October, 2025
October 2nd, 2025, 4:14 p.m. - Ending funding for the research featured in this book is going to wind up screwing everyone
40. Replaceable You (Mary Roach)
Up next: The Impossible Fortune (Richard Osman)
October 11th, 2025, 5:52 p.m. - Stories in quiet corners
41. The Impossible Fortune (Richard Osman)
Up next: The Ghostwriter (Julie Clark)
October 18th, 2025, 2:01 p.m. - Sigh, I can't believe 1975 was 50 years ago
42. The Ghostwriter (Julie Clark)
Up next: Not Quite Dead Yet (Holly Jackson)
October 26th, 2025, 12:54 p.m. - How to solve your own murder
43. Not Quite Dead Yet (Holly Jackson)
Up next: Hot Wax (M.L. Rio) and King Sorrow (Joe Hill) – see you in 800-something pages
As always, fascinating and extremely educational. The day I don't want to read a book by Mary Roach is the day I need a complete psych evaluation.
I'm pleased to report that Joanna is 80 percent less annoying in this book than in the previous installments in the series (which is especially great because she has a much bigger role here). I'm even more pleased to report that Kendrick is back, and still delightful, though in different ways now. My only issue is that by adding more and more characters, Osman sometimes neglects the established ones. He needs to find a better balance.
My expectations were really low because I didn't like Clark's last book much, but I wound up loving this. It was a creative approach to a common trope, and the way it unfolded, I kept being surprised by developments and wondering what really happened. It's been described as a slow burn, but I thought it moved at the perfect pace.
I went back and forth between wanting to savor the story and wanting to rush through it to see if my suspicions were right (they were). Jackson is such a great storyteller.