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Susanita
State of the Union | Brad Thor
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Even as a #longtimefed when I knew there was a chance he (yes, always a man) would say a sentence or two that pertained to my organization, no matter who was giving the SOTU address, I wouldn‘t watch. It‘s been mostly performative for a while now.

Tonight I might run the floor cleaner to drown out the TV in the other room, but more likely I‘ll watch Netflix with headphones.

melissajayne I‘m not going to watch either 11h
TieDyeDude It's just a group calisthenics class anymore, though I have a feeling the Dems won't be getting much of a workout this time. If any organization still utilized fact-checkers, I would have felt sorry for the long night they have ahead for them. 10h
dabbe I'd rather get five root canals. All at once. 👊🏻❣️👊🏻 (edited) 10h
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AmyG I won‘t watch. Five root canals sounds fun! @dabbe 9h
dabbe @AmyG We could have a root-canal party! #rcp 🤩 8h
AmyG We could! I‘ll bring the novocaine! @dabbe 8h
dabbe @AmyG 💉🦷🎉 7h
Susanita @TieDyeDude Independent media are the fact checkers now. 4h
Susanita @dabbe @AmyG Andy Borowitz said: Tonight‘s speech is called a Joint Address because the viewer can only address with a joint. (Not my thing but to each their own!) 4h
AmyG @Susanita Ha! 😂I read one where they said “the media expects the address to have the highest ratings in Russia”. 3h
dabbe @Susanita @AmyG Never have wiser words been said. That's one way I'm coping! ☮️✌🏻☮️ 3h
dabbe @AmyG 🤣👊🏻🤣 3h
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CoffeeK8
The Spy Coast: A Thriller | Tess Gerritsen
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Pickpick

A group of retired spies must band together when one of their own is threatened. Maggie Bird is a chicken farmer who is visited by a mysterious woman asking about her past. When that same woman is found murdered in her driveway the next day, she and her spy friends must team up together to find the killer and protect their small town.

kspenmoll Sounds intriguing! Stacked! 1mo
CoffeeK8 @kspenmoll it made me want to reread all the Rizzoli & Isles books 1mo
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majkia
The Spy Coast: A Thriller | Tess Gerritsen
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Fun story of retired spies who get drawn back into the game when a dead body is dumped on one's driveway.

Enjoyable characters, twisty plot, nicely written.

#FictionalTraveler @julieclair
#TBRtarot @CBee

julieclair That cover definitely looks like a cold place. 🥶 Glad you enjoyed it! 2mo
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Lizpixie
The Spy Coast: A Thriller | Tess Gerritsen
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#12BooksOf2024 My book for #April is this brilliant 1st book in a new series by the author of Rizzoli & Isles. A small fishing town in wintry Maine, a group of retired CIA & a body left on one the ex-agents doorstep. I wish I had half the balls Maggie Bird does! Reminds me a lot of Killers Of A Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn with less snark.

Charityann Oooh, going to have to find this one. I love her books.😄 2mo
Andrew65 Love her books, but not read this. 2mo
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Robotswithpersonality
Bad Actors | Mick Herron
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Good times! Definitely lighter in tone than some of the entries in this series. For all that the stakes include threats of everything from ruination of reputations, careers, to bodily injury and death, I'm pretty sure the body count was non-existent. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? As opposed to focusing on how any one particular member of Slough House is sliding further down the slippery slope of hopeless apathy and continual bad mistakes, there was a change introduced for a character that was long overdue, very satisfying from a character development/story arc perspective. 2mo
Robotswithpersonality 3/? Did not see that particular 'partnership' coming, but it was a new flavour of motley crew that didn't necessarily reinforce each other's faults, so that's encouraging! 😉
I liked seeing Taverner in the mix a bit more, still curious how she's going to extricate herself from previous unwise decisions.
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Robotswithpersonality 4/4 As expected, the question marks I raised regarding a certain character's fate last time still feel like they're floating around in this book, and that matches the air of intrigue for this series very well.
All caught up now, will be looking out for the next book when it's published in the coming year. Unless I get my hands on the bind-up of the interstitial novellas first...
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Robotswithpersonality
Bad Actors | Mick Herron
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Yeah that sounds about right. 🤦🏼‍♂️😬

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LeslieO
The Helsinki Affair | Anna Pitoniak
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kelli7990
The Helsinki Affair | Anna Pitoniak
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Bailedbailed

Here‘s my review.

#hailthebail

Texreader It looks good to me. I may check it out, carefully. I‘m not a fan of slow books. 4mo
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kelli7990
The Helsinki Affair | Anna Pitoniak
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I‘m only reading this book. Simon & Schuster sent me a physical ARC of this book when I was in their influencer program but I never read it. I‘m listening to it on audio right now. I‘m not enjoying this book. I don‘t think it‘s for me but I‘ll keep reading it. If I can‘t get into it then I‘ll DNF it.

#weekendreads