Just a girl and her books
SNOWBLIND | Ragnar Jonasson 06.15.2015 | Orenda Books Rating: 4/5 stars Siglufjordur is the opposite of Reykjavik. It’s a small fishing village located in Northern Iceland, where everyone knows each other and no one locks their doors. Ari Thor Arason has just applied for his first posting as a police officer and ends up being … Continue reading Book Review: Snowblind
THEN SHE WAS GONE | Lisa Jewell 04.17.2018 | Atria Books Rating: 4/5 stars Ellie Mack was fifteen-years-old when she disappeared. She was her mother’s golden child. She had an endless future of possibilities ahead of her. Ellie simply vanished without a trace. Ten years have passed since that fateful day, but her mother, Laurel, … Continue reading Book Review: Then She Was Gone
GOOD SAMARITANS | Will Carver 11.15.2018 | Orenda Books Rating: 5/5 stars Seth Beauman suffers from insomnia. Awake late into the night, he has taken to calling strangers from an odd little phonebook he keeps tucked away, while his wife, Maeve, peacefully sleeps upstairs. Seth desperately wants to make a connection. He just needs one … Continue reading Book Review: Good Samaritans
INHUMAN RESOURCES | Pierre Lemaitre 11.06.2018 | Quercus USA Rating: 3/5 stars Alain Delambre lost his job four years ago. He is a fifty-seven-year-old former HR Executive, who now finds himself stuck in the world of unemployment. These days the only job offers he is receiving are for low-level, manual labor positions, which are far … Continue reading Book Review: Inhuman Resources
DAUGHTERS OF THE LAKE | Wendy Webb 11.01.2018 | Lake Union Publishing 4/5 stars Kate Granger is attempting to put her life back in order on the heels of learning that her husband, Kevin, was having an affair. She has quit her job and gone back to her safe place, her parent’s home, in an … Continue reading Book Review: Daughters of the Lake
THE BAT | Jo Nesbo 07.02.2013 (first published 1997) | Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Rating: 4/5 stars Inspector Harry Hole has been sent to Sydney, Australia to investigate a series of murders. It appears that someone is hunting young, blonde-haired women. The latest victim is a twenty-something Norwegian woman names Inger, who is something of a … Continue reading Book Review: The Bat
THE HALLOWEEN TREE | Ray Bradbury First published 01.01.1972 | Yearling Rating: 4/5 stars On Halloween night, eight costumed boys meet, ready to head out for a night of tricks and treats. They realize their friend Pipkin hasn’t met up with them and decide to head to his house. Pipkin tells them to go on … Continue reading Book Review: The Halloween Tree
WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE | Shirley Jackson First published 1962 | Penguin Rating: 4/5 stars Merricat Blackwood lives on her family’s secluded estate with her sister Constance and Uncle Julian. The Blackwood family has been blacklisted in the neighboring town. Not long ago there were more Blackwoods living on the estate, but … Continue reading Book Review: We Have Always Lived in the Castle
TRAP | Lilja Sigurdardottir 10.18.2018| Orenda Books Rating: 5/5 stars Sonja has taken her son Tomas and escaped to sunny Florida where she hopes to build a new life for them. She has finally been able to escape the trappings of the cocaine trade in Iceland. One day Tomas goes missing and soon a series … Continue reading Blog Tour: Trap
DEAD LEAVES | Kealan Patrick Burke 09.18.2018 | Independently published Rating: 4/5 stars DEAD LEAVES is a collection of nine short stories that are all about different creepy and interesting topics. Since Goodreads already had a great synopsis for each short story, I’m just going to snag that for you all to read! This was … Continue reading Book Review: Dead Leaves
