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56 Days
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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No one even knew they were together. Now one of them is dead.56 DAYS AGOCiara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in Dublin and start dating the same week COVID-19 reaches Irish shores.35 DAYS AGOWhen lockdown threatens to keep them apart, Oliver suggests they move in together. Ciara sees a unique opportunity for a relationship to flourish without the scrutiny of family and friends. Oliver sees a chance to hide who--and what--he really is.TODAYDetectives arrive at Oliver's apartment to discover a decomposing body inside.Can they determine what really happened, or has lockdown created an opportunity for someone to commit the perfect crime?
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Gissy
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Story is around the pandemic time so I had my flashbacks😳The story goes back and forth during these 56 days without a chronological order and from different perspectives. I liked that. A body is found in one apartment. It seems that the victim was someone who‘s identity was protected. Then the story goes back and forth knowing the characters, circumstances with many twists until we know what really happened. The end? It‘s a little bit open⬇️

Gissy I liked the agents as characters, Lee and Karl, they gave some humor to the story. I didn‘t see that final twist coming, I thought it was other thing. Took me by surprise. But due to that ending and some other parts I gave it 3/3.5 ⭐️ 10mo
Gissy January 2024 #BookSpinBingo #11 (Readathon) #DoubleSpin
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#Sharreadathon book #4 and last book read during this Readathon @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#52BookClub24 #10 (told in a not chronological order)
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 10mo
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Gissy
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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This will be my 4th and last book during #Sharreadathon I don‘t think I will have time to complete another book during the readathon. I will post the reviews later of books read this month.

But this book was in @Sharread Litsy read books, a pick one 🕯🌹

Thank you @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks for the coordination of this readathon in honor to Sharon 🕯🌹❤️❤️❤️

tpixie ❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️ 10mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for participating 🩷 10mo
Gissy @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks It was an honor. I participated in a swap with Sharon, 😔 10mo
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Victoriahoperose
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Mehso-so

I liked the idea of this one, but it was really just okay for me. I found parts of it to be slow and confusing with the back and forth in the timeline. It had a good twist and felt realistic in a lot of ways, but I didn‘t love it.

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jlhammar
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Not my favorite CRH, but she always has fun twists. Kept me entertained while Fall cleaning. #BOTM

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Magpiegem
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Happy Sunday everyone. I‘m officially ignoring my messy house and chilling out with this book and a hot water bottle. Howe you are having equally chilled and bookish days 📚

OriginalCyn620 Love the mug! 🦊 14mo
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BoleyBooks
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Tackle the TBR 🤓📚
What are you reading?
#boleybooks #56days #catherineryanhoward #bookbeast #bookjoy #bookbuds

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Rachiiebookdragon
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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I listened to the audiobook of this via Borrowbox,
I enjoyed it.

Read for reading challenges, and read for #TheIrishReadathon2023

4/5

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TheLibrarian
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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A good read taking place during Covid that went somewhere I didn‘t expect!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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BookKenz
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Mehso-so

I had a difficult time with this one. While some of the twists were pretty good toward the end, I had a hard time staying interested in the story. It was pretty repetitive and a little slow for me. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Another one off the #TBRWrappedUp shelf. I'll have to unwrap another one later today.

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BookKenz
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Listening to 56 Days while putting some quilt squares together. I'm having a hard time getting into the story. I'm about 1/3 of the way in and really hoping it picks up.

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TamTracy
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Mehso-so

I loved the premise of this book and the overall story was good. I wasn‘t a fan of the writing style though. Parts of the story were told several different times from different perspectives which was a little too repetitive. The ending was also very abrupt. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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carolpharmd
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Like her writing style ~ suspenseful & nice peek into life in Ireland during the pandemic!

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SassyPants617
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Couldn‘t put this down. Loved it!

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DimeryRene
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Mehso-so

I really liked this until the end. It felt like the author changed her mind about the twist, but then didn‘t go back and rewrite the lead up to make sense with the new character developments.

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KristiAhlers
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Mehso-so

I liked the idea of this story but not so much the execution of how it was delivered. There were som sloggy parts that made it really hard to really care how it was going to end. Perhaps I‘m just not ready to read about a covid lockdown story.

