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The Thursday Murder Club is a cute and fun murder mystery which I enjoyed, I felt like there were certain parts which keeps me from giving the book higher than 3 stars. I think that when it comes to murder mysteries there are many ways to skin a cat but some things remain sacred.

I think that there are parts of the mystery which could not be solved by the reader until the reveal which it me lowers my enjoyment of the book. Besides this the books settings, characters and plot were all fantastic and made want to keep reading I hope that the other books in the series do not contain such left turns as this one did.

If you are looking for a fun nursery mystery that has a colorful cast I recommend this book.

Blood Rites is by far my favorite entry in the series so far, I liked the world building that occurred in this book, which makes the world of Harry Dresden feel more like a living work rather than just a book series. I think overall, the book balances the A and B plot well and blends them in an easy-to-follow way while still feeling complex enough to not be boring. I hope the series continues in this fashion and continues to breath lives into all the characters of the series. This book left me wanting for more and more from each character and left me excited to read the next book in the series.

This book felt like a show I would binge and fall in love with. The book gives us an inside look into the complexities of time travel and love. I think the book explores the fictional topics with a sense of groundedness while still staying whimsical and amazing. I think the blending of genres of spy thriller, office love story, and speculative fiction makes it feel like something that I could get lost in and hope beyond hope to become part of. Furthermore, I think the story of all the characters leaves you caring about the characters as if you were working alongside them.

While I really enjoyed the previous entry in the series, probably my favorite so far, I think this entry is a step-down. The issues I feel that make this one less enthralling is that it feels like too much is going on. The previous entry felt well-rounded with the multiple story lines and made the world feel alive, while this one feels like it took that a step too far and made me feel mentally claustrophobic trying to track everything going on. I think that ultimately the series will continue in a good direction, but I think this was a slightly worse book than the previous entry.

I will start by saying the things I liked about this book, which is, the magic system concept was interesting and the setting and atmosphere was inviting and had a spark of captivation. Now that I've complimented the book I think the characters felt flat and unrealistic, I feel like I walked away from this book not caring about what happened to anyone in this book. I felt like the book didn't dive into the rage of the characters enough, or really at all. The characters feel like shades of real fleshed out ideas which makes me not caring about them, I don't hate the characters I just feel agnostic about what happens to them.

A good historical fiction telling of the women who worked on making the dictionary and our understanding of words what it is today. I think the story around this is incredibly interesting. I think the issue which kept me from giving this a higher rating was the fact that it wasn't necessarily what I thought it would be when I went into it. Furthermore, I think that if I reread this book with some time passing, I would enjoy it more.