Yesterday I posted a list of my Most Anticipated Releases for First Half of 2020 and as I pondered over those books, it got me thinking about my most anticipated books from last year. Did I read them? What did I think about them? Did the disappointment roil in my gut until I just couldn’t take it anymore and screamed my lament from the edge of a cliff?
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WWW Wednesday | December 4
WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words and was formerly hosted by A Daily Rhythm. It is open for anyone to participate, even without a blog you can comment on Sam’s post with your own answers. It is a great way to share what you’ve been reading! All you have to do is answer three questions and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.
Continue readingReview | The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Title: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Published: February 5, 2019
Read as: Large print library loan
Average Goodreads rating: 4.05
My rating: 3
Continue readingVideo review | Capturing the Devil (Stalking Jack the Ripper #4) by Kerri Maniscalco and YouTube announcement
Title: Capturing the Devil (Stalking Jack the Ripper #4) by Kerri Maniscalco
Publisher: Jimmy Patterson
Published: September 10, 2019
Read as: US hardback
Average Goodreads rating: 4.42
My rating: 2
Continue readingReview | House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
Title: House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
Publisher: Delacorte
Published: August 6, 2019
Read as: Audiobook from Audible
Average Goodreads rating: 4.02
My rating: 2
Continue readingDown the TBR Hole #32
Welcome again to Down the TBR Hole! This meme came from Lost in a Story. All book descriptions taken from Goodreads.
Current TBR Total: 160
It works like this:
- Go to your goodreads to-read shelf.
- Order on ascending date added.
- Take the first 5 (or 10 (or even more!) if you’re feeling adventurous) books. Of course, if you do this weekly, you start where you left off the last time.
- Read the synopses of the books
- Decide: keep it or should it go?
Mini Review | A Study in Charlotte (Charlotte Holmes #1) by Brittany Cavallaro
Title: A Study in Charlotte (Charlotte Holmes #1) by Brittany Cavallaro
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Published: March 1, 2016
Read as: US paperback, library
Average Goodreads rating: 3.82
My rating: 4
Continue readingDown the TBR Hole #30
Welcome again to Down the TBR Hole! This meme came from Lost in a Story. All book descriptions taken from Goodreads.
Current TBR Total: 157
It works like this:
- Go to your goodreads to-read shelf.
- Order on ascending date added.
- Take the first 5 (or 10 (or even more!) if you’re feeling adventurous) books. Of course, if you do this weekly, you start where you left off the last time.
- Read the synopses of the books
- Decide: keep it or should it go?
TBR Take Down
Let us all be honest with each other right now, all of our TBRs are completely out of control. There are books on books on books. You are drowning in books. You finish one and three more seem to pop up as if from nowhere. They multiply. It is like if you feed a stray cat then the next morning your entire yard is filled with hungry feline faces looking at you with disdain and expectation.
Continue readingReview | Escaping from Houdini (Stalking Jack the Ripper #3) by Kerri Maniscalco
Title: Escaping from Houdini (Stalking Jack the Ripper #3) by Kerri Maniscalco
Publisher: Jimmy Patterson
Published: September 18, 2018
Read as: US Hardcover
Average Goodreads rating: 4.15
My rating: 3
Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her partner-in-crime-investigation, Thomas Cresswell, are en route to New York to help solve another blood-soaked mystery. Embarking on a week-long voyage across the Atlantic on the opulent RMS Etruria, they’re delighted to discover a traveling troupe of circus performers, fortune tellers, and a certain charismatic young escape artist entertaining the first-class passengers nightly.
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