Category: The Monthly Brew
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The Last Page: Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone
Life Update: Why This Review is Late So, it’s April 2, and this book was supposed to be finished last week. Or, actually, Monday. But it wasn’t. Life has been busy. We went to New York City, a friend visited, we traveled to Florida, and weekends—my usual reading time—just disappeared. Plus, with school and classes,…
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Test Test #2 – Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone
Hello everyone and welcome back to The Last page Tavern: The Monthly Brew. In this post we will be diving into the second part of the novel and let me tell you it, it gets better in this part. Part 2: Page 98-193 (Chapter 23) Humor So, I was nervous at the beginning of the…
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Taste Test #1 – Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone
Okay, hey. Taste Test number one! I’m reading up to page 97 for this first section, which is roughly chapter 14. Let’s get into it. Part 1: Start – Page 97 (Up through Chapter 13) The 10 Commandments of Detective Fiction Before we even crack into the story, we get the 10 Commandments of Detective…
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First Sip – Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone
Hello. Welcome back to The Last Page Tavern. You have arrived and survived to make it to the March Monthly Brew. How you doing? Take a deep breath. You know, we’ve made it to March. We’ve made it through two months. And here we go. This is part blog, part life, all book. No, I’m…
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The Last Page – Remarkably Bright Creatures
Part 4 – 266 to the End A Flood of Tears and a Perfect Ending Where do I even begin with the ending of this beautiful story. Tova, the sweetest lady I think I have ever read in the history of my reading journey. She spent 2 thousand dollars to replace the shirt she ruined,…
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Taste Test #3 – Remarkably Bright Creatures
Okay so if I am going to be honest with you all, I just posted Taste Test #2 just a few hours ago (at the time of writing this) and I wanted to sit down and read a bit of the book, well come to find out I read the whole part already and it…
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Taste Test #2 – Remarkably Bright Creatures
Part 2: Page 88-177 (up until Expect the Unexpected) Fully Immersed in Remarkably Bright Creatures I posted my taste test last week, and I have to say—using an audio-to-text transcriber has been a game-changer. It’s made my notes clearer and helped me track my thoughts as I go. I was able to add more detail,…
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Taste Test #1 – Remarkably Bright Creatures
Hello and Welcome to the first taste test of Remarkable Bright Creatures. So, the way that I am taking notes is a little different for this book. I bought an audio recorder so I can take my notes a little easier because I found that putting the book down and writing my thoughts would take…
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First Sip: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
It’s February, which means it’s time to dive into the next book club pick: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt! If you’re new here, I like to do a “first taste” before I even turn the first page—a quick glimpse at my expectations, thoughts, and general excitement about the book. This one was a…
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The Last Page – The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Hello and welcome to the last formal post about The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. Buckle up because this is going to be be a long post (Well it was supposed to be. I got the flu and it took a lot out of me). I have gone back and forth on how I wanted…
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