Just a girl and her books
THE DOLL’S HOUSE | M.J. Arlidge (Helen Grace #3) 02.02.2016 | NAL Rating: 5/5 stars Ruby has woken up in a strange room. This room is filled with furniture that does not function, but are instead replicas of actual items. This isn’t a house, but a doll’s house. Overwhelmed and unsure how she has landed … Continue reading Book Review: The Doll’s House
HALLOWEEN FIEND | C.V. Hunt 02.16.2019 | Grindhouse Press Rating: 4/5 stars This is the story of Strang, a small, isolated town. On the outside it looks like any other town of similar size, however, once night strikes there is one noticeable difference. The residents can be spotted leaving small animals in cages outside their … Continue reading Book Review: Halloween Fiend
ROSEMARY’S BABY | Ira Levin Rosemary’s Baby #1 2011 (first published 03.12.1967) | Corsair Rating: 5/5 stars Rosemary Woodhouse and her struggling actor husband, Guy, have recently moved into the Bramford. This old New York City apartment building holds a haunted past, an ominous reputation, and is home to a large elderly population. The Woodhouse’s … Continue reading Book Review: Rosemary’s Baby
HIDDEN BODIES | Caroline Kepnes (YOU #2) 01.14.2016 | Atria Rating: 4/5 stars Joe Goldberg has hidden a body or two in his day. To be specific, he has buried four bodies, each of them someone who was standing in the way of his quest for true love. Joe has been burned in the love … Continue reading Book Review: Hidden Bodies
THE JULY GIRLS | Phoebe Locke 07.25.2019 | Wildfire Rating: 4.5/5 stars Every year, on the same day in July, a woman disappears from the streets of London, never to be seen again. Addie knows that date well. July 7th is her birthday and on her tenth year celebrating in 2005, her life changes forever. … Continue reading Book Review: The July Girls
THE SATURDAY NIGHT GHOST CLUB | Craig Davidson 07.09.2019 | Penguin Books Rating: 4/5 stars Niagara Falls in the 1980’s is a seedy, slightly haunted place where Jake Baker is growing up. The summer Jake turns twelve he forms a close bond with his uncle, Calvin, who is filled to the brim with eccentric tales … Continue reading Book Review: The Saturday Night Ghost Club
DRACULA | Bram Stoker 2018 | Paper Mill Press First published 05.26.1897 Rating: 4.5/5 stars Jonathan Harker has recently been sent to Transylvania for a work assignment to assist a man known as Dracula with his move to England. While residing at his home, a castle upon a hill, Harker comes to realize that there … Continue reading Book Review: Dracula
RULES FOR VANISHING | Kate Alice Marshall 09.24.2019 | Viking Books/Penguin Teen Rating: 4/5 stars Once a year a path appears in the forest and Lucy Gallows beckons someone to come and find her. Are you willing to walk along this mysterious path filled with traps to find a lost girl? What happens to those … Continue reading Book Review: Rules for Vanishing
MINDHUNTER | John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker 10.24.2017 | Gallery Books (first published in 1995) Rating: 4/5 stars Special Agent John Douglas helped to revolutionize the FBI and how criminal investigations are conducted by becoming an expert in criminal profiling. Douglas made his life’s work out of meeting with, learning about, and understanding serial … Continue reading Book Review: Mindhunter
ONE NIGHT GONE | Tara Laskowski 10.01.2019 | Graydon House Rating: 4/5 stars Maureen Haddaway is desperate for a fresh start. She comes to Opal Beach as a member of a travelling carnival. What she finds is a town where she thinks she could build a new life. A town she could call home. There … Continue reading Book Review: One Night Gone
