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Paris Apartment, The

Another Generic Thriller Author: Lucy Foley Jess is a stranger in Pairs, a girl on the run from a job turned sour, looking for her pretentious brother and a place to crash. Instead, she finds an elaborate, empty apartment, a spot of blood, and a building full of strange people with secrets. In the darkness of shadows and wealth, Jess is alone, and she doesn’t know if she can trust anyone. This is my first venture into the hyped world of famed mystery/thriller author Lucy Foley. I have some of her other books on my shelves, curtesy of Book of the [...]

Frances Carden2022-08-26T09:41:43-07:00August 20th, 2022|Tags: book review, botm, mystery, read, reading, reviews, thriller|

None of These Diseases

A Look Behind God's Ancient Laws Authors: S.I. McMillen & David E. Stern Anyone who has spent any amount of time with the Old Testament is familiar with the seemingly endless laws, the daily thou shalts that get down to the level of when and where to relieve oneself, what foods can and cannot be eaten, when to rest, and even when to wash and when to quarantine. As children, these sections seemed tedious, but as adults we start to wonder about these ancient laws that seem to have more to do with the health and wellness of God’s people than [...]

Frances Carden2022-08-20T14:21:00-07:00August 20th, 2022|Tags: book review, Christian, nonfiction, read, reading, religious|

Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson

Behind the Scenes of the Sensational Trial Author: Jeffrey Toobin One of my earliest memories is of my parents watching the police chase O.J. Simpson in his white Bronco on TV and thinking, “what a weird chase, it’s so slow.” But that was pretty much it, until years later the case was brought up again with OJ’s proposition to publish his supposedly hypothetical confession in the form of a book named If I Did It. I was older by that time and more than a little shocked that a man nearly convicted of murder would return to the scene, as it [...]

Frances Carden2022-08-17T18:23:11-07:00August 17th, 2022|Tags: book review, non-fiction, read, reading, true crime|