Just a girl and her books
PARABLE OF THE TALENTS | Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed #2) 08.20.2019 (First published in 1998) | Grand Central Publishing Rating: 4/5 stars In 2032, Lauren Olamina has survived the destruction of her home and family, and realized her vision of a peaceful community in Northern California based on her newly found faith, Earthseed. This community … Continue reading Book Review: Parable of the Talents
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN | Patricia Highsmith 08.28.2001 (first published 03.1950)| W. W. Norton & Company Rating: 4/5 stars Guy Haines and Anthony Bruno are passengers on the same train. They have never met before and come from two different worlds. Guy is a successful architect in the midst of a divorce. Bruno is a … Continue reading Book Review: Strangers on a Train
THE FIVE | Hallie Rubenhold 02.01.2019 | Black Swan Rating: 4/5 stars Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine, and Mary Jane are all famous for the same thing. They came from Fleet Street, Knightsbridge, Wolverhampton, Sweden, and Wales. They experienced a variety of careers, from writing ballads to running coffee houses to living on country estates. They … Continue reading Book Review: The Five
FINLAY DONOVAN IS KILLING IT | Elle Cosimano 02.02.2021 | Minotaur Books Rating: 5/5 stars Finlay Donovan is definitely not killing it. She’s a stressed-out single mother of two who is struggling to find time she desperately needs to finish her latest novel. Her ex-husband just fired the nanny without telling her and this morning … Continue reading Book Review: Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
A GAME OF THRONES | George R.R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) 2011 (First published) 08.1996 | Bantam Books Rating: 5/5 stars How does someone review a book that's a modern day classic with a massive fanbase? Impossible. There isn't a lot I can add to the plethora of reviews out there … Continue reading Book Review: A Game of Thrones
A SPY IN THE STRUGGLE | Aya de León 12.29.2020 | Kensington Books Rating: 4/5 stars Since childhood Yolanda Vance has forged her desire to escape poverty into a laser-like focus that took her through prep school and Harvard Law. When her prestigious New York law firm is raided by the FBI, Yoland turns on … Continue reading Book Review: A Spy in the Struggle
THEY NEVER LEARN | Layne Fargo 10.13.2020 | Gallery Rating: 5/5 stars Scarlett Clark is an exceptional English professor, but she’s even better at getting away with murder. Every year she searches for the worst man at Gorman University and plots his well-deserved demise. She has gotten away with her crimes for years thanks to … Continue reading Book Review: They Never Learn
New month, same me. I’m always building tall possibility stacks because I love having options. This month I’m excited to read a little bit of everything! I’ve got fantasy, science fiction, dystopian, true crime, and of course crime fiction in my stack! I’ve been reading through 4 books since the month kicked off: The Dark … Continue reading February TBR!
COLD MOON OVER BABYLON | Michael McDowell 02.24.2015 | Valancourt Books (first published 1980) Rating: 4/5 stars Babylon is a sleepy Southern town in the heart of Florida filled with throbbing sun and fog-shrouded swamps. Margaret Larkin has been robbed of her innocence and her life. Her body has been found shortly after she fails … Continue reading Book Review: Cold Moon Over Babylon
BLACK BUCK | Mateo Askaripour 01.05.2021 | HMH 4.5/5 stars Darren is an unambitious twenty-two-year-old living in a Bed-Stuy brownstone with his mother, whose one wish is for Darren to live up to the potential she sees within him. Darren is content working at Starbucks in the lobby of a Midtown office building and spending … Continue reading Book Review: Black Buck
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