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kelli7990
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Bailedbailed

Here‘s my review for a book I just DNF‘d. It‘s ridiculous how long the second chapter was. I was still reading the second chapter today at the park when I was walking my dog and the investigation for the murder is still going on so I decided that I had enough.

Release date: 4/29/24

#netgalley #netgalleyarc #bookspinbingo #hailthebail

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kelli7990
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The chapters in this book don‘t have chapter numbers. Instead, they are labeled The First Day, The Second Day, The Third Day, The Fourth Day and The Fifth Day. I‘ve already read The First Day. Now, I‘m reading The Second Day. I‘ve been reading this chapter all night and I‘m still not done yet. Will this chapter ever end? If it doesn‘t end, I‘m going to DNF this book because this is ridiculous. It shouldn‘t take all night to read 1 chapter.

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kelli7990

Lol. The detective is talking to someone else and then his phone started ringing. They weren‘t finished talking to each other yet.

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kelli7990

Lol. The detective went to ring the doorbell at someone‘s house and his phone started ringing.

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kelli7990
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I just started this book. It‘s another Netgalley ARC. I‘ve been laughing since I started this book. Every time the detective in this book is talking to someone, his phone starts ringing and it interrupts the conversation he‘s having. When he answers the phone, he says to the person on the phone,”This really isn‘t a good time right now.” Why do people always call him when he‘s talking to someone else?

Deblovestoread Or why does he answer and not just let it go to voicemail? 😂 1mo
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Dilara
Thumbprint | Mike Mitchell, Friedrich Glauser
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Finished thumbprint. Not my favourite read of the month, but decent all the same. The author's humanity and compassion shines through.
I read the French translation, and although it‘s perfectly serviceable, I am thinking that the English translation is probably better at rendering the various language registers.

And as feared from @Jari-chan 's post, keeping characters' names straight took a bit of effort, but I got there in the end...

Dilara Photo of Thun (most of the action takes place in a village near Thun, which is where the police station and jail are) by Yesuitus2001, via Wikimedia Commons 6mo
Jari-chan Great you managed the names at the end 😁 and yes, it's a decent read 😊 6mo
Dilara @Jari-chan It helps that I was forewarned 😁- and to anyone else reading, don't be put off: it's really not a big deal (nowhere as hard as Russian novels, for example). It's just that I realised that I will conflate every 3-syllable name that ends with -er or every nickname that ends with -li and this is a book where you have to remember what comes *before* those endings if you want to keep characters apart 😃 6mo
Jari-chan @Dilara Right, Russian names are a totally different level 😁 I wish I was prepared, but if I'm going to reread it I am 😁 6mo
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Dilara
Thumbprint | Mike Mitchell, Friedrich Glauser
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I am starting this #Swiss classic, which I've only discovered last week, thanks to a random YouTube video... I am not usually a fan of crime fiction, but the novel looked really interesting and worth pursuing. We'll see how I fare with it 😁

Jari-chan I wonder how you're going to like it😁 6mo
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Traci1
Snake Eyes | Max Allan Collins
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Mehso-so

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I didn't like this one as much as some of the other CSI books. I enjoyed Warrick and Greg's multiple cases. The rest of the gang's story was less fun.
(5hours x 6thons x 10) + 21 + (214words x 10)=2,461 team #spookyghostclub #scarathlon @clwojick
#rushathon @Andrew65 @GHABI4ROSES @DieAReader #31by31 @Catsandbooks #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks #falling4books @Read4life #pumpkinspicereadathon @Emilymdxn #Fridaythe13th @BookwormAHN

Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 8mo
Clwojick Great job! ☠ 8mo
BookwormAHN Yay 🐈‍⬛️ 8mo
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TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 8mo
Read4life 🍁👻🎃 8mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 8mo
Catsandbooks 🙌🏼🦇🧡 8mo
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LitsyEvents
Snake Eyes | Max Allan Collins
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@puddlejumper has rolled for the #roll100 book choice activity. Here are the results 🎉🎉🎉🎉

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PuddleJumper
Snake Eyes | Max Allan Collins
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You can‘t really see it but the dice have little skulls in them! Makes them perfect for #castthedie

I rolled a 0 which can be 10 or 0 so there are 3 possible choices for everyone.

Roll 1 = 1 or 11

Roll 2 = 4

You can read all 3 or 1 or 2, it is entirely up to you! Happy reading!

Roary47 Really cool dice! 😍 8mo
Bklover Thank you @PuddleJumper ❤️❤️ 8mo
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PuddleJumper @Roary47 ❤️❤️ 8mo
Catsandbooks Those dice are so cool! And I got my lucky book, 4! 8mo
julieclair I love those dice! They don‘t happen to be newly acquired, do they? Perhaps just for this event? 😉👻 8mo
willaful @julieclair Shame on you! Puddlejumper would never! 😂 8mo
julieclair @willaful I‘m sure you‘re right! I don‘t know how an idea like that would have gotten into my head. 😉😆 8mo
PuddleJumper @julieclair @willaful I absolutely did not take advantage of a 4 for 3 sale and buy 4 new sets of dice .... 8mo
julieclair @PuddleJumper I‘m sure @willaful joins me in congratulating you on your restraint! 8mo
willaful 👏👏👏 8mo
Read-y_Picker Found it! I remember those gorgeous dice after all though I hadn't taken note of the numbers. Happy reading!
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PuddleJumper @Read-y_Picker ❤️❤️ 8mo
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