Just a girl and her books
THE YEAR OF THE WITCHING | Alexis Henderson 07.21.2020 | Ace Rating: 5/5 stars In the lands of Bethel, where the Prophet’s word is law, Immanuelle Moore’s very existence is blasphemy. Her mother’s union with an outsider of a different race cast her once-proud family into disgrace, so Immanuelle does her best to worship the … Continue reading Book Review: The Year of the Witching
HEMLOCK ISLAND | Kelley Armstrong 09.12.2023 | St. Martin’s Press Rating: 4/5 stars Laney Kilpatrick has been renting her vacation home to strangers. The invasion of privacy gives her panic attacks, but it’s the only way she can keep her beloved Hemlock Island, the only thing she owns after a pandemic-fueled divorce. But broken belongings … Continue reading Book Review: Hemlock Island
BLACK SHEEP | Rachel Harrison 09.19.2023 | Berkley Rating: 4/5 stars Nobody has a “normal” family, but Vesper Wright’s is truly...something else. Vesper left home at eighteen and never looked back—mostly because she was told that leaving the staunchly religious community she grew up in meant she couldn’t return. But then an envelope arrives … Continue reading Book Review: Black Sheep
MY ROOMMATE IS A VAMPIRE | Jenna Levine 08.29.2023 | Berkley Rating: 4/5 stars Cassie Greenberg loves being an artist, but it’s a tough way to make a living. On the brink of eviction, she’s desperate when she finds a too-good-to-be-true apartment in a beautiful Chicago neighborhood. Cassie knows there has to be a catch—only … Continue reading Book Review: My Roommate Is A Vampire
THE NIGHT HOUSE | Jo Nesbø 10.03.2023 | Knopf Rating: 3.5/5 stars In the wake of his parents' tragic deaths in a house fire, fourteen-year-old Richard Elauved has been sent to live with his aunt and uncle in the remote, insular town of Ballantyne. Richard quickly earns a reputation as an outcast, and when a … Continue reading Book Review: The Night House
Without further ado here it is! My crazy hopefuls stack! My favorite reading month has finally arrived! I absolutely adore building my October possibilities stack every year. It’s usually insanely big and then I stack them all up in my house and narrow it down to the final slightly less insane stack of choices. If … Continue reading October Possibilities
A LIKEABLE WOMAN | May Cobb 07.11.2023 | Berkley Rating: 4/5 stars After her troublemaker mother's mysterious death, Kira fled her wealthy Texas town and never looked back. Now, decades later, Kira is invited to an old frenemy's vow renewal party. Though she is reluctant to go, there are things calling her back . . … Continue reading Book Review: A Likeable Woman
I think I say this every month, but where did the time go? I’m so excited that October is finally here, but seriously, I think I blinked and September was gone. September was filled with solid reads, but I only walked away with one favorite out of everything. The Family Game was such a fun … Continue reading September Wrap Up
THE STRANGER UPSTAIRS | Lisa M. Matlin 09.12.2023 | Bantam Rating: 4/5 stars Sarah Slade is starting over. As the new owner of the infamous Black Wood House—the scene of a grisly murder-suicide—she’s determined that the fixer-upper will help reach a new audience on her successful lifestyle blog, and distract her from her failing marriage. … Continue reading Book Review: The Stranger Upstairs
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