CoverToCoverGirl I bailed. 2y
KristiAhlers @CoverToCoverGirl you were smart! Had I had another read with me at the time I would‘ve done the same. 2y
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emilymartin05
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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I found it okay

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DLQBOOKNERD
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Hmmm
A solid ⭐️⭐️⭐️. Maybe ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Liked the story, the character info at the end was a little too scattered.... don't want to give the ending away.... overall a good read.

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dylanisreading
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Excellent. I want to read everything the author's written and will write. The narrator does a fantastic job with the audiobook.

Now to find another mystery/thriller that'll live up to this one. Anyone have any recs?

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I just read this one and it was fabulous! 2y
CBee I agree with Misty ⬆️ Her other book, Sometimes I Lie, was good too. I want to read all of her books now. Also, I‘ve read two books by John Marrs this year, both EXCELLENT mystery/thrillers. 🙂 (edited) 2y
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dylanisreading @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @CBee Ohh. I haven't read any Alice Feeney yet. I'll put in a request at the library. Thanks! 2y
CBee @dylanisreading she blew my mind with both books. Like a completely crazy twist that I would never have guessed! Good stuff 😊 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @dylanisreading I agree with her on Sometimes I Lie! I want to read all of hers now! 2y
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dylanisreading
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Started listening to this earlier today, and I'm surprised by how intriguing it is. Interesting structure. The husband is going out with friends tonight so continuing is my plan, at least until the special gummy I ate kicks in. 😅

Megabooks I really enjoyed this! 2y
DimeryRene I borrowed this from a friend and am excited to read it soon. 2y
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LibrarianBecky
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Well finished my first book that takes place during the pandemic!! A thriller based in Ireland circa 2020! Pretty good story .. it was hard to put down honestly!! Highly recommend 🙈

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CaitlinByTheBook
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Excellent book! I picked this one up on recommendation from The Currently Reading podcast and was not disappointed. 5⭐️

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StellaDz
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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This book had me going till the end. Howard is a pro at leading you down the wrong path, making you think you know all the things, and you really KNOW NOTHING! The COVID setting in Ireland, makes for the perfect scenario where two people are forced to make decisions in order to stay together, and clearly, sometimes that is detrimental.

FYI: I chose not to meet people or move in with them during COVID, and this just justifies that🤣

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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StellaDz
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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What a better book for Friday the 13th than a COVID thriller? 😳 #currentlylistening

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bthegood
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Perfect - a body is found during the pandemic - 56 days earlier two people with secrets meet - the story unfolds - twists and turns everywhere -
Howard does a great job capturing the mood of people early on in the Pandemic (she wrote it during that time)-
#BookSpinBingo
#Two4Tuesday thanks for the tag @TheSpineView
1. yes on occasion
2. none right now - tagged book could become a standard for stories taking place during COVID

bthegood I appreciate that Howard wrote a story that takes place during the pandemic - it is one of the first ones I've read 🙂 3y
TiminCalifornia Ah, I see you were already tagged! :-) 3y
TheSpineView You're welcome! Thanks for playing! 3y
bthegood @TiminCalifornia no worries - thanks for thinking of me - 3y
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Lizthewiz
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Another great thriller/mystery to add to my list. I enjoyed the twists and turns in this one more than I thought I would. Just when I was starting to figure things out, something else came and surprised me again! Definitely recommend this one if you like twists and turns that you don‘t see coming… for miles and miles!

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bthegood
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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“It's like one of those viral videos taken inside some swanky apartment complex, where all the slim and fit thirtysomething residents are doing jumping jacks behind the glass railings of their balconies while the world burns.“

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

make a great day everyone - 🙂

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bthegood
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Here is my #BookSpinBingo for March @TheAromaofBooks
I finished one book yesterday and the Gideon Falls books I'm doing as groups (Volumes 1-3 and then 4-6). The books in red I am currently reading -

make a great day everyone 🙂

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3y
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youneverarrived
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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It‘s not very often I read thrillers but the fact this was set during the pandemic & lockdown had me intrigued. It felt a bit surreal reading it at first but I thought it was done really well. The author states she hopes it was entertaining and that‘s exactly what it was. A few too many changes/twists near the end for me but I was hooked throughout. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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KT1432
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Come for possible murder, stay for the twisted meet-cute and Dublin descriptions! Reading this Covid lockdown mystery was surreal, and I thought the dual timelines plus 3 POVs were well done. The story didn‘t go in quite the direction I thought it would, but it was unexpectedly romantic at times and made me think about child crimes. I wish the ending had more resolution but this was 3.5 - 4⭐️s! A trip to Ireland is definitely on my bucket list.

