Just a girl and her books
STIRRING THE SHEETS | Chad Lutzke 04.13.2018 | Bloodshot Books Rating: 5/5 stars Emmett is an elderly funeral home worker who is struggling to cope with the loss of his wife. He can’t bring himself to change the sheets from the last night she slept in their bed. Emmett knows that he needs to move … Continue reading Book Review: Stirring the Sheets
PET SEMATARY | Stephen King 12.04.2018 (first published 11.14.1983) | Scribner Rating: 4/5 stars Dr. Louis Creed has landed a new job, which takes his family from Chicago to the rural town of Ludlow, Maine. Their new house is located in a quiet section of the town and seems to be the perfect place for … Continue reading Book Review: Pet Sematary
Welcome to another installment of Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl). This week's theme is all about books I meant to read in 2018, but didn't get to. If we're being honest, that list could likely go on for forever! I did manage to narrow it down to a handful of titles, so … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Meant to Read In 2018 but Didn’t Get To
January is quickly passing by and I'm starting to struggle with juggling my many reads. I think this weekend I was able to get myself in a good place, so this week should be great! I know this stack looks a bit ridiculously big, but I have a plan! I'm currently reading BLACKOUT and CREATURES … Continue reading Weekly Reads: January 21st
THE LEGACY | Yrsa Sigurdardottir 02.13.2018 | Minotaur Books Rating: 5/5 stars A mother of three has been found murdered in her home while her children slept in their beds. The only witness to this horrific crime is her daughter, Margret, who heard the disturbance and was hiding under her mother’s bed. Unable and unwilling … Continue reading Book Review: The Legacy
This week’s installment of Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) is about new-to-me authors I read in 2018. I tried out a TON of new authors last year and fell in love with so many that it was a real struggle to put this list together. In no particular order... 1. Matt Wesolowski: I … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-Me Authors I Read In 2018
We're almost to the halfway mark of January and once again I'm finding I was over ambitious on my monthly TBR planning! I know, I say this every single month and yet I continue to plan out my reading the same way. I think for me, planning a larger TBR allows me to work with … Continue reading Weekly Reads: January 14th
SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW | David Bell 12.31.2018 | Berkley Books Rating: 3/5 stars Nick Hansen is just an average guy out grocery shopping when he comes across a young woman who is the spitting image of his former college girlfriend, Marissa Minor, who died in a house fire twenty years ago. When Nick … Continue reading Book Review: Somebody I Used to Know
THE NOWHERE CHILD | Christian White 01.22.2019 | Minotaur Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Kim Leamy is a photography teacher living in Australia. One day she is approached by a man named Stuart who tells her about a two-year-old child who disappeared twenty-six years earlier from Manson, Kentucky named Sammy Went. A little girl who was … Continue reading Book Review: The Nowhere Child
This week's installment of Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) is all about most anticipated releases for the first half of 2019! There are so many books I am looking forward to in 2019 that it was really hard to narrow it down to 10. I chose to focus more on crime fiction/thriller … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Releases for the First Half of 2019
