pickSeptiembre 2025 Book #7
One of those books that has been in my shelf for ever🙄I took advantage that audiobooks was free. I bought some of this author books long time ago in BookOutlet when they shipped to PR, they don‘t anymore😭but I didn‘t realize they are Christian fiction which is not at all my thing. But this one surprise me. First book I read by this author. No strong religious content and protagonist is trying to continue her life⬇️
so-soAugust 2025 Book #10 love that cover. I found an old secondhand copy not in the best condition but it is hardcover with the original cover 😍
I liked this story but didn‘t love it. I need to confess that not always speculative novels work for me🤷🏽♀️I was expecting something else. I didn‘t feel connected with the story because it didn‘t make sense to me why all these voodoo situation which means that I did f love the ending. 3.5/3.7⭐️
so-soAugust 2025 Book #9
A cozy mystery about Gabrielle a survivor of a crime attempt had difficulties to continue with her routine work and social life. She decides then to move to this small town were she finds a job in a library. Then things start to happen.
You can be frustrated sometimes with this character and the story per se was okay. But there was some parts I liked but. It goes from meh to kay☺️3⭐️
pickJuly 2025 Book#10 last book read this month
This is book 2 in this series. The murder in this one was gory and sad. I didn‘t want that character to die. Kelly continue adapting herself in this town and work remotely. She again is involved in this investigation of this murder even when she was asked not to do it. I like the characters in this series. Where I am lost is when they start talking about knitting 🧶 😳But I will continue this series 3⭐️
pickJuly 2025 Book #7
Second book in this series. I didn‘t like this one as much as the first one. This is more about Stocker and all his family drama. That part I liked, the mystery was okay. But the romance part was stretched out so much that it was almost boring. It still has those funny parts but we are not going to see the same character dynamic in Veronica as we saw in first book. Lest see what happens in book 3. 3/3.5⭐️
pickJuly 2025 Book #3
I read this book out of series order and didn‘t realize would be the author last novel☹️I didn‘t like much this novel. I found it a little bit rushed and forced. Maybe because I read it out of order?🤷🏽♀️Even though I like always the family drama in her novels. So sad that she retired. I loved Paradise trilogy and Winter series was my favorite. 3⭐️
pickJune 2025 Book#4
This is the second book I read by this author. Loved it. If you like nature/climate changes as novel theme, written in a slow pace, character driven, then this novel can work for you but it is a sad story. I can understand people who doesn‘t like it because it could be categorized as tragic. But I read the physical book with audiobook with Saskia Maarleveld as one of the narrator and I felt in love with writing style and story⬇️
pick#Read2025 #SeriesLove2025
Every month I read the book for #EBBR & then don‘t write down my results & return it to the library before I get around to reviewing it! 🤦🏻♀️ Anyway, I think I was only somewhat successful in solving the mysteries in this one but who knows?! 🤷🏻♀️ I didn‘t remember them from childhood so I may have missed this one, #10 in the series. It gets a soft pick as they mostly all do.
pick#bookerlonglist #10
I did really like this but struggled with the audio at the start. Definitely a case of me though, not the book. Listening on my commute and having lots of work-related stress meant I was very distracted and kept losing the thread. Although I don‘t think the constant changing of POV and from first to third person helped.
The ending was very sudden, but to be expected when it‘s the first in a series of four. I will read more.
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BookSpinBingo #10 wanted to read it ISpyBingo (road well you can see a tiny piece of what it will be a road😜😂)
#SimonSavidgereadingpromot (longest on shelf) 5d