I’m #currentlyreading Fallout, the third book in the Crank series by Ellen Hopkins. This book is from the perspectives of three of Kristina Snow’s five children, Hunter, Autumn, and Summer. They all have different fathers and live with different guardians.
I’m also reading A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson. Pippa (Pip) Fitza-Amobi is working on her senior capstone project. Her topic of choice? To research the roles of print, televised, and social media in police investigations using the case of Andie Bell as a case study.
Five years ago, Andie Bell went missing and then was presumed to be dead when her body was not located. Her boyfriend, Sal Singh, is believed to be the murderer but this could not be confirmed because he was found dead in the woods, presumably from suicide. The police and practically the whole town believe he murdered Andie. Pip does not.
Now that Spotify offers audiobooks to premium subscribers, I can listen to audiobooks without having to wait for them to be available on Libby. I remember when Spotify first added audiobooks and you were required to purchase them. I thought it was absurd. I already pay for premium services, and you want me to pay extra to listen to some books? No thanks.
Arthur Conan Doyle created the greatest detective in history, but he wasn’t great at spotting scams in real life. This week: the “spirit photography” hoax, which tricked Doyle and Mary Todd Lincoln, among others.
@worldhistory@histodons whilst I have not personally witnessed ghostly additions in photos, I have had direct personal experience of somebody who was present not appearing in the developed photo.
Several of us were reading the words of a song pinned to the back of the girl in front, but in the final photo she is missing from the chorus line. We are all looking at an empty space.
A long time before photoshop; the photographer was unaware until it was pointed out
There was never an explanation
This book definitely had me gripping its pages and wanting to know what was going to happen next. I love a good #mystery#thriller novel, and I also love the concept of #timetravel, so combining the two was perfect. Did I know this book would be about time travel initially? No. I wanted to read it because it's a mystery/thriller. But as soon as Jen woke up on Day Minus One, then Day Minus Two, I knew. At first, I was confused by the frequent time skips and didn't understand why they were so random, but after learning that they may be happening so that Jen can pay more attention to the details of her surroundings and interactions, it made more sense. Like, if you had a chance to go back and do things differently, would you do it?
@1dalm@bookstodon I could use some mystery recommendations too. A favorite that's pretty old is the Leaphorn series by Tony Hillerman about Navajo police solving mysteries. I also enjoyed the Maisie Dobbs series, but the first book was my least favorite 😝 A fun cozy mystery series is Lady Hardcastle by TE Kinsey.
@bookstodon@1dalm 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. I will give you no description of the story, because none was given to me and it made the story better trying to figure out what was going on.
@TootTropiques@bookstodon Someone smarter than me, a long long time ago pointed out that the difference between comedy and tragedy is w you stop writing.
I’ll rate this somewhere between 3.5 and 4 stars. It took a long time for me to actually finish reading this book. I picked it up and put it down so many times, because I was annoyed with the main character’s personality and behavior and I didn’t exactly enjoy the pacing. But once I finally was determined to finish it, everything I thought I knew about the story changed. Sarah Pearce wrote so many plot twists and turns, I never would’ve guessed the truth on my own. Besides the mystery of solving the murders was also Elin’s journey to the truth—not only of the current situation but also of her past. After all she’s experienced at Le Sommet, I hope she continues on a path of healing.
Side note… The truth behind the murders and the horrifying past of the hotel???? I almost want to call it unhinged.
@bookstodon I don’t think the novel is classified as horror, but the shit that was happening back in the day when the building was a sanatorium can only be described as something straight out of a horror movie. #bookreview
I’m #reading via #audiobook Devil’s Bride (#book 1/Cynster but 2nd chronologically). I think I first #read this #historical#romance#mystery in 2009 when it was released & have listened to it before, too. When reading on paper or ebook, it’s possible to skip the epically long sex or nearly-sex scenes - pretty sure one of them lasts over 20 pages. This one is neither my favorite nor my least favorite of the Cynsterverse. #books#romancelandia#bookstodon@romancebooks https://amzn.to/45RSI7h
#Library guest: “I don’t think you can help me. I don’t remember the title or the author but one of the detectives is named Pentecost.” Oh ye of little faith. #mystery#bookstodon@librarians
I reviewed The Graveyard Shift by Maria Lewis for Grimdark Magazine! A late-night radio host finds herself targeted by a Scream-style slasher. Fast and fun, but maybe a bit too light-hearted?
@RobinMarx@bookstodon Having now read this book, I would also like to add that my suspension of disbelief in the opening sequences was severely impacted by the implausible lack of drunken yobs shouting "Piss off, Yank, we don't do Halloween in Australia" (I also found it a bit weird that one of the characters knew who Bill Belichick was, but maybe people care about the NFL in Australia now)
Years ago, I’d bought a tall stack of used Martha Grimes Inspector Jury books and began reading through them. One day I thought, “Why do I feel so depressed?”
Around 2,000 penguins wash up dead on Uruguay coast: Around 2,000 penguins have appeared dead on the coast of eastern Uruguay in the last 10 days, and the cause, which does not appear to be avian influenza, remains a mystery, authorities said. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-penguins-dead-uruguay-coast.html