Just a girl and her books
THE GREAT PRETENDER | Susannah Cahalan 11.05.2019 | Grand Central Publishing Rating: 4/5 stars Have you ever heard of David Rosenhan’s experiment where he and seven other people went undercover in mental hospitals in order to record what really happened in these places? The premise was that the pseudo-patients, or sane people, could essentially lie … Continue reading Book Review: The Great Pretender
NINTH HOUSE | Leigh Bardugo (Alex Stern #1) 10.08.2019 | Flatiron Books Rating: 5/5 stars Yale’s freshman class just earned it’s most unlikeliest of members in the form of Galaxy “Alex” Stern. Hailing from Los Angeles, Alex was raised by a hippie mom who didn’t understand the strange things happening to her. Alex ultimately dropped … Continue reading Book Review: Ninth House
ELEVATION | Stephen King 10.30.2018 | Scribner Rating: 4/5 stars Scott Carey looks like an average man on the outside. What people can’t see is that he has a few odd things happening to him recently, starting with steadily losing weight. Scott hasn’t changed his lifestyle or his eating habits. He looks exactly the same … Continue reading Book Review: Elevation
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON | David Grann 04.18.2017 | Vintage Rating: 4/5 stars The Osage Nation in Oklahoma struck it rich in the 1920s when oil was discovered beneath their land. The people of this nation were each given a portion of the wealth and soon the land was filled with chauffeured automobiles, mansions, … Continue reading Book Review: Killers of the Flower Moon
Welcome to another installment of Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl). Today I’ll be sharing books on my Winter TBR! There are some absolutely amazing new releases hitting shelves in the beginning of 2020 and my TBR is overflowing in great choices! I tried to make this list a mixture of ARCs I'll … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books on my Winter TBR!
THE DEAD GIRLS CLUB | Damien Angelica Walters 12.10.2019 | Crooked Lane Books Rating: 4/5 stars In 1991, Heather Cole and her circle of friends formed the Dead Girls Club. They were a group of friends interested in the macabre, from ghost stories to serial killers. One day group member, Becca, shares the story of … Continue reading Book Review: The Dead Girls Club
VIOLET | S.J.I. Holliday 11.14.2019 | Orenda Books Rating: 5/5 stars Carrie’s best friend was supposed to go with her on an epic round-the-world trip, but ended up injuring her leg in a freak accident, so she has decided to set off alone. Violet has recently split from her boyfriend and is also travelling alone. … Continue reading Book Review: Violet
THE WINTERS | Lisa Gabriele 10.16.2018 | Viking Rating: 5/5 stars A young woman has been swept up in a whirlwind romance that transports her from desolate island life to a secluded mansion in Long Island known as the Asherly Estate. Max Winters is the man that every little girl dreams of as their future … Continue reading Book Review: The Winters
TRACE OF EVIL | Alice Blanchard (Natalie Lockhart #1) 12.03.2019 | Minotaur Books Rating: 4/5 stars Natalie Lockhart grew up destined to be a cop. Her father was on the force, so she grew up with his stories and a love of mysteries. She is now a rookie detective on the Burning Lake police force … Continue reading Book Review: Trace of Evil
Read: Call Me God by Jim Clemente (🎧) The Doll’s House by M.J. Arlidge Anything For You by Saul Black The Outsider by Stephen King The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi (🎧) Dark Pines by Will Dean The Long Call by Ann Cleeves (🎧) The Perfect Girlfriend by Karen Hamilton … Continue reading November Wrap Up!
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