Just a girl and her books
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE | Agatha Christie 05.06.2014 (first published 11.06.1939) | William Morrow Rating: 5/5 stars Ten strangers have been asked to arrive at a secluded island in Devon on August 8th. They have each received a letter from someone they know inviting them to come to the island for various reasons at … Continue reading Book Review: And Then There Were None
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE | Anthony Burgess 04.07.2011 (first published 1962) | Penguin Essentials Rating: 4/5 stars Alex is fifteen. He lives in a society where the youth are trying to overthrow the world around them and show that they are the group in charge. It’s common for teenagers like Alex to engage in extreme violence, … Continue reading Book Review: A Clockwork Orange
INTO THE BLACK NOWHERE (UNSUB #2) | Meg Gardiner 01.30.2018 | Dutton Rating: 5/5 stars A series of disappearances is sweeping through southern Texas. One woman vanished from a movie theater after heading to the concession line. Another was yanked from her car while waiting for a train to pass. They’re always on Saturdays and … Continue reading Book Review: Into the Black Nowhere
BLOOD WEDDING | Pierre Lemaitre 07.07.2016 | Quercus, MacLehose Press (imprint) Rating: 5/5 stars Sophie Duguet is living a picturesque life. She has a successful career and a happy marriage. Sophie thought it was just a case of her becoming absentminded when she first started forgetting where she placed things or parked her car. These … Continue reading Book Review: Blood Wedding
THE ONE | John Marrs 05.04.2017 | Del Rey Rating: 5/5 stars Match Your DNA promises that with just a simple mouth swab you can be paired to your perfect partner, the person who is your genetic match. Since the service launched a decade ago, millions of people around the world have submitted themselves to … Continue reading Book Review: The One
BURY YOUR DEAD | Louise Penny (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #6) 01.01.2010 | Minotaur Books Rating: 4/5 stars DISCLOSURE: SPOILERS POSSIBLE! Recent tragic events have rocked the Surete du Quebec. A hostage situation gone wrong. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache has decided to seek solace in Quebec City in order to recover from the memories he … Continue reading Book Review: Bury Your Dead
POP GOES THE WEASEL (Helen Grace #2) | M.J. Arlidge 10.06.2015 | Penguin Books Rating: 5/5 stars The body of a man is found in an abandoned property known to be used by the area’s prostitutes. His body has been ripped open and his heart is missing. The police soon get word that the killer … Continue reading Book Review: Pop Goes the Weasel
SIX STORIES (Six Stories #1) | Matt Wesolowski 06.01.2017 | Orenda Books Rating: 5/5 stars Twenty years ago in Scarclaw Fell, the body of missing teenager Tom Jeffries is discovered in the nearby marshlands. A year has passed since Jeffries vanished. The police have met with the other teenagers and adult leaders he was with … Continue reading Book Review: Six Stories
FIVE LITTLE PIGS | Agatha Christie 02.01.2011 (first published May 1942) | William Morrow Rating: 5/5 stars Sixteen years ago everyone believed it was an open and shut case. The evidence irrefutably pointed at Caroline Crale poisoning her husband, Amayas. Caroline simply had enough of her husband’s cheating ways, which everyone kept trying to justify … Continue reading Book Review: Five Little Pigs
Read: The Firemaker by Peter May Sunday Silence by Nicci French The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny Lies She Told by Cate Holahan Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan Under the Dome by Stephen King The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Killman Creek by Rachel Caine This month I felt really overwhelmed in … Continue reading January Wrap Up
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