Just a girl and her books
THE BRIGHT LANDS | John Fram 07.07.2020 | Hanover Square Press Rating: 5/5 stars Underneath their intense love for the Friday night lights, the town of Bentley, Texas only holds one thing closer, their secrets. Star quarterback, Dylan Whitley, has gone missing under strange circumstances. In the days leading up to his disappearance he told … Continue reading Book Review: The Bright Lands
BLOOD RED CITY | Rod Reynolds 07.23.2020 | Orenda Books Rating: 4/5 stars Video footage of an apparent murder on a London train has found its way to the inbox of Lydia Wright, a hardworking journalist who immediately starts investigating. After questioning the police and transit authority it appears no one knows anything about this … Continue reading Blog Tour: Blood Red City
THE GOLDEN CAGE | Camilla Läckberg 07.07.2020 | Knopf Publishing Group Rating: 4.5/5 stars Faye Adelheim has loved Jack since the moment she met him at business school. Jack is the quintessential golden boy who grew up wealthy, unlike Faye who has worked hard over the years to keep her past buried. Faye helped Jack … Continue reading Book Review: The Golden Cage
THE SHADOWS | Alex North 07.07.2020 | Celadon Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Chances are you knew a kid like Charlie Crabtree when you were growing up. A bit off, always on the outskirts of the group, a clear dark side that always made you second guess if they could do something truly sinister. Twenty-five years … Continue reading Book Review: The Shadows
I feel like I blinked and June ended! While I didn't get as many books read as I wanted, I was really happy with those I did select. July seems to be the month for me where ARCs have snuck up on me and my entire month is filled with amazing upcoming releases! I want … Continue reading July TBR!
GHOST SUMMER: STORIES | Tananarive Due 09.08.2015 | Prime Books Rating: 4/5 stars Tananarive Due has put together a collection of short stories ranging from the strange occurrences in the small Florida town of Gracetown, post-apocalyptic stories, and other strange tales of science fiction and horror. This book is broken down into four sections, each … Continue reading Book Review: Ghost Summer
Read: The Half Sister by Sandie Jones My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Eden by Tim Lebbon The Waiting Rooms by Eve Smith The Request by David Bell The Last Flight by Julie Clark The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (🎧) If It Bleeds by Stephen King Parable of the Sower by Olivia E. … Continue reading June Wrap Up
THE FAMILIAR DARK | Amy Engel 03.31.2020 | Dutton Books Rating: 4/5 stars Within the poorest part of the Missouri Ozarks lies a small town filled with big secrets. Eve Taggert’s daughter Junie and her best friend, Izzy, have just been found murdered. The girls were only twelve-years-old and had their whole lives ahead of … Continue reading Book Review: The Familiar Dark
PARABLE OF THE SOWER | Olivia E. Butler (Earthseed #1) 04.30.2019 (First published 10.1993) | Grand Central Publishing Rating: 5/5 stars The early 2020’s have arrived, bringing with them global climate change, economic crises, and social chaos. California has become a world of dangers filled with masses of vagabonds who will do anything to survive … Continue reading Book Review: Parable of the Sower
IF IT BLEEDS | Stephen King 05.05.2020 | Scribner Rating: 4/5 stars Stephen King has put together a collection of four short stories within IF IT BLEEDS that explore interesting and uncomfortable circumstances for our main characters. This collection is comprised of Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, The Life of Chuck, If It Bleeds, and Rat. Each … Continue reading Book Review: If It Bleeds
