Just a girl and her books
THE SWALLOWS | Lisa Lutz 08.13.2019 | Ballantine Books Rating: 4/5 stars Alex Witt has just been appointed the new creative writing teacher at Stonebridge Academy. She starts her first class off with a simple writing prompt. What Alex isn’t expecting is to find clues to Stonebridge’s darkest secret within the answers to her prompt. … Continue reading Book Review: The Swallows
THE MISSING SEASON | Gillian French 05.21.2019 | Harper Teen Rating: 4/5 stars The town of Pender is haunted by several disappearances of children that have happened over the years. They all seem to occur around October and the Halloween season. If you ask the other kids living in the former factory town they would … Continue reading Book Review: The Missing Season
INSPECTION | Josh Malerman 03.19.2019 | Del Rey Books Rating: 4/5 stars The Alphabet Boys are being trained at a school built to raise geniuses by a group known as The Parenthood. Twenty-six boys have lived within the walls of the Turret their whole lives. They have no knowledge of the outside world or the … Continue reading Book Review: Inspection
WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE | Shirley Jackson First published 1962 | Penguin Rating: 4/5 stars Merricat Blackwood lives on her family’s secluded estate with her sister Constance and Uncle Julian. The Blackwood family has been blacklisted in the neighboring town. Not long ago there were more Blackwoods living on the estate, but … Continue reading Book Review: We Have Always Lived in the Castle
SILENT CHILD | Sarah A. Denzil 01.26.2017 | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Rating: 3/5 stars In 2006 a devastating storm hit Emma Price’s town and she watched as her son’s red coat was fished out of the river. Her son, Aiden, was at school during the storm and at some point in the middle of … Continue reading Book Review: Silent Child
IN THE VINES | Shannon Kirk 07.17.2018 | Thomas & Mercer Rating: 5/5 stars Mary Olivia Pentecost, better known as Mop, was born into wealth. Her family hails from old money and lives tucked away on large estates in New England. All of her life Mop has been close to her Aunty Liv. That is … Continue reading Book Review: In the Vines
THE NIGHT VISITOR | Lucy Atkins 07.03.2018 | Quercus USA Rating: 4.5/5 stars Professor Olivia Sweetman is a historian living a life she never could have imagined she would call her own. She has a successful career as a TV presenter, is a mother to three children, and has a husband whose talent is just … Continue reading Book Review: The Night Visitor
PROVIDENCE | Caroline Kepnes 06.19.2018 | Lenny Rating: 4/5 stars Growing up Jon was the outcast at his school except for his best friend, Chloe. Most of his fellow classmates thought that Chloe only took pity on Jon since she was one of the most popular girls in school. Jon knows he’s in love with … Continue reading Book Review: Providence
CAN YOU HEAR ME? | Elena Varvello 06.05.2018 | Quercus USA Rating: 3/5 stars In 1978 the Northern Italian city of Ponte is deteriorating. Once a busier area, the local factory has closed down, leaving many residents scrambling to find new jobs or down and out on their luck. Elia Furenti’s father, Ettore, is one … Continue reading Book Review: Can You Hear Me?
THE AWKWARD SQUAD | Sophie Henaff 04.03.2018 | Quercus USA Rating 4/5 stars Anne Capestan has been suspended from her police duties for firing one too many bullets at the bad guys in her cases. Now that her suspension is wrapping up, she has been called to HQ to learn what will happen to … Continue reading Book Review: The Awkward Squad
