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 …
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MRM ~ The Black Saint
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
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 …
Freida McFadden ~ Death Row
Amazon first read. Started on 5/13/25. This was a 1 day book. It was short but very good. Giving this book a 9/10. Tells the story of an inmate on death row and the struggles of the last days.
A.M. Strong & Sonya Sargent ~ GraveWater Lake
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 …
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Radio Browser
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 …
Tamara Miller ~ Into the Fall
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 …
Clark Terry Autobiography
I started this on January 1. It took me all month to finish it. It’s January 30th. It was a really good book that I didn’t want to finish.
James R. Benn ~ A Blind Goddess (Billy Boyle Book 8)
Well hello old friend. Started this book on 2/20/25 and finished on 3/20/25. 28 Days. Enjoyment: 9 Billy finds himself investigating a murder of a French guy AND investigating the dissapperence of a missing girl AND helping his home town friend Tree free a wrongfully imprisoned soldier. Tree and Angry are to afro America soldiers …
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Mia Sheridan ~ Bad Mother
Started this book on 1/30/25. Amazon First read. Free. Finished on 2/20/25. 23 Days. Enjoyment: 8 Sienna, a NY Cop who had to leave NY goes back to her home town to the police force. Her ex boyfriend is a wealthy card player. Murders are happening and Sienna has to jump in right away. A …