#ross mcmanus

[qupritsuvwix]

Elvis Costello’s father

[ash-and-books]

Rating: 3.5/5

Book Blurb:

The newest mystery from the author One of Us Is Lying, the Queen of thrillers, Karen M. McManus! When mother-daughter grifters set out on their final job, the heist gets deadly and dangerously personal.

For all of Kat’s life, it’s just been her and her mother, Jamie—except for the forty-eight hours when Jamie was married and Kat had a stepbrother, Liam. That all ended in an epic divorce, and Kat and Liam haven’t spoken since.

Now Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight, but she has one last job—at billionaire Ross Sutherland’s birthday party. And Kat has figured out a way to tag along. What Kat doesn’t know, though, is that there are two surprise guests at the dazzling Sutherland compound that weekend. The last two people she wants to run into. Liam and his father—a serial scammer who has his sights set on Ross Sutherland’s youngest daughter.

Kat and Liam are on a collision course to disaster, and when a Sutherland dies, they realize they might actually be in the killer’s crosshairs themselves. Somehow Kat and Liam are the new targets, and they can’t trust anyone—except each other.

Or can they? Because if there’s one thing both Kat and Liam know, it’s how to lie. They learned from the best.

Review:

Two step siblings reunited when their perspective con artist parent ends up on the same job trying to steal from a wealthy family but when bodies start piling up on the job they'll have to find a way to save each other before it's too late. Kat is great at stealing, all her life it's just been her and her mother Jamie and her mentor Gem, working on cons yet when her mother is determined to go straight and do one final job, Kat decides to tag along.... and the last thing she expects is to rub into her stepbrother Liam and his scam artist father, Luke. Jamie and Luke were married for 48 hours until it ended in an epic divorce all those years ago and Kat and Liam have never met since. Yet now years later when Jaime is doing her final jewel thief job at billionaire Ross Sutherland's birthday, they run into Liam ad Luke... as Luke is a serial scammer who has set his sights on Sutherland's youngest daughter. And when Sutherland dies both Kat and Liam become the real killer's next target....and they'll have to work together to save each other, if only they could actually trust one another. They'll have to use everything they've ever learned from their con artist parents to survive... but they'll have to learn to trust one another despite it going against their nature. I have been a huge fan of Karen McManus books for so long and while this one wasn't one of my all time favorites from her it was an easy and fast read. I liked the sibling relationship between Kat and Liam and how despite not being around each other for years, their relationship was strong. The mystery had a ton of twists and turns with plenty of villains with different motives, and while the ending felt a bit abrupt and a little open ended, overall it's a propelling read. It wasn't what I was really expecting but it's a fun read featuring a gay guy, a bi guy, and a straight girl all working together to solve a murder mystery while being chased by a killer and dealing with their own respectively messed up family.

Release Date: July 30,2024

Publication/Blog: Ash and Books (ash-and-books.tumblr.com)

*Thanks Netgalley and Random House Children's | Delacorte Press for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

[chyyy66]

Books Ive Read This Year

January :

You’ve Reached Sam - Dustin Thao ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Five Survive - Holly Jackson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

You’ll be the Death of Me - Karen M. McManus ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Inheritance Games - Jennifer Lynn Barnes ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Hawthorne Legacy - Jennifer Lynn Barnes ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Final Gambit - Jennifer Lynn Barnes ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Icebreaker - Hannah Grace ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Way I Used to Be - Amber Smith ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

February :

One of Us Is Lying - Karen M. McManus DNF

March :

Twisted Love - Ana Huang ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Twisted Games - Ana Huang ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Twisted Hate - Ana Huang ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Twisted Lies - Ana Huang ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

April :

A Court of Throns and Roses - Sarah J. Maas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Court of Mist and Fury - Sarah J. Maas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Court of Wings and Ruin - Sarah J. Maas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Court of Frost and Starlight - Sarah J. Maas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Court of Silver Flames - Sarah J. Maas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

House of Earth and Blood - Sarah J. Maas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

House of Sky and Breath - Sarah J. Maas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Assassins Blade - Sarah J. Maas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Crown of Midnight - Sarah J. Maas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Heir of Fire - Sarah J. Maas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Queen of Shadows - Sarah J. Maas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Tower of Dawn - Sarah J. Maas ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Empire of Storms - Sarah J. Maas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kingdom of Ash - Sarah J. Maas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

