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LOCAL WOMAN MISSING. A NOVEL by Mary Kubica, Park Row Books, 2021 I was looking forward to starting this book. I was intrigued by the teaser on the inside jacket and I'd never read anything by this author. Waaahoooo! Time to dive in. The books begins with a very strong prologue that caught my attention… Continue reading Book Review: A Thriller that Doesn’t Thrill. Don’t Bother.
One of my favorite genres to read is thriller/suspense, I wasn't really ready for the horror of this book however. If You Tell. A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood by Gregg Olsen published by Thomas and Mercer 2019. This is a nonfiction (based on a true story) account… Continue reading Don’t Read This Book if You You Want to Sleep…
This is a short novel (176 pages, written by Sayaka Murata, published by Grove Press 2019; translated from Japanese to English by Ginny Tapley Takemori. This is a book about a woman in her mid-thirties, Keiko Furukura, who works at a convenience store in Tokyo. The job is repetitive, entry-level, and predictable. This has been… Continue reading Book Review: ‘Convenience Store Woman’-A Quirky and Unique Character