Just me and my trustworthy Kindle against the 🌎 again this weekend!
Just me and my trustworthy Kindle against the 🌎 again this weekend!
I read the previous books in the Bill Smith / Lydia Chin series and enjoyed them, so I expected this to be a good read. Instead it was a bit of a slog. Slower paced, less of the relationship between the two, and a less-than-compelling mystery plot. The bright sides were the few scenes with Lydia's mother, and the commentary on the New York art scene. ⭐⭐⭐ / 5 #mystery
Shifting colors on a monster billboard bled through the April evening mist, showed me a shadow in the alley.
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
Just started this one. I'm in the mood for some mystery in the Big Apple, and I've enjoyed others in the Bill Smith/Lydia Chin series. #mystery
Last night I finished my last #TrappedonAnIsland book, chosen by @Pigpen_Reads 💖 I had a blast reading these this month, and only had one DNF.
1. Never Ever Getting Back Together 4*
2. Beauty‘s Curse 2.5*
3. The Lawyer 4*
4. Crown of Secrets DNF
5. The Obsession 5*
6. Blood Like Magic 4*
7. The Good Girl Complex 4*
8. Driving Her Crazy 4*
9. Convict Me 4*
10. The Hard Truth About Sunshine 3.5*
I don‘t know when I picked this up on Audible or why, but it was a really solid memoir of a young woman‘s experience as a war correspondent/ photo journalist. Lynsey Addario has worked in almost all the contemporary war zones risking her life to take photos that show the cost of war on civilians, soldiers and most often innocent women & children. Her story was fascinating & I loved hearing her story. #52Books23 #AWarOtherThanWWIorWWII
Neither of the main players in this account of the on/off relationship between Greta Garbo & Cecil Beaton come across as very nice people. Garbo, well-known as reclusive, seems also quite selfish & rude & dismissive of her fans, whilst Beaton seems like a bit of a flibbertigibbet. They have a brief affair, which Beaton thinks will lead to marriage. When it doesn't, Beaton commits the ultimate betrayal in Garbo's eyes - he talks to the press.
#ManicMonday #LetterO @CBee
Today's picks are!:
📚: The Obsession
✒️: Olivia Dade
🎬: Oscar
🎤: Owl City
🎶: Obsesion- Adventura
*A talented young woman must support her grandmother and manage the family photographic studio despite the presence of a competing business in the same neighborhood.*
LIKES:
~ well-defined characters
~ resourceful protagonist
~ women in business
~ varied obstacles to success
~ gentlemanly love interest
DISLIKES:
~ romance was great once it progressed, but it felt rushed at the beginning
#vintage #careerromance #photographer