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Continuing with the mystery-loving realization, my #10thBookof2021 was Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter. I also started to limit my ratings of 5-star books, so this book was rated ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ !! #12Booksof2021

The novel has two timelines, one in the 1980s and one in the late 2010s (i.e., pre-pandemic). The first section for each timeline is very exciting and tense though the remainder of the book doesn't always manage to keep the excitement and tension at the same level. I would like to have seen how the rather passive follower in the 1980s developed into the fierce ninja-like 21st century figure.

I enjoyed reading this book even though I liked present story more than past. I love books where someone is escaping - they can be so thrilling and this book sure was it!

There were two timelines and I wasn't really invested in the past timeline immediately. It took some time before it captivated me.

Overall this was really captivating read for me.

Book 5 during #novelnovember

#coffeeandabook

#Challenge2021

Great read! I started during #Scarathlon2021 but wasn‘t able to finish it in time. Not at all what I was expecting/thinking and that‘s okay ‘cause it kept my🧠 active through the fog ,🐌&🐿 modes of recent.

Final counts 277 #teamslaughter @Clwojick

Finished the group #buddyread just in time last night! I really liked this one, but I must admit, I found the modern-day story more compelling and the '80s storyline didn't quite fit for me. Still excellently suspenseful though! Taking a picture in the car seemed most fitting.

17 hours down for #20in4!

#bookandasweater #iseeyoushiverwithanticipation #littensdressedinblood #teamslaughter #scarathlon2021 @Clwojick @MidnightBookGirl

Photo finish! I turned the last page of this vivid page-turner last night. Andy feels stuck at home & in her job as a 911 dispatcher when a mall shooting reveals her mother Laura isn‘t the affable speech pathologist she seems. Don‘t want to spoil any of the twists, but I rooted for Andy, who pulls herself together to help her tough mother & herself, as they move on from the extremes of Laura‘s past. #Scarathlon2021 #TeamSlaughter #buddyread

So yesterday I finished the #buddyread for #teamslaughter #Scarathlon2021. 😁

But It wad only a so-so read for me, because it wasn't my topic and very bloody and violent. I know Slaughters Books are often so, but this book couldn't carry me away.

For all the reads and tv-shows I got 255 points for #teamslaughter this last week. I love the #readathon! And big thank to @Clwojick!

Enjoyable but highly unlikely story. Kind of makes me want to have an escape plan and/or take a road trip.

#TeamSlaughter team read, plus 9 hours for two readathons = 230 points
#scarathlon2021 #screamathon #littenlisten

Finally starting #teamslaughter's #buddyread. Hope I have enough time! 🤞

#scarathlon2021 #20in4
@Clwojick @Andrew65

Finished this one on 10/27/21. It was exciting and twisty but I figured it out about 2/3 the way through, maybe less. I have to admit that I like mysteries very much. I don‘t know why I didn‘t think I did. I don‘t want to watch it on Netflix though. #131 #BookSpinBingo #12 #BFC21 #Scarathon2021 #Screamathon #Frightfall #SpookOWeen #LittenListen #SweaterWeatherReadathon #Wickedathon

It's a long time ago I participate the #20in4 #readathon but this weekend is the last weekend for the #Scarathlon2021 and I'll finished the #buddyread

Thanks for hosting @Andrew65
#teamslaughter #littenlisten #spookoween

Week 3 points 157 #teamslaughter @Clwojick

Finished the #TeamSlaughter buddy read which was my main goal for #readathon. Very slow burn. I kind of wanted to punch Andy in the face a few times myself 😂 I wish we could have seen more of Gordon. #Scarathlon2021 #BookSpinBingo #Screamathon #Wickedathon #Spookoween #OutstandingOctober
+51 pts

#Scarathlon2021 #TeamSlaughter #ReadWithUs #OutstandingOctober

Started but forgot to update it to my feeds🤦🏻‍♀️😂 Enjoying it so far😏

Not me choking on my lunch at this line 🤣

Just wanted to pass on that this story is addicting! I have been listening to it for the past 3 hours after 1 1/2 hours last night! I can‘t stop! So @Clwojick how many points for the 2nd Team Book? I already read Toucan…

#TBR My main goal for Dewey‘s #readathon is to finish Pieces of Her for #TeamSlaughter buddy read, but I threw in a few distraction reads because I know it‘s going to happen 😂 🍭

Bk31 of #LittensDressedInBlood Bk9 of #OutstandingOctober & Bk12 of #Scarathlon2021 #Screamathon #SpookoweenReadathon #Wickedathon #HalloweenReadathon #Panspookathon #ItsBritneyBingoWitch #BookishBingo #ChapterBreakBingo #VampathonBingo #BookspinBingo #Pageathon #ChunksterChallenge #ReadItAgainSam #CloakDaggerChal #BooklistQueenChallenge #PennyPerPage is done.This was #TeamSlaughter #buddyread which of course was brilliant, she always is! 2,361pts

Finished the team read today! #teamslaughter #scarathlon #scarathlon2021 @Clwojick 🎃😈

#scarathlon #teamslaughter totals for week 2: 3502
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Not as good as last week, but still trucking my way through seasonal books, and I finished the team read! This was quite the roller-coaster and I enjoyed it.
Also read: My Heart Is a Chainsaw, Firekeeper‘s Daughter, Agents of Dreamtime, and Gold Diggers. I completed 4 challenges from 3 readathons, and participated in more, including some that are ended now (guess I‘ll have to find more!) ⬇️

