Skip to content

What Jess Reads

Just a girl and her books

  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Goodreads
  • Home
  • About
  • Book Reviews
  • Contact
  • Review Inquiry

Month: October 2017

Book Review: UNSUB

UNSUB | Meg Gardiner 06.27.2017 | Dutton Books Rating: 5/5 stars Caitlin Hendrix is the daughter of well-known Detective Mack Hendrix. She has been working hard to make a name for herself on the force outside of the limelight forced on her. Caitlin has been assigned a detective position in Narcotics for the past six … Continue reading Book Review: UNSUB →

jess_reads_books Book Reviews 2 Comments October 30, 2017

Book Review: The Dark Lake

THE DARK LAKE | Sarah Bailey 10.03.2017 | Grand Central Publishing Rating: 3.5/5 stars Rosalind Ryan has been found floating in the lake early one morning by a jogger in her rural hometown of Smithson. The night of Rose’s death was the debut of her play, a modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet, performed at … Continue reading Book Review: The Dark Lake →

jess_reads_books Book Reviews 1 Comment October 24, 2017November 1, 2017

Book Review: 1984

1984 | George Orwell First published 06.08.1949 | Signet Classics Rating: 5/5 stars The current year is 1984, or at least that’s what the newspapers indicate. Winston Smith is living in Oceania, one of the three ever-warring superstates that the world has been divided in to, in a small one-room flat and belongs to the … Continue reading Book Review: 1984 →

jess_reads_books Book Reviews 4 Comments October 23, 2017October 23, 2017

Book Review: Still Life

STILL LIFE | Louise Penny (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #1) 09.30.2008 | Minotaur Books Rating: 4/5 stars It’s Thanksgiving in Quebec’s quaint town of Three Pines and friends are gathering to enjoy each other’s company on this holiday. One morning the body of Jane Neal, a beloved member of the community is found dead in … Continue reading Book Review: Still Life →

jess_reads_books Book Reviews 1 Comment October 16, 2017January 19, 2018

Book Review: White Bodies

WHITE BODIES | Jane Robins 09.19.2017 | Touchstone Rating: 5/5 stars Felix and Tilda seem like the perfect couple, a financier and fresh-faced actress, hopelessly in love with each other. When the curtains are drawn and their alone together, the perfect façade breaks and reveals an oddity and violent passion lurking at the heart of … Continue reading Book Review: White Bodies →

jess_reads_books Book Reviews 1 Comment October 12, 2017October 12, 2017

Book Review: The Snowman

THE SNOWMAN | Jo Nesbø 06.28.2016 (originally 2007) | Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Rating: 5/5 stars It’s November in Oslo and the first snow has just fallen. Young Jonas wakes in the middle of the night and discovers his mother is missing. Desperate to find her he searches the entire house, but the only thing he … Continue reading Book Review: The Snowman →

jess_reads_books Book Reviews 1 Comment October 10, 2017

Review: Hunting the Five Point Killer

HUNTING THE FIVE POINT KILLER | C.M. Wendelboe 10.08.2017| Midnight Ink Rating: 4/5 stars  Former Denver homicide detective, Arn Anderson has been called back into duty. This time around he’s moonlighting as a consultant for a TV news program, hired to look into a cold murder case. TV reporter Ana Maria Villareal believes that the … Continue reading Review: Hunting the Five Point Killer →

jess_reads_books Book Reviews 1 Comment October 5, 2017

September Wrap Up

Read: Dead Woman Walking by Sharon Bolton Odd Child Out by Gilly Macmillian Hello Again by Brenda Novak The Scarred Woman by Jussi Adler-Olsen September was jam packed with life events for me. In case you guys didn't know...I GOT MARRIED!!!! Then the hubby and I went on an amazing 2 week West Coast honeymoon … Continue reading September Wrap Up →

jess_reads_books Wrap Ups Leave a comment October 1, 2017October 1, 2017

Book Review: The Scarred Woman

THE SCARRED WOMAN | Jussi Adler-Olsen 09.19.2017 | Dutton Books Rating: 4 stars THE SCARRED WOMAN is book seven in the Department Q series. This installment finds Department Q detective, Carl Morck, leading up one of his toughest cases yet. The department specializes in cold cases, but this time around it looks like this players … Continue reading Book Review: The Scarred Woman →

jess_reads_books Book Reviews 1 Comment October 1, 2017October 1, 2017

Search

Follow What Jess Reads on WordPress.com

What’s New

  • January Wrap Up February 2, 2023
  • Book Review: The Black Queen January 31, 2023
  • Book Review: White Horse January 26, 2023
  • Book Review: The Tenant January 24, 2023
  • Book Review: This Might Hurt January 20, 2023

Bookstagram

No Instagram images were found.

Blog Archive

  • February 2023 (1)
  • January 2023 (13)
  • December 2022 (11)
  • November 2022 (10)
  • October 2022 (10)
  • September 2022 (9)
  • August 2022 (10)
  • July 2022 (8)
  • June 2022 (9)
  • May 2022 (11)
  • April 2022 (10)
  • March 2022 (8)
  • February 2022 (10)
  • January 2022 (12)
  • December 2021 (10)
  • November 2021 (10)
  • October 2021 (7)
  • September 2021 (11)
  • August 2021 (14)
  • July 2021 (8)
  • June 2021 (11)
  • May 2021 (10)
  • April 2021 (15)
  • March 2021 (11)
  • February 2021 (13)
  • January 2021 (7)
  • December 2020 (17)
  • November 2020 (14)
  • October 2020 (16)
  • September 2020 (15)
  • August 2020 (13)
  • July 2020 (15)
  • June 2020 (13)
  • May 2020 (16)
  • April 2020 (11)
  • March 2020 (15)
  • February 2020 (14)
  • January 2020 (16)
  • December 2019 (16)
  • November 2019 (13)
  • October 2019 (15)
  • September 2019 (11)
  • August 2019 (18)
  • July 2019 (20)
  • June 2019 (16)
  • May 2019 (15)
  • April 2019 (20)
  • March 2019 (15)
  • February 2019 (21)
  • January 2019 (20)
  • December 2018 (25)
  • November 2018 (18)
  • October 2018 (18)
  • September 2018 (19)
  • August 2018 (17)
  • July 2018 (20)
  • June 2018 (16)
  • May 2018 (17)
  • April 2018 (11)
  • March 2018 (11)
  • February 2018 (11)
  • January 2018 (8)
  • December 2017 (10)
  • November 2017 (10)
  • October 2017 (9)
  • September 2017 (4)
  • August 2017 (9)
  • July 2017 (9)
  • June 2017 (10)
  • May 2017 (3)

Professional Reader25 Book Reviews
80%

Currently Reading

Popular Features

Agatha Christie Blog Tour Book Review Crime Fiction Fiction Horror Louise Penny Minotaur Books Mystery Orenda Books Ragnar Jonasson Science Fiction Stephen King Suspense TBR Thriller Weekly Reads William Morrow Wrap Up Young Adult
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • What Jess Reads
    • Join 479 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • What Jess Reads
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...