Just a girl and her books
GOODNIGHT BEAUTIFUL | Aimee Molloy 10.13.2020 | Harper Rating: 4/5 stars Newlyweds Sam Statler and Annie Potter are crazy about each other. They have decided to say goodbye to New York City and start over in Sam’s quaint hometown in upstate New York. Things aren’t quite the way they pictured. Annie spends most of her … Continue reading Book Review: Goodnight Beautiful
BETRAYAL | Lilja Sigurðardóttir 10.01.2020 | Orenda Books Rating: 4/5 stars Úrsula has decided to return to Iceland after years spent working around the world fighting epidemics and violence. Unable to fully step away from a high-stress lifestyle, she accepts a high-profile government position where she hopes to be able to make a difference. On … Continue reading Blog Tour: Betrayal
NEVER TURN BACK | Christopher Swann 10.06.2020 | Crooked Lane Books Rating: 3.5/5 stars Ethan Faulkner was a precocious child with a troublesome sister, a war veteran father, and a weary mother trying to keep them all together. One night there was a pounding knock at their door. A young girl on the run from … Continue reading Book Review: Never Turn Back
THE CIRCLE | Stephen J. Galgon 08.15.2019 | MJE Publishing Rating: 4/5 stars What if you could have all the money you ever wanted? What if you could have the power to control law enforcement, politicians, and the judicial system? What would you be willing to give up? Those who are part of The Circle … Continue reading Book Review: The Circle
DEATH ON THE NILE | Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #17) 02.01.2011 (first published 1937) | William Morrow Rating: 4/5 stars Hercule Poirot has set off on what is supposed to be a tranquil cruise along the Nile, but what he finds is a murderer in his midst. Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. … Continue reading Book Review: Death on the Nile
BLACKTOP WASTELAND | S.A. Cosby 07.14.2020 | Flatiron Books Rating: 5/5 stars Beauregard “Bug” Montage is known in his community as a husband, a father, and the owner of a local car mechanic shop. He used to have a much different reputation. He was the best getaway driver on the East Coast, with tales of … Continue reading Book Review: Blacktop Wasteland
THE SEVEN DOORS | Agnes Ravatn09.17.2020 | Orenda BooksRating: 4/5 stars Nina’s life has hit a crossroads. Her beloved childhood home is about to be demolished, she hardly sees her doctor husband, her career no longer feels rewarding, and her relationship with her daughter has grown rocky. While deciding what to do about her home, … Continue reading Blog Tour: The Seven Doors
SINS OF THE MOTHER | August Norman (Caitlin Bergman #2) 09.08.2020 | Crooked Lane Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Caitlin Bergman’s mother is dead. That’s what the award-winning journalist has been telling everyone for the past forty years. It’s easier to explain death than how Maya abandoned her as an infant and then fell off the … Continue reading Book Review: Sins of the Mother
THE NINJA’S BLADE | Tori Eldridge (Lily Wong #2) 09.01.2020 | Agora Books Rating: 4/5 stars Lily Wong, a Chinese-Norwegian modern-day ninja, finds herself in more trouble than she bargained for when her controlling grandparents arrive in Los Angeles from Hong Kong in the midst of her investigation into the dangerous world of sex trafficking. … Continue reading Book Review: The Ninja’s Blade
WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING | Alyssa Cole 09.01.2020 | William Morrow Rating: 5/5 stars Sydney Green was born and raised in her Brooklyn neighborhood of Gifford Place. It seems that things are changing before her eyes. For sale signs are popping up overnight, condos are spreading like wildfire, and the people and parts of … Continue reading Book Review: When No One is Watching
