Calculated in Death by J.D. Robb - another in the series of futuristic Eve Dallas books. I like these for the author's take on a slightly (2060) future era and on the relationships Eve has built over time. This time Eve is investigating the supposed mugging of an accountant. There are sex scenes between Eve and her husband - I skip right past them and they've become very formulaic.
3 stars
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Carrie and Me by Carol Burnett - Carol's daughter, Carrie, died of cancer in her late 30's. In this book she tells of their troubled relationship during Carrie's teen years. Then the rest is mostly a series of emails to each other. The second half of the book is a short story written by Carrie that was unfinished when she died. I was a little disappointed in this book, I didn't feel it had a lot of depth. But then I wouldn't be able to write a book about a dead daughter at all. And the fictional story is just eh.
2 stars
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The Raft by S.A. Bodeen - a young adult book that reads like a young adult book, very short chapters. A young girl is on a cargo plane that crashes and is adrift on the ocean with no food or water. The co-pilot is unconscious and she must make decisions on her own.
3 stars
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The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye - 1845, the New York police force has just been formed and Timothy Wilde unexpectedly finds himself a member of the force. He's thrust into an investigation of the disappearance and possible murder of several children. I wanted to give this 5 stars but it's very dark. Probably fairly accurate for the times. The politics, immigrant tension and reaction to poverty seem very familiar.
4 stars
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