Just a girl and her books
ACE OF SPADES | Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 06.01.2021 | Feiwel & Friends Rating: 5/5 stars Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo have been selected to be part of the elite Niveus Private Academy’s senior class prefects. Not only does it look great on college applications, but it officially puts each of them in the running for valedictorian. … Continue reading Book Review: Ace of Spades
A DEADLY INSIDE SCOOP by Abby Collette: Recent MBA grad Bronwyn “Win” Crewse has decided to go back to her hometown and take over her family’s ice cream shop. Chagrin Falls, Ohio is a small town where everyone knows Crewse Creamery. Win is excited to restore the shop to its former glory using her grandmother’s … Continue reading Mini Reviews: A Deadly Inside Scoop & It Takes Two to Mango
KILL HILL CARNAGE | Tim Meyer 07.15.2018 | Sinister Grin Press Rating: 4.5/5 stars In 1991, hell was unleashed upon Saint Christopher’s Summer Camp for Kids. The killers left behind piles of bodies and rivers of blood. Legends range from a family of inbred cannibals being responsible, to a masked psychopath with a butcher’s knife, … Continue reading Book Review: Kill Hill Carnage
THE NINJA BETRAYED | Tori Eldridge (Lily Wong #3) 09.14.2021 | Agora Books Rating: 4/5 stars Lily Wong finds herself in Hong Kong alongside her mother who has been summoned by her grandfather to attend an emergency board meeting. The trip has an air of tension, but Lily is looking forward to family reunions and … Continue reading Book Review: The Ninja Betrayed
GODDESS OF FILTH by V. Castro: One hot summer night, best friends Lourdes, Fernanda, Ana, Perla, and Pauline hold a séance. It’s all fun and games at first, but their tipsy laughter turns to terror when the flames burn straight through their prayer candles and Fernanda starts crawling toward her friends and chanting in Nahuatl, … Continue reading Mini Reviews: Goddess of Filth & Tribesmen
THE FORGOTTEN ISLAND | David Sodergren 09.27.2018 | Independently Published Rating: 5/5 stars Ana Logan is trying to reconnect with her estranged sister, Rachel, on a holiday to Thailand. When they end up stranded on an island with no radio and no food, reconciliation turns into a desperate fight for survival. Hidden away on this … Continue reading Book Review: The Forgotten Island
FANTASTICLAND | Mike Bockoven 10.11.2016 | Skyhorse Rating: 4.5/5 stars Since the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where “Fun is Guaranteed!”. When hurricane Sadie ravages the Florida coast, it leaves the park isolated and filled with employees who find their situation anything but fun. Five weeks later, the authorities who rescue the survivors … Continue reading Book Review: FantasticLand
THE SUMMONING | J.P. Smith 09.07.2021 | Poisoned Pen Press Rating: 4/5 stars Kit Capriol lost her husband when the North Tower went down on 9/11. Over the years she has scraped by as an actress, barely supporting herself and her daughter. But now her daughter, Zoey, is in the hospital, bills are due, and … Continue reading Book Review: The Summoning
September has arrived, which means it's time to pull out all of the Halloween decorations and buy all the new things for the house! I read spooky all year long, but there's something about the temperatures dropping that signals a shift in what sort of books I pick up. My mood is definitely on darker … Continue reading September TBR!
THE HAUNTING OF LEIGH HARKER | Darcy Coates 09.07.2021 | Poisoned Pen Press Rating: 4/5 stars Leigh Harker’s quiet suburban home was her sanctuary for more than a decade, until things abruptly changed. She can feel a presence invading her home. Curtains open by themselves. Radios turn off and on. A dark figure looms in … Continue reading Book Review: The Haunting of Leigh Harker
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