so-soThis was an outlandish all over the place book that felt a little like the Thomas Crown Affair. Somehow I got sucked in and whizzed through it in a day; luckily I had the day off. Not great, but some funny bits and entertaining for sure. Book #3 in 2025
pickI can't help but compare this to the tv series CRIMINAL MINDS. Not for the murders (CM is much more gruesome) ... but for the people. I adore Three Pines and its eccentric dwellers. I care about them now (this is Book #3 in the series) and am invested in what happens to them. The mystery is also fascinating and involves a deadly seance at the town's proverbial haunted house on a hill, but it's the villagers that keep me wanting to read more.
pickI can see what the hype was all about with this book. This was a great re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but through Jim's point-of-view. Though this book was listed under humor, I didn't find funny. It was more tragic than anything else. What Jim and other slaves went through was just horrible. However, I loved Jim's determination to save his family. I give it 4 ⭐️.
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Chief Inspector Gamache and the bucolic community of Three Pines, Quebec, has enchanted and engaged me with an intriguing murder of a beloved member of the village, one whose death shatters all who loved her. I look forward to learning more about the characters and this enchanting town.
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Both of these books I purchased during summers past in Indie bookstores while on the CT Indie bookstore trail with one of my book friends.The book on Notre Dame‘s fire is pertinent as we were watching over Christmas TV reports/ short documentary on its restoration, now complete.
pickBook 8 read this month. Short novella (96 pages). Two time lines: past, Ashley Smith, an American student, her experiences when was invited by a college “friend” Emma Chapman‘s, to spend Christmas at her house. There Ashley will fall in love and will know about a crime recently committed in the area. Present time, Ashley diary is read by someone. How these 2 time lines are connected?
I really liked the twists that occurred here. ⬇️
so-soBook 7 read this month. Unpopular opinion. There were parts I really liked in this story, friendship and the relationship between Nicholas and Kris. The romance was cute but I think Nicholas was too dramatic in some parts. Didn‘t like much the plot. Maybe I was expecting too much from this novel. Didn‘t like much as I expected. But maybe I will try book 2?🤷🏽♀️2.5/3⭐️
