Absolutely not, at least for fiction. I hate knowing anything, even the author pics. It colors the story for me and I hate it. I start double thinking everything and making assumptions and I'd rather just be entertained.

For non fiction it's fine, and can add to the authenticity of the work.

I like the rambling over descriptive language Collins uses, I didn't find it to be that much of a slog. I found it spooky and suspense building.

I never thought any of the characters were really supposed to be likeable, just unique and flawed. It's like a slow motion train wreck.

I really liked the twist, it seems all the more crazy when presented in flowery fancy British English.

Yup, and how to navigate the relationship with her abusive ex since she has a child with him. It's a lot of loose end tying basically.

Same main character and side character

Is it when only a single character is talking for multiple paragraphs? They then don't close until the character is done speaking correct? Grammer is not my strong suit though.

I'm thinking they mean more like a Half Priced Books or similar. I noticed there were lots of small independent and discount chain bookstores in small towns in MA.

Craft projects! There are so many cute crafts with book pages but I hate the thought of destroying a book, but if it's bad enough...

I created their own category called "finished" and just delete them off the Kindle but not the cloud. I also have one named "delete" for all the trash books, usually free or discounted, that I would delete but don't want to be bothered. Also if you delete a book off your Amazon account, which is a total pain to do, it will let you buy it again, if it's not deleted instead of "buy now" it says something like "open book". I tend to be forgetful so that's helpful.