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River Road
River Road: A Novel | Carol Goodman
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From the award-winning author of The Lake of Dead Languages comes a chilling new psychological thriller about a professor accused of killing her favorite student in a hit-and-run accident.Nan Lewisa creative writing professor at a state university in upstate New Yorkis driving home from a faculty holiday party after finding out shes been denied tenure. On her way, she hits a deer, but when she gets out of her car to look for it, the deer is nowhere to be found. Eager to get home and out of the oncoming snowstorm, Nan is forced to leave her car at the bottom of her snowy driveway to wait out the longest night of the yearand the lowest point of her life The next morning, Nan is woken up by a police officer at her door with terrible newsone of her students, Leia Dawson, was killed in a hit-and-run on River Road the night before. And because of the damage to her car, Nan is a suspect. In the days following the accident, Nan finds herself shunned by the same community that rallied around her when her own daughter was killed in an eerily similar accident six years prior. When Nan begins finding disturbing tokens that recall the death of Nans own daughter, Nan suspects that the two accidents are connected. As she begins to dig further, she discovers that everyone around her, including Leia, is hiding secrets. But can she uncover them, clear her name, and figure out who really killed Leia before her reputation is destroyed for good?
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Wildly_Bookish
River Road: A Novel | Carol Goodman
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My sister-in-law in Vermont just started a book club that I can participate in virtually and I'm so excited! This is the first book pick and I'm about 75 pages in and enjoying it thus far.

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MelissaS
River Road: A Novel | Carol Goodman
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What‘s wrong with this sentence?

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Grammatically or candy knowledge? 🤪 5y
Prairiegirl_reading Reese‘s pieces are peanut butter not chocolate. 5y
MelissaS @Riveted_Reader_Melissa candy knowledge of course! 5y
AliciaDean Yes, I was going to say, there would be no chocolate smudge, because Reese's Pieces have no chocolate! 5y
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OutsmartYourShelf
River Road: A Novel | Carol Goodman
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Mehso-so

This was an average read, not horribly bad, but not outstandingly good either. There was the usual issue of the MC making some unbelievably bad decisions. I wouldn‘t reread it. 3 ⭐️

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Skeebies05
River Road: A Novel | Carol Goodman
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Bailing- boring and I do not care who did it. The last straw was when the cop in regards to a woman od‘ing said “its not just black kids” as though they wouldnt be worried if it was just a bunch of black kids dying from drug overdoses 🙄. DONE

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mcipher
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Went to the Museum of Russian Icons with friends today and had to bring home some tea and a nesting doll. The art was SO BEAUTIFUL. I love religious iconography. The gold and bright colors speak to my soul. 💕Now I‘m trying the chai and settling in for some introverting. (And yes that is more beer back there. When G-Bot is around I always get some to have on hand).

CouronneDhiver Sounds like your kind of place @BookishTrish 6y
BookishTrish That sounds lovely! And you are so right @CouronneDhiver 6y
mcipher @BookishTrish It‘s in Clinton, MA if you ever want to go. And it‘s worth a trip! http://www.museumofrussianicons.org 6y
Jinjer Kusmi tea is the best!!!!! 6y
mcipher @Jinjer it was delicious! 6y
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mcipher
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Friday night book and a beer... so ready for this weekend!!! Hope you all also have relaxing plans for a wonderful two days off.

Eggs Hope you do too❣️ 6y
mrozzz 🍻🍻🍻 6y
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LWagoner
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Carol Goodman is an amazing writer. She has a flair for the eerie, suspenseful story. The only negative I had was I really didn't like the main character, Nan, and how she handled her grief. But I guess that's the point; grief is messy and nobody handles and processes it the same. P. 273, "...You hear the story you want to hear. And maybe the one you need to hear,..."

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LWagoner
River Road: A Novel | Carol Goodman
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If you have never read this author, Carol Goodman, you must! Just received her newest book as a gift from my best friend. "The Drowning Tree" and "The Night Villa" are amazing!