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Review: The Invoice
The Invoice by Jonas Karlsson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I got a copy of this book through the LibraryThing early reviewer program.I really enjoyed this book. I liked Jonas Karlsson’s short and quick The...
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Review: The Secret Place
The Secret Place by Tana French My rating: 4 of 5 stars My two favorites of Tana French’s books are Faithful Place and Broken Harbor… the writing is consistently great across her books, but the story...
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Review: Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It
Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It by Steven Pressfield My rating: 4 of 5 stars Pretty good stuff, as usual, from Steven Pressfield. It pretty much does pick up...
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Review: The Last Four Days of Paddy Buckley
The Last Four Days of Paddy Buckley by Jeremy Massey My rating: 4 of 5 stars Loved the voice of this book and the wacky antics of Paddy Buckley, funeral home worker about town, and man oh man does he...
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Review: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling My rating: 4 of 5 stars Well, she can spin a yarn, can’t she? This was a great, fun story to talk about with the kids — foreshadowing, twists...
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Review: The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us...
The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity by Alan Cooper My rating: 2 of 5 stars I think this book may have been more relevant in its...
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Review: Hockey Tough 2nd Edition
Hockey Tough 2nd Edition by Saul Miller My rating: 4 of 5 stars I received an copy of this book from the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program.I’m not a hockey player (anymore). I’m not going to make...
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Review: Underworld
Underworld by Don DeLillo My rating: 2 of 5 stars I listened to the audiobook version of this book, narrated by the same guy who narrates the Jack Reacher series, by Lee Child, incidentally. He does a...
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Review: All Our Wrong Todays
All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai My rating: 5 of 5 stars Oh man oh man oh man! What a book. I got an early reader copy of this from NetGalley and oh boy am I lucky I ever did. I wish I had a time...
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Review: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling My rating: 4 of 5 stars Another cracker from JK, good story, a nice quick read. View all my reviews
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Review: Red Ribbons
Red Ribbons by Louise Phillips My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was an enjoyable read, though I could have done without the insight into the mind of the killer, himself. I just didn’t like the style as...
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Review: The Serpent of Venice
The Serpent of Venice by Christopher Moore My rating: 4 of 5 stars This one wasn’t as good as Fool or Sacre Bleu, but I liked it better than A Dirty Job. View all my reviews
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Review: Dead Man Talking
Dead Man Talking by Roddy Doyle My rating: 0 of 5 stars I found this one in the Dalkey library as part of Vintage’s new Quick Reads program to introduce you to new writers… knowing I’d get some good...
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Review: The Buried Giant
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro My rating: 3 of 5 stars I listened to the audiobook version of this book. This was a decent enough book to keep me company over a few walks and commutes from...
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Review: The Last Days of Jack Sparks
The Last Days of Jack Sparks by Jason Arnopp My rating: 4 of 5 stars I really enjoyed this book. He pulls off the fake nonfiction book pretty well and even the sandpaper-like central character of Jack...
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Review: The Glorious Heresies
The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the sort of book that makes you want to run out and buy anything else she’s ever written, from a grocery list to a 17th century...
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Review: In a Dark, Dark Wood
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was a fun thriller of a read that went pretty quickly. View all my reviews
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Review: The Mark and the Void
The Mark and the Void by Paul Murray My rating: 2 of 5 stars The setting, an Ireland in the whitewater of the economic meltdown, was good, but I didn’t quite click with the Frenchman and his...
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Review: Little Bones
Little Bones by Sam Blake My rating: 2 of 5 stars I thought this story was fine, I liked the plot and the writing in general was good.I was worn down by the narrative voice , though. We’re inside the...
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Review: Fall of Giants
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett My rating: 4 of 5 stars I didn’t think this book would be my cup of tea; I thought it would be too dry and dense with historical facts that sucked the life out of a...
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