#teamslaughter week 2 points….145 @Clwojick

So last week I made only 96 points for #teamslaughter slaughter. But I read a lot our #buddyread and it is very thrilling. #Scarathlon2021 #Scarathlon #littenlisten #spookoween @Clwojick

This book was between a meh and okay. I can‘t put my finger on it I just didn‘t care about the characters. This is the first book of hers I didn‘t love. 50 pts #TeamSlaughter

I think I would have liked it more if it was about 100 pages less... my first Karin Slaughter read. #teamslaughter @Clwojick #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

I stayed up way too late trying to finish the second #TeamSlaughter book. This was a great thriller! A few moments were truly gory (which is not my thing) and truly creepy (which totally is), and overall the characters held my attention the whole way through even when the mystery seemed to have revealed itself already. #Scarathlon2021 @Clwojick +16

Week one points 117 #teamslaughter @Clwojick

The only part I REALLY enjoyed was July 26 1986 section. If the whole book read like that part it would have been a pick. Laura's character and her part of the story was good. If the book had mostly been this it would have been so-so. Andy's part of the story was a chore to read, I found her character immature (supposed to be in her 30s acts and thinks like a teenager) and annoying. Unfortunately most of the book is Andy.

#Scarathlon2021 #TeamSlaughter points post. Week 1 = 2,168 pts.
#Readlikehellathon #Spookoween #wickedathon @Clwojick

Game One results being posted under separate cover!
#SpookoweenReadathon #Scarathlon2021 #TeamSlaughter #PotterADay

Ok, my points for the first week: 101 🙂 for #teamslaughter @Clwojick

It isn't the best, but I hadn't much time and I didn't watch any suitable movie or series. Or counts the new Bond movie????

This didn‘t do it for me unfortunately. I don‘t think there was anything wrong with it and I do like thrillers a bunch of the time so I‘m not sure what didn‘t quite click for me here. I often don‘t love books with multiple timelines and perspective so maybe it was that?

#scarathlon2021 #teamslaughter @Clwojick +51

Shirley Jackson and Diamond are all ready for this weekend‘s reading! #TeamSlaughter #Scarathalon2021 #thrillers #amreading

A good thriller that was hard to put down at times. This is my first Karin Slaughter book but I'm definitely interested in reading more.

+50 points for #TeamSlaughter #scarathlon2021
+70 points for each of #spookoween #screamathon #bookspinbingo #wickedathon
@Clwojick @TheSpineView @4thhouseontheleft @TheAromaOfBooks @StayCurious

This book was okay, I wasn't really surprised by any of the so called twists, and found the whole story too long and dragged out. I didn't like the use of time as a plot device I found it confusing and frustrating and not adding to the story well. It was okay but not my favorite story of Slaughters.

#TeamSlaughter #BuddyRead #Scarathlon2021 50 pts

Finished the team read tonight. I'm in the air on this one. I love Slaughter but this isn't going to be a favourite. Started out great but waned out in the middle. It does pick up quite a bit for the end

16hrs

Team Read: 50pts
#littenlisten :160pts
#bookspinbingo :160pts
#wickedathon :160pts
#screamathon :160pts
#spookoween :160pts

#scarathlon #teamslaughter
@Clwojick @aperfectmjk @TheAromaofBooks @StayCurious @4thhouseontheleft @TheSpineView

1. Tagged book #BuddyRead #TeamSlaughter
2. The MC, her character is 31 but acts like 13, hope she grows up soon, she is annoying right now.

#Two4Tuesday thx for the tag @TheSpineView

What are you reading @EvieBee ?

Make a great day everyone.🧡

1.) One by One by Ruth Ware and Pieces of Her by Karen Slaughter.

2.) I like both books so far, I am.loving the twists and unexpected plot in the Slaughter book and the straight forward aspect to One by One by Ware.

Got in a few hours of reading, finished 2 books, and watched a few scary movies this weekend - off to a good start for #Scarathlon2021 @Clwojick #TeamSlaughter
#Screamathon @4thhouseontheleft #SpookOween @TheSpineView #Wickedathon @StayCurious

#TBR #CurrentlyReading #ReadingUpdate

Make a great day everyone -

I've made a good start on the #Scarathlon2021 #TeamSlaughter #BuddyRead while cooking/cleaning/walking, and I'm enjoying getting out of my comfort zone with it. It's a great brain break from graduate school reading! Eager to piece together what's going on with Laura. 👀

Today I start with the #buddyread of the #Scarathlon2021 for #teamslaughter @Clwojick #littenlisten #spookoween

This was an interesting journey, and I liked it. #Scarathlon2021 #buddyread #TeamSlaughter #Readlikehellathon #Spookoween #wickedathon @Clwojick

Buddy read book completed ✅ This writer never disappoints!!

#Readathonlove #screamathon #spookoween #necromathon #wickedathon 🔪🔪🔪🔪
#Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter

Went to the Ohio Renaissance Fair yesterday, beautiful day for it. Rainy today, good reading day for #Scarathlon2021 #Screamathon #SpookOween #Wickedathon
#TeamSlaughter

Make a great day🎃

Shirley Jackson and Diamond are excited to read for #TeamSlaughter! #Scarathalon2021 #tbr

Starting the team read now. #Scarathlon2021 #TeamSlaughter #LittenListen #Bookspinbingo #Screamathon #SpookoweenReadathon

@Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks @4thhouseontheleft @TheSpineView

Starting #Scarathlon2021 with #TeamSlaughter #Buddy Read. I woke up extremely excited for this day! @Clwojick