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TheBookgeekFrau
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Mehso-so

Very similar to their other collection: My Nest Isn't Empty...
Cute, and lighthearted, but I felt like I'd already read it.

49/80

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DieAReader 👋🏻👋🏻 #Next 5d
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 4d
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TheEllieMo
Thorn in My Side | C J Skuse
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Mehso-so

I loved the first book in this series, but it feels like it‘s getting a bit tired now.

Book 58/60 # Read2025 @DieAReader

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TheBookgeekFrau
The Manchurian Candidate | Richard Condon
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Bailedbailed
dabbe I loved the movie with Angela Lansbury as the evil mother. I never tried the book, though, and now I definitely won't! 😂 1w
TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe I think I'd rather watch the movie! 😱 The story sounds intriguing, but the writing is word salad galore 😖 Also--HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS TO YOU!!! 🎊💙🎊🥳💙 1w
TheAromaofBooks At least it's off the list!! 1w
DieAReader On to better books🤓 #Next 1w
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OutsmartYourShelf
Deep Waters | N.W. Bulfin
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Mehso-so

Archaeology graduate Eoin Ryan leaves his soul-crushing call centre job for a position as a teacher at a remote island commune. Mainly self-sustaining, the group sounds like the perfect solution to his problems, but if something sounds too good to be true.....

First of all, I thought the plot & setting were intriguing & having studied archaeology & history, an MC from that background & the bits about Irish mythology were interesting. (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf One issue for me though was that the pace was far too slow, for large parts of the book nothing much really happened, but the real problem was the frequent conversations which went something like: other character gives a bit of info to Eoin , Eoin replies “Interesting/ Fascinating/I see what you mean“. For much of the time the conversation actually went nowhere in terms of plot development & it became rather tedious & made the reading experience 1mo
OutsmartYourShelf stilted instead of naturally flowing.

I did enjoy it enough to finish reading it & parts of it were interesting. The too slow pace & stilted conversations were the only downsides. 3.25⭐

TWs: violence, animal death.

My thanks to #NetGalley & publishers, Croghan, for the opportunity to read an ARC.

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7664655197
Read 18th-22nd Jun 2025

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DieAReader #Next 👋🏻 I hope your next read is better🤞🏻 1mo
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TheEllieMo
Two Women in Rome | Elizabeth Buchan
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Mehso-so

I liked the idea of this book, but the execution did not deliver. This main character was difficult to feel engaged with, and the 1979 story line seemed very flat. Sad, because this could have been great.

Book 51/60 Page 17,083/18,000 #Read2025 @DieAReader
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Teresereading I ‘read‘ it as audiobook and enjoyed the narrators 1mo
DieAReader #Next 👋🏻👋🏻 1mo
julieclair Oh, too bad. The title and cover both seem so promising! 4w
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OriginalCyn620
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Panpan

Ugh, I really need to start Googling a book before I read it to see if it‘s character driven. 🤦🏻‍♀️
Nothing much happens here as it‘s about a dysfunctional family who travels to England for a wedding, and the focus is solely on those relationships. But I do wonder if the Prime adaptation is better than the book? Every now and then that happens!

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DieAReader #Next 👋🏻 1mo
TheAromaofBooks I get why people enjoy books like these, but when I read them I just find myself going blah blah blah 😂 1mo
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TheBookgeekFrau
The Ditch | Herman Koch
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Bailedbailed

I don't even know what the hell I just read.

#HailTheBail

42/80

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dabbe Thanks for lessening my TBR! 😍 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe You're welcome!💕 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @DieAReader 🙌🏼🙌🏼 1mo
TheAromaofBooks At least it's off the list!!! 1mo
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OutsmartYourShelf
Nightwatching | John Zunski
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Panpan

Following the death of their 3-year-old son, Anthony, Sondra & husband Travis move to the mountains of Montana for a fresh start. After their house in Seattle, the rustic cabin in Montana is a shock for Sondra especially when she notices the strange footprints on the walls of the cabin which look like they were made by a child. It soon becomes clear that the townspeople are haunted by a spirit which feeds on guilt & lies - can it be defeated?

OutsmartYourShelf This went a completely different direction to what I thought it would. I was expecting more of a chilling haunting whereas this quickly devolved into lies, deceit, & cheating. None of the characters seemed to be particularly nice people so it did irritate me a little that one of the couple suffered all the consequences whereas the other seemed to get away with everything. I was left disappointed with a synopsis that seemed to promise more. 2⭐

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DieAReader 👋🏻#Next I hope your next read is better😁 1mo
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