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by Jenny O'Brien

Teresa wrote: "A wonderful review!! I like books set on the Channel Islands during the war years."

Thank you Teresa! The setting really became it's own character in the story! ]]>
Comment290005349 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:56:45 -0700 <![CDATA[Deanna Loves to Read!!:) commented on Deanna Loves to Read!!:)'s review of The Lady Vanishes]]> /review/show/7489088412 Deanna Loves to Read!!:)'s review of The Lady Vanishes
by Alison Sandy

Jayme wrote: "Sorry, this was a disappointment! Hope you enjoy your next book!"

Thank you, Jayme! I just finished a couple that were very good!!! I hope you are having a fantastic read right now!! ]]>
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Parents Weekend by Alex Finlay
&ܴdz;⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Read if you like:
🔥 multiple POV (5!!!)
🔥 3rd person POV
🔥 single timeline
🔥 MANY characters

I have read every Alex Finlay book, so it was so cool to see FBI Agent Sarah Keller pop back up in this book! I love a cross-over!!
The story started off right away with the most dramatic, exciting part and I was hooked from the beginning. It was impossible to put down!
There were so many POVs and characters in this book I do have to admit that it made it a little difficult to keep track of everyone or get to know any of the characters really.
I hated all of the characters 🤪🤪 but literally how could you not??
There was a lot of “stuff� happening all the time in this one and it made for a very exciting, entertaining read. There were no slow parts the whole way through!
I can definitely say I did not see the end coming!! That was definitely a twist!
Another smash hit from one of my favourite authors Alex Finlay 💕💕 Thank you so much to St Martin’s Press 🩷💜💙 and Alex Finlay for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. I can’t wait to read Alex’s next work!!"
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Comment290005303 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:54:45 -0700 <![CDATA[Deanna Loves to Read!!:) commented on TheConnieFox's review of The Memory Watcher]]> /review/show/7521958101 TheConnieFox's review of The Memory Watcher
by Minka Kent

Fantastic Review, TheConnieFox!!!! ]]>
Review7526712596 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:45:30 -0700 <![CDATA[Deanna Loves to Read!!:) added 'The Bone Clock']]> /review/show/7526712596 The Bone Clock by Andrew James Greig Deanna Loves to Read!!:) gave 5 stars to The Bone Clock (Detective Corstorphine #1) by Andrew James Greig
bookshelves: arcs-read-mystery
An unsettling mystery, with a dark atmosphere that matches the brooding location. A pervading sense of dread and doom from the start of this story. A claustrophobic town and setting in the Highlands that amps up the adrenaline. Ummm......YES please!!

DI Corstorphine and DC Frankie McKenzie are called to the scene where a man has hanged himself on the old hanging tree. However, they find a strange gear, and soon come to believe that this was a murder. While investigating, another strange murder occurs involving the local priest. They find strange elements at this scene- but cannot find a connection between the two. More murders follow- each with a strange mechanism left that seems to be sending a message to the small community.

I really liked most of the characters, and felt that Greig's writing captured a realistic picture of how this investigation would go in real life. Corstorphine is dealing with being a widow, McKenzie has her own loneliness to deal with. The team works together, but many have flaws that come to bring a bit of havoc to the case. The building of the characters was evident in all the main players- suspects, police and even the murderer. While I usually root for the police in these stories, I found that I had sympathy for the antagonist (once info is revealed)- and this was due to the incredible development of the character.

The plot and pacing are perfection! Although it is a bit twisted with more and more questions than answers, the plot is intricately laced with the revelation of secrets, and threaded together so as the story unfolds, it makes sense.

This is a phenomenal Scottish Noir thriller, and the first in the series. I am finding that every time I am offered to read an ARC of Greig's- I jump on it! He is becoming one of my favorite go-to authors! If you like a good, dark crime novel with a fascinating investigation and creative scenes- this is definitely the book for you! I cannot wait to read the second in this series (starting it this weekend!!).

Thank you to NetGalley, Storm Publishing and the author for this ARC. This is my honest and voluntary review! ]]>
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ReadStatus9348962561 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:08:17 -0700 <![CDATA[Deanna Loves to Read!!:) wants to read 'Is She Me?']]> /review/show/7516469080 Is She Me? by Lauren  Grace Deanna Loves to Read!!:) wants to read Is She Me? by Lauren Grace
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Comment289868215 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:07:26 -0700 <![CDATA[Deanna Loves to Read!!:) commented on Cara's review of Is She Me?]]> /review/show/7422607488 Cara's review of Is She Me?
by Lauren Grace

This review is everything!!! Thank you, Cara- adding this!!❤️💗💕 ]]>
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The Murder Show by Matt   Goldman
"The Murder Show by Matt Goldman
Narrated by Dan Bittner

I went into the story thinking we'd end up on a TV show set, not my favorite setting, but this story took us a different direction. In fact, it didn't take us anywhere but back to Showrunner Ethan Harris's home of his teen years, the home his parents finally settled into after a young lifetime of moving from place to place for Ethan. During his high school years, Ethan found a best friend in his neighbor, Ro, a girl he had a crush on from the time he met her but who kept him in the friend zone while she dated a older guy.

It's on the one day that Ethan and Ro actually hook up before heading off to different colleges that something happened that devastated both Ethan and Ro. That's when something terrible happens to their friend Ricky and Ethan and Ro had a front row seat in a way that can never leave their minds. Now Ro is a police officer and when Ethan comes back home during a writer's strike, Ro wants his help to find out what really happened to Ricky.

Now, twenty two years after what happened to Ricky, Ro sells the ask as being a great new plot of his Murder Show, which is on the brink of being cancelled if Ethan doesn't come up with a very compelling new storyline. Ethan is very reluctant to take the bait and even more so when it becomes obvious that there are those who will kill to stop Ro and Ethan from looking into Ricky's death. I enjoyed the story so much that I listened through it straight through, I just did not want to put the book down so I ended up going to bed very late, indeed.

The audiobook narration by Dan Bittner is fantastic. I would forget that there was only one narrator, he handles the voices so well, I felt like I was watching a show. I plan to both read more by Matt Goldman and listen to more narrations by Dan Bittner. I wonder if there is a chance that we will see these characters again in the future, I sure wouldn't mind that, at all.

Publication April 15, 2025

Thank you to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for this ARC."
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