travellingcari's reviews
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Some very amusing stories and anecdotes. Garibaldi's immature writing style: @ass, f___, etc. and obsession with 60s acid trips took some away from the stories though. Could have been a bit shorter.

The shark wasn't jumped, it was pole vaulted, landed on and exploded with that absolutely ridiculous ending. That said, it was an otherwise enjoyable read although I found Emily almost unlikeable. Interesting mix of her case- the Natalie Raines murder while Emily herself was the victim of a voyeur and peeping tom turned stalker. I enjoyed the typical MHC misdirection throughout.

typical MHC brain candy, although I felt the ending was way too rushed and tied up nicely in a bow. I had a feeling that was going to happen when I realized how few pages were left.
While I was initially confused by the number of characters, I came to find them well fleshed out and generally found myself rooting for all but Glady and Sylvie. The latter is one loose end I'd have preferred tied up, as well as Lane with her stepfather.

An interesting read. I liked the characters that she created of the interviews she did - and I really found that I loved Molly and Lara's stories. I didn't care too much for Juliette and her/the author's obsession with the clique. I don't honestly recall where or why I picked this up, but it was a nice, quick read (

While I ended up skimming some chapters that didn't interest me, I found this book to be a good read. It covered some well covered topics like wine pricing and some lesser known ones including taxi medallions and the Monopoly fraud.

A really interesting look at the past, present and future of Amtrak through the lens of the long distance trains. McCommons is a university professor and some chapters come through as feeling like a published paper, but overall it was super readable. Especially as I began reading it on a Lake Shore Limited between Albany and NYC. While not a foamer myself, long distance train travel fascinates me and I enjoyed this look at the history of some - especially why the Empire Builder has that name.
While the cost of gas isn't the issue that it was in 2009, there remain many reasons to take trains. Seeing the country is one amazing one - getting there quickly isn't always.

I love this series, but I really didn't love this book.
Telling it from Mike's POV and "hearing" his inner thoughts/feelings on Coop (sorry, she's "Coop", she's not "Alex") was good, but I felt it got a little too touchy feely for the character of Mike Chapman. I did like this story as a lens into Chapman's history - his father's interactions with the Westies would be perfect for a cop at that time. The "character" of Jeoffrey's Hook was amazing - I wish the same level of detail had been paid to Liberty Island and its history.
I felt short changed on the initial case though and curious whether he, the Reverend or Raymond Tanner will be revisited in a future story.

Predictable Mary Higgins Clark, but at least I hadn't figured out who the perp was. I knew it was going to be a quick/clean ending due to the minimal number of remaining pages. At times I was confused with the number of different characters.

While I'm not familiar with the Vetri brand, this was an interesting look at the hospitality industry via that lens. A mix of common sense knowledge and some interesting behind the scenes like reservation management. Good, quick read

as a huge NFL fan and big fan of the Mannings I wondered how much of this would be truly "untold". I walked away pleasantly surprised to learn significant new information about the QBs, their current and past QBs and the rivalry. Like Myers said in his conclusion, you can't go wrong with either QB. Except, I'd say, when it comes to pranking. Then I'd avoid both.
As someone who is less of a PAts fan, I enjoyed the new-to-me info on Bledsoe being "Pipped" and some of the back story of Brady's UM career. Like Myers' other NFL books, a great read