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I enjoy books about elderly seniors solving mysteries. This is one of several different series that I've come across.
Agnes Sharp and the Trip of a Lifetime by Leonie Swann, September 3, 2024, Soho CrimeA follow up mystery novel to The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp. Agnes and her octogenarian friends come face-to-face with a killer after winning a trip to a beautiful hotel in the seaside town of Cornwall. Translated from German
Currently reading:
a book just in time for birders or would-be-birders who are also rom com readers
Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb, June 4, 2024, Gallery Books. Genre: romance, contemporary fiction, adult fiction
Description
A divorcee crosses paths with a shy but sensitive birdwatcher who changes her life in this charming rom-com set in Arizona. Who knew Arizona had so many birders? I always imagined it as having just desert and red rock.
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Finished reading:
a very strange novel with an unusual plot and characters
One of Us Knows by Alyssa Cole, April 16, 2024; William Morrow. Genre: thriller, identity disorder, psychological thriller
Description: Years after a breakdown and a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder derailed her historical preservationist career, Kenetria Nash and her alters have been given a second chance they can’t refuse: a position as resident caretaker of a historic home.
I honestly didn't know how to rate this book. I can only say that the premise of multiple-personality Ken fighting for her life in a castle with a past is unique. Ken's many personalities interact and it's like reading a novel with real characters instead of one woman's separate identities/alternate identities popping up here and there during the narrative.
This plethora of characters/alters that belong to one woman known as Ken made me confused overall, however, and I found the novel too long to keep my interest. Ken's multiple personalities were so many and so diverse, I quickly flipped from the middle to the end of the book. A shorter version of the book would have kept my attention. And I really didn't understand the ending. Did Ken fall in love with one of her alternate identities?
A thriller that gives extra meaning to the title and also to the term psychological in the genre psych thriller.
Next to read:
a summer bike ride in Tuscany. A rom com with a view
Lost in Tuscany by Sophie Sinclair, June 14, 2024; BooksGoSocialGenre: romance, contemporary fiction
Description: Predictable thirty-six-year-old Summer Andrews doesn’t realize there’s such a thing as drunk-booking a trip until she wakes up with a beastly hangover and a non-refundable singles-only bike tour through Tuscany.
This is obviously a travel romance that has me curious about the sights on an Italian bike tour
Watching:
I continue to find Korean drama series fascinating, even though many of them are so long. Up to 16 episodes. I recommend a heart breaking My Mister, and romantic comedy, Business Proposal, for first timers. What are you reading/watching this week?
Memes: The Sunday Post hosted by The Caffeinated Bookreviewer. Also, It's Monday: What Are You Reading, Sunday Salon, and Stacking the Shelves
