Just a girl and her books
LATER | Stephen King 03.02.2021 | Hard Case Crime Rating: 5/5 stars The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood, but Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn … Continue reading Book Review: Later
THE SHUDDERING | Ania Ahlborn 06.18.2013 | 47North Rating: 4.5/5 stars Ryan Adler and his twin sister, Jane, spent their happiest childhood days at their parent’s mountain Colorado cabin, until divorce tore their family apart. Now, with the house about to be sold, the Adler twins have arranged a gathering with their closest friends for … Continue reading Book Review: The Shuddering
THE SOURCE | Sarah Sultoon 04.15.2021 | Orenda Books Rating: 4/5 stars 1996, Essex: Thirteen-year-old schoolgirl, Carly lives in a disenfranchised town dominated by a military base. She’s struggling to take care of her baby sister while her mother turns to the bottle, day after day. When her enlisted brother shows up at the door … Continue reading Blog Tour: The Source
MOTHER MAY I | Joshilyn Jackson 04.06.2021 | William Morrow Rating: 4/5 stars Growing up poor in rural Georgia, Bree Cabbat was warned by her single mother that the world was a dark and scary place. Bree rejected her mother’s fearful outlook. Having married into a family with wealth, power, and connections, Bree now has … Continue reading Book Review: Mother May I
THE GOOD SISTER | Sally Hepworth04.13.2021 | St. Martin’s PressRating: 4/5 stars Fern and Rose appear to be as close as twin sisters can be: Rose is the responsible one and Fern is the quirky one. The sisters share an incredibly close bond with Rose serving as Fern’s protector from the time they were small. … Continue reading Book Review: The Good Sister
THE BURNING GIRLS | C.J. Tudor 02.09.2021 | Ballantine Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Welcome to Chapel Croft. Five hundred years ago, eight protestant martyrs were burned at the stake here. Thirty years ago, two teenage girls disappeared without a trace. Two months ago, the vicar of the local parish killed himself. Reverend Jack Brooks, a … Continue reading Book Review: The Burning Girls
PLEASE SEE US | Caitlin Mullen 03.03.2020 | Gallery Books Rating: 4/5 stars One fateful summer in Atlantic City has brought together two young women to become unlikely friends in the wake of a series of disappearances dangerously close to home. Summer may have arrived in Atlantic City, but the boardwalk is empty of tourists, … Continue reading Book Review: Please See Us
FIREBORNE | Rosaria Munda (The Aurelian Cycle #1) 10.15.2019 | Penguin Books Rating: 4/5 stars Annie and Lee were just children when a brutal revolution changed their world, giving everyone - even the lowborn - a chance to test into the governing class of dragonriders. Now they are both rising stars in the new regime, … Continue reading Book Review: Fireborne
A CLOSED AND COMMON ORBIT | Becky Chambers (Wayfarers #2) 03.14.2017 (first published 10.20.2016) | Harper Voyager Rating: 4/5 stars The sequel to THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL, ANGRY PLANET focuses on Lovelace, who was once the artificial intelligence inhabiting the Wayfarer spaceship. She has awoken in a new body after surviving a total … Continue reading Book Review: A Closed and Common Orbit
THE DIVINES | Ellie Eaton 01.19.2021 | William Morrow Ratingl: 3/5 stars Memor Amici. Remember Friends. Josephine will never forget the motto that belonged to her elite English boarding school, St. John the Divine. She will never stop being a Divine, no matter how hard she tries to put that time behind her. Fluctuating between … Continue reading Book Review: The Divines
