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2021: #67 – My Lovely Wife (Samantha Downing)

June 13, 2022June 10, 2022 0 Comment
My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing

This is a wild book where two sociopaths meet on a plane, get married, have 2 kids, and become serial killers. You get everything from the point of view of the husband, which certainly qualifies as an unreliable narrator. The wife is not very well portrayed, despite both of them being partners in these crimes — he as the hunter, she as the killer. The

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classic domestic suspense review 

2021: #49 – The Stepford Wives (Ira Levin)

December 27, 2021December 22, 2021 0 Comment
The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin

I wish I knew what it was like to read this book back when it was released, before “Stepford Wife” became part of the modern zeitgeist and everyone found out what the twist was. Regardless, Levin is a master of suspense and the creation of dread, and this is well worth the read even if you do know what’s going on before you begin. Other

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Hi, I’m Jaime…

That’s I before M, 5 letters, no Ys. Obsessed with books. A lot.

   

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Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
contemporary romance review romance 

2021: #81 – Spoiler Alert (Olivia Dade)

November 1, 2022October 31, 2022 Jaime 0 Comments

I really liked the heart of this book. I loved April and her unapologetic geekiness, and I liked what Dade has to say about body positivity, and that she wrote a male protagonist that walks the talk. What I wasn’t expecting was just how detailed into the fanfiction subculture this was going to go. It’s one of the few times I’ve started a book and

Cover Your Eyes by Mary Burton
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2021: #80 – Cover Your Eyes (Mary Burton)

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 Jaime 0 Comments
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
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2021: #79 – Fall of Giants (Ken Follett)

August 26, 2022August 26, 2022 Jaime 0 Comments
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
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2021: #78 – The Priory of the Orange Tree (Samantha Shannon)

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