Just a girl and her books
THE WAITING ROOMS | Eve Smith 07.09.2020 | Orenda Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Decades of escalating drug resistance has led the world to a global antibiotic crisis. Ordinary, everyday infections are not so simple these days. A doctor cannot casually prescribe an antibiotic to cure what ails you. The tiniest of scratches could kill you. … Continue reading Blog Tour: The Waiting Rooms
EDEN | Tim Lebbon 04.07.2020 | Titan Books Rating: 4/5 stars The Earth’s oceans are filled with islands of refuse, the Amazon rainforest is all but destroyed, and countless species on the brink of extinction. The Virgin Zones have been recreated in an attempt to let nature reclaim parts of the world. These vast areas … Continue reading Book Review: Eden
MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER | Oyinkan Braithwaite 07.17.2017 | Doubleday Rating: 5/5 stars Korede’s sister has a problem. She has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends. Each time Ayoola has a reason for the murder and each time she expects Korede to help her clean up her problems. Ayoola is the favorite … Continue reading Book Review: My Sister, the Serial Killer
THE HALF SISTER | Sandie Jones 06.16.2020 | Minotaur Books Rating: 3.5/5 stars Everything is about to change for Kate and Lauren. A stranger has shown up at their door with shocking news. The woman standing before them, Jess, is their half sister. She has the results of a DNA test, which prove that they … Continue reading Book Review: The Half Sister
THE HYPNOTIST | Lars Kepler (Joona Linna #1) 07.31.2018 (first published 2009) | Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Rating: 5/5 stars Detective Joona Linna has just been assigned to a gruesome triple homicide. The only surviving witness is the young boy who just watched his family be killed before his eyes. He’s now in a catatonic state … Continue reading Book Review: The Hypnotist
THE RUNNING MAN | Stephen King as Richard Bachman 03.08.2016 (first published 05.01.1982) | Gallery Books Rating: 4/5 stars Welcome to a dystopian future where the poor are seen as rodents and not human beings. Their lives are not valued the way those with money are. Ben Richards is one of those poor people. His … Continue reading Book Review: The Running Man
ATHENA’S CHOICE | Adam Boostrom 01.18.2019 | Independently published Rating: 4/5 stars Athena Vosh is living a normal teenage life in the year 2099 filled with carefree things like delicious food, watching reality shows, and spending her day working on her hobbies. It has been almost 50 years since an experimental virus was accidentally released, … Continue reading Book Review: Athena’s Choice
ROADWORK | Stephen King as Richard Bachman 05.2016 (first published 03.1981) | Gallery Books Rating: 3.5/5 stars Barton Dawes feels like he’s losing everything he’s worked his whole life for. Highway 784 is being extended straight through Bart’s town and will ruin everything he holds dear. The laundry plant where Bart started his career needs … Continue reading Book Review: Roadwork
THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES | Agatha Christie 04.30.2019 (First published 10.1920) | Vintage Rating: 4/5 stars Meet Hercule Poirot: A detective and Belgian refugee of the Great War who has settled in England near Styles Court, the sprawling estate of his wealthy, elderly benefactress, Emily Inglethorp. When Emily’s body is found the authorities believe … Continue reading Book Review: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
ASH MOUNTAIN | Helen Fitzgerald05.14.2020 | Orenda BooksRating: 4/5 stars Fran thought she escaped her hometown of Ash Mountain years ago. After her father finds himself ill, she is forced to return to the place she hates and care for him. Fran’s relationship is over and she hates her dead end job in the city, … Continue reading Blog Tour: Ash Mountain
