Just a girl and her books
I think this month might be a record for the latest I've ever posted my monthly possibilities stack. I really like to save my top reads stacks for the beginning of the new year, so that took priority. Since it's the 8th day of the month, I've actually made it through a few titles from … Continue reading January TBR!
ALL THE DANGEROUS THINGS | Stacy Willingham 01.10.2023 | Minotaur Books Rating: 5/5 stars One year ago, Isabelle Drake's life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep in the next room. With little evidence and few leads … Continue reading Book Review: All the Dangerous Things
THE OVERNIGHT GUEST | Heather Gudenkauf 01.25.2022 | Park Row Rating: 5/5 stars True crime writer Wylie Lark doesn’t mind being snowed in at the isolated farmhouse where she’s retreated to write her new book. A cozy fire, complete silence. It would be perfect, if not for the fact that decades earlier, at this very … Continue reading Book Review: The Overnight Guest
Read: Dead & Gondola by Ann Claire 4⭐ How to Survive Everything by Ewan Morrison 4⭐ (🎧) The Guest House by Robin Morgan-Bentley 4⭐ The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon 4⭐ Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 4⭐ The Prisoner by B.A. Paris 4⭐ (🎧) Where the Dead Go to Die by Aaron Dries & … Continue reading December Wrap Up
THE INGENUE | Rachel Kapelke-Dale 12.06.2022 | St. Martin’s Press Rating: 3/5 stars When former piano prodigy Saskia Kreis returns home to Milwaukee after her mother's unexpected death, she expects to inherit the family estate, the Elf House. But with the discovery that her mother's will bequeathed the Elf House to a man that Saskia … Continue reading Book Review: The Ingenue
CERTAIN DARK THINGS | Silvia Moreno-Garcia 09.07.2021 | Tor Nightfire Rating: 4/5 stars Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying to survive its heavily policed streets when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life. Atl, the descendant of Aztec … Continue reading Book Review: Certain Dark Things
THE CHRISTMAS MURDER GAME | Alexandra Benedict 10.04.2022 | Poisoned Pen Press Rating: 4/5 stars The annual Christmas Game is afoot at Endgame House, the Armitages' grand family home. This year's prize is to die for--deeds to the house itself--but Lily Armitage has no intention of returning. She hasn't been back to Endgame since her … Continue reading Book Review: The Christmas Murder Game
THE PRISONER | B.A. Paris 11.01.2022 | St. Martin’s Press Rating: 4/5 stars Amelie has always been a survivor, from losing her parents as a child in Paris to making it on her own in London. As she builds a life for herself, she is swept up into a glamorous lifestyle where she married the … Continue reading Book Review: The Prisoner
THE GUEST HOUSE | Robin Morgan-Bentley09.13.2022 | Poisoned Pen PressRating: 4/5 stars With a few weeks to go until their first baby is due, Jamie and Victoria head off for a weekend break in a small countryside guesthouse. The next morning, Jamie and Victoria awake to find the guesthouse has been emptied. Both their mobile … Continue reading Book Review: The Guest House
HOW TO SURVIVE EVERYTHING | Ewan Morrison11.15.2022 | Harper PerennialRating: 4/5 stars Children of divorce, Haley and Ben live with their mother. But their dad believes there's a new, much deadlier pandemic coming and is determined to keep them alive. He wants to take them to his prepper hideaway where they will be safe from … Continue reading Book Review: How to Survive Everything
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