Holly Reads Too Much

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  • September 2024 Reading Recap

    16 audiobooks for September 2 re-reads (First 2 Lemony Snicket in honor of 25th anniversary of The Bad Beginning) Favorite series of the month: Joseph Spector Locked Room Mystery Most fun listen: The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall (already pre-ordered the sequel 10/22) The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall Ali Standish ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️…

  • August 2024 Reading Recap

    14 for August Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6) Allison Montclair ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ A Dark-Adapted Eye Barbara Vine ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️  Murder at the Dinner Party (Cleopatra Fox, #8) C.J. Archer ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Poison at Penshaw Hall (The Milverton Mysteries #2) G.B. Ralph ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Murder…

  • Milverton Mystery Series by G.B. Ralph

    I just fell in love with Addison Harper and the people of Milverton. Listened to the first two in the series on Monday and Tuesday. Can’t wait for October 2nd for the third one 🥰

  • The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was a super fun and fast-paced sequel to The Plot. I re-listened to The Plot to prepare for this one and I was glad I did. I think it made for much easier understanding of what was happening since this one picks up right after the events of The Plot. Anna published her…

  • A Swarm of Butterflies by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Our favorite crime solving ecologist Dr Nell Ward is back in a new mystery where she and Rav are again in danger from those around them. It’s rare that I feel such actual worry for characters in a book but these two hit me in the feels every time.  This time there is drama…

  • July 2024 Reading Recap

    19 books for July Olivetti Allie Millington ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ All the Colors of the Dark Chris Whitaker ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ Ali Cross: The Secret Detective (Ali Cross, #3) James  Patterson ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Like Father, Like Son (Ali Cross, #2) James  Patterson ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️  Ali Cross (Ali Cross, #1) James  Patterson ⭐️…

  • Worst Case Scenario by T.J. Newman

    TJ Newman is a master at telling great stories with a backdrop of unthinkable but possible man made catastrophes. She makes you care about the characters that are going through the disaster, and the writing is so fast paced that you feel you have to finish the book in one sitting if possible because you…

  • Hera by Jennifer Saint

    I’m always happy to read books that are re-tellings of well known stories from the female’s perspective, especially mythology related stories. This one was no exception! I grew up watching the 1981 Clash of the Titans on VHS as many times as my parents would rent it from the Curtis Mathes, which was what our…

  • Murder on a School Night by Kate Weston

    This gave Mean Girls vibes mixed with Truly Devious/Nancy Drew/Harriet the Spy. Kerry and Annie are on the outside of the cool group when they are approached by the leader to help investigate who is sending her scary DMs. Then a very strange murder happens and she asks them to investigate that also. I enjoyed…

  • Best Books of the Century – my ballot

    This was extremely difficult to narrow down to a top 10 but here is my stab at it. Thanks @rev.alicia.reads for the template. Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr The Murmur of Bees Sofia Segovia Sparks Like Stars Nadia Hashimi Rules of Civility Amor Toles Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle…