Just a girl and her books
FIRESTARTER | Stephen King 12.11.2018 (first published 09.29.1980) | Gallery Books Rating: 5/5 stars When Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson were college students they both needed a way to make some extra cash. They volunteered to participate in an experiment for a drug. Unbeknownst to them, this experiment wasn’t being run by a professor, but … Continue reading Book Review: Firestarter
THE COURIER | Kjell Ola Dahl 03.21.2019 | Orenda Books Rating: 4/5 stars In 1942, Jewish newspaper courier Ester Lemkov finds herself betrayed by the resistance forces she is working with and narrowly avoiding arrest. She not only feels her own life at jeopardy, but watches as her father is dragged from their family store … Continue reading Blog Tour: The Courier
A BEAUTIFUL CORPSE | Christi Daugherty (Harper McClain #2) 03.12.2019 | Minotaur Books Rating: 4/5 stars Savannah’s downtown district is known for tourism and safety, until late one night the body of a young woman is found. Naomi Scott was a twenty-four year old law school student whose life was ended by a gunman. There … Continue reading Book Review: A Beautiful Corpse
This month is flying by and I'm loving the progress I'm making on my TBR! I've checked off two books and am currently making my way through another two. One thing that has changed for me this month is so far I haven't picked up an audiobook. I'm way too caught up in listening to … Continue reading Weekly Reads: March 11th
BEAUTIFUL BAD | Annie Ward 03.05.2019 | Park Row Rating: 3.5/5 stars Maddie and Ian’s romance first began when they met overseas many years ago. They were both young and attracted to each other. Ian was serving in the British Army and Maddie was a travel writer. Brought together in a chance encounter thanks to … Continue reading Book Review: Beautiful Bad
THE STRANGER DIARIES | Elly Griffiths 03.05.2019 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Rating: 5/5 stars Clare Cassidy is a high school English teacher who specializes in the works of Gothic writer, R.M. Holland, who just happened to reside in the school she now teaches at. When one of Clare’s close friends and colleagues is found murdered … Continue reading Book Review: The Stranger Diaries
FOR BETTER AND WORSE | Margot Hunt 12.11.2018 | MIRA Books Rating: 3/5 stars Natalie and Will Clarke met in law school. On their first date they bonded over drinks, dinner, and planning the perfect murder. Chalking it up to just a fun exercise in using their lawyer minds to beat the system, Will thinks … Continue reading Book Review: For Better and Worse
IN THE RIVER | Jeremy Robert Johnson 08.02.2017 | Lazy Fascist Press Rating: 5/5 stars This is a novella about loss, how it impacts us, and the lengths that we are willing to go to for those that we love. Every parent’s nightmare has happened. While out on a father/son fishing lesson, a man watches … Continue reading Book Review: In the River
RABID HEART | Jeremy Wagner 08.10.2018 | Riverdale Avenue Books Rating: 4/5 stars Six months have passed since the Necro Rabies pandemic swept the Earth. Rhonda is now living in a world filled with hordes of rabid undead humans known as “Cujos”. She has thought for these last six months that her fiance, Brad, was … Continue reading Book Review: Rabid Heart
DEAD OF WINTER | Kealan Patrick Burke 12.11.2018 | Independently published Rating: 4/5 stars Winter is traditionally recognized as the time for holiday cheer. The time you go and play out in the snow and build snowmen. What if you don’t remember building those snowmen in your yard? What if they’ve come to life? There … Continue reading Book Review: Dead of Winter
