Just a girl and her books
THE GREAT GATSBY | F. Scott Fitzgerald 09.30.2004 (first published 1925) | Scribner Classic Rating: 5/5 stars Nick Carraway has just moved East to start a new life in the New York suburb of West Egg. He quickly finds that most things in New York are out of his economic status and settles on a … Continue reading Book Review: The Great Gatsby
UNDER THE DOME | Stephen King 06.11.2013 (originally published 11.10.2009) | Gallery Books Rating: 4/5 stars The day is like every other day. The people of Chester’s Mill, Maine are going about their usual routines and enjoying the beautiful fall weather. Suddenly their world comes closing in around them, quite literally. Out of nowhere an … Continue reading Book Review: Under the Dome
ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL | Sarah Vaughan 01.23.2018 | Atria/Emily Bestler Books Rating: 4/5 stars Sophie and James have a picture perfect life. James is a charismatic public figure serving the Prime Minister, loving husband and father. Sophie is the dotting wife always seen supporting James in his climb up the political ladder. One day … Continue reading Book Review: Anatomy of a Scandal
LIES SHE TOLD | Cate Holahan 09.12.2017 | Crooked Lane Books Rating: 4/5 stars Liza Jones has graced the bestsellers list for a novel about an abused teen, but since Drowned Secrets took the book world by storm she can’t seem to find her groove. Coming off of a failed book, Liza now has thirty … Continue reading Book Review: Lies She Told
THE BRUTAL TELLING| Louise Penny (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #5) 10.03.2017 (first published 09.22.2009) | Minotaur Books Rating: 4/5 stars Olivier’s Bistro is practically a landmark in Three Pines. The local villagers go there to meet with friends and neighbors over a delicious meal and drinks. The summer tourists stop by to feel at home … Continue reading Book Review: The Brutal Telling
SUNDAY SILENCE (Frieda Klein #7)| Nicci French 01.09.2018 | William Morrow Rating: 4/5 stars Frieda Klein is a London-based psychologist, who has been known to serve as a consultant with the local police department. After assisting with solving several cases, Frieda suddenly finds herself on the other end of an investigation. A body has been … Continue reading Book Review: Sunday Silence
THE FIREMAKER | Peter May 01.09.2018 (first published 1999) | Quercus USA Rating: 4/5 stars A corpse is found burning in a highly travelled park in Beijing, leaving the man that used to be alive completely unrecognizable. Detective Li Yan has recently been promoted and assigned to the case on his first day. Before he … Continue reading Book Review: The Firemaker
Read: Crooked House by Agatha Christie A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge NOS4A2 by Joe Hill The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine Happy New Year!! I hope everyone had a wonderful … Continue reading December Wrap Up
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