Lori's Updates en-US Sun, 01 Jun 2025 18:07:50 -0700 60 Lori's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review7619747741 Sun, 01 Jun 2025 18:07:50 -0700 <![CDATA[Lori added 'The Woman in the Cabin']]> /review/show/7619747741 The Woman in the Cabin by Becca Day Lori gave 4 stars to The Woman in the Cabin (Kindle Edition) by Becca Day
bookshelves: fiction, suspense
Made it through this book in record time. It was the perfect accompaniment to a weekend of yard work. Although I’ll admit to nearly screaming in broad daylight when my own husband startled me while I was listening and working intently!!

Intense domestic thriller. Trigger warnings for abuse and rape

Mary is the perfect wife- keeping house and ensuring her husband comes home to a 1950s housewife- perfectly beautiful and dinner ready to go. Except Mary doesnt want to live this fake perfect life anymore and it appears she might not have been the first wife he’s done this with. ]]> ReadStatus9471709340 Mon, 26 May 2025 13:56:04 -0700 <![CDATA[Lori started reading 'The Assassin's Blade']]> /review/show/7601843211 The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas Lori started reading The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas
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This was not a villain redemption nor even a way of explaining how a villain was formed. It was a story of a boy forced into choices who always picked the one that served his need best. A story of selfishness and cruelty and how that shapes and ruins a person. ]]> Review465056238 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:07:09 -0700 <![CDATA[Lori added 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West']]> /review/show/465056238 Wicked by Gregory Maguire Lori gave 2 stars to Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1) by Gregory Maguire
]]> UserChallenge63015964 Sun, 06 Apr 2025 05:54:47 -0700 <![CDATA[ Lori has challenged herself to read 30 books in 2025. ]]> /user/show/4780149-lori 11627
She has read 6 books toward her goal of 30 books.
 
6 of 30 (20%)
Create your own 2025 Reading Challenge » ]]> ReadStatus9277041336 Sun, 06 Apr 2025 05:45:36 -0700 <![CDATA[Lori has read 'The Bungalow Mystery']]> /review/show/7466649546 The Bungalow Mystery by Carolyn Keene Lori has read The Bungalow Mystery by Carolyn Keene
]]> ReadStatus9247133783 Sat, 29 Mar 2025 15:03:36 -0700 <![CDATA[Lori wants to read 'The Prophetic Imagination']]> /review/show/7445675198 The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann Lori wants to read The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann
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bookshelves: fiction, netgalley, suspense
Time travel, mystery, female main character, magic, epic good vs evil, bookstore/ library at the center�. So many things I love in a book.

The story was slow to start and it took me a few tries to get far enough in. But then I didn’t want to put it down and flew through it in just a few days. I loved the time travel element- working through how you can travel to the past without messing up the future. That was a fun element of the book. The book had elements of making something that happened earlier- critical to the plot line and I loved that! My favorite authors do this and I appreciated seeing a new author sprinkle those tidbits along the way. There were a few places that I had to suspend some disbelief, but I enjoyed the book.

Thank you NetGalley for letting me have a copy of the book. I enjoyed it greatly!! ]]> Review7280500474 Sun, 16 Mar 2025 13:05:25 -0700 <![CDATA[Lori added 'Crown of Midnight']]> /review/show/7280500474 Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas Lori gave 4 stars to Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2) by Sarah J. Maas
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