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BOOK 42 of 2019: MY SISTER’S GRAVE by Robert Dugoni It’s funny how two people can have such different opinions. Hubby and I usually read and like the same books. He read this first and loved it - he asked if we had the 2nd in the series - so I was excited to read it. And it took me forever to get through. Seriously, I could have read 4 more books by now. It’s not a bad book. It’s a good plot about a detective who can’t let go of her sister’s disappearance twenty years ago. When they find her body, things presented at the trial that put a man away for her sister’s murder don’t add up and she investigated to find the truth. For me, it was slow reading though. Too many pages describing scenery and what people were wearing (I honestly started flipping through those pages) and not enough character development to really make me care about anyone but the dogs 🐶 Maybe the next in the series is better. I’d be willing to give it a shot. #robertdugoni #mysistersgrave #books #whatimreading #readanygoodbookslately #readabook #ilovebooks #bookworm #bookstagram #fiction #mysterynovel #imarriedalibrarian #booklover #goodreads #bibliophile #amreading https://www.instagram.com/p/By54DBBpB-O/?igshid=1glzndlav615l

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BOOK 41 OF 2019: RUN AWAY by Garlan Coben Who doesn’t love @harlancoben ? I couldn’t even tell you how many of his books I’ve read but it’s all of his standalones (not Myron series books). His books usually take place in Jersey and/or NY, they are fast-paced reads usually about some guy on a quest to figure out some personal mystery. The prose is fast and fun, the dialogue real and somewhat sarcastic. This book is about s father whose feud-addicted daughter goes missing. In his search for his daughter, he becomes embroiled in a mystery as men are being murdered. How is his daughter connected? It’s a good book with a few twists and a very likeable main character. My only criticisms: 1. I could have done without the vegan stereotypes (c’mon authors, it’s really getting old) and 2. Could we show the Bronx for something nicer than murders and drug dens? #harlancoben #runaway #books #whatimreading #readanygoodbookslately #readabook #ilovebooks #bookworm #bookstagram #fiction #mysterynovel #imarriedalibrarian #booklover #goodreads #bibliophile #amreading https://www.instagram.com/p/ByhCYZbJQew/?igshid=h6wfpwl5bixe

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BOOK 40 of 2019: CLOSER THAN YOU KNOW by Brad Parks This is my 2nd Brad Parks novel, the first being SAY NOTHING which was amazing. CLOSER THAN YOU KNOW is also a great story. It’s about Melanie who is a product of the foster care system and now has a family of her own. But one day her entire world falls apart when she is accused of crimes and her infant son is taken away and put into foster care. Melanie must try to prove her innocence even as the list of crimes she is accused of keeps growing. The prosecutor, meanwhile, is also trying to solve the case of a serial rapist, one of whose victims just happens to be Melanie. The book is well-written and suspenseful, definitely a page-turner that I finished quickly (and correctly guessed whodunit). #bradparks #closerthanyouknow #books #whatimreading #readanygoodbookslately #readabook #ilovebooks #bookworm #bookstagram #fiction #mysterynovel #imarriedalibrarian #booklover #goodreads #bibliophile #amreading https://www.instagram.com/p/ByT9PxahV12/?igshid=8ovp3svim0n1

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BOOK 36 of 2019: BEFORE WE WERE STRANGERS by Brenda Novak I’ve read several books by this author, in particular, her Hanover House series about a forensic psychiatrist in an Alaskan institute for the criminally insane. This book is not part of that series. BEFORE WE WERE STRANGERS is a light suspense novel which is mostly a romance. It’s a Lifetime movie-type formulaic story with family secrets, a return to a home town, a (predictable) whodunnit, and a lost love rekindled. The book is enjoyable and the characters are interesting (though the main character was the least interesting to me. The supporting characters are much more developed). I would definitely recommend it if you like romances with a little mystery mixed in. #brendanovak #beforewewerestrangers #books #whatimreading #readanygoodbookslately #readabook #ilovebooks #bookworm #bookstagram #fiction #mysterynovel #imarriedalibrarian #booklover #goodreads #bibliophile #amreading https://www.instagram.com/p/BxX2yRrgeJk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11qq519e3d5s1

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BOOK 31 of 2019: Ok, because you voted in my stories, I will tell you about books I read but didn’t love BUT that doesn’t mean you won’t love it. We all have different tastes and opinions. Honestly, I don’t like to write negative things because I know it’s the author’s baby and the result of hard work and a dream. So that said... THE BLIND by A.F. Brady is about a psychologist who works in a psychiatric hospital but she has plenty of her own problems. That includes a difficult patient that asked for only her but won’t open up to her, her alcoholism, and abusive relationships. The book is mostly about her figuring out stuff about herself and the patient. The book was advertised as a thriller but I didn’t find that accurate. Nothing was suspenseful to me. In fact, the one part that was probably supposed to be suspenseful was obvious from the beginning so there was no big twist for me. I was annoyed by the lack of insight of the character and the depiction of mental health practitioners in general. But lots of people loved it so you have to decide for yourself. #theblind #books #whatimreading #readanygoodbookslately #readabook #ilovebooks #bookworm #bookstagram #fiction #mysterynovel #imarriedalibrarian #booklover #goodreads #bibliophile #amreading https://www.instagram.com/p/BwctRs3AJRa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qufzyxe4g0g3

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These Things Hidden is the 2nd book by @heathergudenkauf that I’ve read. This one was extraordinary, emotional, and suspenseful with twists I never saw coming. The book involves a few women in a small Iowa town. A 21-year old girl released from prison, her younger sister who is struggling mentally and emotionally, a young nursing student caring for her dying stepdad and an adoptive mom - each with their own stories and secrets that interweave and collide. I really enjoyed this book. Put it on your reading list! 📚 #heathergudenkauf #thesethingshidden #books #whatimreading #readanygoodbookslately #readabook #ilovebooks #bookworm #imarriedalibrarian #booklover #bibliophile #amreading https://www.instagram.com/p/BtMdqE1gyzZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10tl5g86dt5nk

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It’s always fun to find a new (to me) author to read and even better when I love the book. But even extra great is when that author has a series...or three. I just finished “Her Last Day” by @trraganauthor and I loved it. I read it right through. It’s the first in her Jessie Cole series. Jessie Cole is a private investigator whose sister went missing a decade ago. The book covers her search for her sister, with journalist Ben, who has his own backstory of mystery and amnesia, plus the hunt for an extremely violent serial killer. Warning: there’s torture so if you can’t read that stuff, you might not like this. So far there are 3 Jessie Cole books and another you can pre-order. T. R. Ragan (who has romance novels under Theresa Ragan) has 2 more series: the Lizzy Gardner series and the Faith McMann trilogy that I’m starting now and I’m already hooked! 📚 #trragan #jessiecole #Books #whatimreading #readanygoodbookslately #readabook #ilovebooks #bookworm #imarriedalibrarian #booklover #bibliophile #amreading https://www.instagram.com/p/BstWQdSAN2C/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3kaiu1o6y2a9