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review 2022-05-25 14:35

Freda's Voice — feeling booklikes

When I saw this on sale at Amazon, I grabbed a copy.

I'm glad I did. It's one of my favorites by her, even though I only gave it the rating that I did. Listen, the first 50 pages were kind of confusing. It didn't pick up the pace until about halfway through, and then it got super intense. It was the last bit of the book that really captured me and had me loving the story. It's one of those stories that if you don't keep reading, you may lose interest in though. The story just melds together so seamlessly, once you get to that intense point in the book.

The good liar is right. She even had me convinced.

Grab this one. It's decent. Push through if you think it's weird, confusing or boring. Just do it!

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Source: www.fredasvoice.com/2022/05/the-good-liar-catherine-mckenzie-24.html

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review 2020-04-29 19:35

FatherCraneMadeMeDoIt

433 Lighted Way - Casey Renee Kiser,McKenzie Richardson

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Everyone has unique struggles, but we're never in this alone.

This collection of poems serves as a reminder that there is always a light. We can't always see it, don't always want to, but it is there despite that.

Casey and I both poured our hearts and souls into this project and I am so proud of the results. I'm extraordinarily thankful to Casey for pushing me to dig deeper and unleash the words in these pages.

There is pain in this collection, woven in each word, sleeping between each line. But there is also light.

I hope it pleases. I hope it hurts.

Enjoy.

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text 2020-04-09 14:19

Reading progress update: I've read 100%.

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These books are fun and perfect in between books, fast fun, and full of action.

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text 2020-04-04 19:48

Reading progress update: I've read 43%.

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Hmmm I wonder what Bane is up to

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review 2020-03-18 15:25

"You Can't Catch Me", by Catherine McKenzie

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"You Can't Catch me" - Catherine McKenzie

If you were caught up in a con game and lost all of your money, how far would you go to get revenge on the person who did this to you?

Investigative journalist, Jessica Williams, becomes an unwitting victim of identity theft after being caught in a grifter’s game. Her instinct kicks in and she soon discovers there are other victims with the identical names and birthday that also have fallen into the scammer’s paws. In number, it is time for gather strength and fight. The crusade begins….

I have mixed feeling about this story although original in parts it is so farfetched and unrealistic that it was hard to be invested in such a plotline. Yes, there’s a lot of Jessica (2,3,4) all of them with the same twisted story. While we follow them in their quest, we have the hunt being intercepted with Jessica‘s reliving her life as a cult member in the Land of Todd. The portrayal of the cult life, although sobering is the most interesting part in this novel. Back and forth we go from memory to plotting revenge and the drama flows this way till the two threads come together and we reach the climax. A plus for this story: I really didn’t see the ending coming…

The characters are definitely not likeable but they are well portrayed in their roles. As the pacing drags a lot, it was easy for my mind to wander but thank goodness for the dramatic scenes in Jackson, Wyoming and the description of the beautiful landscape of Grand Teton that added another dimension to what could have been a bummer read. This story has great parts but in some way too stretched out to have made it a terrific read.

Good but I read better stories from Ms. McKenzie

Thank you Simon& Schuster and Netgalleys for this ARC