Just a girl and her books
BLACKOUT | Erin Flanagan 07.01.2022 | Thomas & Mercer Rating: 3.5/5 stars Seven months into her sobriety, sociology professor Maris Heilman has her first blackout. She chalks it up to exhaustion, though she fears her husband and daughter suspect she’s drinking again. Whatever the cause, the glitches start becoming more frequent. Sometimes minutes, sometimes longer, … Continue reading Book Review: Blackout
YES, DADDY | Jonathan Parks-Ramage 05.18.2021 | Harper Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Jonah Keller moved to New York City with dreams of becoming a successful playwright, but for the time being, lives in a rundown sublet in Bushwick, working extra hours at a restaurant only to barely make rent. When he stumbles upon a photo … Continue reading Book Review: Yes, Daddy
THE FAVOR | Nora Murphy 05.31.2022 | Minotaur Books Rating: 4/5 stars Leah and McKenna have never met, though they have parallel lives. They don’t—ever—find themselves in the same train carriage or meet accidentally at the gym or the coffee shop. They don’t—ever—discuss their problems and find common ground. They don’t—ever—acknowledge to each other that … Continue reading Book Review: The Favor
THE LIES I TELL | Julie Clark 06.21.2022 | Sourcebooks Rating: 5/5 stars Meg Williams. Maggie Littleton. Melody Wilde. Different names for the same person, depending on the town, depending on the job. She’s a con artist who erases herself to become whoever you need her to be – a college student, a life coach, … Continue reading Book Review: The Lies I Tell
BATH HAUS | P.J. Vernon 06.15.2021 | Doubleday Books Rating: 5/5 stars Oliver Park, a young recovering addict from Indiana, finally has everything he ever wanted: sobriety and a loving, wealthy partner in Nathan, a prominent DC trauma surgeon. Despite their difference in age and disparate backgrounds, they’ve made a perfect life together. With everything … Continue reading Book Review: Bath Haus
THE LYING CLUB | Annie Ward 03.22.2022 | Park Row Rating: 4/5 stars At an elite private school nestled in the Colorado mountains, Natalie, an office assistant, dreams of having a life like the school moms she deals with every day. Women like Brooke – a gorgeous heiress, ferociously loving mother, and serial cheater – … Continue reading Book Review: The Lying Club
THE MAID | Nita Prose 01.04.2022 | Ballantine Books Rating: 5/5 stars Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her gran used to interpret the world for her. Since Gran died a few months ago, Molly has been navigating the world alone. She has … Continue reading Book Review: The Maid
NOTES ON AN EXECUTION | Danya Kukafka 01.25.2022 | William Morrow Rating: 4.5/5 stars Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what he’s done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. But Ansel doesn’t want to die; he wants to be celebrated, understood. … Continue reading Book Review: Notes on an Execution
THE CAGE | Bonnie Kistler 02.15.2022 | Harper Rating: 4/5 stars Leaving at the same time, two women, each preoccupied by their own thoughts, enter the elevator that will take them down from the 30th floor of their office. When they arrive at the lobby, one of the women is dead. Was it murder or … Continue reading Book Review: The Cage
THE SHADOW HOUSE | Anna Downes 04.05.2022 | Minotaur Books Rating: 3/5 stars Alex, a single mother of two, is determined to make a fresh start for her and her children. In an effort to escape her troubled past, she seeks refuge in a rural community. Pine Ridge is idyllic; the surrounding forests are beautiful … Continue reading Book Review: The Shadow House
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