Just a girl and her books
THE ONES WE’RE MEANT TO FIND | Joan He 05.04.2021 | Roaring Brook Press Rating: 5/5 stars Cee has been trapped on an abandoned island for the last three years without any recollection of how she arrived or memories from her life prior. The only thing she knows is that she must find a way … Continue reading Book Review: The Ones We’re Meant to Find
THE MAIDENS | Alex Michaelides 06.15.2021 | Celadon Books Rating: 3/5 stars Mariana Andros knows Edward Fosca is a murderer. Fosca, a handsome and charismatic Greek Tragedy professor at Cambridge University is adored by staff and students alike - particularly by the members of a secret society of female students known as The Maidens. Mariana … Continue reading Book Review: The Maidens
LAKEWOOD | Megan Giddings 03.24.2020 | Amistad Rating: 5/5 stars When Lena Johnson’s beloved grandmother dies the full extent of her family’s debt is revealed and Lena is forced to drop out of college in order to support her mother. She takes a job in the mysterious and remote town of Lakewood, Michigan. On paper, … Continue reading Book Review: Lakewood
LISEY’S STORY | Stephen King 06.28.2016 (first published 10.2006) | Scribner Rating: 4/5 stars Lisey lost her husband Scott after twenty-five years of marriage, which was filled with profound and sometimes frightening intimacy. Scott was an award-winning, bestselling novelist and a very complicated man. Early in their relationship, before they married, Lisey knew there was … Continue reading Book Review: Lisey’s Story
THE WHISPERING DEAD | Darcy Coates (Gravekeeper #1) 05.04.2021 | Poisoned Pen Press Rating: 4/5 stars Keira is on the run. She has no memory of who she is or where she’s been. All she knows is that she needs to get away from the man chasing her. She finds refuge in an abandoned groundskeeper’s … Continue reading Book Review: The Whispering Dead
Summer reading is officially here, which means I'm building my monster stacks of monthly maybe reads filled with fast-paced thrillers, YA, and creepy horror. Not much different than my usually reading line-up if we're honest! This summer my goal is to read a lot of fun books. I want reads that are quick and get … Continue reading June TBR!
THE JIGSAW MAN | Nadine Matheson (Inspector Anjelica Henley #1) 03.16.2021 | Hanover Square Press Rating: 4.5/5 stars Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery… DI Anjelica Henley has been tasked with finding a killer who recently left body parts from his victims along the banks of the River Thames in Deptford. Henley can’t help … Continue reading Book Review: The Jigsaw Man
Read:A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson 4⭐The Babysitter by Liza Rodman & Jennifer Jordan 4⭐()The Girl Who Died by Ragnar Jónasson 4⭐Red Rising by Pierce Brown 5⭐Severance by Ma Ling 4⭐()The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton 4⭐()The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson 4.5⭐Lisey's Story by Stephen King 4⭐The Whispering Dead … Continue reading May Wrap Up!
RED RISING | Pierce Brown (Red Rising Saga #1) 01.28.2014 | Del Rey Rating: 5/5 stars The Earth is dying. Darrow is a Red, a miner in the interior of Mars. His mission is to extract enough precious elements to one day allow Mars to be a habitable planet. The Reds are making the ultimate … Continue reading Book Review: Red Rising
THE BABYSITTER | Liza Rodman & Jennifer Jordan 03.02.2021 | Atria Books Rating: 4/5 stars Growing up on Cape Cod in the 1960s, Liza Rodman was a lonely little girl. During the summers, while her mother worked days in a local motel and danced most nights in the Provincetown bars, her babysitter - a kind, … Continue reading Book Review: The Babysitter
