so-soMay 2025 Book #1
I really wanted to like this book but it was a little disappointed to me. It has mixed reviews, people love it or not. Well, I‘m one of those who didn‘t like it much. That beginning was just unrealistic and then even when it has creepy scenes, it didn‘t make any sense unless you “imagine” what you want to happen. For me was more like a mental health situation. No, it wasn‘t for me 2.5/3⭐️
so-soThis book has a lot to say about women, weight, food, appetite, and guilt. I‘m not going to pretend I understood every nuance — my insight into Japanese culture, especially around womanhood, is limited — but when I translate the themes into a Western context, I can see what the author is getting at.
pick5 Stars • 6th Robert Langdon thriller: Robert Langdon joins girlfriend Katherine Solomon (from The Lost Symbol) in Prague for her lecture on human consciousness. Her research proves consciousness persists after death as scientific evidence for an afterlife. Katherine vanishes; Langdon races through Prague's landmarks, tunnels, and secrets, evading assassin and a shadowy organization.
pickMy first Ann Cleeves and the first in a series. It took me a moment to settle into this novel. It is subtitled A Thriller, but it is more a procedural mystery. I found the setting interesting and I have already reserved the next. DC Perez and the other MCs were nicely done. Two mysteries in one earned it 4/5 ⭐️. Looking forward to the next novel and checking out the show sometime soon.
Got this for Christmas- so, so good!! When I‘m finished, I‘ll watch the series.
pickMay 2025 Book #3
Cleo, an NYU student, came late to stay some days with her mom. But the scene she saw at her mom‘s kitchen suggested that something happened to her mom: food burning and one bloody shoe.
Not the best thriller, it is predictable but I focused on the family drama and how Cleo‘s perspective changed. 3/3.5⭐️Maybe should be described as so-so
pickTress is determined to figure out what happened on the night her parents disappeared, and her methods have a Poe-like flare. Some of this tale is a little far-fetched--the chapters from a panther's point of view--but the story is addictive. It is mostly about a destructive friendship. I'm glad I have the second book.
pickI guess this was intended to be a chapter a day advent calendar like read 🤷🏻♀️ but it‘s also easily inhaled! A lively seasonal murderous mystery
#BookSpinBingo #16 (wanted to read it)
#14in14 my list of 14in14 books were books received in swaps thank you @dabbe #LittleChristmasSwap 2025 😃I love the cover of this book. now