May :

King of Wrath - Ana Huang ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

All the Bright Places - Jennifer Niven ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

June :

The Fine Print - Lauren Asher ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Terms and Conditions - Lauren Asher ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Final Offer - Lauren Asher ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Better Than the Movies - Lynn Painter ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Cruel Prince - Holly Black ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Wicked King - Holly Black ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Queen of Nothing - Holly Black ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

July :

Crooked Kingdom - Leigh Bardugo ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Shatter Me - Tahereh Mafi ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Unravel Me - Tahereh Mafi ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ignite Me - Tahereh Mafi ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Restore Me - Tahereh Mafi ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kill Joy - Holly Jackson ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Defy Me - Tahereh Mafi ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Imagine Me - Tahereh Mafi ⭐️⭐️

A Thousand Boy Kisses - Tillie Cole ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller ⭐️⭐️⭐️

August :

Better Than the Prom - Lynn Painter ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Upside of Falling - Alex Light ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hooked - Emily McIntire ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Scarred - Emily McIntire ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

King of Pride - Ana Huang ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Brothers Hawthorne - Jennifer Lynn Barnes DNF

October :

Assistant to the Villain - Hannah Nicole Maehrer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Unwrap my Heart - Alex Falcone and Ezra Fox ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Caraval - Stephanie Garber ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Hurricane Wars - Thea Guanzon ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Divine Rivals - Rebecca Ross ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

King of Greed - Ana Huang ⭐️⭐️⭐️

November :

Iron Flame - Rebecca Yarros ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Wildfire - Hannah Grace ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Love Redesign - Lauren Asher ⭐️⭐️⭐️

December :

Powerless - Lauren Roberts ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ruthless Vows - Rebecca Ross ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[scurvyratt]

Oz S1 E8: A Game of Checkers Live Reaction and Thoughts. As always my thoughts are not very profound lol

OKAYYYY this is the riot episode lets gooo

You know what's interesting is that in most media they use chess as a metaphor for life/whatever, but in Oz they use checkers instead. And checkers is kinda like the dumb mans chess (easier, less moves) so lol

Schillinger getting bullied by the other prisoners and his own sons lmaooo okayyy

"you lose an eye, you get kicked in the balls, you get a face full of shit,,, you become a different man" 😭

The birth of crazy Beecher

McManus would not survive one day in Em city like let's be real...

All I see when I look at Whittlesey is Carmela Soprano who is very mother to me. Like I kindaaaa dgaf about her

McManus is saurrr annoying I hate his bald incel ass😭

Rebadow backstory UNLOCKED... the way he stabbed someone then went to back to reading his newspaper lol he's so real

Some Miguel x Father Mukada realness... like what if they hid in the pod during the riot and kissed heh heh...

and the riot has started! All the Co's are in their flop era😭😭

I bet this episode was fun to film lol

Interesting how none of the muslims have their kufis on

Glynn is wearing an ugly ass vest I never noticed this before lol

Miguel asking to watch over the hostages----Re: MiguelXMukada

The way Idgaf about that cello player dude

Tobias spinning around in the background and doing fuck all while everyone is trying to organize the riot lmao

Mukada's haircut is uggo...

Said is power drunk omggg someone punch him or something

The way Adebisi doesn't hide his infatuation with Ryan😭like can you stop being a perv for one second omfg

Scott Ross fighting Kenny is so ijbol. Like why are you beefing with a little boy plz be serious

Does anyone else think that Miguel has a weird accent lol. I can't explain it exactly but I think he purposefully exaggerates it

The riot def establishes who (for the remainder of the series (or for as long as the character lasts)) has morals and who does not

Scott Ross is like weirdly taller than everyone lmao I notice it in every scene he's in

McManus hallucinating every inmate that has died under his watch... like girl just WAIT😭😭 there's gonna be a lot more where that came from... and you will NOT give af😭

Can I admit that McamnusXSaid is kinda my Oz crackship😭Like there's something there I think idk. But also their beef as a couple would be INSANEEEE

How are some of the dudes watching tv... I swear they smashed it when the riot started lol

NARRRR Adebisi took his little hat off. Put it back on neowwwww

Said is literally so funny when he shouts like what his problem actually. He needs a xanax I think

Adebisi backstory UNLOCKED

the National Guard is coming... the riot is about to end

Schillinger hiding in his pod when the National Guard started smoking the place💀

Okay episode over. Makes sense why they used checkers instead of chess now. Bcuz that riot was the messiest and dumbest thing that I've ever seen. Also the inmates had very limited options/moves (like in checkers!).

