Just a girl and her books
ONE NIGHT GONE | Tara Laskowski 10.01.2019 | Graydon House Rating: 4/5 stars Maureen Haddaway is desperate for a fresh start. She comes to Opal Beach as a member of a travelling carnival. What she finds is a town where she thinks she could build a new life. A town she could call home. There … Continue reading Book Review: One Night Gone
CAGE | Lilja Sigurdardottir (Reykjavik Noir Trilogy #3) 10.17.2019 | Orenda Books Rating: 4/5 stars Agla finds herself locked away behind prison bars where she faces the consequences for a banking scandal. Her lover Sonja stood by her throughout much of her struggles, but now she has left Agla and won’t be there waiting for … Continue reading Blog Tour: Cage
THE NANNY | Gilly Macmillan 09.10.2019 | William Morrow Rating: 4/5 stars When Jocelyn was seven-years-old her nanny disappeared in the middle of the night. The loss hit Jo hard and it became a bone of contention between her and her parents for many years. How could her nanny simply disappear without saying goodbye? Thirty … Continue reading Book Review: The Nanny
LITTLE SIBERIA | Antti Tuomainen 10.17.2019 | Orenda Books Rating: 4/5 stars A former rally car driver finds himself racing along a snowy road in Hurmevaara, Finland. Intoxicated many drinks above the legal limit this man cannot be sure if the flash in the sky is real or in his imagination until a meteorite comes … Continue reading Blog Tour: Little Siberia
THE FURIES | Katie Lowe 10.08.2019 | St. Martin’s Press Rating: 4/5 stars Violet is in need of a fresh start after losing her father and sister. Seeking to escape her traumatic family situation, Violet enrolls in an all-girls boarding school on the outskirts of her town. Awkward and unsure where to find her fit … Continue reading Book Review: The Furies
The first week of October is officially upon us! Maryland has been super confused that the seasons changed with temperatures in the 80s and 90s. It looks like this weekend should mark an official cooling down and I can't wait for the weather to finally match my reading mood! Bring on all things creepy and … Continue reading October TBR!
Read: The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup Mother Knows Best by Kira Peikoff A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill In the Absence of Miracles by Michael J. Malone The Echo Killing by Christi Daugherty (audiobook) Blood Song by Johana Gustawsson Her Every Fear by Peter Swanson (audiobook) The Green Mile by Stephen King Violet by Scott … Continue reading September Wrap Up
AMERICAN PREDATOR | Maureen Callahan 07.02.2019 | Viking Rating: 5/5 stars Most people have never heard the name Israel Keyes. He is one of the most meticulous and least publicized serial killers of the 21st century. Keyes was a predator who hunted for victims across the United States. Seemingly taking people at random, he would … Continue reading Book Review: American Predator
Welcome to another installment of Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl). Today I’ll be sharing book on my Fall TBR! This was actually the prompt for last week, but unfortunately I wasn't able to post. Fall is the perfect time to pull all of the spooky reads from your shelves and that's just … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books on my Fall 2019 TBR!
VIOLET | Scott Thomas 09.24.2019 | Inkshares Rating: 3.5/5 stars When Kris Barlow was ten years old she experienced the tragedy of saying goodbye to her dying mother. Unknown to Kris for many years, her mother was fighting against cancer. Away at their family lakehouse the moment finally came after many days of suffering to … Continue reading Book Review: Violet
