Just a girl and her books
THE WIFE BETWEEN US | Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen 01.09.2018 | St. Martin’s Press Rating: 5/5 stars I’m going to start off my review a bit differently for THE WIFE BETWEEN US. You see, I can’t give you the normal plot summary I typically have because I worry I would give away one of … Continue reading Book Review: The Wife Between Us
EXQUISITE | Sarah Stovell 10.01.2017 | Orenda Books Rating: 4/5 stars Meet Bo Luxton: successful author, happily married mother of two girls living in a picture-perfect Lake District home. Bo has agreed to teach a writing seminar for a week and is busy reviewing applicants when she stumbles upon Alice Dark’s submission. Alice’s writing is … Continue reading Book Review: Exquisite
FAHRENHEIT 451 | Ray Bradbury 06.2012 (originally published 1953) | Simon Schuster Rating: 5/5 stars Fahrenheit 451, the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns. This is what drives Guy Montag's life. He is a fireman, which means that his job is to respond to calls about citizens illegally housing copies of books … Continue reading Book Review: Fahrenheit 451
LIE TO ME | J.T. Ellison 09.05.2017 | Mira Books Rating: 5/5 stars Sutton and Ethan Montclair live the perfect life. They’re both successful authors, own a stunning home, and have an abundance of everything you could need in life. As authors, they have built the perfect story, but what’s truly hidden behind their façade … Continue reading Book Review: Lie to Me
THE DRY | Jane Harper 01.10.2017 | Flatiron Books Rating: 5/5 stars Kiewarra, a small country town is Australia, is plagued by a drought that just won’t quit. The residents of this sleepy town base their lives on their farms and their ability to produce livestock and crops. Tensions are running high throughout the town … Continue reading Book Review: The Dry
The Cruelest Month | Louise Penny (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #3) 04.12.2011 | Minotaur Books Rating: 4/5 stars It’s April and Easter has arrived in Three Pines. The villagers are busy hiding intricately painted wooden eggs throughout the community for the children to find. Armand Gamache is finally finding time to be with his family … Continue reading Book Review: The Cruelest Month
THE GRIP OF IT | Jac Jemc 08.01.2017 | FSG Originals Rating: 3/5 stars Julie and James are looking to make a change in their lives. Recently Julie discovered that James has an intense gambling problem and has lost a good amount of his money and their joint funds. In order to save their marriage … Continue reading Book Review: The Grip of It
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS | Agatha Christie 01.18.2011 (first published 1934) | William Morrow Rating: 5/5 stars The famous Orient Express is travelling during the winter, a time when usually the train cars are empty. Hercule Poirot finds himself on an unusually crowded train car headed back home. The train is filled with a … Continue reading Book Review: Murder on the Orient Express
A FATAL GRACE | Louise Penny (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #2) 02.15.2011 | Minotaur Books Rating: 4/5 stars Winter has blown in to Three Pines, leaving the Quebec village to look like the inside of a snow globe. While the days near closer to the joys of Christmas, the countdown to murder is also fast … Continue reading Book Review: A Fatal Grace
Read: Hunting the Five Point Killer by C.M. Wenelboe The Snowman by Jo Nesbo White Bodies by Jane Robbins Still Life by Louise Penny 1984 by George Orwell The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey UNSUB by Meg Gardiner I can't believe October is over already! What a whirlwind! I spent the first half of the … Continue reading October Wrap Up
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