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The Retreat by Sarah Pearse Publisher:  Pamela Dorman Books/Viking Ginasbookreport Rating:  ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 Genre: Crime Read This If You Love: The Sanatorium In this follow up novel to The Sanatorium , we are back with Detective Elin Warner as she picks up the pieces and gets back to work. Once again, Elin finds herself investigating a death in a secluded location. This time it is on a island enveloped by a stormy sea. Not just any island, this place has a long history as the scene of a murder of students on an outbound retreat. With the Reaper’s Rock formation hovering over the island, everyone is on edge as bodies start to pile up.  From the beginning, I was excited about this book. It fits into my all-time favorite type of novel…mystery/crime with quick chapters, lots of movement, developed characters, and clues throughout. I liked the first book in the series well enough to read another Elin case and both books are locked room/isolated setting mysteries, which is a trope I ...

Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire Publisher: Bantam an imprint of Random House Ginasbookreport Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Genre: Cozy Mystery / Whodunnit Read This If You Love: Fluffy mysteries Dead and Gondola  is the first in the new Christie Bookshop series. Yes! That’s right…the series centers around a bookshop that is all things Christie. Perfect for those of us who love mysteries. Set in the charming little hamlet of Last Word, the Christie sisters (no relation) have taken over running The Book Chalet. Everything is picture perfect until a strange man arrives along with a massive snow storm. The sisters find themselves supplying books for the snow-stranded townspeople and investigating a murder and other mysteries. Dun Dun Duuuuunnnnn!!! I really enjoyed this quaint novel. It’s packed full of colorful characters, including resident cat Agatha. My personal favorite character is Glynis who is the town busy body. Are there tons of references to Agatha Christie? Yes. Did I love that? Yes. I...

Hello and welcome to the Ginasbookreport book blog! I am Gina and I’m a Bookstagrammer and (now) book blogger. The Ginasbookreport blog was born out of my desire to chat about So Many Books. If you have a mile long list of books in your to be read pile, you are in the right place. 👋 Hi, I’m Gina. Reader of So Many Books. 👋 Follow me on the blog and Instagram. Let me tell you a little about myself, my reading, and what you will find on the Ginasbookreport blog.  Where It Started… Like a lot of readers, I was that child who always had her nose in a book. (Grounding me didn’t work very well as I would be sent to my room where I was like, “Okay, more time to read!”) My mother, grandmother, and aunts were big influences in my love of reading. Weekly library trips were always on the schedule. I remember so clearly the day that I couldn’t find a book in the kids area that I hadn’t already read. The librarian looked at my grandmother and confirmed that I really had gone through just abou...

SO MANY BOOKS Welcome to Ginasbookreport, where I will share my love of books and reading.  📖 Book Reviews • Giveaways • Book Club 📖 Mysteries • Thrillers • Literature • Fantasy • Science Fiction