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julesG
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Off to a good start.

Pub Day was 13 May

Vacation Mysteries series book 2
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GingerAntics 🤣😂🤣 I like her already! 2d
Mollyanna Sounds like fun. Stacked Book one of the series. 2d
julesG @Mollyanna book one is also very good. I should write a review 🤦🏻‍♀️ 2d
Andrew65 😂😂😂🤔😱 2d
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Serial Killer Games | Kate Posey
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Surprised, but in a good way.

Loved the humour, the serial killer vibes and discussions, the two social weirdos finding each other; the secondary characters were fleshed out, and there were a couple of twists I actually did not see coming.

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Dunk It sounds pretty good. Is it more of serious tone or comedic? 3d
julesG @Dunk a bit of both - some tough backstory, a current serial killer, but also good banter 3d
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julesG
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Pub Day: 17th July 2025

It's been some time since I read a book that pulled me into the story so much that I forgot I was reading about fictional characters. Yes, sure, it's unlikely I'll meet a speaking fox in my life and there might not be real magic out there, but all the characters felt very real. Believable backstories, believable problems and struggles.

I want to visit Batty Hole Inn and hug all of them.

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BookmarkTavern I‘m so looking forward to this one! 1w
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Statistics For Dummies | Deborah J. Rumsey
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April wrap up

34 books - including 11 ARCs off #MountARC 🎉

willaful I'm just now finishing Swept Away, a last minute April book. :-) (edited) 2w
zezeki Well done!! 👏🏼👏🏼 2w
Kristy_K Awesome!! A few of these are on my tbr. 2w
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Gissy Amazing 📚 🤩🎉👏👏👏 2w
kspenmoll Fantastic! 🎉🎉 2w
TheSpineView Fabulous! Wahoo! You go girl!! 🍾🎉🍾 2w
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julesG
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I was lucky to get an #audiobook ARC for the 12th Lady Hardcastle Mystery, Pub Day 6th May.

Do I read the books for the cosy mystery? No. I'm here for all the characters and the banter, especially between Maid Florence Armstrong and Lady Hardcastle. I was absolutely not disappointed. Loved every minute of the story and the audiobook!

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Late entry for #EasterCrime @Leniverse

DGRachel I‘ll have to check these out. I love banter. 🤣🤣 3w
TheSpineView Fantastic! 3w
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julesG
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Liked the locked-room mystery, the gothic atmosphere and the MM romance.

The magic system could have benefited from more explanation.

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Pub Day in UK is 24th April

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#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

Haven't done one in a while.

"Death is the only way to escape being a Monterris."

Pub Day: 24 April

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julesG
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It might be Christmas in April. Four books I wanted to read and thought I'd never be approved for. 😁😁😁

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AnnCrystal 🎄🎁📚📚🥳. 1mo
peanutnine Nice! I see two on your list that I'm looking forward to 👀 hope you enjoy! 1mo
julesG @peanutnine Which are you looking forward to? Magical Innkeeping? And Alchemy and Tea? 1mo
peanutnine @julesG yes! Exactly right! 1mo
julesG @peanutnine I know my book-besties. 😁 1mo
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julesG
Digging Dr Jones | Olivia Jackson
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I did not dig Digging Dr Jones. Not at all.

I'm not going to write a TLDR post. Here are a few points why it didn't work for me:

- flat characters
- insta-lust
- mediocre adventure plot
- American FMC with daddy issues
- British MMC who just inserts random British words here and there but isn't consistently British at all

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quietlycuriouskate Now I'm wondering to what extent *I* am "consistently British at all"! ? 1mo
CSeydel From the title I thought this would be an Indiana Jones fanfic 😆 1mo
julesG @CSeydel that somehow fits the bill. But both characters are a Jones. 🙄🙄 1mo
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julesG @quietlycuriouskate Fairly sure you sound more British than the hunky Dr Jones. Guess even I sound more British than he does, and English isn't even my first language. It's not just the "posh" accent ??? and a few mentions of "loo" or "knickers". There are differences in grammar and syntax, too. It just read like an American trying on some British English words. Like if I spoke to my children in an affected Austrian accent replacing ⬇️ 1mo
julesG some terms for their Austrian counterparts doesn't make it real. There is more than the vocabulary that is sometimes different. Just like the differences between British and American English. 1mo
CarolynM You‘ve mentioned 2 of my pet peeves in light fiction (I‘ve encountered them in mysteries as well as romance) - daddy issues and fake English/Scottish/Irish. So irritating! Interestingly, I don‘t think I‘ve ever encountered fake Welsh 😆 1mo
julesG @CarolynM I feel like I need to find a fake Welsh one. But also, no better not. 1mo
CarolynM I‘ll be looking out for one now😂 1mo
CaramelLunacy What a shame! I am fond of adventure romance, but sounds like you found this one more frustrating than fun. 1mo
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julesG
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A historical fiction novel with gothic mystery elements set at the time of the French Revolution.

There are three points of view, the sisters Sofi and Lara and the aristocratic young woman Hortense. While Sofi and Lara's POV is that of working class women who had to upend their lives after the death of their father, Hortense is the poster child spoilt young woman of the aristocracy, who believes the dirty peasants ⬇️

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julesG could better themselves if only they'd wanted to.

Sofi, Lara and their mother work at the wallpaper manufactory owned by Wilhelm Oberst. Oberst's wife died under mysterious circumstances when his son Josef was a child. Wilhelm Oberst had everything connected to his wife destroyed, except for the contents and the wallpaper of the tower room of his chateau. Of course, Sofi and Lara want to know more and soon find out that the titular ⬇️
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julesG Woman in the Wallpaper was Josef's mother and strangely looks a lot like Lara. Why? And why do the wallpaper images change and show different scenes?

Meanwhile in Versailles, Hortense lives a spoilt life, until her parents decide to marry her off to Josef. How will the young aristocrat deal with married life, to a factory owner's son no less? ⬇️
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julesG History takes its course and sweeps up the three women in its wake. The Revolution might upend their lives in ways neither of them envisioned.

It took me some time to get into this debut novel, but once my attention was captured I flew through the many short chapters in one sitting.
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