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The inexplicable logic of my life

Devil's Cut by J.R. Ward, the third book in the Bourbon Kings series. Great drama with veins of romance, family dynamics, and mystery.

Over the weekend I read The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie Donlea. Set in North Carolina, this book tells the story of Nicole Cutty and Megan McDonald, two high school seniors who disappear one night from a party. After an exhaustive search, Megan emerges from a bunker having escaped her captor. As Megan works to try to piece together what happened and where she was held, Nicole's sister, completing a fellowship for the medical examiner, comes across a body that might hold a clue to the whereabouts of her still missing sister, the girl everyone seems to have forgotten about.

I read a lot of thrillers and I'd put this one up there with the best I've read. The author switches between points of view and time periods extremely well, leaving you with just enough information to want to keep reading. I was puzzled until the very end and Donlea had great red herrings that threw me off course. I highly recommend this book to those who like psychological thrillers, I plan to read his first book, Summit Lake, soon to see how it compares.

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Just finished A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Loved it. Then I looked into who this author is since I had never heard of him. His debut novel was Rules of Civility. This is very elegant writing, a bit in the style of Fitzgerald. For a complete change, I'm now reading The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand. Nice beachy cover. Seems a bit "fluffy" so far, but I love Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard so it's a must.

In the Days of Rain, by Rebecca Stott

Had lots of time to read a few books on my "musts" list this month!
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
Tell Me Everything You Don't Remember
The Leavers
Just finished Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie: a moving story that was so well-written!
Now reading Sing, Unburied, Sing