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Fatal Tide | Iris Johansen

I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it.

#ABookADay2025

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TheKidUpstairs

Watch Out for Her | Samantha M. Bailey

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Third book for #CanadaReads and so far I'm not overly impressed with this year's contenders. I'm all for genre fiction in the Canada Reads list, and I know that there are domestic thrillers that can contribute and propel discussion forward with regards to nationally important topics, but this certainly ain't it.

Taken alone, this still didn't work for me. I actively disliked characters that I'm pretty sure I was supposed to feel for. Cont'd

TheKidUpstairs I really didn't care at all about the resolution, didn't even really get what we were waiting for. And there was far too many "if I had known what would happen" "they can never know what I did" type hooks that took way too long to pay off and felt really anticlimactic. 3d

TheKidUpstairs As a Canada Reads selection, I have no idea what is here to champion as a book to "change how we see, share, and experience the world around us". I'm interested to see how Maggie MacNeill defends this one, but I predict it'll be first out. 3d

squirrelbrain Even the cover looks ‘generic‘! 3d

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LeahBergen The inclusion of this surprised me (for all the reasons you say)! 3d

JacqMac This one is up next on my TBR. I think they made some puzzling choices this year. The long list was more promising. 3d

xicanti This is actually my favourite of the four I‘ve read so far, in large part because I read it as a thriller about the ways women are socialized to view each other and the distrust this breeds. (I also found it nice and creepy.) It‘ll be interesting to see what approach its defender takes, but I‘m pretty sure it‘s going out in the first round due to the competition‘s usual anti-popular-literature stance. 3d

TheKidUpstairs @xicanti I'm glad it worked better for you! And I can definitely see your take on the socialization of distrust among women, it'll be interesting to see how it is defended. It is unfortunate that popular and genre fiction tends to be voted out in the first round, simply because of what it is. Last year especially, I thought Mirian Njoh did a really good job of defending her choice, and it was not the first one I would have sent home. 2d

TheKidUpstairs @JacqMac I'll be interested to see your thoughts! It has good reviews here on Litsy, so it very well might just be me. I totally agree with you about the long list, there were definitely some better titles that weren't chosen. 2d

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Teresereading

One False Move | Robert Goddard

so-so

Interesting but complex. I enjoyed it but I think I prefer his historical fiction.

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TorieStorieS

The Forest of Lost Souls | Dean Koontz

so-so

I‘ve liked Koontz‘s books & the striking cover had me hoping this #KindleUnlimited title‘d be fun, but this listen fell flat to me. I wasn‘t expecting it to be quite so fantastical. Vida lives in a remote property, making her living illegally mining for gemstones & is so in tune with nature she‘s never had so much as a mosquito bite. Her BFF is a half wolf/half shepherd leader of a pack but when a billionaire murders her fiancé, she seeks justice.

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Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures

I Spy | Claire Kendal

Finished my January #ispybingo with a Bingo and a few hours to spare!

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Looking great!! 6d

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TheAromaofBooks

To Die for | Linda Howard

so-so

At first, I enjoyed Blair's sassy attitude, but after a while the flirting aka bickering between the two MCs began to get on my nerves. It could be because my husband and I are both super chill so I've never understood the “arguing as foreplay“ concept lol The mystery aspect didn't make a lot of sense either, which meant the entire plot began to drag around 2/3 through. It was an okay read, but one of those that I enjoyed less as I went along.

TheAromaofBooks #ReadtheUSA - North Carolina
#100YearsofBooks
#ISpyBingo #BookChain
#GottaCatchEmAll - Someplace humid @PuddleJumper
#Read2025 @DieAReader
#BookSpinBingo 7d

DieAReader #Next 👋🏻👋🏻 7d

willaful Nothing will put me husband in a less romantic mood than arguing. I will never experience angry sex. 😂 6d

TheAromaofBooks @willaful - Literally he would be like “stop“ and she would be “make me“. Every time he would tell her to do something (because he's a cop and SOMEONE IS TRYING TO KILL HER) she would just do the opposite and he would find it soooo sexy 🙄 After a while all the power-wrestling began to wear on me because that is just not how things roll around here 😂 Like you, if we're having a bicker, I do NOT expect it to be followed up with sexy times 😆 6d

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BarbaraBB

I Spy | Claire Kendal

I added all my unread books to the #ISpy overview in Storygraph. In the bingo you see the books that for January prompts of which I actually read five.
Love this challenge!

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Looking great!! 1w

sarahbarnes That‘s fun! 1w

CarolynM What a great idea, I‘m going to have a look at it. I‘m looking forward to seeing what you think of Daddy‘s Gone A-Hunting when you get to it🙂 1w

BarbaraBB @CarolynM It‘s a fun challenge indeed. And I will be reading Daddy soon! 7d

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Charityann

Still See You Everywhere | Lisa Gardner

Finishing up Still See You Everywhere, but already know it‘s the best read of the past week!😆📖 #weeklyfavorites @Read4life

Read4life It‘s on my TBR. I usually read these as soon as they‘re released but I just haven‘t gotten to this one yet. 2w

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