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The Guest List by Lucy Foley

by Bubbly Bibbly | Dec 28, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: On a remote island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate the wedding of Jules Keegan and Will Slater. Will is a rising television star, handsome and charming. Jules is a smart, ambitious magazine publisher. Though the sea is a little choppy and...

A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley

by Bubbly Bibbly | Dec 22, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: Award-winning author Alan Bradley returns with another beguiling novel starring the insidiously clever and unflappable eleven-year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce. The precocious chemist with a passion for poisons uncovers a fresh slew of misdeeds in the hamlet of...

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

by Bubbly Bibbly | Dec 22, 2020 | Book Review, YA

Summary: Katherine V thought boys were grossKatherine X just wanted to be friendsKatherine XVIII dumped him in an e-mailK-19 broke his heart When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton’s type happens to be girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls...

A Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash

by Bubbly Bibbly | Dec 22, 2020 | Book Review, Literary Fiction

Summary: A stunning debut reminiscent of the beloved novels of John Hart and Tom Franklin, A Land More Kind Than Home is a mesmerizing literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in a small western North Carolina town For a curious boy...

Beekeeping for Beginners by Laurie R. King

by Bubbly Bibbly | Dec 17, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: Sherlock Holmes is fending off a particularly dark mood as he roams the Sussex Downs, in search of wild bees. The Great War may be raging across the Channel, but on the Downs, the great detective nears terminal melancholia—only to be saved by an encounter...