Started on 5/26/26. Back to my old buddy Lucas Davenport. Him and Weather have moved into the new house with the new baby. Finished on 6/10/26. 15 Days. Not to bad for a Davenport book. Lucas gets called up to northern Minnesota to 2 bodies lynched and naked. He takes Del with him. Cold and …
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Freida McFadden ~ The Perfect Son
Started on 5/20/26. I love her writing! Finished on 5/26/26. 6 days. I couldn’t put this book down. From the very first page & chapter it hooks you in. The son, a quiet straight A student has a dark side. His new girlfriend goes missing and he’s getting the blame by everyone. Most of the …
Lee Goldberg ~ Murder by Design
Amazon first read. Started on 5/11/26. 245 pages. Looked good so I thought I’d try it. Edison Bixby. Detective. Shot in face. Lived. Needed a side kick to continue to work. Grant Murdock. Executive chef, narcissist and playboy. Drops dead from his Gumbo recipe at a big event. Bridget McGregor. Detective. Finished 5/20/26. Really good …
MRM ~ stROY-berry Hargove’s Strawberry
4 Gallon batch 2/20/26 8 lbs Frozen strawberries from Walmart (2 4lb bags) Thawed with Pectic Enzyme (1 TBlsp) berries in 2 buckets and mashed 2/21/26 I’m doing this in 2 buckets so it’s 1 recipe for both. Each bucket gets the same recipe. 4 lbs honey 2 gallons water Strawberries 1 Tsp Fermaid-O Mangrove …
John Marrs ~ The Passengers
Started on 5/1/26. This was TikTok recommended best book. I’m 22 chapters into the book. It took a while to get to the “meat” but now that I’m there I don’t want to stop reading. I’ll let you know when I finish. Finished on 5/10/26. 9 Days!! The meat of the book was great. It …
Kate White ~ Have You Seen Me?
I started this book on 4/21/26 and hope to finish by EOM. So far I like it. I’m about 5 chapters in. Finished on 4/28/26. 7 days. You lose 2 complete days of your memory. You show up to a job that you haven’t had in 5 years. It’s called a “Fugue State”. To fill …
Lucinda Berry ~ Keep Your Friends Close
Started this book on 4/11/26 (Vacation book). Finished on 4/19/26. If I wouldn’t have been on vacation I could’ve finished this book in 3 days. It was really good. Story around a group of Moms. One of them gets murdered at the “Mom’s Only” party. Who did it and why? All the secrets come out …
Riley Sager ~ Survive the Night
Started this book on 4/1/26. Chapters are kind of long. Characters are well written and the story line is suspenseful. Charlie loses her best friend to the Campus Killer. She’s leaving school early and needs a ride home back to Youngstown, OH. The ride share board where she’s looking she meets Josh (or Jake) willing …
Freida McFadden ~ The Devil Wears Scrubs
Started this book on 3/26/26 and finished on 4/1/26. Yes 6 days. It’s Kendra’s work life. Mean boss, always putting down. Others can do no wrong but she puts down this one intern down all the time. This book was good, the ending was kind of meh! Chapters were short and I knew who everyone …
Freida McFadden ~ One by One
Just finished “Do You Remember” by Freida so I’m sticking the train and reading this one next. Starting on 3/21/26. Finished on 3/24/26. Yep 3 days. Claire a mother of 2 and wife for 10 years is starting to hate her husband. She’s having a fling with her husbands best friend. 6 friends book a …