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Julie Mackin
Dec 15, 20242 min read
The Man Is Non-Stop
In which we realize there is a lot going on in Boarding houses The Girl from Greenwich Street by Laura Willig Stats: 4.5 Thank you to...
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Julie Mackin
Nov 24, 20241 min read
We Are All Islands Unto Ourselves
The Fury by Alex Michaelides Stats: 4 Audiobook/Book Thank you to Netgalley for the book. I think we are all used to the unreliable...
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Julie Mackin
Nov 18, 20241 min read
Puzzling It All Out
Christmas Jigsaw Puzzle Murders by Alexandra Benedict Stars: 3.5 Audiobook Thank you to Netgalley for the audiobook. I’ve said it before...
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Julie Mackin
Aug 25, 20242 min read
Murder by the Book
In which we learn that solving murders might be harder than writing them The Murders in Great Dibbling by Katarina Bilvald Stars: 4...
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Julie Mackin
Jul 17, 20242 min read
A Midwife's Tale
In which we learn you can walk on a frozen river, just go slow The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon Stars: 5 52 Book Club Summer Prompt #16 -...
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Julie Mackin
Jul 3, 20242 min read
Secrets Can Be Dangerous
In which we realize we never really want to be on a reality TV show A Game of Lies by Clare Mackintosh Stars: 4.5 52 Book Club Summer...
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Julie Mackin
Jun 26, 20242 min read
The Coziest of Murders
In which we realize you should never underestimate how far some people will go to solve a murder. The Queen of Poisons by Robert...
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Julie Mackin
Jun 26, 20242 min read
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
In which we wonder about the nature of families The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley Stars: 4 52 Book Club Summer Reading Challenge Prompt:...
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Julie Mackin
Jun 24, 20242 min read
Blackmail Is Never a Good Idea
In which we learn no one wants to be on the Thames at low tide Murder at Traitors’ Gate by Irina Shapiro Stars: 4 Thank you to NetGalley...
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Julie Mackin
May 12, 20242 min read
How to Stop a Murder
In which the reader wonders if it might not be ok if the murderer actually succeeds? The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia...
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Julie Mackin
Apr 4, 20242 min read
Everyone Loves a List
April - spring is in the air, the first quarter of the year has gone by, seems like a perfect time to refresh. Also seemed like a good...
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Julie Mackin
Mar 4, 20242 min read
Keep Your Enemies Close
The Intern by Michele Campbell Stars: 4 Will you like this book? You might if you like: Fast-paced thrillers Dual perspectives Family...
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Julie Mackin
Feb 25, 20241 min read
Family Can Be Murder
In which our hero might need to watch his back Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson Stars: 5 52 Book Club...
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Julie Mackin
Feb 23, 20241 min read
The Art of Rolling the Dice
In which our heros find themselves out to sea A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz: Stars: 4 Series: Hawthorne and Horowitz I’m kind of...
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Julie Mackin
Feb 7, 20242 min read
The Poison Pen
In which the writer might not know all The Sentence Is Death by Anthony Horowitz Stars: 4 52 Book Club Reading Challenge Prompt #47 -...
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Julie Mackin
Feb 1, 20242 min read
The Easy Silence
In which our heroine realized she doesn't have as much control as she thought The Other Side of Disappearing by Kate Clayborn Stars:4.5...
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Julie Mackin
Jan 9, 20242 min read
The Line Between Heaven and Hell
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden Stars: 5 Perfect if you like: Historical Fiction Strong female characters Dual Narration and...
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Julie Mackin
Jun 11, 20232 min read
It Takes a (Retirement) Village
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 2023 Frenzied Bibliophile Challenge Category: Recommended Book Ratings:4 of 5 Will you like...
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Julie Mackin
May 15, 20232 min read
A Little Light Austen
Dear reader, do you worry when an author takes the characters of your beloved novels and puts them in new books, two hundred years later?...
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Julie Mackin
May 14, 20232 min read
A Book for My Magpie Heart
The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan Rating 4/5 Will you like this book? You might if you like: Intertwines stories Novels that move...
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