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Month: October 2019

Book Review: The July Girls

THE JULY GIRLS | Phoebe Locke 07.25.2019 | Wildfire Rating: 4.5/5 stars Every year, on the same day in July, a woman disappears from the streets of London, never to be seen again. Addie knows that date well. July 7th is her birthday and on her tenth year celebrating in 2005, her life changes forever. … Continue reading Book Review: The July Girls →

jess_reads_books Book Reviews 1 Comment October 31, 2019October 31, 2019

Book Review: The Saturday Night Ghost Club

THE SATURDAY NIGHT GHOST CLUB | Craig Davidson 07.09.2019 | Penguin Books Rating: 4/5 stars Niagara Falls in the 1980’s is a seedy, slightly haunted place where Jake Baker is growing up. The summer Jake turns twelve he forms a close bond with his uncle, Calvin, who is filled to the brim with eccentric tales … Continue reading Book Review: The Saturday Night Ghost Club →

jess_reads_books Book Reviews 1 Comment October 30, 2019

Book Review: Dracula

DRACULA | Bram Stoker 2018 | Paper Mill Press First published 05.26.1897 Rating: 4.5/5 stars Jonathan Harker has recently been sent to Transylvania for a work assignment to assist a man known as Dracula with his move to England. While residing at his home, a castle upon a hill, Harker comes to realize that there … Continue reading Book Review: Dracula →

jess_reads_books Book Reviews 1 Comment October 29, 2019

Book Review: Rules for Vanishing

RULES FOR VANISHING | Kate Alice Marshall 09.24.2019 | Viking Books/Penguin Teen Rating: 4/5 stars Once a year a path appears in the forest and Lucy Gallows beckons someone to come and find her. Are you willing to walk along this mysterious path filled with traps to find a lost girl? What happens to those … Continue reading Book Review: Rules for Vanishing →

jess_reads_books Book Reviews 1 Comment October 24, 2019

Book Review: Mindhunter

MINDHUNTER | John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker 10.24.2017 | Gallery Books (first published in 1995) Rating: 4/5 stars Special Agent John Douglas helped to revolutionize the FBI and how criminal investigations are conducted by becoming an expert in criminal profiling. Douglas made his life’s work out of meeting with, learning about, and understanding serial … Continue reading Book Review: Mindhunter →

jess_reads_books Book Reviews 3 Comments October 23, 2019

Book Review: The Institute

THE INSTITUTE | Stephen King 09.10.2019 | Scribner Rating: 4.5/5 stars On a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis a group of intruders enter the home of Luke Ellis. In the span of two minutes they murder Luke’s parents and drive away with him, drugged and unaware of his destination. Luke wakes up to a place … Continue reading Book Review: The Institute →

jess_reads_books Book Reviews 1 Comment October 21, 2019

Book Review: One Night Gone

ONE NIGHT GONE | Tara Laskowski 10.01.2019 | Graydon House Rating: 4/5 stars Maureen Haddaway is desperate for a fresh start. She comes to Opal Beach as a member of a travelling carnival. What she finds is a town where she thinks she could build a new life. A town she could call home. There … Continue reading Book Review: One Night Gone →

jess_reads_books Book Reviews 1 Comment October 18, 2019

Blog Tour: Cage

CAGE | Lilja Sigurdardottir (Reykjavik Noir Trilogy #3) 10.17.2019 | Orenda Books Rating: 4/5 stars Agla finds herself locked away behind prison bars where she faces the consequences for a banking scandal. Her lover Sonja stood by her throughout much of her struggles, but now she has left Agla and won’t be there waiting for … Continue reading Blog Tour: Cage →

jess_reads_books Blog Tour, Book Reviews 2 Comments October 16, 2019October 15, 2019

Book Review: The Nanny

THE NANNY | Gilly Macmillan 09.10.2019 | William Morrow Rating: 4/5 stars When Jocelyn was seven-years-old her nanny disappeared in the middle of the night. The loss hit Jo hard and it became a bone of contention between her and her parents for many years. How could her nanny simply disappear without saying goodbye? Thirty … Continue reading Book Review: The Nanny →

jess_reads_books Book Reviews 1 Comment October 10, 2019

Blog Tour: Little Siberia

LITTLE SIBERIA | Antti Tuomainen 10.17.2019 | Orenda Books Rating: 4/5 stars A former rally car driver finds himself racing along a snowy road in Hurmevaara, Finland. Intoxicated many drinks above the legal limit this man cannot be sure if the flash in the sky is real or in his imagination until a meteorite comes … Continue reading Blog Tour: Little Siberia →

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