It took me a minute to.get used to the time jumps by diaper

I think it was good, but long. I wouldn't want to read it to someone else, but I would recommend they read it. I like the characters. I like how they react and treat other people. I like how the book ended.

“The Journey South” is the first book in Reavis Z. Wortham’s Cap Whitlatch series. Before going any farther, I did not finish this book. I gave up around the 27% mark according to Kindle. I tried, but just couldn’t handle it any longer. Set in 1880’s Indian Territory (just as it was beginning to be recognized as Oklahoma), this book is much more of a “bloody western” than I had anticipated after reading, and thoroughly enjoying, Wortham’s other series (Red River, Sonny Hawke and Tom Bell.) None of the characters, including Whitlatch and his friend Gil are likeable. What little law there is appears to be totally ignored, and killing is rampant and acceptable. Although this may portray what life was really like in that time period, I don’t care to read about it.

Amazing so far

I enjoyed reading the book, however having seen the movie first made it a little challenging. I liked that the book expanded on the other siblings. Very good interesting story either way.

“Middle of the Night” is a stand-alone mystery by Riley Sager. The story begins in 1994 when 10-year-old Ethan Marsh wakes up in his back-yard tent to discover that the tent has a slit in the side and that his friend Billy has disappeared, never to be seen again. Thirty years later, Marsh returns to his boyhood home to occupy and maintain it after his parents move permanently to Florida. The mystery of Billy’s disappearance continues when Ethan observes strange happenings in the 6-house cul-de-sac, along with the appearance of a baseball—one of the ways in which Ethan and Billy communicated. The present-day scenes are told in first person by Ethan, while the many flashbacks are written in third person. In the audiobook version, Santino Fontana provides an impressive performance as a troubled 40-year-old, along with authentic “voices” for the younger Ethan and all the supporting characters, then and now, most of whom are neighbors. Sager has authored several books, including those written under the names Todd Ritter and Alan Finn.

The more I read the more i needed to know! The ending was shocking, I was trying to put the pieces together and then boom!

It is always a delight to find a debut novel that is as well-written and entertaining as Nina Simon’s “Mother-Daughter Murder Night”. Set in the Monterrey Bay area, the story explores the very complicated dynamics of the Rubicon family—grandmother Lana, daughter Beth and granddaughter Jack. The family becomes deeply involved working with (and against) each other helping (and hindering) the police investigation of a mysterious death, along with an apparently innocent death. The body of a young man, a no-show for a kayak tour guided by Jack, is discovered along the banks of Elkhorn Slough, wearing a life jacket from Kayak Shack, Jack’s employer. Jack is under a great deal of pressure trying to explain how this could have happened, with very little support from her boss. At the same time, Beth is dealing with the passing of one of her favorite patients at the geriatric center where she is a nurse. His children, of course, have widely differing opinions on how they handle their inherited property. Meanwhile, Lana, totally bored while recovering from serious medical issues, digs into the backgrounds of both victims, looking for anything that will help tie up loose ends, which are numerous. I am eager to see what Simon comes up with next. Jane Oppenheimer provides excellent narration of the audiobook, and hopefully will be considered for future Simon works.

I loved this book and this Author. First book I purchased with my own money at Barnes& Nobles, I've read it twice!!

I really like Freida McFadden's writing style. There is always a twist that no matter how hard I try to figure out who the guilty party is, I fail. This one however really annoyed me with how gullible the main character, Brooke was throughout the book. It was understandable when her character was 17 years old, but at 27 it was annoying. This one was disappointing.