KT1432 Spoilers ahead because I do have some questions lol. 😅 3y
KT1432 Was Laura really Ciara? Did we ever get a definitive answer? I finished this at like 3am so maybe I missed it. Wouldn‘t Oliver have remembered Shane had a sister with that name? And if Ciara felt like Oliver proved to her Shane could have been good when she thought he was primarily responsible, why couldn‘t she continue that line of thinking for Oliver when he told her the truth?? 3y
cornfedwellread Just finished this. I did wonder why Oliver didn't remember Shane had a sister named Ciara since he was so cautious about everything else. To me it seemed that Ciara felt Oliver was responsible for her brother's death and not actually a good person because he lied to her about his role in the first murder. The Laura being Ciara bit was just something Karl made up to justify not finding the real Ciara. 2y
KT1432 @cornfedwellread ahh okay that makes sense! Now I kind of want to do a re-read lol. Thanks for weighing in! (edited) 2y
cornfedwellread @lele1432 You're welcome! It's fun seeing what other people take away from the same book. I really enjoyed the twists in this one, even if it seemed like Oliver probably would have remembered Ciara. 2y
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KT1432
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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After 2 years, I‘m ready to try a Covid-era novel. I admit I skipped over this #BOTM pick months ago because a lot of their thrillers don‘t appeal to me, but reviews swayed me with this one. It‘s starting off quite good! A dual timeline with a dual POV that was just revealed and has immediately got my spidey-senses tingling…🤔

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ShelleyBooksie
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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This was a smart mystery that kept me guessing. Lots of twists that I did not see coming. This is one of those books where you cannot say a lot without giving the plot away.
Potential trigger warning - this book is set during covid and it plays a big part in the story.

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keepingupwiththepenguins
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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56 Days is well written, well paced, with tantalising clues and a couple of truly excellent fake-out twists. The couple barely know each other when they‘re forced into the pressure cooker pandemic situation, so the reader gets two (or more?) very different perspectives on the same events. Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/56-days-catherine-ryan-howard/

LeahBergen I want to read this! 😮 3y
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JamieArc
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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BarbaraBB Lol, yes!!! 3y
Booksarelifeaddict 😳🤭 3y
Tera66 Oh no😄 this poor girl! 3y
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MallenNC
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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#Two4Tuesday

1. Fast moving. I love plot driven page turners.
2. This book is a thriller set during the early days of the pandemic. I thought it was very twisty and it made me want to read more of this author.

@TheSpineView

Kappadeemom I really liked this one too! 3y
MallenNC @Kappadeemom I thought I had it figured out a couple of times but I was wrong! 3y
TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 👍📖 3y
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quietjenn
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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After being on the library waiting list for ages, this came in (and then expired) while I was out of town/ not coming in to the office. And I'm too impatient to just wait my turn again, so here we are.

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MallenNC
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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If you can take reading a thriller set during the pandemic this one is really good. The structure and pacing kept me guessing. This is my first book by the author but I‘ll definitely be reading her backlist.

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DarkMina
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Mehso-so

188 of 2021. This was just okay for me. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

BookDragonNotWorm I thought the way it time-hopped was a purposeful distraction for the way the tension kind of fell flat. 3y
DarkMina @BookDragonNotWorm I liked that too. 3y
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tjwill
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Will this make a good jury duty book, or should I go with something lighter?

Megabooks It will keep your attention. Or at least it kept mine! 3y
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Anna40
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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The Covid setting is depressing. But. It‘s a good thriller, didn‘t guess the twists. Highly recommend!

