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Book #71 was Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard. The back of the book reads: …the deliciously racy topic that Jaine Bright and her three girlfriends are pondering one night at their favorite after-hours hot spot: Mr. Perfect. Would he be tall, dark, and handsome? Caring and warmhearted — or will just muscular do? As their conversation hears up, they concoct a tongue-in-cheek checklist that becomes
Read moreBook #70 was A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews. The back of the book reads: In this stunning coming-of-age novel, award-winner Miriam Toews balances grief and hope in the voice of a witty, beleaguered teenager whose family is shattered by fundamentalist Christianity “Half of our family, the better-looking half, is missing,” Nomi Nickel tells us at the beginning of A Complicated Kindness. Left alone with
Read moreBook #69 was Death on the Nile, a Hercule Poirot mystery by Agatha Christie. The back of the book reads: A honeymoon cruise for Simon and Linnet Doyle turns into a nightmare when Linnet is found shot to death. One of the passengers is Jacqueline de Bellefort, Simon’s jealous ex-fiance, who has confessed to Hercule Poirot that she wants revenge for Linnet stealing Simon from
Read moreBook #68 was Plum Island, the first book in Nelson DeMille’s John Corey series. The back of the book reads: Wounded in the line of duty, NYPD homicide cop John Corey is convalescing in rural eastern Long Island when an attractive young couple he knows is found shot to death on the family patio. The victims were biologists at Plum Island, a research site rumored
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