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Jun 01, 2022
Toi Thomas
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it was amazing
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This was one of the IWSG Book Club selections for the month May '22. While I wasn't expecting to dislike this collection in any way, I wasn't expecting to thoroughly enjoy it either. I'd say my actual rating for this collection would be a 4.5 but have no issue bumping it up for most rating systems.
Typically the fan of all things speculative, dabbling in cozy mysteries, I was delighted by this mostly contemporary fiction collection with drizzles of history and humor. Here are my general ratings ...more
Typically the fan of all things speculative, dabbling in cozy mysteries, I was delighted by this mostly contemporary fiction collection with drizzles of history and humor. Here are my general ratings ...more
This is the book club selection for May 2022.
I won’t be reading this. I’ve started making these decisions based on the book package (title, blurb and cover). “Up on the Roof and Other Stories: Revised with Bonus Story”: the start works, but why that specific subtitle? Why not something that will hook a reader more? And the blurb: The moment the word “unique” appears in a blurb, I cringe: Why doesn’t it fit it with the rest of the book world? And as I continued reading the blurb, I knew why: thou ...more
I won’t be reading this. I’ve started making these decisions based on the book package (title, blurb and cover). “Up on the Roof and Other Stories: Revised with Bonus Story”: the start works, but why that specific subtitle? Why not something that will hook a reader more? And the blurb: The moment the word “unique” appears in a blurb, I cringe: Why doesn’t it fit it with the rest of the book world? And as I continued reading the blurb, I knew why: thou ...more
Jun 06, 2022
Ronel Janse van Vuuren
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This is the book club selection for May 2022.
I won’t be reading this. I’ve started making these decisions based on the book package (title, blurb and cover). “Up on the Roof and Other Stories: Revised with Bonus Story”: the start works, but why that specific subtitle? Why not something that will hook a reader more? And the blurb: The moment the word “unique” appears in a blurb, I cringe: Why doesn’t it fit it with the rest of the book world? And as I continued reading the blurb, I knew why: thou ...more
I won’t be reading this. I’ve started making these decisions based on the book package (title, blurb and cover). “Up on the Roof and Other Stories: Revised with Bonus Story”: the start works, but why that specific subtitle? Why not something that will hook a reader more? And the blurb: The moment the word “unique” appears in a blurb, I cringe: Why doesn’t it fit it with the rest of the book world? And as I continued reading the blurb, I knew why: thou ...more
Feb 26, 2015
Judy Davis
rated it
it was amazing
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Jun 23, 2017
Judy Davis
rated it
it was amazing
· (Review from the author)
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review of another edition
Apr 27, 2022
Juneta Key
marked it as to-read
