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I am stunned by the ending. I want to like it? I feel like it makes a particular point.. but the rest of it was so good. the “sisterhood”, Sloan‘s laments on “mom guilt” were so spot on it was nearly unbearable

“What kind of person would you be if you didn‘t choose your daughter over everything?” “..A man”

A sorority takes part in arcane rituals, an adjunct sociology professor researches their successful alumni and comes to a horrific conclusion

This is a really interesting historical fiction read incorporating true facts (the Zone Rouge is real & so was the Nazi fascination with the Occult). I think that the author did a great job of conveying the tense & suspicious atmosphere of an occupied country, where the inhabitants cannot be sure who is on their side & who is a traitor. In fact all the narrative concentrated on the war is done very well, but I found that (continued)

A very good installment in Brunetti mystery series set in Venice, in which the Commissario investigates deaths in a nursing home. The author explores the role of the church and the power it wields.

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I enjoyed rereading this book with #HashtagBrigade. The novel is terribly melodramatic but a good read for the spooky season!

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This was an OK read. It doesn't really have the sense of menace that some of the earlier books had, & you have to suspend your disbelief for something stuff, such as that a hospital would let a member of staff just give their kid a copy of a patient sign-in sheet. I suppose it was the 90s but even so! (continued)

This started of strong but then became incredibly convoluted. In one way it was a train wreck I couldn‘t look away from… but there‘s also some format issues, walls of italics for a POV… the book is already multiPOV & timelines it was unneeded. I‘m not convinced the timeline makes sense, but either way it was taking me out of the story. At 1 point the main character says something that was meant for another character… a mess.

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This was quite a good cosy mystery with a well-worked out plot. I found it difficult to warm to Midge as a main character at first, but then I pictured her as being played by a middle-aged Miriam Margolyes & that helped. I do think that she was a little bit too timid though, & her characterisation focused too much on her weight at times. I'd definitely read another 'Midge Mystery' though. 4🌟

Leslie shares her red hair, green eyes, & birthday with her beloved grandmother, but at their joint party when Leslie turns 13, one of her grandmother's friends predicts that both Leslie & her cousin Trish will experience 'grave trouble' before they turn 16.

Now, 3 years later, Leslie can't wait for her Sweet Sixteen party, but strange things start to happen. Her fancy invitations go missing, her party dress arrives slashed to ribbons (continued)

Book 2 in this series was great! I liked Cora & Iggy & the sisters getting deeper into their magic. +Cora‘s a reader so you get a lot of bookish jokes which I am always a fan of.

Bramwell Finch has just lost his old business partner & friend, & now looks set to miss out on his last hope for a coveted film award. Everything he sacrificed for success has come to nothing & now he has nothing & no-one. On Christmas Eve, Finch receives an invitation to a private screening at his studio, at a screening room he knows does not exist. Yet there it is - Room 6, & Finch sits down to watch his misdeeds played out onscreen.