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Readathon: Occasional List : Geleentheidslys | Gauteng (South Africa). Education Media Service

#ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

Yesterday I finished Infalla: The Alien's Bond. Today I want to concentrate on finishing another book.

Today I stand at 257 books read for the year. Hoping for that goal of 300.

CoverToCoverGirl I‘m at 262 and also aiming for 300. 🤞for both of us. 11h

TheSpineView @CoverToCoverGirl We can do it!!! 11h

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MatchlessMarie

Lights Out: A Dark Stalker Rom-Com | Navessa Allen

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Book 2/10 for #10BeforeTheEnd
I was marked at “several months” on Libby for this hold when it surprisingly came through the other day. 🙌 I think this book is worth the hype, I really loved it. I think a lot of ppl are intimidated by the long trigger warning list for list one. But I think this book is on the same level as Butcher and Blackbird. Josh is the most cinnamon roll of Dark Romance MMCs IMO. 🥰🔪 #SeriesLove2024 #ReadAway2024

DieAReader, Andrew65, TheSpineView, ChaoticMissAdventures, GHABI4ROSES

TheSpineView Fantastic! 12h

ChaoticMissAdventures ✅ love when they come in early! 11h

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TheBookgeekFrau

Killers of a Certain Age | Deanna Raybourn

so-so

This isn't my genre of choice, but I thought it would be more character driven than plot driven given the unusual age of the woman. Definitely a case of it's the reader, not the book.

76/62

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DieAReader, Andrew65, TheAromaofBooks, GHABI4ROSES

TheAromaofBooks I enjoyed this one, but felt like the characters were all kind of the same. 15h

TheBookgeekFrau @TheAromaofBooks Yes! The last chapters had a few pops of personality, but that was it. 11h

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OutsmartYourShelf

The Last Murder at the End of the World: The dazzling original new high concept murder mystery from the author of the much loved, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle | Stuart Turton

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It's best not to know too much about Stuart Turton's books before reading them, then you get the full effect. Suffice to say that a group of 122 villagers live on an island, the last refuge on earth for humans, after a strange fog with killer insects inside took over the planet. Three scientists also live on the island & are responsible for keeping the villagers safe, but one of the villagers (called Emory) knows that something is not quite right.

OutsmartYourShelf When the lead scientist is found murdered, Emory is given the task of finding the murderer before the fog takes over the whole island in less than 5 days.

Although this one doesn't quite live up to the author's first book 'The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle' it's still a cracking read. I couldn't put it down until I found out just what was being hidden from the villagers. 1d

OutsmartYourShelf Really entertaining read but I would have liked to find out where the fog & insects came from. Maybe a prequel?

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5997383165
Read 3rd - 4th Nov 2024

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TheSpineView

Readathon: Occasional List : Geleentheidslys | Gauteng (South Africa). Education Media Service

#ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

I finished reading I Could Never and started er Enshrined and Until You. Hope to finish another book today.

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Eggs

Bookclubbed to Death | V.M. Burns

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This is part of a series set in a mystery bookshop owned by Samantha Washington: amateur sleuth and mystery writer. It was clever and fun, especially her poodles and her fiesty grandmother Nana Jo. I‘ll be reading the rest of the series❣️

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DieAReader, Andrew65, BarbaraBB, TheSpineView, TheAromaofBooks, GHABI4ROSES

TheSpineView Fantastic! 2d

DieAReader Great! 2d

Eggs @TheSpineView 🥳🥰 1d

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Eggs @DieAReader 😃🥰 1d

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 15h

Eggs @TheAromaofBooks 🥰👏🏻 13h

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Eggs

Overkill | Linda Castillo

so-so

I have loved all the Amish murder mysteries Castillo has written with her Kate Burkholder character. This one is a so-so police procedural that I stuck with bc I was audio-crafting, -driving, and -doing chores.

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DieAReader, Andrew65, BarbaraBB, TheAromaofBooks, GHABI4ROSES

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 15h

Eggs @TheAromaofBooks TY 🙏🏻🙏🏻 13h

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OutsmartYourShelf

The Secrets of the Titanic | Paul-Henri Nargeolet

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A book about the finding of the wreck of the Titanic in September 1985 & the subsequent expeditions to bring to the surface items such as dining sets, luggage & jewellery. Thousands of items have been recovered & yet so much remains down there & not even the ship's lists give the full picture of the items carried. Rumours have abounded since the beginning about millions of pounds' worth of diamonds & gold being interred in the first class safe.

OutsmartYourShelf There is also the other side of this - treating the wreck with respect due to the loss of life & having those items recovered used in museum exhibitions rather than disappear into private collections.

This was a short yet fascinating look at the expeditions carried out by Paul-Henri Nargeolet. The photographs at the end were very interesting. 2d

OutsmartYourShelf I didn't realise until reading this book that Nargeolet was one of the men killed by the submersible implosion in 2023. This casts a melancholy pall over points of the book when the author is talking excitedly about the trips he has taken & will take including that ill-fated journey. RIP. 4🌟

#TodayILearned that the iceberg the Titanic struck weighed approx 1.5 million tonnes & would have been like hitting concrete hence the damage. 2d

OutsmartYourShelf Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6978334870
Read 4th-5th Nov 2024

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#ReadYourKindle @CBee
#NFN @Bookwormjillk 2d

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2d

Bookwormjillk 🚢🚢🚢 2d

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OutsmartYourShelf

The Murder Hypothesis | Sarah Wishart

so-so

Grace moves to the country in Devon with her dad for a fresh start after Grace suffered some (unspecified) trouble. They have an ex-service dog called Shelby who has also undergone a trauma of her own. The village is too quiet for Grace but it seems that may not be the whole truth. One night Grace is downstairs having trouble sleeping when the smart speaker (Alexa) in their rented house suddenly switches on & tells her “I'm going to murder you.“

OutsmartYourShelf When it happens again the next night, Grace realises the speaker has been pre-programmed & that the threat was aimed at one of its previous owners. When she starts to investigate, Grace uncovers four mysterious accidental deaths linked to the device. Her dad won't believe her so Grace treats the deaths like a science experiment, gathering evidence & testing her hypothesis that one of the deaths was in fact a murder. 2d

OutsmartYourShelf Unfortunately this didn't quite live up to the early promise for me. It deals with mental health, trauma, & PTSD not only for the main character but for little Shelby too. The mystery itself wasn't bad (although the twist was pretty obvious) but the main character was a problem. Basically she is annoying as hell. Would these adults really spill their guts to a nosy 16-year-old who just arrived in the village? No, they'd tell her to take a hike! 2d

OutsmartYourShelf Shelby is an absolute sweetheart though so I'm going to up the rating to 3⭐ just for her.

My thanks to #NetGalley & publishers, HarperCollins UK Childrens'/Harper Fire, for the opportunity to read an ARC.

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6920086328
Read 1st - 3rd Nov 2024

#ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES
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DieAReader #Next 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 2d

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