pickI get so excited when I start a new to me series. I enjoyed this one and can‘t wait to binge listen to the rest.
sarahbarnes Same! 1w
BarbaraBB I can‘t resist a good series and didn‘t know this one! 1w
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pickI get so excited when I start a new to me series. I enjoyed this one and can‘t wait to binge listen to the rest.
Just started this today. It reminds of an old school Sara Paretsky book. So happy to find a new to me series.
This was a good book but was too slow in some parts and I didn‘t love how the main character never seemed to learn.
pickA low pick for me. I haven‘t read the original and I‘ve only seen 10 Things I Hate About You once, so I suppose this is pretty close to Taming of the Shrew. Kate is certainly rude and standoffish at first and softens over time. Her sister is prickly too. Cute and short but probably won‘t read again. 3/5 or maybe 3.5/5.
pickA funny retelling of Shakespeare‘s Taming of the Shrew. Anne Tyler sets this novel in Maryland. Kate Battista feels stuck in life. She‘s been caring for her scientist father and younger sister, seemingly forever. Her father is researching autoimmune diseases and his brilliant assistant is about to be deported. Pytor must either reapply for a visa or marry to be eligible for a green card. Unusual characters and circumstances abound. 3.5/5⭐️
pickAlmost the entire Irish village of Baltimore was taken captive by pirates in the early 1600s and sold as slaves in #Algeria. With little records about their lives as slaves, the author relies on a number of accounts by other slaves to try to describe what their lives could have been like. The author also posits a hypothesis that the taking was an elaborate plan of an evil mastermind who wanted to rid the coastal town of its inhabitants for his ⬇️
I‘ve long wanted to read about the Irish taken into slavery in the Islamic world. So this book is perfect for #Ireland #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
pickThis is a true story of corruption within the Baltimore Police Dept. When reading this, I can‘t say that I was really surprised. But, part of me wondered how a division could get away with so much…the lack of real oversight that was in place was ridiculous!
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