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Gissy
Snow & Rose | Emily Winfield Martin
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Mehso-so

January 2025 Book #11
This retelling for me is poor integrating and even boring. I‘m not the target audience but didn‘t like it. However, the illustrations are beautiful made by the author. 2⭐️

Gissy #BookSpinBingo #20 (wanted to read it for a reading challenge) #ISpyBingo (leaves not in plant, here you see leaves in grass) @TheAromaOfBooks
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11h
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TheEllieMo
Mania | Lionel Shriver
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Mehso-so

I expected to enjoy this book, but I actually found myself having to force myself to pick it up and continue. It all felt a bit too preachy. Shriver is, as far as I‘m aware, a hugely respected writer, so I‘m not sure if she‘s just not my thing or if this is not her usual standard. I think I need to read We Need to Talk About Kevin.

Book 34/60 Page 11.033/18,000 #Read2025 @DieAReader

Octoberwoman I loved We Need to Talk About Kevin, which was absolutely harrowing, and then I read Big Brother, which wasn‘t nearly as good. I haven‘t convinced myself to try the author again since then. 10h
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TheSpineView
Corrupt | Penelope Douglas
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Pickpick

I normally zip through Douglas's books. In this one, I reached a point where I guessed what was going to happen and I couldn't finish. Therefore, I put the book down and picked it up again a couple of days ago. No surprises. Just as expected. The plot was good just predictable. 3.5🌟 #Read2025 @DieAReader At just over 500 pages this is one for #ChunksterChallenge2025 @Amiable #AllergicToChunksters @julieclair

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Amiable 🎉👍🏼 2d
julieclair The cover certainly is intriguing… 2d
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OriginalCyn620
Good Company | Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
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Mehso-so

This was just okay for me. It was character driven, so there‘s not much actually happening. I prefer plot driven stories!

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TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 4d
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OutsmartYourShelf
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Panpan

Philadelphia, 2011 & a young woman named Ellen Greenberg was found dead in the apartment she shared with her fiancée. Ellen had received over 20 stab wounds, many to the back of the neck & head, & at least one has been assessed to have been received post-mortem - and yet, her death has been judged a suicide. Examining what evidence there is, this case seems to have been either disastrously bungled or there is something darker at the root of this.

OutsmartYourShelf First of all, this seems to me to be a very clear miscarriage of justice & Ellen's story needs to be out there so that the powers-that-be are finally convinced to re-examine her case. Unfortunately this book about the case is a bit of a mess. It really needs re-editing so that the arguments are more structured & linear to avoid repeating the same information over & over. 6d
OutsmartYourShelf The author is obviously passionate about wanting to see justice done but this was all over the place. 2⭐

Thank you to #NetGalley & publishers, Post Hill Press/Regalo Press, for the opportunity to read an ARC.

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7404599049
Read 19th-22nd Apr 2025

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6d
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TheSpineView
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Mehso-so

This one was just OK. The dialog was cheesy, and the humor sometimes fell flat. Also, if I had to read another scene involving man-scaping, I was going to lose it. The first book was much better. 3 - 3.25 🌟 #SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 #Read2025 @DieAReader

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TheBookgeekFrau
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Bailedbailed

I think there was a point that was pro women, but it was lost in all the digressions #HailTheBail #BetterBooksAhead

29/80

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TheAromaofBooks At least it's off the list!! 2w
julieclair Time to move on. 2d
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OutsmartYourShelf
The Devil's Colony | Marie Lestrange
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Panpan

This is of course loosely (very loosely) based on the missing colonists of Roanoke who disappeared between 1587 & 1590 leaving behind the word 'Croatoan' carved on a tree. Although theories have abounded ever since, there has been little solid evidence of what happened to them so the scope for imagining their fate is quite wide.

This one started off quite well before descending into chaos which left me feeling 'What the heck did I just read?'.

OutsmartYourShelf Although it did keep my interest enough to finish reading it, it became a bit unhinged towards the end. I was also a bit disappointed that it relied on the usual stereotype of witches being ugly, old women. A miss for me I'm afraid.

TWs: death of a child, infidelity, scenes of a sexual nature, animal death, cannibalism.

Thank you to #NetGalley & publisher, Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op, for the opportunity to read an ARC.
2w
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Artifact | Gigi Pandian
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I gave this till the 30% mark then decided I'd had enough. I couldn't connect with Jaya but I was pretty interested in the ruby bracelet and snippets of Indian history related to it so I figured I'd push through. But the twist that happened on the train to Scotland tipped me over into not caring about the story. #Next