[the-cat-at-the-theatre-door]

Something I've been wondering since a lot of the older cats tend to get cast younger and younger recently - are there any performers you could plausibly see as "real" younger versions of those characters?

Anon, that is actually a super interesting question (and I hope I'm understanding what you're asking for; apologies if I misunderstood - if you are asking whether there are performers who have not played the role but played others and can get away with playing them, honestly I'm not a big proponent of having all super young swings and understudies, and I've spoken at length about that before), but there *are* actually a handful of performers of past (which means that they *were* young when they initially took the role and looked it) and present that I could feasibly see as younger (and by "younger" I mean like more in the 20s) faceclaims or "versions" of my beloved older cats (and that I often will note back too when I'm trying to picture them in my mind).

From what I have heard and seen of them, they also give off more of a younger vibe, either due to the lack of maturity in their voices, or their general dispositions, that I think works well as these characters but younger. Imagine a different bunch of teenagers and gapped teeth babies running around the Junkyard hollering at one another and whining at their parents before *they* became the parents, ahaha.

I can give you some of my favourites to avoid wasting too much space. I can do a Part 2 with Asparagus/Gus, Old D and Grizabella if you're interested:

Skimbleshanks:

Matthew Gould (on his first go around; he aged into it much better the second go - Ross Finnie could technically also take this spot)

Philip Bertioli (and this is a costume thing but his vest always looked too big for him which just amped up the baby vibe)

Giovanni DiGabriele

Hayden Baum (specifically his first go around - that is a baby)

Tyler Keller (who looks *particularly* old photo like in this shot with the filter and expression - slap a black and white or sepia filter over that and tell me that's not an old photograph)

Taylor Scanlan (also *very* baby and *very* pretty*).

(Others for consideration if these don't tickle your fancy: Sandy Rass, Sean McManus, Shaun Henson, Jon-Paul Christensen, Philip Comley, Dann Dunn, Brian O'Muiri, Billy Mahoney, Jarryd Nurden, Park Seong-ryong, Bryan Mottram

Jellylorum:

Catrin Darnell

Susan Powers

Joanna Beck

Lindsay Dyett

Jeanne Montano

Erin James

Annemarie Rosano

(Others: Liz Izen, Louise Tomkins, Bonnie Simmons, Nina Hennessey, Marcy DeGonge, Jennifer Vaden, Thea MacNeil, Lisa-Marie Parker, Carrie Willis, Megan Arseneau, Taila Halford, and Alice Batt. S/O to Pia Douwes who toed the baby line, and nearly all Jellylorums in the Shiki production and a good chunk of the US Tour 5 who are and were - more often than not - quite young and look it)

Jennyanydots:

Stephanie Johns

Lisbeth Brittain

Laura Darkins

Lucinda Shaw

Erica Leigh Hansen

Ellie Nunan

(Others: Mary Trainor, Renée Knapp, Kati Farkas, Jennifer Cohen, Amanda Bay, Laura McCulloch, Melina Charles, Hanny Aden, Alice Redmond, Abigail Dever, Sarah-Marie Maxwell kinda sorta but tbh I think it's the makeup, Eloise Kropp, Maria Briggs - who is like elementary school Jenny -, Emily Jeanne Phillips, Ayumi Kato, and Megan Carton)

[taniushka12]

i understand where hes coming and i completely understand the inherent hipocrisy of doing otherwise, but mcmanus learning that whittlesey shoot and killed ross bc ross shot him and then digging that up is kinda fucked up

[aaliyahunleashed]

#OnThisDay April 8, 2003

“I Care 4 U” is released as a double A-side single with "Don't Worry" as the second US single from I Care 4 U, by Blackground Records and Universal Records.

