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This book won lots of significant awards when it was released in 2015. It's definitely one of the most different and memorable reads I've read this year. But I also have to give it the title of worst I've read this year, and I have no joy giving that title to an author who shares... Continue Reading →
I don't know how Karen M. McManus does it, but every mystery she conjures out of thin air has generally the same kind of themes yet she makes it feel fresh and new every time. And this story of hers is different from her previous ones. Her debut, One Of Us Is Lying, was clearly... Continue Reading →
This book is just plain fun. Well, in addition, it's also a ferociously funny attack on those who use religion as an excuse to spread hate. And okay, it's also a thought-provoking romance, in a world where most romances aren't thought provoking. Taking place in a version of a past-century France that according to the... Continue Reading →
This is the third and final book in Caryn Lix's Sanctuary series. I had such a blast with the first book that I immediately picked up the second, but my expectations must have been way too high, and my interest in how the series would conclude mostly evaporated after it really fell short. Now that... Continue Reading →
William J. McGinn 