Just a girl and her books
THE DARKNESS | Ragnar Jonasson 10.16.2018 | Minotaur Books Rating: 4/5 stars Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdottir has reached the age of retirement at sixty-four. Despite her fears of what this will mean for her future and desire to keep working the Reykjavik Police Department wants her out. They are ready for a man, several years … Continue reading Book Review: The Darkness
How is it the middle of October already? I don't understand where the time has gone or how I've managed to only finish reading three books and one audiobook. I'm definitely not going to be checking off as many titles from my October TBR as I wanted to. This week should be less insanity at … Continue reading Weekly Reads: October 15th
THE SHINING | Stephen King 06.2007 (first published 01.28.1977) | Hodder Rating: 5/5 stars Jack Torrence has recently been let go from his job. He and his family are struggling to make ends meet. It seems that things are on the upward swing when a close friend of Jack’s offers him the opportunity to be … Continue reading Book Review: The Shining
THE CRAFTSMAN | Sharon J. Bolton 10.16.2018 | Minotaur Books Rating: 4/5 stars Florence Lovelady launched her career as a detective 30 years ago in the small village of Lancashire. At that time the teenage children of this village were disappearing without a word. No one knew where they were going. Florence was convinced that … Continue reading Book Review: The Craftsman
Well friends, I'm a day late from normally posting this on Monday, but I promise it was for good reason. Wanna know what I was up to? I was ax throwing! My company throws 2 team building events every year and I'm one of the people that presents and coordinates them. It's an all day … Continue reading Weekly Reads: October 9th
CROSS HER HEART | Sarah Pinborough 09.04.2018 | William Morrow Rating: 2.5/5 stars Lisa is living an ordinary life with her daughter Ava. She has a steady job where she has worked for a long time with Marilyn, who over the years has become her best friend. Lisa is what you would refer to as … Continue reading Book Review: Cross Her Heart
Welcome to another installment of Top Ten Tuesday, which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's theme is authors I'd love to meet. To be honest, I've never had the luxury of meeting any authors. Where I live in Maryland doesn't seem to attract author events and travelling to D.C. can be a huge pain. … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I’d Love to Meet!
It's finally October, which means my Halloween decoration don't look so out of place in our living room! I can't help myself...the stores start selling everything in September and I'm not about to put them in a closet! For this month I planned out a TBR filled with some darker and spookier reads, so let's … Continue reading Weekly Reads: October 1st
Read: The Guilty Dead by P.J. Tracy #FashionVictim by Amina Akhtar Guess Who by Chris McGeorge Glass Houses by Louise Penny (audiobook) The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton The Bus on Thursday by Shirley Barrett Snare by Lilja Sigurdardottir Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough (audiobook) Misery by Stephen King The Lion Tamer … Continue reading September Wrap Up
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE | Matthew Farrell 10.01.2018 | Thomas & Mercer Rating: 4/5 stars Liam Dwyer is a forensics specialist working for the Philadelphia Police Department. His day starts off with him waking in a bathtub filled with water, completely unable to remember how he got there. His wife tells him that when she … Continue reading Book Review: What Have You Done
