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Read: Bath Haus by P.J. Vernon 5⭐ Cirque Berserk by Jessica Guess 4⭐ A Thousand Steps by T. Jefferson Parker (🎧) 4⭐ The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark 5⭐ Yes, Daddy by Jonathan Parks-Ramage 4.5⭐ The Favor by Nora Murphy (🎧) 4⭐ Bad Dreams by R.L. Stine 4⭐ Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett … Continue reading June Wrap Up
BLACKOUT | Erin Flanagan 07.01.2022 | Thomas & Mercer Rating: 3.5/5 stars Seven months into her sobriety, sociology professor Maris Heilman has her first blackout. She chalks it up to exhaustion, though she fears her husband and daughter suspect she’s drinking again. Whatever the cause, the glitches start becoming more frequent. Sometimes minutes, sometimes longer, … Continue reading Book Review: Blackout
YES, DADDY | Jonathan Parks-Ramage 05.18.2021 | Harper Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Jonah Keller moved to New York City with dreams of becoming a successful playwright, but for the time being, lives in a rundown sublet in Bushwick, working extra hours at a restaurant only to barely make rent. When he stumbles upon a photo … Continue reading Book Review: Yes, Daddy
THE FAVOR | Nora Murphy 05.31.2022 | Minotaur Books Rating: 4/5 stars Leah and McKenna have never met, though they have parallel lives. They don’t—ever—find themselves in the same train carriage or meet accidentally at the gym or the coffee shop. They don’t—ever—discuss their problems and find common ground. They don’t—ever—acknowledge to each other that … Continue reading Book Review: The Favor
THE LIES I TELL | Julie Clark 06.21.2022 | Sourcebooks Rating: 5/5 stars Meg Williams. Maggie Littleton. Melody Wilde. Different names for the same person, depending on the town, depending on the job. She’s a con artist who erases herself to become whoever you need her to be – a college student, a life coach, … Continue reading Book Review: The Lies I Tell
CIRQUE BERSERK | Jessica Guess02.12.2020 | UnnervingRating: 4/5 stars The summer of 1989 brought terror to the town of Shadows Creek, Florida in the form of a massacre at a local carnival, Cirque Berserk. One fateful night, a group of teens killed a dozen people then disappeared into thin air. No one knows why they … Continue reading Book Review: Cirque Berserk
BATH HAUS | P.J. Vernon 06.15.2021 | Doubleday Books Rating: 5/5 stars Oliver Park, a young recovering addict from Indiana, finally has everything he ever wanted: sobriety and a loving, wealthy partner in Nathan, a prominent DC trauma surgeon. Despite their difference in age and disparate backgrounds, they’ve made a perfect life together. With everything … Continue reading Book Review: Bath Haus
THE LYING CLUB | Annie Ward 03.22.2022 | Park Row Rating: 4/5 stars At an elite private school nestled in the Colorado mountains, Natalie, an office assistant, dreams of having a life like the school moms she deals with every day. Women like Brooke – a gorgeous heiress, ferociously loving mother, and serial cheater – … Continue reading Book Review: The Lying Club
Read: Unmasked by Paul Holes 4⭐️ (🎧) Sundial by Catriona Ward 5⭐️ Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie 3.5⭐️ (🎧) Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka 4.5⭐️ The Maid by Nita Prose 5⭐️ The Lying Club by Annie Ward 4⭐️ (🎧) Just Like Mother by Anne Heltzel 5⭐️ This is Not the … Continue reading May Wrap Up
THIS IS NOT THE REAL WORLD | Anna Carey (This is Not the Jess Show #2) 05.24.2022 | Quirk Books Rating: 4/5 stars *Caution: Possible spoilers for the first book in series* Jess Flynn is finally free of Swickley and a life that was broadcast to the whole world on Stuck in the 90’s. She’s … Continue reading Book Review: This is Not the Real World
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