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Monthly Archives: May 2020
Damaging Evidence ~ by Al Macy
*******Damaging Evidenceby Al Macy2020 / 323 plsread by Nick Sullivan: 8h 19mrating: A+ / legal crime******* Oh yay! I’ve now finished another series this month! There were the Anne Reeve books prior to Al Macy. Both are *almost* cozy crime … Continue reading
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Fair Warning ~ by Michael Connelly
*******Fair WarningBy Michael Connelly2020 / (416 pages)read by Peter Giles 10h 26mrating – A / crime thriller# 3 in Jack McEnvoy series******* I read the first two books in this series (of 3 now) but only remembered only that Jack McEnvoy … Continue reading
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Sufficient Evidence – by Al Macy
*******Sufficient Evidenceby Al Macy2018 /read by Nick Sullivan: 5h 57mrating – A / legal crime******* Fun book – mostly legal thriller with plenty of courtroom drama, but with some nice procedural elements. There’s also a good story arc meshing nicely … Continue reading
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The House on Mango Street – by Sandra Cisneros
The House on Mango Streetby Sandra Cistneros1984 / 111 pagesread by author: 2h 18mrating 10 / 20th century(both read and listened) Second reading – I knew I would it’s sooo good and because it’s that good even on a second … Continue reading
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: by Lori Gottlieb
*******Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealedby Lori Gottlieb: 2019 Read by Brittany Pressley: 14h 21m Rating: 7.5 / memoir/self-help ******* I only read this book because I bought it in an impulse by when it was … Continue reading
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Dead Weight – by Rosemary Reeve
*******Dead Weightby Rosemary Reeves2018 / 292 pagesread by Noah DeBlase 10h 8mrating – A / mystery ******* This story starts out with a twist – Jack Hart is working for an insurance company which is trying not to pay a … Continue reading
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The Gates of Europe ~ by Serhi Plokhy
The Gates of Europe: A History of UkraineBy Serhii Plokhy2017 / 397 pagesread by Ralph Lister 15h 20mrating: 9.5 / Europe history So many things I didn’t really pick up on as I learned the history of Russia in college … Continue reading
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The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee ~ by David Treuer
*******The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Presentby David Treuer – 2019512 pagesread by Tanis Parenteau – 17h 44mrating – 9.5(both read and listened)******* This is an amazing book and although I have some arguments, I … Continue reading
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The Last Trial ~ by Scott Turow
This very good book is not much of a legal “thriller” by anyone’s measure. It’s more of a thinking person’s legal mystery – a drama concerning the complexities of life and the law. The Last Trialby Scott Turow2020 / 453 … Continue reading
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Girl, Woman Other ~ by Bernardine Evaristo
*******Girl, Woman Other by Bernardine Evaristo 2019 / 464 pagesRead by Anna-Maria Nabiryerating – 9 / lit fict – Booker Prize(both read and listened) ******* The book doesn’t really follow anything or anyone – Rather it gathers the people who have connections to … Continue reading
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Art and Fear: ~ by David Boyles and Ted Orland (x2)
Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by David Boyles and Ted Orland2014 / 125 pagesread by Arthur Morey- 3h 8mrating: 8 / nonfiction- Artmaking (both read and listened) This was a second reading (1st reading … Continue reading
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Conclusive Evidence ~ by Al Macy
*******Conclusive Evidenceby Al Macy2019 / 278 pagesread by Nick Sullivan 6h 56mrating: B+ / legal drama******* This is an amusing legal drama using the themes of a murder (?) with a deaf defendant, embezzlement, privacy, and twins. Taking place … Continue reading
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Chase Darkness With Me ~ by Billy Jensen
Billy Jensen is the guy who helped finish Michelle McNamara’s true crime book, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, which was published after her death in 2016 and went on to win a number of awards in 2018. It’s the … Continue reading
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House on Fire ~ by Joseph Finder
*******House on Fireby Joseph Finder2020 /381 pagesread by Holter Graham10h 9mrating – A+ / crime thriller(NIck Heller #4)******* Most of us have heard of Oxycontin and the Sackler family which owns Perdue Pharma. Well, House on Fire is a rip-roaring … Continue reading
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Camino Winds ~ by John Grisham
*******Camino Windsby John Grisham2020 /read by Michael Beck = 8h 42mrating – B / crime(Camino Island series – #2) ******* I’ve been reading John Grisham’s books for a long time – maybe 25 years – and he’s gone through some changes, … Continue reading
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Monthly Summary
This is getting aggravating . My blog now looks like a mess. I do not like this “new” block system at all but when I went back to the old way for a few months it messed up so bad … Continue reading
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Red Bones ~ by Ann Cleeves
*******Red Bonesby Ann Cleeves2009 / read by Gordon Griffini11h 21mrating A / mystery ******* This is number 3 in Cleeves’ Shetland Island series starring Jimmy Perez as the only detective on the force. The book starts with a bang which … Continue reading
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