Litsy

so-so

Just okay. The mystery was fine, but the characters were all 2-dimensional tropes. So much so, that I actually wondered if it was intentional, kind of like a spoof of a bad movie.

This was my #ThematicCozies choice for the August prompt #Travel .

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Meghan1

The Stranded | Sarah Daniels

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Book 1 of 2025! Started in December, finished on January 1st. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Shawna

Day Four: A Novel | Sarah Lotz

#boat 🚢🚢🚢
#summersouls

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect ❤️🖤 1y

Eggs This looks foreboding! 1y

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mabell

Terns of Endearment: A Meg Langslow Mystery | Donna Andrews

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Loved it! Such a fun installment with the whole Langslow crew on a cruise. Including, poor Rose Noire, who only went to try to protect them from the dangers of the Bermuda Triangle. Of course the cruise deteriorates quickly, and Meg must step in to help keep things on an even keel. 😉

Tamra I had to look at that title a couple of times! 🤪 1y

dabbe @Tamra So did I! 😂😂😂 1y

mabell @Tamra @dabbe 😂😂 1y

dabbe @mabell My eyes ain't what the used to be! 😂 1y

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Kappadeemom

Distress Signals | Catherine Ryan Howard

Adams girlfriend doesn‘t come home from a business trip - turns out she was on a cruise and is now missing🚢

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Reggie

Day Four: A Novel | Sarah Lotz

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I came back from my last break and a coworker asked me if I was okay cause I looked tired. I replied that I‘m at the point where I think everyone in my book is about to die. The 3 of us in our little room all laughed at the same time. lol. I loved this book. On the 4th day of a cruise, the engines blow up, the stabilizers fail, there is a murderer loose on the ship, there is the norovirus starting to spread, and a medium-psychic who has 👇🏼

Reggie started to stop faking it. It was claustrophobic, creepy, and eff all the people on Goodreads, and there are a lot of them , that said she threw away the whole book at the end, cause I loved the Twilight Zone double, triple down ending in here. Pick! (edited) 2y

batsy And now you've got me to add this to the list. Fab review! 2y

Reggie @batsy you know, Reggie 7 years ago was all about concrete endings, and NOW, I‘m in love with authors who smudge all the answer lines in the end into something not legible. lol, thank you Suba. If you get to it I hope you like it. None of these characters were likable but I hoped for better for them. 2y

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Lesliereadsalot Can‘t wait to read all her books! 2y

erzascarletbookgasm Hahaha very often you make me curious about the books you‘ve enjoyed. 2y

Librarybelle Wow! I did not even have this one on my radar, and now I‘m curious. Do you need to read the prequel before this? I noticed this was a follow up to Three. 2y

LeahBergen And the most terrifying of all is the Norovirus! 🤢 I‘m going to keep an eye out for this one, Reggie! 2y

Reggie @Lesliereadsalot You know, I‘m amazed at her versatility because The Impossible Us is sci-fi and this was just horror. And looking her up, she has this other one where it‘s just 2 girls who go to Paris coming of age. 2y

Reggie @erzascarletbookgasm 😁Idk, there‘s something about horror that just grabs me. 2y

Reggie @Librarybelle it‘s almost 10 years old, maybe that‘s why. And no you don‘t have to read The Three before this one. But I will say alot of people enjoyed The Three way more than this one. I enjoyed both. 2y

Reggie @LeahBergen also, their toilet system stopped working so they were given red plastic bags to do their business in. The lower deck restrooms were backing up. At one point someone looks overboard and there is this sea of red floating bags. There is a lot going wrong all at once. Hope you like it! 2y

Librarybelle Good to know! Thanks! 2y

Lesliereadsalot Excited to read them all! Thanks for a great review. 2y

LeahBergen @Reggie Oh, Lawdy! 😬 2y

Bookzombie I would have stacked it if I hadn‘t had it stacked for a while. lol. 2y

Reggie @Bookzombie I think if I had read it before Trump and Covid I think I would have felt differently but now what we know about people this hits differently. 2y

vivastory I have to admit that I did not like this one (I loved The Three) but I really liked the ending. 2y

Reggie @vivastory I loved it because these people are just trying to survive and they don‘t know if they should follow the rules that are the ones we know or to make up new ones. There were so many angles covered. And I was never at ease. 2y

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Cinfhen

When a Dragon Moves In | Jodi Moore

Two delightful children‘s books for #ISpyBingo August
Found #Flag #Seashell #Bucket #CruiseShip #sandcastle #Glass
Also: #heart #FivePlusWordsInTitle

I think I‘m ready for grandkids!I need reasons to start buying picture books 📚