According to Aaliyah, the song speaks about a female narrator who tells her male friend: "Don't cry, I'll wipe your tears. I love you, just give me the chance to show you.”

The song was originally recorded for Aaliyah's second studio album One in a Million (1996), but the recording was shelved. It was re-recorded in 2000 for her3rd and final album, Aaliyah (2001).

Ross Scarano from Complex praised the production of "I Care 4 U", comparing it to the work of Angie Stone. He stated: "If it weren't for some low-in-the-mix beatboxing and complicated drum programming, "I Care 4 U" wouldn't register as a Timbaland production. Luke McManus from the Irish publication RTÉ felt that Aaliyah showcased her voice more on the song and that her newfound vocal ability matched the "brilliance of the backing tracks"

[audikatia]

Another year, another 110 books read! I don’t love organizing books by genre because I feel like so many of the books I read are a mix of fantasy/horror/queer romance/mystery/etc, but I like to see how it all falls into place. I had started 2022 with the goal of reading more poetry but otherwise had no specific goal except to read whatever I wanted. There were some disappointments, some books I have been meaning to read forever, some new favorites, and some comfortable rereads of old favorites. Overall, a good year!

List of books read + my ratings under the cut

Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Males of the Gay World, 1890-1940 by George Chauncey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner ⭐️⭐️⭐️

No Voyage and Other Poems by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The River Styx, Ohio by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️

All’s Well by Mona Awad ⭐️⭐️⭐️

You’ll be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Twelve Moons by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones ⭐️⭐️

American Primitive by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Dream Work by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

House of Light by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️

New and Selected Poems: Volume One by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

White Pine by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️

West Wind by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Leaf and the Cloud by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What Do We Know? by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Owls and Other Fantasies by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Long Life by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Why I Wake Early by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Conventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Dune by Frank Herbert ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Blue Iris by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️

New and Selected Poems: Volume Two by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thirst by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Red Bird by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Out of Character by Annabeth Albert ⭐️⭐️

The Truro Bear and Other Adventures by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Evidence by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell ⭐️⭐️

The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Swan by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Dog Songs by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Blue Horses by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Felicity by Mary Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Woman Beyond the Attic: The V.C. Andrews Story by Andrew Neiderman ⭐️⭐️⭐️

So It Goes by Isis Molina ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Slippery Creatures by K.J. Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Sugared Game by K.J. Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Subtle Blood by K.J. Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

To Trust Man on His Oath by K.J. Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

How Goes the World by K.J. Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Band Sinister by K.J. Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by K.J. Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Mary Magdalene Revealed by Meggan Watterson ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Le Petomane 1857-1945 by Jean Nohain and F. Caradee ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell ⭐️⭐️

Magdalene: Poems by Marie Howe ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Love, Hate, & Clickbait by Liz Bowery ⭐️⭐️⭐️

All Eyes on Us by Kit Frick ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Song That Moves the Sun by Anna Bright ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling by Ross King ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Secret Wisdom of Nature by Peter Wohllben ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley ⭐️⭐️

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Lock Every Door by Riley Sager ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Every Other Weekend by Abigail Johnson ⭐️⭐️⭐️

You Only Die Twice by Brynn Kelly ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Snakehead by Patrick Radden Keefe ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cultish by Amanda Montell ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Opal by Maggie Stiefvater ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Blog Tour: Top 5 Reasons to Read SUCH CHARMING LIARS by Karen M. McManus! #tbrbeyondtours

Hello, hello! Welcome to Book-Keeping and my stop on the TBR and Beyond Tours blog tour for Such Charming Liars, the latest from queen of YA thrillers, Karen M. McManus! I've got all the details below, along with my top 5 reasons to read this great thriller, which released yesterday so is now out in the world!

About the Book

title: Such Charming Liars author: Karen M. McManus publisher: Penguin Books release date: 30 July 2024

The newest mystery from the author One of Us Is Lying, the Queen of thrillers, Karen M. McManus! When mother-daughter grifters set out on their final job, the heist gets deadly and dangerously personal.

For all of Kat’s life, it’s just been her and her mother, Jamie—except for the forty-eight hours when Jamie was married and Kat had a stepbrother, Liam. That all ended in an epic divorce, and Kat and Liam haven’t spoken since.

