pick4.5⭐️
It's hard to believe that Fallen is Linda Castillo's 13th book in the Kate Burkholder Series. Castillo still manages to captivate me. I did figure out the culprit before the end, so I dropped 1/2 star for that.
Kate Burkholder is the Police Chief of Planters Mill, Ohio. She gets called to the scene of a homicide. Burkholder realizes she knows the victim. She babysat Rachel Swartz when Rachel was 6 and Burkholder 14.
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bailedThe writing style was not for me.
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bailedDNF at 20% The dialog is very cringy and the main character is…ugh. This was a #botm off my TBR and yay a #bookspinbingo! #hailthebail
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pickSo I‘ve known a little bit about Todd‘s music for a while now. Recently I ended up doing a deeper dive one night while working. I liked some of his music, but I found my self paying more attention to the stories he told between songs. Then I found out he had this book of stories about his career. It ended up being a lot of fun, partially due to the tales, and partially due to the fact I ended up going down so many other rabbit holes.
pickAn angsty and sweet love story. And can I just say, both sets of parents are parenting goals!
47/80
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I keep forgetting to post my #BookSpinBingo card for this month, but here we are! I've got started on it. I didn't get a bingo last month, but did at least read the #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin books; I think that's my aim this month, and anything else is a great bonus. Moving has my brain veeeery distracted and scatterbrained.
so-so2.5 ⭐️
I just didn't care for the FMC of this book. It all seemed a little far-fetched to me. A med student has to spend the night on a psych ward, only a couple of problems with that: 1) her best friend from high school is on the ward & 2) her ex-boyfriend is also having to do a night rotation the same night. The story flips back and forth between the present and 8 years ago. Low so-so
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pickDidn‘t see this one in the database. Kept me guessing the whole time! A short listen with plenty of twists.
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Castillo continues to grow not only Burkholder but all the minor characters as well. I have seen her gang of police develop over the 13 books and learned more about them. I highly recommend this series. Though they can be read as stand-alones, I suggest you start at the beginning. That way, you can see how Castillo has grown Burkholder, as well as the other characters in the series.
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