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Something Good: Friday Night Links + Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder
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- Ready for your next reading list? Here’s my suggestion of February reads!
- Here are all of the cute Valentine’s Day outfits you could need this year!
This Week’s Reads:
Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder by T.A. Willberg
Note: I received this book as an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
From the title, Marion and the Midnight Murder, one would expect a cozy murder mystery. However, what you received a was a novel that wasn’t quite sure how to classify itself. Set in 1950s, this detective novel tells the story of a (literal) underground detective agency in England that fills in the holes where the police cannot.
The story itself is excellent, but then it goes off of the rails when it incorporates steampunk-like devices and potentially Harry Potter tools, with moving doors and disappearing tunnels. It made it hard to tell what this author really wanted this book to be. Was it supposed to have magically elements? Were they just building machines that were just advanced?
I was left with a story I enjoyed, but confused about what the author wanted me to think and not in a good way.
Other books I’ve read recently:
Around the web
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My next TEDTalk to watch.
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It’s time for 50% off Old Navy! Right now I want to grab this dress (for if I ever go back to work), this blazer (it’ll look good on zoom), this sweatshirt is so cute, and this sweater looks so cozy, this pullover (great for working out when it’s chilly).
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