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TamTracy
Gray After Dark | Noelle West Ihli
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What a crazy story in the best way. The fact that it was loosely based on a true story had me down the rabbit hole for all the details. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

LoverOfLearning Sounds like a great read! Thanks for sharing. 19m
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MysticFaerie
The Blue Hour | Paula Hawkins
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Pickpick

3.5⭐️/5⭐️

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OutsmartYourShelf
Airframe: A Novel | Michael Crichton
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Mehso-so

Forty-something single mother, Casey Singleton, works at Norton Aircraft & when a report comes in of an issue with flight TPA 545, Casey is on the team asked to investigate. An initial contact with the pilot has him blaming turbulence but this isn't backed up by external evidence, & the flight crew are suddenly whisked away before Casey has a chance to conduct interviews. (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf When the team finally enters the fuselage it is obvious that something strange happened aboard the flight leaving two people dead & several others badly injured. Just what is being covered up, by who, & why?

There was a lot of technical jargon & many acronyms in this book but it was still surprisingly interesting to read. Most of the narrative is from Casey's point of view, although a little later in the book we get several chapters from a local
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OutsmartYourShelf reporter's viewpoint. The technology (faxes, beepers, etc) are like going back to the stone age now & I would have guessed 1980s as a publishing date, yet it was released in 1996. It's not action-packed but it's a decent thriller for its age.

3.25⭐- it was above average.

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4791111027
Read 2nd-4th Feb 2025

#ReadAway2025 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES
#192025 (1996) @Librarybelle
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Librarybelle Wow…1996! Technology has come a long way! 2w
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2w
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Jennaree3
Gray After Dark | Noelle West Ihli
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Just arrived today 😍 my toxic trait is immediately wanting to abandon my current read for these. One book at a time I guess *kicks wall*

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AvidReader25
Blind date | Marelle Boersma
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I couldn‘t resist! The book was a poetry collection by a new-to-me author, Thomas Curtis Clark.

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OutAndAbout
To Die For | David Baldacci
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Pickpick

Great storyline. Multiple narrators on the audio that were all really easy to follow. I appreciate how Baldacci‘s characters are so clear and separate from one another. While this is the third in the series, he gives you enough backstory to catch on without so much that you get bored. This character, Travis Devine, is one of our favorites. Flawed, realistic, and driven.

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ElizaMarie
Gray After Dark | Noelle West Ihli
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Knocked off several #OffTheShelf2025
@Librariana - some physical and some audio :)

#JanuaryReCap

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AvidReader25
The Blue Hour | Paula Hawkins
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Panpan

This should have been a DNF. I couldn't make myself interested in Grace or Becker. I did love the descriptions of Eris, the remote Scottish island where a famed artist moved. All of the people involved were shallow, selfish, and petty. The second someone pursued a bit of freedom or was happy in their lives it was shown as a bad thing.

"All is fair in love and war, and friendship is love, too, isn't it? And a kind of war sometimes as well."

AvidReader25 **SPOILER**
I'll admit I was disappointed in the predictable twist. Of course the "ugly" lonely woman was jealous and started killing people. It just felt so unoriginal. Of course a woman who is a capable doctor couldn't be happy in her life if her friends aren't completely obsessed with her. Ugh. I just didn't love that ending.
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Bookzombie
Whiteout | Ken Follett
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Mehso-so

Oof! This is my first Follett and I think he must have owed his publisher a book. I have heard great things about his historical fiction novels, but this was not great. I was expecting an exciting “stop an outbreak” kind of book. Instead, it was rather dull. I plowed on thinking there was going to be a huge twist. Nope!

Finished January 27, 2025.

TiredLibrarian I loved the historical fiction of his that I read, but it was a while ago. 3w
Bookzombie @TiredLibrarian That‘s what I have always heard. I‘m not opposed to trying one in the future. 🙂 3w
tpixie I liked his early ones decades ago 3w
DogMomIrene I haven‘t read this one, but several others. Pillars is fantastic. Another great one is 3w
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sblbooks
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4🌟
I thoroughly enjoyed this fast-paced thriller. It was right up my alley, I love survival stories! This is the first book of read by this author and I can't wait to read more.