Just a girl and her books
THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA | TJ Klune 03.17.2020 | Tor Books Rating: 5/5 stars Linus Baker lives a quiet, solitary life. He spends his days working as a case worker at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth and his nights at home with his ornery cat listening to records. Linus has evaluated … Continue reading Book Review: The House in the Cerulean Sea
BLACKTOP WASTELAND | S.A. Cosby 07.14.2020 | Flatiron Books Rating: 5/5 stars Beauregard “Bug” Montage is known in his community as a husband, a father, and the owner of a local car mechanic shop. He used to have a much different reputation. He was the best getaway driver on the East Coast, with tales of … Continue reading Book Review: Blacktop Wasteland
THE SEVEN DOORS | Agnes Ravatn09.17.2020 | Orenda BooksRating: 4/5 stars Nina’s life has hit a crossroads. Her beloved childhood home is about to be demolished, she hardly sees her doctor husband, her career no longer feels rewarding, and her relationship with her daughter has grown rocky. While deciding what to do about her home, … Continue reading Blog Tour: The Seven Doors
SINS OF THE MOTHER | August Norman (Caitlin Bergman #2) 09.08.2020 | Crooked Lane Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Caitlin Bergman’s mother is dead. That’s what the award-winning journalist has been telling everyone for the past forty years. It’s easier to explain death than how Maya abandoned her as an infant and then fell off the … Continue reading Book Review: Sins of the Mother
THE NINJA’S BLADE | Tori Eldridge (Lily Wong #2) 09.01.2020 | Agora Books Rating: 4/5 stars Lily Wong, a Chinese-Norwegian modern-day ninja, finds herself in more trouble than she bargained for when her controlling grandparents arrive in Los Angeles from Hong Kong in the midst of her investigation into the dangerous world of sex trafficking. … Continue reading Book Review: The Ninja’s Blade
WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING | Alyssa Cole 09.01.2020 | William Morrow Rating: 5/5 stars Sydney Green was born and raised in her Brooklyn neighborhood of Gifford Place. It seems that things are changing before her eyes. For sale signs are popping up overnight, condos are spreading like wildfire, and the people and parts of … Continue reading Book Review: When No One is Watching
A SONG OF ISOLATION | Michael J. Malone09.17.2020 | Orenda BooksRating: 4/5 stars Movie star, Amelie Hart, was a silver screen darling until she was held captive in her home and decided to step away from the limelight. Now living in a remote part of Scotland, Amelie has finally started to rebuild her life. Everything … Continue reading Blog Tour: A Song of Isolation
SURVIVOR SONG | Paul Tremblay 07.07.2020 | William Morrow Rating: 4.5/5 stars In a matter of weeks Massachusetts finds itself overrun by a deadly rabies-like virus that is spread by saliva. Unlike regular rabies, this virus has an accelerated incubation period of an hour or less. Those infected quickly lose their minds and are driven … Continue reading Book Review: Survivor Song
JUST MERCY | Bryan Stevenson 08.18.2015 | Spiegel & Grau Rating: 5/5 stars Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal … Continue reading Book Review: Just Mercy
THE FIFTH SEASON | N.K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth #1) 08.04.2015 | Orbit Rating: 5/5 stars This is the way the world ends. Again. Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun is masquerading as an ordinary teacher in a quiet community when she comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered … Continue reading Book Review: The Fifth Season
