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Corrupt | Penelope Douglas
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Pickpick

I normally zip through Douglas's books. In this one, I reached a point where I guessed what was going to happen and I couldn't finish. Therefore, I put the book down and picked it up again a couple of days ago. No surprises. Just as expected. The plot was good just predictable. 3.5🌟 #Read2025 @DieAReader At just over 500 pages this is one for #ChunksterChallenge2025 @Amiable #AllergicToChunksters @julieclair

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Good Company | Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
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Mehso-so

This was just okay for me. It was character driven, so there‘s not much actually happening. I prefer plot driven stories!

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TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2d
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OutsmartYourShelf
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Panpan

Philadelphia, 2011 & a young woman named Ellen Greenberg was found dead in the apartment she shared with her fiancée. Ellen had received over 20 stab wounds, many to the back of the neck & head, & at least one has been assessed to have been received post-mortem - and yet, her death has been judged a suicide. Examining what evidence there is, this case seems to have been either disastrously bungled or there is something darker at the root of this.

OutsmartYourShelf First of all, this seems to me to be a very clear miscarriage of justice & Ellen's story needs to be out there so that the powers-that-be are finally convinced to re-examine her case. Unfortunately this book about the case is a bit of a mess. It really needs re-editing so that the arguments are more structured & linear to avoid repeating the same information over & over. 4d
OutsmartYourShelf The author is obviously passionate about wanting to see justice done but this was all over the place. 2⭐

Thank you to #NetGalley & publishers, Post Hill Press/Regalo Press, for the opportunity to read an ARC.

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7404599049
Read 19th-22nd Apr 2025

#ReadAway2025 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES
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TheSpineView
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Mehso-so

This one was just OK. The dialog was cheesy, and the humor sometimes fell flat. Also, if I had to read another scene involving man-scaping, I was going to lose it. The first book was much better. 3 - 3.25 🌟 #SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 #Read2025 @DieAReader

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TheBookgeekFrau
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Bailedbailed

I think there was a point that was pro women, but it was lost in all the digressions #HailTheBail #BetterBooksAhead

29/80

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TheAromaofBooks At least it's off the list!! 2w
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OutsmartYourShelf
The Devil's Colony | Marie Lestrange
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Panpan

This is of course loosely (very loosely) based on the missing colonists of Roanoke who disappeared between 1587 & 1590 leaving behind the word 'Croatoan' carved on a tree. Although theories have abounded ever since, there has been little solid evidence of what happened to them so the scope for imagining their fate is quite wide.

This one started off quite well before descending into chaos which left me feeling 'What the heck did I just read?'.

OutsmartYourShelf Although it did keep my interest enough to finish reading it, it became a bit unhinged towards the end. I was also a bit disappointed that it relied on the usual stereotype of witches being ugly, old women. A miss for me I'm afraid.

TWs: death of a child, infidelity, scenes of a sexual nature, animal death, cannibalism.

Thank you to #NetGalley & publisher, Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op, for the opportunity to read an ARC.
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Artifact | Gigi Pandian
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I gave this till the 30% mark then decided I'd had enough. I couldn't connect with Jaya but I was pretty interested in the ruby bracelet and snippets of Indian history related to it so I figured I'd push through. But the twist that happened on the train to Scotland tipped me over into not caring about the story. #Next

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TheEllieMo
The Poet and the Echo | Leila Aboulela
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Mehso-so

I read this collection of short stories because it was my book club‘s choice. Each of the 10 short stories is supposedly a response to (or echo of) a poem, though there‘s at least 1 where I could see no connection between the chosen poem and the story. Of the 10, 3 have stuck in my mind, 2 as being good and thought provoking, 1 for pushing a dangerous ideology.

Book 24/60, Page 6,873/18,000 #Read2025 @DieAReader

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OutsmartYourShelf
55 | James Delargy
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Panpan

Police officer Sergeant Chandler Jenkins is manning the rural station in Wilbrook, Western Australia on edge of 100s of miles of unexplored wilderness. It's the usual kind of day until a dishevelled & injured man stumbles into the station. His name is Gabriel & he was abducted whilst hitch-hiking by a man named Heath. Heath had driven Gabriel to a remote cabin before telling Gabriel that he was to be victim no. 55, but Gabriel managed to escape.

OutsmartYourShelf Chandler has never dealt with a potentially big case like this before & has to call in the higher-ups, including Mitch, the man who used to be his partner whilst training who has now made the rank of Inspector. Chandler is making sure he has all his bases covered when a second man appears. Also dishevelled & injured, he says his name is Heath & he was abducted by a serial killer named Gabriel..... 1mo
OutsmartYourShelf The synopsis to this was immediately intriguing to me & the premise is really good. Unfortunately the execution of it was not so good - the story became bogged down around Chandler & Mitch's antagonistic working relationship. There seemed to be no real reason as to why Mitch was so nasty to Chandler & it just made him seem like an ass. Also police procedure seemed to go out the window & one of the suspects escapes police custody TWICE! 1mo
OutsmartYourShelf The worst thing though was the ending - what the heck was that? 2⭐

My thanks to #NetGalley & publishers, Simon & Schuster UK, for the opportunity to read an ARC & apologies for the very late review.

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3941916271
Read 21st - 24th Mar 2025

#ReadAway2025 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES
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