Just a girl and her books
Read: The Summoning by J.P. Smith 4 FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven 4.5() The Forgotten Island by David Sodergren 5 Seed by Ania Ahlborn 4 The Ninja Betrayed by Tori Eldridge 4 Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 5 Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King 4 Survive the Night by Riley Sager 3.5 The City … Continue reading September Wrap Up
September has arrived, which means it's time to pull out all of the Halloween decorations and buy all the new things for the house! I read spooky all year long, but there's something about the temperatures dropping that signals a shift in what sort of books I pick up. My mood is definitely on darker … Continue reading September TBR!
Read: The Return by Rachel Harrison Never Turn Back by Christopher Swann Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones The Ancestor by Danielle Trussoni Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The House on Abigail Lane by Kealan Patrick Burke Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy (🎧) The Companion by Katie Alender Cujo by Stephen King Betrayal … Continue reading October Wrap Up!
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
OCTOBER HAS ARRIVED!!! My heart is so full and happy with thoughts of spooky reads! I have been debating what to put in my TMR for weeks now. This is the pile I’ve decided I’m going to pick and choose from! I’m thrilled over the mixture of buddy reads, long awaited reads, publisher … Continue reading October TBR!
I took this photo a few days ago when I thought I had my June TBR fully mapped out. Over the course of the last few days I've taken a lot of time to reflect on how I can make my reading choices more diverse and include more authors of color. This is something I've … Continue reading June TBR
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
Read: Trace of Evil by Alice Blanchard The Winters by Lisa Gabriele (🎧) Violet by S.J.I. Holliday The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (🎧) Elevation by Stephen King Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan (🎧) Lock Every Door by Riley … Continue reading December Wrap Up!
Real talk: I fell more than a little behind keeping up with my November TBR. How does a good bookworm solve that? By building a massive December TBR of course! I have a huge stack of backlist and recent releases, as well as a few ARCs I want to get through this month. I would … Continue reading December TBR!
This week’s installment of Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) is all about most anticipated releases for the second half of 2019! You can check out my most anticipated list for the first half of 2019 here! There are always a million books I want to read, but really nothing catches my eye … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Releases of the Second Half of 2019
What Jess Reads 