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Mel Leslie
Mar 20, 2020
The Family Upstairs
Lisa Jewell is the queen of writing thrillers with multiple story lines that come together in an expected way. The Family Upstairs is no...
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Mel Leslie
Mar 20, 2020
The Mother-in-Law
The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth is a domestic suspense novel that reminded me of Liane Moriarty's style of writing. Both authors are...
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Mel Leslie
Mar 20, 2020
Before She Knew Him
Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson is a run, roller coaster of a thriller novel that combines a protagonist with mental health issues...
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Mel Leslie
Mar 20, 2020
Normal People
Normal People by Sally Rooney was probably one of the most interesting, and slightly confusing, books I have read in a long time. I was...
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Mel Leslie
Mar 20, 2020
The Forest City Killer
Cold case sleuth, Vanessa Brown, constructed a brilliant true crime novel about a string of mysterious killings in London, Ontario, known...
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Mel Leslie
Mar 20, 2020
A Good Man
Thank you to Penguin Books and Bibliofinder for the gifted copy of A Good Man by Ani Katz! What do you get when you take a man with a...
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Mel Leslie
Mar 20, 2020
The Heart's Invisible Furies
The September book choice for Random Readers Book Club was The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne. This was my first John Boyne...
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Mel Leslie
Mar 20, 2020
The Butterfly Girl
Rene Denfeld has quickly become one of my favorite authors in the thriller genre. I fell in love with Naomi's story in The Child Finder...
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Mel Leslie
Mar 20, 2020
Watching You
I have been a huge Lisa Jewell fan since I first listened to Then She Was Gone on audio. I quickly fell in love with her style of...
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Mel Leslie
Mar 20, 2020
Small Great Things
Wow. Just, wow. This book was stunning. It was heart wrenching and thought provoking. I felt conflicted and uncomfortable while I...
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Mel Leslie
Mar 20, 2020
The Lager Queen of Minnesota
The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal is a absolute gem of a book. I was completely enveloped in the characters and their...
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Mel Leslie
Mar 20, 2020
Brain on Fire
The August book choice for Random Reader's Book Club was Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan and it did not disappoint. This journalistic...
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Mel Leslie
Mar 19, 2020
Mrs. Everything
I am not sure what rock I was living under, but Mrs. Everything was my first Jennifer Weiner novel. I was lucky enough to receive an ARC...
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Mel Leslie
Mar 19, 2020
Hillbilly Elegy
I had seen Hillbilly Elegy "A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis" by J.D. Vance floating around during the last presidency race and...
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Mel Leslie
Mar 19, 2020
My Lovely Wife
This book was such a wild ride and is totally underrated! It is easy to get sucked into the new release craze, feeling pressured to read...
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Mel Leslie
Mar 17, 2020
Josh & Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
Guys, I am not a romance person. I gag at the thought of reading a love story and feel much more comfortable reading about serial...
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Mel Leslie
Mar 17, 2020
The Whisper Man
"If you leave a door half open, soon you'll hear the whispers spoken. If you play outside alone, soon you won't be going home. If your...
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Mel Leslie
Mar 17, 2020
The River
I am drawn to books with a wilderness survival aspect and have been wanting to pick up The River by Peter Heller since it was first...
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Mel Leslie
Mar 17, 2020
This is How it Always is
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel was the July pick for Random Readers Book Club. I have had this one on my shelf for awhile...
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Mel Leslie
Mar 17, 2020
The Perfect Wife
This was one of those ARCs that I requested from Net Galley without fully reading the description. Sometimes going in blind to a book is...
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