreClosingIn

BookishMe I #blameitonLitsy that both found their way to my TBR 😅😅 7y
KathyWheeler I think I need to go there. 7y
LitLogophile Ahhhh this is my hometown😊 7y
Readergrrl Aaaaah.. Lido Beach... One of my favorites. What a wonderful place and time of year for a peaceful read! ❤️ 7y
RebelReader @LitLogophile I visited Bookstore1 after the beach. I restrained myself and only bought 1 book. 7y
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caitlintx
Bailedbailed

I just couldn‘t follow this book. I got through three chapters and gave up. The choppy, rotating from character to character style along with different styles for each character and not much explanation for what was going on made me feel like I was reading different books. Not my style.

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RebelReader
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Pickpick

I cannot believe I hadn't heard anything about this book before my friend Mary(not on Litsy) passed it on to me?? This is the best book I've read in 2018 so far!If life hadn't gotten in the way I wouldn't have put it down. I'm not going to say too much except it's an onion that needs to be peeled. Makes you think.."How well do I really know my spouse?
Read this book!

LittleMummyMe I just purchased it to read on my kindle. Thanks. 7y
MeganAnnabell I loved this one!! 7y
minkyb Sounds good! 7y
RebelReader @MeganAnnabell Have you read any of her other books? 7y
tammysue Glad you enjoyed it! I need to move this up on my tbr! 7y
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RebelReader
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My Mom is having hip surgery today and I'm hanging out at the hospital so decided to dive into this one while I wait.

ErikasMindfulShelf Hope all goes well. 7y
Lcsmcat I hope things go well for her. 7y
whatsthEStorey Waiting is hard! Hope this book keeps you occupied and your mom has a quick recovery. 💛 7y
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AmyG Hope all goes well with your Mom. 7y
Chrissyreadit Hope all goes well and the book helps time pass quickly. 7y
mabell I hope the surgery goes well. ❤️ To you and your mom! 7y
GrilledCheeseSamurai Good luck and all the best to, Mom! 👍 7y
RebelReader Surgery went well. Thanks for all your well wishes @irre @Lcsmcat @whatsthEStorey @AmyG @Chrissyreadit @mabell ❤️❤️❤️ 7y
Mollyanna Glad to hear that the surgery went well. I hope you Mom has a fast and successful healing process. 7y
DarcysMom I am happy it went well. Sending your mom good thoughts for a speedy and full recovery. 💕 7y
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Lissa00
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Pickpick

On a solo hike through the mountains, Billie disappears leaving her husband and daughter grief-stricken. When signs start to suggest she may not actually be dead, they must come to the realization that Billie may not be what she seemed. This psychological mystery is a fascinating character study and I didn‘t come close to guessing the conclusion until 75% in and was only partially correct. I really enjoyed this compulsively readable book.

melbeautyandbooks I liked this one too! 7y
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Chelsea.Poole
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Bailedbailed

Billie is missing. She‘s been gone for over a year. Her husband and teenage daughter are left to pick up the pieces of their lives. We meet people from Billie‘s past and become suspicious of her actions leading up to her disappearance from her husband‘s point of view. Olive, her daughter, is also grabling with the mystery of her mother‘s disappearance but in a much more otherworldly way. Nicely done #audiobook 🌟

audiobooklover Sounds like my next read! 7y
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Chelsea.Poole
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I‘m a bit over halfway at this point and I‘m not bored and I‘m not rolling my eyes from glaringly obvious plot twists...so that means this is a good “where is she” type book so far! 😆🙌🏻 #audiobook is well done also. #libby

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pugswin
Pickpick

When I wasn't reading, I kept thinking about the story. Very compelling. Don't read the epilogue until you finish the book! (I like to read the end first, I don't recomend doing that here.

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BlueStockingReviews
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WATCH ME DISAPPEAR is a meticulously woven family drama of a search for answers to Billie‘s disappearance. Alternating perspectives of Jonathan and Olive makes the story robust and compelling. Just when we think we know everything about Billie and her past, we are surprised again. A stunning story about the secrets we keep from those we love the most. https://lharvey250.tumblr.com/post/169150284994/watch-me-disappear-janelle-brown...

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mcipher
Pickpick

I loved this book! Great twists and surprises, strong characters, a wonderful sense of place, and a killer ending. So, so good.

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mcipher
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Reading this with a London fog latte at the Marriott Starbucks. I love their holiday decorations! 🎄🌟

MaleficentBookDragon I love London Fogs.💕Enjoy! (edited) 7y
Book_in_hands Mmmmmm London fog latte!!! (edited) 7y
JamieArc I listened to that book a few months ago. I‘ll be curious to hear what you think once you‘re finished! 7y
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mcipher @JamieArc I loved her other two! Did you like this? Have you read either of her first two books? 7y
mcipher @Book_in_hands @MaleficentBookDragon They are sooo yummy! I have to start making them at home again. Homemade ones are even better. ❤️ 7y
Book_in_hands @mcipher how do you make them at home?? 7y
minkyb My daughter‘s favorite drink! 7y
mcipher @Book_in_hands So easy! I microwave a half mug of milk, add some vanilla sugar (because I have a big thing of it, but regular sugar works) and then boiling water and a couple Earl Grey tea bags (this is a really good one for a latte: http://www.tazo.com/black-tea/orange-chiffon). If you don‘t have a steamer the microwave is perfect to get some foam. There are real recipes online too though! 7y
JamieArc @mcipher I did like this one. It had my brain continually guessing, and even when you think things are wrapped up, she gets you. Maybe you are smarter than me and better at figuring out what happened 😊. I haven‘t read her others but definitely will! 7y
mcipher @JamieArc I am *terrible* at figuring out what is going on in this kind of book!! I‘m 2/3 done and still lost. 😂But I am enjoying it!! 7y
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kendrastephaniekaryn
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Pickpick

(A pick that's almost a so-so)

Finished this one off with a side of #puzzledom and cuddles from a sleepy Mortimer. This was a good piece of fiction, but it didn't truly meet the mark as a thriller. The author dives into how a missing mother, grief, and family secrets impact the people left behind. The ending didn't surprise me. If you're reading this one, I highly suggest reading the epilogue as it answers many open questions.