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☃️ not really, I follow a few authors and bookish accounts on IG and twitter but that‘s it
☃️100 books, and @ melanatedreader (on twitter) has a challenge #20booksbyblackwomen and I‘m on # 2. I kind of fell off on my diversity goal last year, so making a better effort out of the gate.
☃️tagged.

Thanks for the tag @DarkMina

Technically, it is a holiday story. The peak of tension on Christmas Eve Eve.

A story of #girlboss, pinkwashed cutthroat corporate culture. 4 friends, the secrets they are keeping for each other and from each other come to a head after one goes missing ahead of a big business announcement. As they try to get through tragedy, more secrets come to light.

Bartz wonderfully uses layers & tension to hook you.
#wintergames2021 #mistletoemaniacs

Trying to pick a book I think I can finish before #Wintergames2021 instead of doing anything I‘m supposed to be doing really.

Not too far in yet but it‘s so good!

5/5 for this one! I loved this twisty thriller. I went in a bit blind and was pleasantly surprised. I was pulled in from the start and interested the whole time. I definitely recommend this one!

Breathtakingly chilling. Literally finished The Herd in one day; I could not put it down. Secrets. Lies. Half-truths. Twisted together and then pulled apart in this fantastic murder mystery.

#pageturner #mystery #murdermystery #feminism #secrets #lies #breathtaking #fantastic #brilliant

I “herd” that this one is good, so going to start it today 😃

I did not love this. I had a hard time figuring out which sister was talking, they sort of melded together. I think the biggest bummer for me was that this was marketed as this mystery set in a female-centric club, which okay, but then with this aggressive patriarchy Antiherd angle, except it‘s not really a big part of the story. And the mentions of diversity and being lgbtq+ friendly seemed a bit like an afterthought. Not my cup of 🍵

To be honest, I‘m just not super invested but 3/4 way through so I will finish. When is it too late to call? Usually if I s as m bailing I try not to read more than about 40-50 pages but here I am, 239 in so I‘ll push through. Maybe the ending will blow my mind 🤷🏼‍♀️

Lucy approved of this book by aggressively rubbing her face against it, so that‘s good enough for me! Bookish Bingo has been a great motivator this month even though it has been more library books and less tbr. Already planning next months! Now back to this cat approved book 🐈‍⬛

Enjoyed this off the beaten path psychological thriller. At the heart are two sisters and their friends, one of whom is the head of a start up empire. #audiobook

I was surprised by how much I ended up loving this book! I'm picky with psychological thrillers and have not liked most of the ones I have read. This was my first time reading a feminist psychological thriller. I enjoyed that there were 4 main female characters and not one fit the cliche of a drunk, unreliable character. I loved the 2 distinct perspectives. I have never read any other book like this. It would make a great movie or show!

This worked a lot better for me than the previous Bartz I‘ve read, but I understand other reviewers complaints that it is very millennial themed.

Found this skip the line audiobook was available so am checking it out now. Hopefully it washes the bad taste of my last audiobook out!

Maybe too millennial for my taste. Didn't pull me in.. Too much social media and the like. I didn't love it and I didn't find it easy to finish. It was just okay.

The Herd is a feminist, female-only coworking space in Brooklyn, highly prized by successful working women and pilloried by some men. Suddenly, a woman from The Herd disappears. This is an enjoyable mystery with good twists and one very good fake out. I thoroughly enjoyed it and read it in two sittings. Lots of fun.

This book was a struggle to get through. None of these characters were likable, the plot extremely unorganized and unrealistic. I forced myself to finish in the hopes that it would somehow lead to a good ending but it fell flat. 😫

I‘m officially bailing on page 75. It‘s the first Once Upon A Bookclub book I‘ve bailed on. It may be a good book for someone, but it‘s definitely not for me. I haven‘t found a likeable character yet and I just don‘t want to waste my time.

I would recommend this as a satisfying (good but not great) thriller. It had an interesting premise with the company and then murder. It switches between two POV, but this is written well. I did figure out the twist, so it was a bit predictable to me.

It took me way too long to read this.

I‘m not sure what I was expecting, but what I got was a bunch of unlikeable characters and a promising, but ultimately plodding, mystery. The Herd itself put me in mind of goop, and that‘s not really a great thing for me. 😆

In the end, it just wasn‘t believable or entertaining.

Note to self: don‘t request contemporary thrillers from NetGalley when you generally don‘t like contemporary thrillers.😂

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