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CBee
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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A bit weird and fidgety reading a book written about the start of COVID (and here we are again, never ending it seems, but I digress). BUT! This was a first rate mystery, thought I had it figured out and was pleasantly surprised to find out that I was totally wrong 😂
Highly recommend!!

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BookishTrish
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Love in the time of COVID gone horribly wrong. Set in Dublin. I really enjoyed this thriller. Am not-so-secretly delighted my time spent reading ends in 56.

Kappadeemom I liked it too! 3y
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Minervasbutler
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Ciara and Oliver, both twenty-something newcomers to Dublin meet, apparently by chance, just a couple of weeks before Dublin goes into full-blown lockdown. And as it does, Ciara makes the momentous decision to move into Oliver's swish apartment. But it soon becomes clear that Oliver's past holds a dark secret... (cue doomy music). First rate thriller.

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Cazxxx
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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A domestic thriller set during lockdown In the Covid pandemic. This was a decent thriller which was a good way to pass a couple of hours today. I enjoyed it and would like to see what else this author has to offer

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MicheleinPhilly
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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A really clever and timely thriller that I enjoyed thoroughly. Remember the good old days when we thought this would all be behind us if we stayed home for 2 weeks? 😂

LeahBergen Yep. 😭 3y
Ruthiella Yes, I remember. 😭😆 (edited) 3y
TrishB Oh yeah. Last Easter. 3y
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MicheleinPhilly @TrishB We actually started quarantining much earlier than the official date as I got terribly sick in the first week of March. Testing was scarce at that point so we just hunkered down and then were forced to. I do remember buying something like 15 bottles of wine when they announced the initial lockdown though. And then by day 2, we were 4 bottles in. 😂 3y
Cathythoughts I remember.. we have restrictions coming in again on Tuesday… 🙁more wine will be needed 👍🏻 3y
TrishB @MicheleinPhilly @Cathythoughts more wine always helps! Cathy- U.K. govt pretending we don‘t need any more restrictions 🤷‍♀️ I think we‘re all experienced in this roller coaster! 3y
Cathythoughts @TrishB don‘t get me wrong , I‘m really glad restrictions are coming in .. opening night clubs was a crazy move ! They will be closed again now , thank god. I want our children & young people to be able to go back to education after Christmas. We‘ll have to wait and see what Omicron is up to 🤞🏻 3y
TrishB @Cathythoughts exactly ❤️ 3y
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Addison_Reads
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Catherine Ryan Howard has now become a must read author for me and this is the first book I've read by her. 😀

Howard has delivered a phenomenal thriller and the way she uses the pandemic in the story made it unsettling and more believable.

Highly recommend this one to mystery/thriller fans.

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Johanna414
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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My principal asked for some book recommendations over the weekend - it's always fun getting messages like this and knowing your suggestions hit the mark!

Aims42 Yes, definitely a great feeling! That goes in the ‘win‘ column 🙌🏻 3y
peanutnine Oh I love that! 3y
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Johanna414
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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I was a little unsure how reading a book about the pandemic would make me feel, especially since we are seeing a major surge in my area again right now... but I actually really liked this! I guessed a couple of the twists, but not all of them and I liked the ending. I will definitely be reading more from this author!

vivastory CR Howard is one of my favorites that I read for the first time this year. I recommend 3y
Johanna414 @vivastory thanks! I'll definitely check that one out! 3y
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atl_scfl
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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Love in the time of Covid. Set in Dublin, one week or so before the country shutdown. Oliver and Ciara meet at the grocery store and begin dating. After moving in during the 2 week quarantine, one is dead and everyone has secrets. Told from 3 points of views and jumping back and forth between 56 days ago to today (and in between). Surprisingly, it was easy to follow. Several twists and turns! Definitely recommend this book!

Bec_lectic I had this one on my list! Glad it‘s good 😊 3y
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Grizzlan
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard
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The problem with this book ... is me. It was hard to follow the jumping timelines and I'm not a huge fan of open endings.

Otherwise the storytelling was riveting and the twists weren't predictable. I was on an emotional roller coaster the entire book and was unsure who to like or not.