Just a girl and her books
THE TAKING OF JAKE LIVINGSTON | Ryan Douglass07.13.2021 | PutnamRating: 4.5/5 stars Jake Livingston is one of the only Black kids at St. Clair Prep, one of the others being his infinitely more popular older brother. As if fitting in wasn’t hard enough, Jake can see the dead. In fact, he sees the dead around … Continue reading Book Review: The Taking of Jake Livingston
GAME OF THRONES MINI REVIEWS 2021 has been the year of finally reading George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series AKA Game of Thrones. While I reviewed the first book as a full feature post, I thought it would be easier moving forward to talk about them as mini reviews because they’re … Continue reading Mini Reviews: Game of Thrones Edition
SILVER TEARS | Camilla Läckberg 07.06.2021 | Knopf Rating: 4/5 stars Faye finally has the life that she deserves. Despite having to fight tooth and nail for her current situation, Faye could not feel happier. She’s rich, the business she built has become a global brand, and she has carefully hidden away her small family … Continue reading Book Review: Silver Tears
THE DARK HALF | Stephen King 10.20.1989 | Gallery Books Rating: 3.5/5 stars Thad Beaumont is a writer and for a decade he has secretly published violent crime fiction bestsellers under the name of George Stark. Things have changed for Thad recently and he’s healthier and happier than ever with his wife and infant twins. … Continue reading Book Review: The Dark Half
THE PHOTOGRAPHER | Mary Dixie Carter 05.25.2021 | Minotaur Rating: 3/5 stars As a photographer, Delta Dawn observes the seemingly perfect lives of New York City’s elite: snapping photos of their children’s birthday parties, transforming images of stiff hugs and tearstained faces into visions of pure joy, and creating moments these parents long for. When … Continue reading Book Review: The Photographer
THE ONES WE’RE MEANT TO FIND | Joan He 05.04.2021 | Roaring Brook Press Rating: 5/5 stars Cee has been trapped on an abandoned island for the last three years without any recollection of how she arrived or memories from her life prior. The only thing she knows is that she must find a way … Continue reading Book Review: The Ones We’re Meant to Find
THE MAIDENS | Alex Michaelides 06.15.2021 | Celadon Books Rating: 3/5 stars Mariana Andros knows Edward Fosca is a murderer. Fosca, a handsome and charismatic Greek Tragedy professor at Cambridge University is adored by staff and students alike - particularly by the members of a secret society of female students known as The Maidens. Mariana … Continue reading Book Review: The Maidens
LAKEWOOD | Megan Giddings 03.24.2020 | Amistad Rating: 5/5 stars When Lena Johnson’s beloved grandmother dies the full extent of her family’s debt is revealed and Lena is forced to drop out of college in order to support her mother. She takes a job in the mysterious and remote town of Lakewood, Michigan. On paper, … Continue reading Book Review: Lakewood
LISEY’S STORY | Stephen King 06.28.2016 (first published 10.2006) | Scribner Rating: 4/5 stars Lisey lost her husband Scott after twenty-five years of marriage, which was filled with profound and sometimes frightening intimacy. Scott was an award-winning, bestselling novelist and a very complicated man. Early in their relationship, before they married, Lisey knew there was … Continue reading Book Review: Lisey’s Story
THE WHISPERING DEAD | Darcy Coates (Gravekeeper #1) 05.04.2021 | Poisoned Pen Press Rating: 4/5 stars Keira is on the run. She has no memory of who she is or where she’s been. All she knows is that she needs to get away from the man chasing her. She finds refuge in an abandoned groundskeeper’s … Continue reading Book Review: The Whispering Dead
