Just a girl and her books
Happy Friday! How did your reading go this week? Not featured here is The Whisper Man, which I wrapped up early in the week. I’ve now got about 25% left to go in End of Watch, which is the final book in the Bill Hodges trilogy. I’ve really loved this whole trilogy and the awesome … Continue reading Weekly Reads: August 23rd
TANGERINE | Christine Mangan 03.27.2018 | Ecco Rating: 4/5 stars Alice Shipley and her new husband, John, have uprooted their lives and moved to Tangier. As Alice is working to find her place in this new home she receives an unexpected visitor. The last person she ever expected to show up at her doorstep is … Continue reading Book Review: Tangerine
THE WHISPER MAN | Alex North 08.20.2019 | Celadon Books Rating: 5/5 stars Tom Kennedy’s wife passed away suddenly and he believes nothing will help is son, Jake, more in recovering from this tragedy than making a fresh start. They are on the hunt for a new beginning in the town of Featherbank. What they … Continue reading Book Review: The Whisper Man
FINDERS KEEPERS | Stephen King (Bill Hodges Trilogy #2) 06.02.2015 | Scribner Rating: 5/5 stars John Rothstein is an iconic author known for his famous series centered around Jimmy Gold. He hasn’t published a book in decades and has retreated to a solitary life. Rothstein may have become a recluse, but he hasn’t stopped writing … Continue reading Book Review: Finders Keepers
Since most books publish on Tuesdays my weeks seem heavier with reviews in the beginning of the week, which leaves me with toying with keeping my Weekly Reads posts at the end of the week. I also think that gives it a nice space of it's own to reflect on what I've accomplished this past … Continue reading Weekly Reads: August 16th
MR. MERCEDES | Stephen King (Bill Hodges Trilogy #1) 06.03.2014 | Scribner Rating: 5/5 stars The impact of the recession has been felt all around the country as people have lost their jobs and watched their lives dramatically change overnight. In the freezing pre-dawn hours, many of those people have lined up for a chance … Continue reading Book Review: Mr. Mercedes
THE SWALLOWS | Lisa Lutz 08.13.2019 | Ballantine Books Rating: 4/5 stars Alex Witt has just been appointed the new creative writing teacher at Stonebridge Academy. She starts her first class off with a simple writing prompt. What Alex isn’t expecting is to find clues to Stonebridge’s darkest secret within the answers to her prompt. … Continue reading Book Review: The Swallows
BAD BLOOD | John Carreyrou 05.21.2018 | Knopf Publishing Group Rating: 5/5 stars Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes started to make her name known in Silicon Valley at the young age of nineteen. While a student at Stanford she began to promote her idea of a way to revolutionize blood testing. Instead of tubes … Continue reading Book Review: Bad Blood
I know we're already seven days into August and technically I posted this photo on Instagram back in the very beginning of the month, but I'm just now sharing on here! I'm really excited for my August reading agenda and at the end of today I'll already have accomplished checking three books off my list. … Continue reading August TBR!
I KNOW EVERYTHING | Matthew Farrell 08.06.2019 | Thomas & Mercer Rating: 4/5 stars Police investigator, Susan Adler, is investigating a deadly car accident. Everything about the case looks like it was accidental, but as the medical examiner takes over it becomes clear that this was actually a murder. The victim was was the wealthy … Continue reading Book Review: I Know Everything
