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andrew61
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Pickpick

It doesn't look like I've moved other than to grab wine + pizza, but book 2 on our holidays was this very good spy thriller set in bahrain after the Arab spring revolts. Shane Collins is a jaded CIA operative, divorced, and a heavy drinker living in the American community, having to temper his anger at a younger boss. When he is attracted to a bahranian woman, and he becomes attached to his source in the protest movement, the story gains pace.

Aims42 Pffft, you‘re on vacation, move if you want to, sit if you want to 🤪🙌 Your book sounds good! 2w
Cathythoughts Sounds perfect ! Moving is overrated 😂 2w
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MaGoose
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1. Still can't believe I got a tattoo about two and a half weeks ago! 😳
2. A friend gifted me the dragon when she heard I got the dragonfly tattoo and that I was also reading Fourth Wing
3. + 4. For sure, I'm getting a betta fish tattoo on my left thigh by the end of the year. Unsure about the stylized dragonfly tattoo
5. I'm so glad I have bookish friends here at Litsy and at the IRL Book Circle at the library
#5JoysofFriday. @debinhawaii

Aims42 💛🧡🩷 6mo
dabbe 🩶🩷🩶 6mo
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CaitlinR
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There‘s no question that I. S. Berry has mad writing skills. There‘s a great story embedded in this thriller. I just wish that there was also at least one likeable character. I get it, spy novels are all about treachery and betrayal. Berry describes her protagonist, Shane Collin‘s, as world-weary. He is that, and his colleagues and foes are very ready to betray him, and themselves. I kept reading to find some redemption; there is none.

CaitlinR Photo of the author by Richard Berry 10mo
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Owls31092
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But at the same time, we‘re already in two wars- Iraq and Afghanistan, so adding Libya on top of that would cost even more troops, time and money that could be devoted elsewhere. #war #obama #thecallofhistory #peterbaker #barackobama #robertgates #muammarelqaddafi #qaddafi #arabspring #libya #internationalpolitics #politicalscience #worldhistory #history

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Owls31092
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