Just a girl and her books
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
INSPECTION | Josh Malerman 03.19.2019 | Del Rey Books Rating: 4/5 stars The Alphabet Boys are being trained at a school built to raise geniuses by a group known as The Parenthood. Twenty-six boys have lived within the walls of the Turret their whole lives. They have no knowledge of the outside world or the … Continue reading Book Review: Inspection
Welcome to another installment of Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl)! This week's topic is the first ten books ever reviewed. I started off reviewing books on my Bookstagram account and Goodreads before committing to launch my blog. Those first reviews were much shorter and it's interesting to see how my style has changed. … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: First Ten Books I Reviewed
And just like that we've reached the last full week of April. I remember at the beginning of the month declaring I was more than on top of my reading and now...well it seems there are a gazillion books I need to finish reading or still want to get to. How does this always happen? … Continue reading Weekly Reads: April 22nd
THE LAST | Hanna Jameson 04.09.2019 | Atria Books Rating: 4/5 stars Jon has left his family back home in America in order to attend a conference in an isolated hotel in Switzerland. We never consider that we won’t be able to go home and try to fix a situation we left behind, but this … Continue reading Book Review: The Last
UNRAVELING OLIVER | Liz Nugent 08.22.2017 | Scout Press Rating: 4/5 stars Oliver Ryan is a charming, charismatic, and successful children’s book author. He is married to devoted and demure, Alice, who illustrates Oliver’s books. They appear to have not only a picturesque marriage, but also a solid work partnership. Together they live an easy, … Continue reading Book Review: Unraveling Oliver
THE MISSING YEARS | Lexie Elliott 04.23.2019 | Berkley Rating: 4/5 stars Ailsa Calder has just inherited half of a house. The other half is owned by her father who disappeared without a trace twenty-seven years ago. The Manse is an eerie, old Scottish manor isolated on the outskirts of a small town. There is … Continue reading Book Review: The Missing Years
