Just a girl and her books
THE FAVORITE DAUGHTER | Kaira Rouda 05.21.2019 | Graydon House Rating: 5/5 stars Jane Harris had everything. The perfect home. The perfect family. The perfect tragedy. Tucked away in her oceanfront Orange County home, Jane has been grieving the loss of her oldest daughter, Mary. Now that a year has passed it is time for … Continue reading Book Review: The Favorite Daughter
TURBULENT WAKE | Paul E. Hardisty 05.16.2019 | Orenda Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Ethan Schofield has returned to the place of his birth to bury his father. They lived a strained relationship following the death of Ethan’s mother. For years he has felt a lack of connection with his father. Hidden away in one of … Continue reading Book Tour: Turbulent Wake
OSGOOD AS GONE | Cooper S. Beckett (The Spectral Inspector #1) 04.22.2019 | Horror & Carnage Press Rating: 4/5 stars Prudence Osgood was once an up-and-coming star in the paranormal investigation TV genre. Today she finds herself as a barely functioning alcoholic battling chronic pain through the use of drugs. Not only does she have … Continue reading Book Review: Osgood As Gone
CHASE DARKNESS WITH ME: HOW ONE TRUE-CRIME WRITER STARTED SOLVING MURDERS | Billy Jensen 04.11.2019 | Audible Studios Rating: 4/5 stars Have you ever read a true crime story or watched something a true crime TV show and thought, I could solve that? Do you enjoy trying to spot the clues that may have been … Continue reading Book Review: Chase Darkness with Me
SUCH A PERFECT WIFE | Kate White (Bailey Weggins Mystery #8) 05.07.2019 | Harper Paperbacks Rating: 4/5 stars Shannon Blaine has disappeared without a trace. The mother of two set off for a run along the rural roads surrounding her home in Lake George, New York and never returned home. Shannon has been taking the … Continue reading Book Review: Such A Perfect Wife
SNAKESKINS | Tim Major 05.07.2019 | Titan Books Rating: 4/5 stars Caitlin Hext is a Charmer. She has the ability to produce a clone of herself every seven years. These clones are called Snakeskins. They are supposed to turn to dust seconds after the Charmer “sheds” them. Caitlin’s does not. Her Snakeskin is taken away … Continue reading Book Review: Snakeskins
A HOUSE AT THE BOTTOM OF A LAKE | Josh Malerman 10.31.2016 | This is Horror Rating: 4/5 stars James and Amelia are two seventeen-year-olds who have just met. They decide to have their first date canoeing on the lake. They have an instant spark of chemistry as they bond over disastrous first dates and … Continue reading Book Review: A House at the Bottom of a Lake
LITTLE DARLINGS | Melanie Golding 04.30.2019 | Crooked Lane Books Rating: 4/5 stars Lauren Tranter has just gone through a complicated birth bringing her newborn twin sons, Morgan and Riley, into the world. When she experiences a weird encounter at the hospital, imagining there is a woman present trying to steal her babies, those around … Continue reading Book Review: Little Darlings
BEFORE SHE KNEW HIM | Peter Swanson 03.05.2019 | William Morrow Rating: 4/5 stars Hen and her husband Lloyd have recently bought a new home in a quiet suburban town on the outskirts of Boston. Hen is an illustrator with a rocky past, which she and Lloyd are working through. With the help of her … Continue reading Book Review: Before She Knew Him
CARRIE | Stephen King 12.31.2018 (first published 1974) | Anchor Books Rating: 4/5 stars Carrie White is an unpopular high school student growing up in Chamberlain, Maine. Her mother is a religious fanatic who constantly berates Carrie for her actions. She doesn’t want her to dress like the other kids, behave like the other kids, … Continue reading Book Review: Carrie
