2025 Reading Challenge

2025 Reading Challenge
Jill Elizabeth has read 164 books toward her goal of 365 books.
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Book Review: Don’t Get Close by Matt Miksa

“An infamous reincarnation cult resurfaces in the wake of a deadly bombing, and it’s up to an FBI novice to learn its true aim—and uncover its dark past before it consumes her.” That’s the teaser, and it’s what immediately drew me in. Cults AND hypnosis AND reincarnation AND cold case solving? Sign me up! I […]

Book Review: The First to Lie by Hank Phillippi Ryan

I am definitely in the minority on this one, but I just could not find my way into the story. Too many characters telling too many stories that overlap and are true but then aren’t and then are again. Instead of finding it intriguing like so many other readers, I just got annoyed.

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Book Review: Doorway to Murder by Carol Pouliot

I’m a fan of mysteries. I’m a fan of historical fiction. And I’m a fan of time-travel. All three elements are present here, and the result should have been a huge hit with me, but somehow it just wasn’t…

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Book Review: When Things Get Dark by Ellen Datlow (Ed.)

I’m not normally a big fan of short stories, but I’ve had great experience with collections curated by Ellen Datlow in the past and Shirley Jackson is one of my all-time favorite authors, so I was drawn to this one. Unfortunately, I found a lot of the stories to be lacking that element of Jackson-esque […]

Book Review: Ethel Rosenberg by Anne Sebba

This was a very interesting read, and I thoroughly enjoyed not only the discussions of her guilt or innocence but also of her life both before and after Julius Rosenberg entered it… So much about Ethel has gotten subsumed by the concept of “The Rosenbergs” as a unit – both at the time of the […]