Just a girl and her books
THE SEPTEMBER HOUSE | Carissa Orlando 09.05.2023 | Berkley Rating: 4/5 stars When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street—for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price—they couldn’t believe they finally had a home of their own. Then they discovered the hauntings. Every September, the walls drip blood. The ghosts … Continue reading Book Review: The September House
WHAT REMAINS | Wendy Walker 06.13.2023 | Blackstone Publishing Rating: 3/5 stars Detective Elise Sutton is drawn to cold cases. Each crime is a puzzle to solve, pulled from the past. Elise looks for cracks in the surface and has become an expert on how murderers slip up and give themselves away. She has dedicated … Continue reading Book Review: What Remains
THE FAMILY GAME | Catherine Steadman 09.29.2022 | Ballantine Books Rating: 5/5 stars Harry is a novelist on the brink of stardom; Edward, her husband-to-be, is seemingly perfect. In love and freshly engaged, their bliss is interrupted by the reemergence of the Holbecks, Edward's eminent family and the embodiment of American old money. For years, … Continue reading Book Review: The Family Game
GRAVE EXPECTATIONS | Alice Bell 09.05.2023 | Vintage Rating: 3.5/5 stars Almost-authentic medium Claire and her best friend, Sophie, agree to take on a seemingly simple job at a crumbling old manor in the English performing a seance for the family matriarch's 80th birthday. The pair have been friends since before Sophie went missing when … Continue reading Book Review: Grave Expectations
VELVET WAS THE NIGHT | Silvia Moreno-Garcia 08.17.2021 | Del Rey Rating: 3.5/5 stars Mexico in the 1970s is a dangerous country, even for Maite, a secretary who spends her life seeking the romance found in cheap comic books and ignoring the activists protesting around the city. When her next-door neighbor, the beautiful art student … Continue reading Book Review: Velvet Was the Night
The start of the ‘ber months has arrived! This is my favorite time of year and while the high today is 95 degrees, I’m mentally envisioning sweater weather. It also means it’s about time I showed off my possibilities stack for this month. I know…it’s too many books! I tried really hard to narrow down … Continue reading September Possibilities
The It Girl | Ruth Ware 07.12.2022 | Scout Press Rating: 3.5/5 stars April Coutts-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford. Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It girl, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. Together, they developed a group of devoted and inseparable friends—Will, Hugh, Ryan, and Emily—during … Continue reading Book Review: The It Girl
The end of August for me means it’s time for all things Fall. I know not everyone is on the same page, but I’ve gone full pumpkin-mode and I won’t be stopped! August was such an amazing month for reading for me! My stats are crazy and I’m probably never going to have another month … Continue reading August Wrap Up
THE LAKE HOUSE | Sarah Beth Durst 04.25.2023 | Harperteen Rating: 4/5 stars Claire’s grown up triple-checking locks. Counting her steps. Second-guessing every decision. It’s just how she’s wired – her worst-case scenarios never actually come true. Until she arrives at an off-the-grid summer camp to find a blackened, burned husk instead of a lodge … Continue reading Book Review: The Lake House
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