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Lucinda Berry ~ One of Our Own

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Started on 6/9/25.  It’s Lucinda so I have a feeling this one will go fast.  I absolutely love her work and can’t wait to start this one.
This book did NOT disappoint.  6/11/25 finished the book.  I could NOT put it down.
Single mom, raising a good son.  Party gets out of control and girl gets gang raped.  (Dark I know).  Boy claims no knowlege and girls parents go to police.  The story that unfolds is very very dark.

Lucinda never lets me down with a dark tale.  10/10 for me and a 2 day read.

 

John Marrs ~ The Good Samaritan

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6/12/25.  TikTok recommended this book.  I’ve read John before.  I just finished Lucinda’s book last night.  I think it’s going to be along the same lines…. haha get it?

6/21/25.  Finished in 9 days. Well this book is certainly a twisted revenge story.  Laura, the “End of the Line” volunteer finds “candidates” to help end their life to listen to their last breath.  Ryan’s wife is one of those victims.  He goes to great lengths to get her back for ending his wife’s life.  Who wins in the end?  Read it to find out.

I couldn’t put this book down once it got to the “meat” of the story.  Giving this book a 9/10.  Chapters were short, characters very well written.

 

John Sandford ~ Easy Prey (Book 11)

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Started on 4/2/25.  Finished on 4/30/25.  28 days.  Typical for me for a J.S. book.

A famous beauty star, her friends and ex boyfriends.  She is murdered and Lucas must find the killer.
Several more people are murdered who are the famous star’s friends or family.  Is it the creepy preacher, the weird art friend or someone you’d never suspect?

Lucas and Weather may be getting back together??  Then there is the hussy that he is sleeping with in this book but she goes back to France soon.

Overall I’ll give this one an 8/10

 

MRM ~ The Black Saint

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4/14/25
2 Gallon Batch

6lbs Honey
1 lbs Briess 2-row Black Malt
2 gallons spring water
1 T yeast nutrient
D-47 yeast

S.G. = 1.088 (about 10%)

4/21/25 S.G. = 1.042

5/4/25
S.G. = 1.000
Racked and stabilized.
1 t metabisulfite
1/2 t potassium sorbate
.75 oz cascade Hops

6/4/25
Labels Created.  Bottles prepped.

 

 

Wendy Corsi Staub ~ The Fourth Girl

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Amazon First Read: Started on 5/15/25.  Finished on 6/9/25. 25 Days.

Chapters were short.  Characters were written well.  Story drug on a bit for me.  I didn’t like going back and forth between past and present.  The chapter cliff hangers were few and far between but when done they were done well.

3 friends try and help the “fourth” friend escape her parents.  Mary Beth, the sister of the fourth girl was already banished by the parents.  The four girls promise to help Caroline and to meet at the 1 year anniversary of her escaping.
Then on the 25th anniversary Gordy gets murdered.  Is it Caroline?  Is it Talia?

Was a fairly decent read but it did drag a little.  I’m giving this book a 7/10.

 

A.M. Strong & Sonya Sargent ~ GraveWater Lake

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Amazon First Read.  Started on 4/30/25.  Finished on 5/12/25.  13 Days

Anna (Adria) lost her memory and showed up to a strangers house freezing cold and wet in the middle of a blizzard.  Gregg let her in.  With no memory she knew nothing of her life. Strange things start to happen in the house.  Making her question her sanity.  A stranger showing up at the door makes her question who she is.  She struggles between visions of real life and her past.

Turns out it’s not her past but her story.  She’s an author.

Great book and an easy read.  Chapters were short and characters very well defined.

9/10

Radio Browser

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If you haven’t heard about the awesome Alexa skill called Radio Browser you should check it out.
The add on does some really awesome stuff, but I’ll tell you how I use it.

I happen to run a Jazz radio station (mainly just for me and my family) and I love being able to walk throughout my house and ask my Amazon devices to play the “radio browser”.  Now I have it setup so that the “only” station that this skill plays is my stream meaning I don’t have to say anything else to her to get her to play my music.  I don’t have to tell it to play a specific station.

There are LOADS of stations that are available, I just want to hear my own music.

The add on is completely free for 14 days and then if you’d like to add your own stations to radio browser there is a small charge but is completely worth it.

Check out radio browser here:  https://radiobrowser.esp8266-server.de

If you’d like to check out my radio station check it out here:  https://wtur.org

 

Tamara Miller ~ Into the Fall

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Amazon First Read.  Started on 3/25/25. Finished on 4/2/25.  9 Days!!

Wow!  Matthew & Sarah have been married for 9 years.  They have 2 kids.  Their marriage isn’t doing well.  Sarah doesn’t know much about Matthew’s past and Matthew goes off on his own quite a bit.
A family camping trip should fix everything but things go terribly wrong and Matthew goes missing.
Did Sarah do it?  Did Bella do it?  Izzy, Sarah’s sister comes to help.

This one had me on the edge of my seat!  Giving it a 10.  I couldn’t put it down.