Tag Archives: mini-review

The Heart Principle, by Helen Hoang

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Amanda

Anna is struggling. Her music career is on hold due to anxiety, and her longterm boyfriend has decided to “open their relationship” before committing. Anna decides to try out a dating app in a kind of revenge, and meets Quan. … Continue reading →

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Fugitive Telemetry, by Martha Wells

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Amanda

A dead body shows up in the middle of a public area on Preservation Station. These sorts of things just don’t happen here, so no one knows how to handle it – except Murderbot. The human security team doesn’t trust … Continue reading →

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The Night Hawks, by Elly Griffiths (audio)

Posted on July 23, 2021 by Amanda

In this 13th installment of the Ruth Galloway mysteries, a new Bronze Age burial site has been discovered by the Night Hawks, a group of metal detectorists in search of treasure. Unfortunately, a fresh body is found nearby, entangling the … Continue reading →

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Murderbot Diaries #2-5

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Amanda

When I read a bunch of series books back to back like this, I don’t like to do individual reviews for each one. I especially like to skip descriptions as that can cause inadvertent spoilers for earlier volumes. So after … Continue reading →

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All Systems Red, by Martha Wells

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Amanda

From GoodReads: On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid—a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of … Continue reading →

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In Search of Elsewhere, by Steve McCurry

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Amanda

Subtitled: Unseen Images The cover of this photography book is so striking that I had to check it out from my library on the very first day I was let back inside to browse. The book is mostly made up … Continue reading →

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My Sister, the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Amanda

“Korede, I killed him.” Words that Korede never wanted to experience again, words she has experienced too many times now. Her younger sister, Ayoola, has an inconvenient habit of murdering her boyfriends, and it’s Korede’s job to clean up after … Continue reading →

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Two Last-Minute Mini-Reviews

Posted on December 28, 2020 by Amanda

So the year is almost over, and I’m pretty much done with anything I might read in 2020. Tomorrow, my end-of-year book post will go up, and I wanted to have everything reviewed beforehand. Thankfully, the last two books I … Continue reading →

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The Blood Card, by Elly Griffiths (audio)

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Amanda

In this third volume of the Magic Men series, Edgar Stevens and Max Mephisto are called in by the military to investigate the suspicious death of their former commander. Only no one is who they appear to be, everyone has … Continue reading →

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Find Me, by Anne Frasier (audio)

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Amanda

When a notorious serial killer offers to lead detective Daniel Ellis to the bodies of his victims, the investigator is willing to provide anything the man wants. Daniel believes his mother is one of the killer’s victims, and wants closure … Continue reading →

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