Just a girl and her books
I KNOW WHO YOU ARE | Alice Feeney 04.23.2019 | Flatiron Books Rating: 4/5 stars Aimee Sinclair is a well-known actress who is finally about to hit her career and fame high. She has one of those faces. The kind where you think you know her from somewhere, but can’t place where. It’s now the … Continue reading Book Review: I Know Who You Are
I still exist!! Life has been crazy busy and blogging has taken a bit of a backseat over the last week. It was nice not to have any strict commitments and to read, but not worry about getting a review out immediately. That being said...I'm now facing a backlog of reviews! In the past week … Continue reading Weekly Reads: May 29th
THE ISLAND | Ragnar Jonasson (Hidden Iceland #2) 05.21.2019 | Minotaur Books Rating: 5/5 stars Ten years ago a young woman was murdered in her family’s summer house in the Westfjords. The detective working the case was adamant that the father was her killer, as there were seemingly no other suspects. The father was found … Continue reading Book Review: The Island
MIRACLE CREEK | Angie Kim 04.16.2019 | Farrar, Straus, & Giroux Rating: 4/5 stars In the small Virginia town of Miracle Creek, Korean immigrants, Young and Pak Yoo, run an experimental medical treatment clinic called Miracle Submarine. The treatment involves the use of a pressurized oxygen chamber that patients enter for “dives”. The treatment claims … Continue reading Book Review: Miracle Creek
THE FAVORITE DAUGHTER | Kaira Rouda 05.21.2019 | Graydon House Rating: 5/5 stars Jane Harris had everything. The perfect home. The perfect family. The perfect tragedy. Tucked away in her oceanfront Orange County home, Jane has been grieving the loss of her oldest daughter, Mary. Now that a year has passed it is time for … Continue reading Book Review: The Favorite Daughter
TURBULENT WAKE | Paul E. Hardisty 05.16.2019 | Orenda Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Ethan Schofield has returned to the place of his birth to bury his father. They lived a strained relationship following the death of Ethan’s mother. For years he has felt a lack of connection with his father. Hidden away in one of … Continue reading Book Tour: Turbulent Wake
Welcome to another installment of Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl)! This week's installment is a book to screen freebie, so I'm focusing on books I've recently read that I would love to see made into movies. I actually did a similar post on my Instagram recently (photo above), so below I'm showing off … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Book to Screen Dreams!
OSGOOD AS GONE | Cooper S. Beckett (The Spectral Inspector #1) 04.22.2019 | Horror & Carnage Press Rating: 4/5 stars Prudence Osgood was once an up-and-coming star in the paranormal investigation TV genre. Today she finds herself as a barely functioning alcoholic battling chronic pain through the use of drugs. Not only does she have … Continue reading Book Review: Osgood As Gone
My reading has been up and down all month as I try and balance all the books I want to read with the books I need to read with the fun non-reading things I have planned! Some months are easier and more laid back than others and I try to remind myself of that. I … Continue reading Weekly Reads: May 13th
CHASE DARKNESS WITH ME: HOW ONE TRUE-CRIME WRITER STARTED SOLVING MURDERS | Billy Jensen 04.11.2019 | Audible Studios Rating: 4/5 stars Have you ever read a true crime story or watched something a true crime TV show and thought, I could solve that? Do you enjoy trying to spot the clues that may have been … Continue reading Book Review: Chase Darkness with Me
