#WinterCosy board next!
#HolidayBookDragons #WinterGames2024 @LiseWorks
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#WinterCosy board next!
#HolidayBookDragons #WinterGames2024 @LiseWorks
so-soDC Becky Greene receives some odd post at work - an advent calendar but behind every door is a photo from a crime scene. Is it a prank or is it real? An investigation into the photos reveals that they are real scenes & crimes & it seems someone has been killing for 20 years - one death a year in the month of December. Greene is paired with DS Eddie Carmine who has a link to one of the crimes. Can they catch the killer?
pickStill wrapping up a few Christmasy reads for #WinterGames and #ReadOuttheOld This month I've focused on books that I already owned and have checked off 15 books (some of which included multiple shorter stories), almost all of which are now in the donate box, meaning I have room for that many more Christmas books for next year!! 😂
This one was a soft pick. It's classic workaholic city girl has to go home and get caught up in small town ⬇
so-soThis one just didn't really work for me. Part of it is that I should have bailed on this book as soon as I realized that a big part of the plot was going to be lying/withholding information/secrets. I'm just not a fan of stories where ONE CONVERSATION could solve all our problems BUT NO ONE WILL HAVE IT. The thing was, I really liked the characters and the setting, so I thought maybe it would be okay. It was not. I was stressed the entire time ⬇
Day 28 Totals #WinterGames2024
Read for six hours yesterday. Almost finished with Strangers On A Train.
#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#SugarRush #ReadOutTheOld #20in4 +60 each
Watched:
🎥 Surviving Christmas +5
🎥 Best. Christmas. Ever! +5
+375 points #ChristmasChapterChasers
Days 26 & 27 Totals #WinterGames2024
Was feeling a little better on Thursday. Got an hour and a half of reading done. Was feeling sick again Thursday night into Friday. Too tired to read Friday.
#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#CozyChristmas #ReadOutTheOld +15 each
Watched:
🎥 The Night Before +5
🎥 Gremlins +5
🎥 A Christmas Story (Based on a Book) +10
+100 points #ChristmasChapterChasers
Days 23, 24, & 25 Totals #WinterGames2024
Got an hour of reading done on Monday. Got sick on Christmas Eve and was sick through Christmas.
#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #WinterSolsticeReadathon
#SnickerdoodleSpirit +10 each
+65 points #ChristmasChapterChasers
Day 22 Totals #WinterGames2024
Caught a stomach bug from the husband and fell a little behind on posting. Got a couple hours of reading done on Sunday.
#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #WinterSolsticeReadathon
#SnickerdoodleSpirit +20 each
Watched:
🎥 A Creature Was Stirring +5
🎥 Four Christmases +5
+135 points #ChristmasChapterChasers
pickBorderline so-so, but hey, it's the season of generosity 😂 This one kind of felt like someone was trying to write a book based on a Hallmark movie screenplay, but not in a good way. The writing was kind of clunky and character development was abrupt. And who names a human character “Wink“?? There were a lot of scenes like this: Person A: “Please go out to supper with me.“ Person B:“I don't want to date you while things are so complicated“ ⬇
pickAfter a while, the FMC's unforgiving attitude towards people in her past/tendency to blame them for all her life problems did start to grate on me. At some point, you have to acknowledge that you are an adult and have been for over a decade. YOU are in charge of your life/actions now. But on the whole, a perfectly pleasant if most-forgettable kind of read. I'm not sure I'll reread it, but I'll probably pick up the sequel.
