“Never tell all you know—not even to the person you know best.”
Or as I knew it before in the Spanis version: El Misterioso Mr. Brown.
Author: Agatha Christie
Genres: Detective, Crime Novel
I can’t remember when I read this book, maybe over ten years ago or more, but I do remember this, I liked and thought it was cool to get into suspense and think, oh what’s happening, uuh what’s that?
It was nice. But The Secret Adversary is about looking for clues, following up people, and finding them.
Continue reading “TBT: The Secret Adversary”How could all of it go sideways so terribly?
By the time I finished watching this one, I was too shocked to even write about it, so I let it sit in my mind…
Crass mistake, now I can hardly remember what was that happened except for the end of season 4 of Stranger Things. 🤣🫠
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Welcome to a Flashback Friday or Friday Flashback, whichever you prefer. Here we are with Stranger Things once more.
Continue reading “Stranger Things Season 4 – Part 2: Wow Wow”“It’s an unassuming name, but also . . . powerful. Because of where she came from.”
Series: The Lunar Chronicles
Book: Stars Above
Story: The Keeper
Author: Marissa Meyer
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Retellings, Short Stories
This will be short. 😆
So, I am slowly but surely making my way through the stories in Stars Above. I read it all in the wrong order, so don’t judge me. You can check my other reviews for it here.
This one, The Keeper, is the first story in the book. If you have ever read The Lunar Chronicles book 1 to 4, then you will probably be into reading this one. If you haven’t already.
Continue reading “The Keeper: A Stars Above Story”“But no artist, I now realize, can be satisfied with art alone. There is a natural craving for recognition which cannot be gain-said.”
Author: Agatha Christie
Genre: Classics, Fiction, Crime, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Mystery
First time I read this one was like fifteen years ago, and yes, this is a classic mystery that I would recommend, and that sucks you in, unlike other mystery or thrillers I have read where there is not much to it.
I don’t mean to be so dismissive of new stories, but some of those books leave me with a sense of: meh. I cannot help. Even if I do have a section on Mystery/Thriller here on the blog because I recently read more books in that genre than I ever did in the past.
Anyway, going back to And Then There Were None, which even for my young mind, it was quite good and left me wondering about it for a few days. I don’t remember the whole meat in the middle of it, but I know that I liked it.
Continue reading “And Then There Were None: Quick View”“Be with me always – take any form – drive me mad! Only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you!”
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As I enjoyed doing one of small towns, I decided to go over to Europe and enjoy the scenery in the UK, not just London or Oxford, but other parts will count as well in this book challenge.
I have read a few books either by British authors or US authors that decided to set the book across seas, so I remembered that I have read some of those and let’s see if I can name a few.
Continue reading “Books Set in the UK Challenge”‘The most dangerous thing about Pandora is that you might grow to love her too much.’
Jake Sully
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Almost the end of the year, and some of this time you think back to what you read, watched or did. Mostly you cannot remember or think it was not this year. For months I cannot remember what I did because it was a mesh of months for me.
But I can try to remember for you, and this top shows of 2022 that I watched.
Continue reading “What did I Watch this Year?”Hello, dearies! ❄☃
Sorry I didn’t publish this one earlier. Smashwords it’s currently running its annual End of Year Sale. Sale Dates: December 15 – January 1, 2023.
So, here is a new 2022 Smaswords list of books that are on sale or are free, get them while they’re hot. Here are some that caught my attention.
This Christmas, something magical is happening in Sapphire Bay. When a Christmas Facebook post goes viral, Emma, Kylie, Bailey, and Shelley are swamped with people asking Santa for help. Join them as they make people’s Christmas wishes come true and, in the process, find their happy ever after.
With a single touch, I’ve unlocked a piece of history that will irrevocably alter my future. For years, I’ve been hiding in plain sight, pretending to be an average young woman by running my mother’s antique shop and dating cute, ordinary guys.
To earn her wings, Cupid’s apprentice Dar has until Valentine’s Day to match two-time Loser Laura Quinn with Boring Brian Hoffman.
Note: I have some doubts about this one, but not enough to stop me from adding it to my cart.
When the kiss-cam lands on perpetually-single Gemma, she thinks she’ll die of embarrassment…Until the sexy stranger in the seat next to her steps in to save the day. But what happens when just one kiss isn’t enough?
She’s duty bound to a family dream. With a slew of struggles and surprises, can she make this holiday season one to remember? Claire Chandler’s passion has just been put on hold.
And that’s it for this list, dearies! 🎇 Hope you found one that you would add to your reading list or buy at once. And this isn’t about me, but my romance books under my penname are also on Smashwords and on sale for December.
Thank you for stopping by the blog and hitting like, or sharing, or perhaps following the blog if you’re not already.
This is not my last of the year but if you don’t catch the next one then happy Christmas and upcoming New 2023. ⛄
A mystery? Yes, it sort of was, but was it horror? Not really. This book dives into the mind of a Final Girl, literally. But that’s just one opinion.
3⭐
Author: Grady Hendrix
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Fiction, Mystery
Well, I have my doubts about the horror tag or thriller, it’s more Mystery and Drama than anything else.
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This one it’s more like a movie than a book, and you find yourself thinking about all the horror movies you watched in the past, and trying to pair those with the characters in the book rather than paying attention to the storyline.
Continue reading “The Final Girl Support Group”“Fiction only really worked if it was built like a lattice through which you were repeatedly offered glimpses of absolute truth.”
Author: Catherine Ryan Howard
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Adult, Suspense
3⭐
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Here’s another I wouldn’t have picked up from a shelf on a trip to the bookstore, yet I read it.
The Nothing Man is one of those books that didn’t have my full attention until about sixty per cent of it was already behind me.
I could have left it on the side, I could have stopped reading long before that half mark, but I pushed on, and I am sorry for those who are fans, but it didn’t amount to much at the end.
Continue reading “The Nothing Man: Review?”“The people you love weren’t algebra: to be calculated, subtracted, or held at arm’s length across a decimal point.”
Book: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
Version: UK
Series: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder #1
Page count: 433 pgs.
Author: Holly Jackson
Genre: Mystery, Young Adult, Thriller
4⭐
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Here’s another that I didn’t think I would create or read, but life has its turns and here we are.
I enjoyed Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, even when the YA part got a little exaggerated and I was fighting with the main character out aloud alone in my room.
Continue reading “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder: Book Review”
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