With the arrival of the ninth volume of Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou’s Case File Compendium, I was also informed that this is the penultimate volume. No! I am so attached to this series that I fear I will never find anything as good.
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Book Review: You First: A Joe Goldberg Prequel by Caroline Kepnes
Truthfully, I had no idea that Caroline Kepnes had another Joe Goldberg stroy in her arsenal, but it turns out it belongs in the form of a prequel, You First.
Read moreBook Review: Butter by Asako Yuzuki
Asako Yuzuki’s novel Butter first appealed to me as I was browsing a Hudson News on the way somewhere (I honestly don’t remember where at this point). The cover was bright yellow with a cow and some blood and a little bit of Japanese, and I was intrigued. Then the blurb made it sound even more interesting!
Read moreBook Review: Real Tigers by Mick Herron
The third installments of Mick Herron’s Slough House series, Real Tigers, is a twisted web of future backstabbing. And man was it fun to read!
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Being a little too lazy to head to the theaters much this weekend, instead I got an eclectic viewing under my belt for the last weekend of the month.
Read moreBook Review: Dead Lions by Mick Herron
I’m a little disappointed in myself for how much time I put between Mick Herron’s debut Slough House novel Slow Horses and the next installment in the series, Dead Lions, but better late than never, I guess.
Read moreBook Review: American Fantasy by Emma Straub
Apparently Emma Straub has written several very popular novels, but American Fantasy is the first that’s ever caught my attention. But it’s like she’s written it for me!
Read moreBook Review: We’ll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida
About a week ago I headed to the library with the intention of picking up a Frieda McFadden book at the suggestion of my sister, but the new and featured section at the front of the building caught my attention instead. One that called to me without even knowing anything about it was Syou Ishida’s We’ll Prescribe You a Cat.
Read moreBook Review: Tokyo Express by Seicho Matsumoto
More recently I was wanting to read some shorter novels and happened to come across this murder mystery almost as soon as I walked into my local library. Tokyo Express by Seicho Matsumoto was considered new because it was recently translated to English! Apparently it’s quite popular in Japan, and I can see why!
Read moreBook Review: Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones
Having only read one other Stephen Graham Jones work, I was unaware that he also dabbled in short stories. In looking for some shorter reads recently, I was happily surprised to come across Night of the Mannequins at my local library.
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