I am going to try to write more as always but, this time I am actually setting some goals down. While I hope to post a book review with each post for posterity's sake I am going to post once a week whether or not I have finished reading and written a review. Since it sucks working 5-6 days every week and still not even coming close to 40 hours a week I changed my availability to always have Thursdays off. So I can write a post every Thursday, have one day where I can schedule appointments, etc..., and now I will always have that one day to count on having off.
Today it has been one year since our little girl Chanel died and tomorrow will be six-months since Duke left us. This makes it extremely sad for my mom and me. Duke has been with me for almost half of my life and from my memory what seems like my whole life. Li'l Chanel was so vocal and energetic you always knew she was there making you happy. She devoted her whole doggy life to making us happy and always had to be with a human. Le Gur. picture of little girl below
Next up a goodreads firstreads program won book: won in exchange for a fair review
Pale Horses: a Jade de Jong novel
by Jassy Mackenzie
Okay, I finished reading this about a month ago so some details are not as
fresh. I have not read any of the
previous books and did not need to either.
We are introduced to Jade, as a tough, smart, but still sensitive women
and her investigation business.
Following along Jade, and then another troubled woman, we are slowly introduced
to the case and make connections between each woman. Who killed the female skydiver? Jade follows along the woman’s path
investigating her business and her father and seems to remain a step ahead of
the police. We are familiarized with
both rural and city of South
Africa , which I have never been to, a glimpse
into the everyday life of it’s citizens.
The action and suspense slowly unravels with hints and tidbits until we
reach the end of the book with unknown assailants stalking or assaulting Jade
at almost every turn.
Here’s the hitch to this book though; after reading most of the book and
down to the last 50 pages, and starting on the big reveal I realized that you
only had to read the beginning of the case and the last 50 pages or so for who
done it. The who-dunnit is first
introduced as a viable murderer and reason and then is not investigated until
the very end of the book and while I did enjoy reading the book I kept on
waiting for her to investigate that line of thinking. It was the most obvious and once I reached
that conclusion the ending was very downhill.
Also, when revealing who the actual murderer was and how it happened it
was just magically revealed without any supporting evidence or thought just
like walking through the park and bam a flying murderer fell through the
sky. We are not given anything or any
reason to believe that she is correct except for the fact that the villain does
confess. After reading this book, I felt
it was pointless for me to have read the book in the first place. I did enjoy the descriptions, characters, and
everything about the book except that blatantly the plot sucked. ☆★★☆☆
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