Just a girl and her books
THEME MUSIC | T. Marie Vandelly 07.23.2019 | Dutton Books Rating: 5/5 stars Dixie Wheeler’s life is defined by her past. She has carried the trauma and stigma associated with her family for decades. Dixie is “Baby Blue”, the lone survivor of her father’s murderous rage that left her mother and brothers butchered. Twenty-five years … Continue reading Book Review: Theme Music
HOME BEFORE DARK | Riley Sager 06.30.2020 | Dutton Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Maggie Holt has lived for twenty-five years in the shadow of Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods that she used to call home. She lived there for only three weeks with her parents until they ended up fleeing … Continue reading Book Review: Home Before Dark
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY | E.G. Scott 08.04.2020 | Dutton Books Rating: 4/5 stars Charlotte, a mid-thirties Long Island woman, has been working for the last few years to rebuild her life after she watched her future in neuroscience blow up in her face. Just as she believes her life is turning around, Charlotte’s boyfriend … Continue reading Book Review: In Case of Emergency
LOCK EVERY DOOR | Riley Sager 07.02.2019 | Dutton Rating: 5/5 stars The rules are simple. No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No talking to the other residents, unless they speak to you first. Jules Larsen’s new job may come with a strict set of rules, but the rewards are high. She … Continue reading Book Review: Lock Every Door
INTO THE BLACK NOWHERE (UNSUB #2) | Meg Gardiner 01.30.2018 | Dutton Rating: 5/5 stars A series of disappearances is sweeping through southern Texas. One woman vanished from a movie theater after heading to the concession line. Another was yanked from her car while waiting for a train to pass. They’re always on Saturdays and … Continue reading Book Review: Into the Black Nowhere
UNSUB | Meg Gardiner 06.27.2017 | Dutton Books Rating: 5/5 stars Caitlin Hendrix is the daughter of well-known Detective Mack Hendrix. She has been working hard to make a name for herself on the force outside of the limelight forced on her. Caitlin has been assigned a detective position in Narcotics for the past six … Continue reading Book Review: UNSUB
THE SCARRED WOMAN | Jussi Adler-Olsen 09.19.2017 | Dutton Books Rating: 4 stars THE SCARRED WOMAN is book seven in the Department Q series. This installment finds Department Q detective, Carl Morck, leading up one of his toughest cases yet. The department specializes in cold cases, but this time around it looks like this players … Continue reading Book Review: The Scarred Woman
Read: WONDER WOMAN, VOL. 1: THE LIES by Greg Rucka DOCTOR STRANGE: THE OATH by Brian K. Vaughan DEADLY CLASS, VOL. 2: KIDS OF THE BLACK HOLE by Rick Remender ALL THE MISSING GIRLS by Megan Miranda THE HANDMAID'S TALE by Margaret Atwood THE PARTY by Robyn Harding THE WEIGHT OF LIES by Emily Carpenter … Continue reading June Wrap Up
FINAL GIRLS | Riley Sager Dutton Books | 07.11.2017 Rating: 5/5 stars Ten years have passed since Quincy Carpenter when on a trip to Pine Cottage with five of her college friends that led to her being the lone survivor of a massacre. As the sole survivor, Quincy is placed into a small group of … Continue reading Book Review: Final Girls
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