Just a girl and her books
INTO THE WATER | Paula Hawkins Riverhead Books | 05.02.2017 Rating: 3/5 stars Nel Abbott has been found dead at the bottom of the river running through her hometown. The same river claimed the life of her daughter’s best friend, Katie Whittaker, earlier in the year. The river has a reputation for being the final … Continue reading Book Review: Into the Water
FINAL GIRLS | Riley Sager Dutton Books | 07.11.2017 Rating: 5/5 stars Ten years have passed since Quincy Carpenter when on a trip to Pine Cottage with five of her college friends that led to her being the lone survivor of a massacre. As the sole survivor, Quincy is placed into a small group of … Continue reading Book Review: Final Girls
DEADLY CLASS VOL. 2: KIDS OF THE BLACK HOLE | Rick Remender Image Comics | 03.18.2015 Rating: 5/5 stars The second volume of Deadly Class finds Marcus Lopez adjusting and adapting to his life at Kings Dominion, a school for assassins. Marcus is now dating Maria, a fellow student, who has recently experienced the death … Continue reading Book Review: Deadly Class Vol. 2: Kids of the Black Hole
THE WEIGHT OF LIES | Emily Carpenter Lake Union Publishing (Amazon Publishing) | 06.06.2017 Rating: 5/5 stars Step into the world of a mother/daughter rift that has Frances and Megan Ashley involved in a whirlwind drama that ties in past and present. Megan “Meg” Ashley, a reformed socialite, has never felt that her month, Frances … Continue reading Book Review: The Weight of Lies
DOCTOR STRANGE: THE OATH | Brian K. Vaughan Marvel Comics | 06.06.2007 Rating: 5/5 stars Doctor Strange has been shot. Someone broke into his home, stole from him, and then attempted to murder him. When the story opens we find Strange being rushed to a secret superhero infirmary by Wong to be treated for a … Continue reading Book Review: Doctor Strange: The Oath
THE PARTY | Robyn Harding Gallery Books | 06.06.2017 Rating: 3/5 stars The Party is a domestic drama revolving around an incident that occurred the night of a Sweet Sixteen party. The book is told through the prospective of four narrators central to the happenings of the party and drama that ensues afterwards. Taglined as … Continue reading Book Review: The Party
THE HANDMAID’S TALE | Margaret Atwood Anchor Books | 03.16.1998 Rating: 5/5 stars In this dystopian novel, the world as we know it has been replaced by the Republic of Gilead. The caste system of Gilead has broken women into legitimate and illegitimate groups. The legitimate women are further broken down into categories known as … Continue reading Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale
WONDER WOMAN, VOL. 1: THE LIES | Greg Rucka DC Comics | 02.28.2017 Rating: 3/5 stars In light of the recent release of the Wonder Woman movie, I knew I wanted to take a step into the graphic novel side of her story. I grew up watching Wonder Woman in cartoons and easily developed a … Continue reading Book Review: Wonder Woman, Vol. 1: The Lies
ALL THE MISSING GIRLS by Megan Miranda Simon & Schuster | 06.28.2016 Rating: 5/5 stars All the Missing Girls tells the story of Nicolette “Nic” Farrell, a young woman who left her hometown of Cooley Ridge in the middle of the night ten years ago following the disappearance of her best friend, Corinne. Nic has … Continue reading Book Review: All The Missing Girls
Read: BLACK SCIENCE VOL. 1 by Rick Remender LADY KILLER VOL. 1 by Joëlle Jones and Jamie S. Rich WATCH ME DISAPPEAR by Janelle Brown BLOOD ON SNOW by Jo Nesbø THE OWL ALWAYS HUNTS AT NIGHT by Samuel Bjørk May was a pretty stellar reading month for me. I was able to read three … Continue reading May Wrap Up
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