Now Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight, but she has one last job—at billionaire Ross Sutherland’s birthday party. And Kat has figured out a way to tag along. What Kat doesn’t know, though, is that there are two surprise guests at the dazzling Sutherland compound that weekend. The last two people she wants to run into. Liam and his father—a serial scammer who has his sights set on Ross Sutherland’s youngest daughter.

Kat and Liam are on a collision course to disaster, and when a Sutherland dies, they realize they might actually be in the killer’s crosshairs themselves. Somehow Kat and Liam are the new targets, and they can’t trust anyone—except each other.

Or can they? Because if there’s one thing both Kat and Liam know, it’s how to lie. They learned from the best.

Add to Goodreads: Such Charming Liars Purchase the Book: Amazon | B&N | Bookshop.org

About the Author

Karen M. McManus is a #1 New York Times and international bestselling author of young adult thrillers. Her work includes the One of Us Is Lying series, which was turned into a television show on Peacock and Netflix, as well as the standalone novels Two Can Keep a Secret, The Cousins, You’ll Be the Death of Me, Nothing More to Tell, and Such Charming Liars. Karen’s critically acclaimed, award-winning books have been translated into forty-two languages and have sold more than eight million copies worldwide.

Connect with Karen: Website | Instagram | Goodreads

Top 5 Reasons to Read

1. It's Karen McManus, one of (if not THE) reigning queens of YA thrillers! Need I say more?

2. Now Karen takes on con artists' kids, who find themselves in trouble when that "one last job" goes south.

3. I love that the FMC and MMC are *not* romantically involved with one another, but rather have a pseudo-stepsibling relationship. And our FMC actually doesn't get romantically involved with anyone; rather it's our MMC who finds an adorable guy!

4. Along those lines, I just love the relationship between Liam and Kat. Even though they haven't seen each other in 12 years, an early shared trauma has bonded them in a way they didn't realize until seeing each other again. Throw Augustus into the mix, and these three have a great dynamic that's so much fun to read.

5. I absolutely raced through the last 20%--just could not read and flip pages fast enough! What a banger of an ending!

6. As a bonus item, I will say I did part of my reading via the audiobook, and I would definitely recommend it! The narrators for Liam and Kat did a great job.

**I would like to note, if you're sensitive to domestic violence, please be aware that there is one on-page, relatively short memory of a DV incident. I wasn't expecting it and had a bit of a breakdown, so I want others to be aware of that. I'm happy to tell you more if you want to DM me.

Rating: 5 stars!

Make sure you check out the Bookstagram tour too! You can find my post here, and the full schedule is here.

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˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆ cynthia’s to be read !

i am aware there are a lot of books on here i promise i’m getting through them all i just can’t help but buy books whenever i get the chance 😣

daughter of the moon goddess by sue lynn tan

a day of fallen night by samantha shannon

the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon

daughter of the pirate king by tricia levenseller

daughter of the siren queen by tricia levenseller

little women by louisa may alcott

carrie soto is back by taylor jenkins reid

the brothers hawthorne by jennifer lynn barnes

pride and prejudice by jane austen

the goldfinch by donna tartt

the bell jar by sylvia plath

percy jackson and the greek heroes by rick riordan

the hidden oracle by rick riordan

one of us is next by karen mcmanus

two can keep a secret by karen mcmanus

the stolen heir by holly black

the prisoner’s throne by holly black

wuthering heights by emily brontë

the duke and i by julia quinn

the queen’s rising by rebecca ross

the queen’s resistance by rebecca ross

caraval by stephanie garber

once upon a broken heart by stephanie garber

the ballad of never after by stephanie garber

a curse for true love by stephanie garber

spqr: a history of ancient rome by mary beard

the atlas six by olivie blake

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Release: January 1, 1986

Lyrics:

Young man you too girlie girlie

You jus a flash it round the worldie

Young man you too girlie girlie

You jus a flash it round the worldie.

Him have one up here

One down there

One in Hannover

One down a vere.

One she's a lawyer

One she's a doctor

Him have one up north and two down south

One wen dem work with a little contractor.

One down a east

One down a west

One a sell cigarettes on the roundabout - lord.

Young man you too girlie girlie

You jus a flash it round the worldie

. . .

