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200-word review of Truth and Lies (DI Amy Winter #1) by Caroline Mitchell

DI Amy Winter is hoping to follow in the footsteps of her highly respected police officer father. But when a letter arrives from the prison cell of Lillian Grimes, one…

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September 5, 2018
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200-word review of Teen Titans: Raven (Teen Titans #1) by Kami Garcia, Gabriel Picolo (Illustrator)

200-word review of Teen Titans: Raven (Teen Titans #1) by Kami Garcia, Gabriel Picolo (Illustrator) My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Goodreads rating: 3.93 with 3,827 ratings (as of…

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October 10, 2019
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200-word review of The Holdout by Graham Moore

My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Goodreads rating: 4.02 with 1,921 ratings (as of 2/24/2020) Synopsis from Goodreads: In this twisty tale from Moore (The Sherlockian), the Academy Award-winning…

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February 25, 2020
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    200-word review of The Wedding Guest (Alex Delaware #34) by Jonathan Kellerman

    Philomath in Phila / February 10, 2019

    My rating: 4 out of 5 starsGoodreads rating: 4.02 with 434 ratings (as of 2/10/2019) In the middle of a 'Saints and Sinners' themed wedding, a bridesmaid finds a young woman's corpse collapsed…

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    200-word review of We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

    Philomath in Phila / January 31, 2019

    My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Goodreads rating: 3.98 with 2,104 ratings (as of 1/30/2019) Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Horror (2018)

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    200-word review of The Liar’s Room by Simon Lelic

    Philomath in Phila / January 25, 2019

    My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Goodreads rating: 3.74 with 742 ratings (as of 1/25/2019) Susanna Fenton has a secret. Fourteen years ago she left her identity behind, reinventing herself as a…

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    200-word review of The Confession by Jo Spain

    Philomath in Phila / January 23, 2019

    My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Goodreads rating: 3.70 with 701 ratings (as of 1/23/19 Late one night a man walks into the luxurious home of disgraced banker Harry McNamara and his…

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    200-word review of Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

    Philomath in Phila / January 23, 2019

    My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Goodreads rating: 4.01 with 184,627 ratings (as of 1/23/2019) Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar…

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    200-word review of Even If I Fall by Abigail Johnson

    Philomath in Phila / January 23, 2019

    My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Goodreads rating: 4.16 with 261 ratings (as of 1/23/2019) A year ago, Brooke Covington lost everything when her beloved older brother, Jason, confessed to the murder…

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Philomath (n.) a lover of learning

Type of: bookman, scholarly person, student

a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained   mastery in one or more disciplines

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