Stella Bain by Anita Shreve - a woman comes to in a military hospital during WWI not knowing who she is. She journeys to England and is taken in by a doctor and his wife. Not so much a story of the war as it is a story of a woman finding herself.
4 stars
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After Dark by Wilkie Collins - published in 1856, this is a collection of six short stories woven together by "Leah's Diary". Evidently a story couldn't just be told back then without preface upon preface, it took forever to get to the first story. Too many words.
2 stars
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Paw Prints at Owl Cottage by Denis O'Connor - I like the stories the author tells of his cats, I didn't always like the way he told them. Also, as a psychologist, he seemed to want to treat his cats as people in almost demanding their affection. I am ambivalent.
3 stars
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Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune by Bill Dedman - Huguette was the daughter of W.A. Clark, a man who made millions in the copper industry. In 2009, it was discovered that she owned 3 mansions but was living in a hospital and had been for 20 years. Could have been a very dry book but was not.
3 stars
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Twenty-eight and a Half Wishes by Denise Grover Swank - Rose Gardner is 24 and has been belittled and mistreated by her mother all her life. She's also psychic and has visions of usually mundane things which she then blurts out. So most of her town thinks she's weird. But when her mother is killed and she is a suspect she finally begins to stand up for herself. I saw this series mentioned on another site and the first book was free on Kindle so then I was hooked.
3 stars
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Twenty-nine and a Half Reasons
Thirty and a Half Excuses
Falling to Pieces
Thirty-one and a Half Regrets all by Denise Grover Swank - the continuation of Rose Gardner's changing life. She's still learning about herself and still getting caught up in murder and mayhem. These are part romance novels and there are sex scenes that get more graphic with each book. While I've enjoyed these books, I don't think I'll read the new one coming out later this year. Evolving into a storyline that aggravates me and too graphic.
3 stars for all except Falling to Pieces, 2 stars. It was one of those .5 books that are supposed to bridge the gap between two "real"books and it was mostly a retelling of the previous book.
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Saints of the Shadow Bible - Rebus is back and the Complaints Dept of the police force is re-opening a 30 years old case he and old workmates were involved with. This tangles with a current case and there are lots of turns and twists and wondering who can be trusted. Figured it out at the same time as Rebus so that left me feeling quite smart.
4 stars
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Dragons of the Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis - actually, this was a graphic novel based on the book, my library doesn't have a copy of the book. Too many characters for a graphic novel where the art doesn't help you distinguish them.
2 stars
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The Blue Hour by T. Jefferson Parker - a retired detective undergoing cancer treatment is called back to help an unseasoned detective track down a serial killer. Quite exciting at the end.
3 stars
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