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PuddleJumper
A Million to One | Adiba Jaigirdar
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Mehso-so

This was like reading a speed run, there was no depth and no details.

Very disappointing

PuddleJumper #roll100 January
#gottacatchemall Nickit - Heist or theft
2mo
willaful Bummer, it's such a cool cover. 2mo
PuddleJumper @willaful It's such a cool premise too 2mo
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CoffeeK8
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Pickpick

I love a cozy romance and this one really hit the spot. The story of Lynet a middle class bookbinder and Reggie a posh soldier invalided out from WWI working together to create magic books for the government. #mtTBR #ReadAway2024
Book 4 from my TBR!

Texreader This sounds good!! 3mo
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CaramelLunacy
A Million to One | Adiba Jaigirdar
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Mehso-so

I wanted to love this: Team of diverse girls staging a HEIST of a jewel-encrusted book aboard the Titanic. What's not to love?
Unfortunately, the leader Josefa has an irritating backstory (running away to thieve because a life of material comfort is too confining) and we don't spend enough time with the other girls to really round out their motivations or relationships with one another as they rush aboard and the countdown to sinking begins. ⬇️

CaramelLunacy We don't spend enough time forming a clever plan that utilizes everyone's strengths, and we don't get enough sense of place to put the reader aboard Titanic. Not to mention Josefa's secret motivation makes even less sense than the rest of her impulsive ill-thought-through behaviour. I liked the other girls, though and wanted to spend more time with them. 3mo
BookmarkTavern I had the same problems with Josefa. I wanted more of all the other characters! 3mo
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LeahBergen
House of Glass | Susan Fletcher
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I pulled this off my shelf at random to read. Why? To make room for my Christmas book gifts. 😆😆 I‘m enjoying it, though.

New Year‘s book cull … incoming. 😆

Ruthiella A cull! 😱😆 3mo
LeahBergen @Ruthiella It‘s needed! 😆 3mo
TrishB Think I need one of those too! 3mo
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TheLudicReader I cull every once and a while…but it hurts. 3mo
Tamra Life is hard sometimes. 😉 3mo
LeahBergen @TrishB @TheLudicReader I try to do a couple every year but the books seem to reproduce when I‘m not looking. 😆 3mo
LeahBergen @Tamra Isn‘t it though? 😆 3mo
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KristiAhlers
Revenge in Rubies | A. M. Stuart
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Pickpick

This is officially a new favorite mystery series. Set in 1910 Singapore Harriet is a typist with a penchant to get embroiled in mysteries. Fast paced and filled with amazing characters.

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robinb
Evil in Emerald | A.M. Stuart
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Pickpick

This is 3rd in the series. I‘m enjoying the books overall, but this one wasn‘t quite as good as previous ones. Revolves around murders in Harriet‘s local amateur theater troupe featuring infidelity, greed, embezzling and mental health issues. The leads seemed a bit unlike themselves and not as connected as usual although Harriet surprises with a weird sudden epiphany where Curran is concerned. This one just did not flow as easily for me. 4/5⭐️

rubyslippersreads I might have to read this just because I ❤️ Gilbert & Sullivan. 4mo
robinb @rubyslippersreads Yes, they were putting on The Pirates of Penzance. 😊I really liked the previous two books but felt a weird disconnect from the characters in this one. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 4mo
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quietjenn
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Finishing up this collection. I really need to prioritize reading more short stories and collections.

Liz_M Hello Kitty! 5mo
dabbe Hello there, sweetest kitty! 🖤🐾🖤 5mo
rubyslippersreads 😻😻😻 4mo
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Hooked_on_books
A Front Page Affair | Radha Vatsal
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Pickpick

Her father Julian has landed in NYC, so Kitty has come to join him after finishing boarding school. She gets a job at a local paper on the Ladies‘ Page and is thus covering an event where a man is killed. It‘s 1915, so it‘s tricky for a woman to investigate, but she doesn‘t think the police are on the right track. This is a fun historical mystery that does a good job of establishing the era. I enjoyed it.

ShelleyBooksie Cute doggo 🐶😍💕 6mo
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BookmarkTavern
A Million to One | Adiba Jaigirdar
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Mehso-so

Four young women. One priceless book. And one fool proof plan. What could possibly go wrong on board the unsinkable Titanic?

This had a lot of things I loved. Well researched historical events, a countdown, diverse representation, ships, HEISTS. But the pacing was too slow, then too rushed at the end. A lot goes wrong just to go wrong. We didn‘t get nearly the character depth I wanted. & the ending left me a little disappointed. 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

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Preciouz29
Pickpick

A good continuation of the series, with a couple of mysteries that we try to solve; plenty of red herrings and lots of clues for us to sort through. The friendly side characters are fun as always.