Just a girl and her books
RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE | Casey McQuiston 05.14.2019 | St. Martin’s Griffin Rating: 5/5 stars First son Alex Claremont-Diaz is the closest thing to a prince this side of the Atlantic. Along with his intrepid sister and the Veep’s genius granddaughter, they form the White House Trio, a beautiful millennial marketing strategy for his … Continue reading Book Review: Red, White & Royal Blue
PIZZA GIRL | Jean Kyoung Frazier 06.09.2020 | Doubleday Rating: 4/5 stars Eighteen-years-old, pregnant, and working as a pizza delivery girl in suburban Los Angeles, our charmingly dysfunctional heroine is deeply lost and in complete denial about it. She’s grieving the loss of her father who she has more in common with than she would … Continue reading Book Review: Pizza Girl
THE PHOTOGRAPHER | Mary Dixie Carter 05.25.2021 | Minotaur Rating: 3/5 stars As a photographer, Delta Dawn observes the seemingly perfect lives of New York City’s elite: snapping photos of their children’s birthday parties, transforming images of stiff hugs and tearstained faces into visions of pure joy, and creating moments these parents long for. When … Continue reading Book Review: The Photographer
THE ONES WE’RE MEANT TO FIND | Joan He 05.04.2021 | Roaring Brook Press Rating: 5/5 stars Cee has been trapped on an abandoned island for the last three years without any recollection of how she arrived or memories from her life prior. The only thing she knows is that she must find a way … Continue reading Book Review: The Ones We’re Meant to Find
THE MAIDENS | Alex Michaelides 06.15.2021 | Celadon Books Rating: 3/5 stars Mariana Andros knows Edward Fosca is a murderer. Fosca, a handsome and charismatic Greek Tragedy professor at Cambridge University is adored by staff and students alike - particularly by the members of a secret society of female students known as The Maidens. Mariana … Continue reading Book Review: The Maidens
LAKEWOOD | Megan Giddings 03.24.2020 | Amistad Rating: 5/5 stars When Lena Johnson’s beloved grandmother dies the full extent of her family’s debt is revealed and Lena is forced to drop out of college in order to support her mother. She takes a job in the mysterious and remote town of Lakewood, Michigan. On paper, … Continue reading Book Review: Lakewood
LISEY’S STORY | Stephen King 06.28.2016 (first published 10.2006) | Scribner Rating: 4/5 stars Lisey lost her husband Scott after twenty-five years of marriage, which was filled with profound and sometimes frightening intimacy. Scott was an award-winning, bestselling novelist and a very complicated man. Early in their relationship, before they married, Lisey knew there was … Continue reading Book Review: Lisey’s Story
THE WHISPERING DEAD | Darcy Coates (Gravekeeper #1) 05.04.2021 | Poisoned Pen Press Rating: 4/5 stars Keira is on the run. She has no memory of who she is or where she’s been. All she knows is that she needs to get away from the man chasing her. She finds refuge in an abandoned groundskeeper’s … Continue reading Book Review: The Whispering Dead
Summer reading is officially here, which means I'm building my monster stacks of monthly maybe reads filled with fast-paced thrillers, YA, and creepy horror. Not much different than my usually reading line-up if we're honest! This summer my goal is to read a lot of fun books. I want reads that are quick and get … Continue reading June TBR!
THE JIGSAW MAN | Nadine Matheson (Inspector Anjelica Henley #1) 03.16.2021 | Hanover Square Press Rating: 4.5/5 stars Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery… DI Anjelica Henley has been tasked with finding a killer who recently left body parts from his victims along the banks of the River Thames in Deptford. Henley can’t help … Continue reading Book Review: The Jigsaw Man
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