Him have one everytime me say she thinks a she rules

Him have one go a school

One gawn fool fool

One she a nurse she say she come first

A she can smile when the two a dem a spar

The other night them going out dem pick her new purse.

One a sell star

One work in a bar

And him no drink no other milk but Betty.

One gettie gettie

One frettie frettie

You too girlie girlie

You jus a flash it round the worldie

. . .

You too girlie girlie

You jus a flash it round the worldie

. . .

Young man you too girlie girlie

You jus a flash it round the worldie

. . .

You too girlie girlie

Him have one up here

One down there

. . .

One a go a school and one fool fool.

A big fat one who a go go dancer

You jus a flash it round the worldie

. . .

And before him grow old he want one a North Pole.

A little slim one who's a radio announcer.

One highty highty

One flighty flighty

Songwriter: Ross Mcmanus

One in a London

One in a Japan

One in a Scotland

One in a Finland

One in a Taiwan

One in a Iran

One in a Greenland

One in a Iceland.

One in Canada

One Uganda

One America

One Cuba

One Antigua

One Grenada

One a China

And one India.

One Bolivia

One Torguga

One a Ghana

One Ethiopia

One Russia

One Syberia

One a Syria

One Tanzania.

One Australia

One Aruba

One Asia

One Australia.

Young man you too girlie girlie

You jus a flash it round the worldie.

ArtistFacts:

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Not sure if this particularly counts, but it sounds interesting.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201055456-such-charming-liars

The newest mystery from the author One of Us Is Lying, the Queen of thrillers, Karen M. McManus! When mother-daughter grifters set out on their final job, the heist gets deadly and dangerously personal. For all of Kat’s life, it’s just been her and her mother, Jamie—except for the forty-eight hours when Jamie was married and Kat had a stepbrother, Liam. That all ended in an epic divorce, and Kat and Liam haven’t spoken since. Now Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight, but she has one last job—at billionaire Ross Sutherland’s birthday party. And Kat has figured out a way to tag along. What Kat doesn’t know, though, is that there are two surprise guests at the dazzling Sutherland compound that weekend. The last two people she wants to run into. Liam and his father—a serial scammer who has his sights set on Ross Sutherland’s youngest daughter. Kat and Liam are on a collision course to disaster, and when a Sutherland dies, they realize they might actually be in the killer’s crosshairs themselves. Somehow Kat and Liam are the new targets, and they can’t trust anyone—except each other. Or can they? Because if there’s one thing both Kat and Liam know, it’s how to lie. They learned from the best.

Well I ship it!

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HBO as well as the MMOexp Madden NFL 24 Films crew

The Cowboys will no longer bear the responsibility of extending support to a player that even with jail time could not keep him from breaking the law again Madden 24 Coins; regardless of how minor one may view smoking marijuana.

The actions of Brent could be interpreted as him owning up to the situation that his life is currently in and realizing the gravity of the situation he is facing. If the legal scenario turns to Brent's advantage the only thing he has to do is not retire. Brent's rights are held by the Dallas Cowboys and the league could then reconsider the possibility of suspension.

Hard Knocks series gets mult-year extension through MMOexp Madden NFL 24 Films, HBO

HBO as well as the MMOexp Madden NFL 24 Films crew have extended their partnership in relation to Hard Knocks, it was announced on Thursday. There was no information released about what the term of the deal is, but MMOexp Madden NFL 24 Films' Ross Ketover referred to the extension as an "multi-year renewal" and stated that they'd be available for "a few more years."

The deal isn't one that most MMOexp Madden NFL 24 teams are likely to love, considering Hard Knocks has had trouble getting teams to be part of the series, however, viewers seem to remain curious about what MMOexp Madden NFL 24 teams are willing to show on HBO.

This year's 16th MMOexp Madden NFL 24 Rookie Symposium will include guest speakers on the topic of sexual orientation as per Jane McManus of ESPN New York Buy Mut 24 Coins. This will be the first time that the league has people talking to rookies about the possible inclusion of homosexual players which is likely due to how many media coverage the subject has received recently.

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CP is back in training!

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Casey Stoney + Talking to her players (Requested by @ccvalenzp)

Send in your requests for Casey Stoney + things

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decent team that 🔥