Just a girl and her books
RECURSION | Blake Crouch 06.11.2019 | Crown Publishing Rating: 4.5/5 stars A devastating new phenomenon has started popping up all over the world. Labelled by the media as False Memory Syndrome, it is a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived. The memories feel too real to … Continue reading Book Review: Recursion
FOLLOWERS | Megan Angelo 01.14.2020 | Graydon House Rating: 5/5 stars 2015: Orla Cadden dreams of becoming a well-known writer. She currently finds herself writing pieces for an online blog about celebrities. Her work ranges from covering events to what someone ate for dinner. Orla wants more for herself. Enter her new roommate, Floss, who … Continue reading Book Review: Followers
THE GOD GAME | Danny Tobey 01.07.2020 | St. Martin’s Press Rating: 4/5 stars You are invited! Come inside and play with G.O.D. Bring your friends! It’s fun! But remember the rules. Win and ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE.™ Lose, you die! With these words, Charlie and his friends decide to enter the G.O.D. Game, … Continue reading Book Review: The God Game
THE INSTITUTE | Stephen King 09.10.2019 | Scribner Rating: 4.5/5 stars On a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis a group of intruders enter the home of Luke Ellis. In the span of two minutes they murder Luke’s parents and drive away with him, drugged and unaware of his destination. Luke wakes up to a place … Continue reading Book Review: The Institute
THE GRAND DARK | Richard Kadrey 06.11.2019 | Harper Voyager Rating: 3.5/5 stars The Great War has ended. In its wake Lower Proszawa has turned to decadence, hedonism, and drugs to squash the underlying feelings of despair. They turn their backs on those who were injured saving their lives in order to avoid eye contact … Continue reading Book Review: The Grand Dark
SNAKESKINS | Tim Major 05.07.2019 | Titan Books Rating: 4/5 stars Caitlin Hext is a Charmer. She has the ability to produce a clone of herself every seven years. These clones are called Snakeskins. They are supposed to turn to dust seconds after the Charmer “sheds” them. Caitlin’s does not. Her Snakeskin is taken away … Continue reading Book Review: Snakeskins
FIRESTARTER | Stephen King 12.11.2018 (first published 09.29.1980) | Gallery Books Rating: 5/5 stars When Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson were college students they both needed a way to make some extra cash. They volunteered to participate in an experiment for a drug. Unbeknownst to them, this experiment wasn’t being run by a professor, but … Continue reading Book Review: Firestarter
THE MANSION | Ezekiel Boone 12.04.2018 | Atria/Emily Bestler Books Rating: 3/5 stars Shawn Eagle and Billy Stafford spent two years living in a dilapidated cabin outside of the desolate, empty Eagle Mansion, subsisting on cheap beer and an enthusiasm to create something new. The two programmers worked hand in hand to create the revolutionary … Continue reading Book Review: The Mansion
11/22/63 | Stephen King 07.24.2012 | Gallery Books Rating: 5/5 stars The United States remembers November 22, 1963 as the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The country was rocked to the core. In present day 2011, diner owner Al Templeton has built an obsession around the Kennedy assassination and what would have happened … Continue reading Book Review: 11/22/63
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
