Category Archives: Mystery

Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris
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Posted on March 20, 2015 by

Well, this was GOING to be a Two Dorks, One Book feature post, but SOMEONE didn’t read it. So it’s just me. Reviewing alone again. Like a solitary, non bookdorky, book blogger. Because where are you, Kelley, and what are … Continue reading →

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Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
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Posted on February 4, 2015 by

Oh, I liked this one so much better than Dark Places!!! I hate when I have to do a bad review 😉   A not-super-good reporter at a fourth-rate paper in Chicago is sent back to her tiny hometown to … Continue reading →

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Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
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Posted on January 17, 2015 by

I liked Gone Girl so much in book club that I decided to add this in for my “book by an author you love that you haven’t read yet” category in the Popsugar Reading challenge. It is one of the … Continue reading →

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The Books of Ember series by Jeanne DuPrau
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Posted on August 13, 2014 by

The City of Ember – I enjoyed this first installment in the popular dystopian YA series. It follows two teens, Lina and Doon, as they look for a way to save or escape their dying subterranean city. The story takes place … Continue reading →

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The Lord John series – Diana Gabaldon
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Posted on May 9, 2014 by

These all seem to be mysteries, which is not generally a genre I’m drawn to. I don’t entirely understand why there are so many books about Lord John, who I always considered to be a rather boring character, but Gabaldon … Continue reading →

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The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line – Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham (Veronica Mars #1)
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Posted on March 31, 2014 by

Story time! Sometimes at work there’s a birthday or a going away party or something, and someone brings in a cake. The cake is always from a bakery, and is covered with thick, fluffy white icing all decorated in swirls … Continue reading →

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Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
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Posted on January 27, 2014 by

Oh, man. Man, man, man. Mannnnnnnnnn. I just finished reading Gone Girl and I’m so upset that book club was cancelled this week because of the snow so I have to wait until NEXT TUESDAY to discuss it!!! So Nick’s … Continue reading →

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The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley
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Posted on July 20, 2013 by

Again, I was looking for something different, and found this. I guess you’d call it half archaeological mystery and half ghost story. (Hmmm, I wonder if that makes it fall into the magical realism category???) Narrator Verity Grey is hired … Continue reading →

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And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
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Posted on March 23, 2013 by

So, I’m highly offended that this book was originally called Ten Little Niggers. I guess that title was eventually (and rightly) deemed too offensive, so they changed it to the marginally (?) more politically-correct Ten Little Indians. Some time ago … Continue reading →

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The Second Duchess – Elizabeth Loupas
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Posted on March 20, 2013 by

So yeah, The Second Duchess is based on a poem by Robert Browning. The poem is thought to be about Lucrezia de Medici, the young wife of Alfonso de Este, who died at age 16 in 1561, and describes Alfonso … Continue reading →

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