Just a girl and her books
ROCK PAPER SCISSORS | Alice Feeney 09.07.2021 | Flatiron Books Rating: 5/5 stars Things have been wrong with Mr. and Mrs. Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter, Adam Wright, has lived with face blindness … Continue reading Book Review: Rock Paper Scissors
DEVOLUTION | Max Brooks 06.16.2020 | Del Rey Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier's eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined…until now. But the journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town’s bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing - … Continue reading Book Review: Devolution
ONE BY ONE | Ruth Ware 09.08.2020 | Scout Press Rating: 4/5 stars Getting snowed in at a beautiful, rustic mountain chalet doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world, especially when there’s a breathtaking vista, a cozy fire, and company to keep you warm. But what happens when that company is eight of … Continue reading Book Review: One by One
ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE | Katharine Turner 10.23.2018 | Imprint Rating: 4/5 stars Anna Shepard is a straight-A student with a lot going on under the surface: she’s struggling with her mom’s death, total friend drama, and the fallout from wasting her time on a very attractive boy. She’s looking forward to skipping town after … Continue reading Book Review: Anna and the Apocalypse
LOCAL WOMAN MISSING | Mary Kubica 05.18.2021 | Park Row Rating: 4/5 stars Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen, striking fear into their once peaceful community. Are these incidents connected? After an elusive … Continue reading Book Review: Local Woman Missing
THE SANATORIUM | Sarah Pearse (Detective Elin Warner #1) 02.02.2021 | Pamela Dorman Books Rating: 4/5 stars Half-hidden by forest and overshadowed by threatening peaks, Le Sommet has always been a sinister place. Long plagued by troubling rumors, the former abandoned sanatorium has since been renovated into a five-star minimalist hotel. An imposing, isolated getaway … Continue reading Book Review: The Sanatorium
MY HEART IS A CHAINSAW | Stephen Graham Jones (Indian Lake Trilogy #1) 08.31.2021 | Saga Press Rating: 4/5 stars Jade Daniels loves slasher movies. They comfort her from the realities of her life. She is an angry, half-Indian outcast living with an abusive father, an absent mother, and an entire town that wants nothing … Continue reading Book Review: My Heart is a Chainsaw
The last month of the year is officially upon us, which means my reading mood is a frantic hustle to read all the things I said I was going to read in 2021 and also read all the holiday-themed horror and crime fiction possible. Yeah, we can all collectively laugh at how massive my stack … Continue reading December TBR!
THE BOOK OF ACCIDENTS | Chuck Wendig 07.20.2021 | Del Rey Books Rating: 5/5 stars Long ago, Nathan lived in a house in the country with his abusive father. He’s never told his family what happened there. Long ago, Maddie was a little girl making dolls in her bedroom when she saw something she shouldn’t … Continue reading Book Review: The Book of Accidents
Read: The Push by Ashley Audrain (🎧) 3.5⭐ Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco 5⭐ Reprieve by James Han Mattson 4⭐ Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell (🎧) 3⭐ The Elementals by Michael McDowell 4⭐ Danse Macabre by Stephen King (🎧) 4⭐ Clown in A Cornfield by Adam Cesare 5⭐ Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala … Continue reading November Wrap Up
What Jess Reads 