Just a girl and her books
MY HEART IS A CHAINSAW | Stephen Graham Jones (Indian Lake Trilogy #1) 08.31.2021 | Saga Press Rating: 4/5 stars Jade Daniels loves slasher movies. They comfort her from the realities of her life. She is an angry, half-Indian outcast living with an abusive father, an absent mother, and an entire town that wants nothing … Continue reading Book Review: My Heart is a Chainsaw
Read: The Push by Ashley Audrain (🎧) 3.5⭐ Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco 5⭐ Reprieve by James Han Mattson 4⭐ Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell (🎧) 3⭐ The Elementals by Michael McDowell 4⭐ Danse Macabre by Stephen King (🎧) 4⭐ Clown in A Cornfield by Adam Cesare 5⭐ Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala … Continue reading November Wrap Up
I had good intentions to get this stack posted up earlier in the month, but it always seems I don't get around to them until the 2nd week of the month. So far my reading for November is going pretty slow. I managed to read less than 100 pages over the last 4 days, which … Continue reading November 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!
I recently read two novellas that are perfect for spooky season reading. Below are some quick mini reviews for them! NIGHT OF THE MANNEQUINS by Stephen Graham Jones: This is a fun, campy horror story about a group of teenage friends who attempt to pull a prank at their local movie theater. The prank goes … Continue reading Novella Reviews: Night of the Mannequins & The House on Abigail Lane
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!
Read: Sister by Kjell Ola Dahl The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones The Guest List by Lucy Foley The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix Master Class by Christina Dalcher Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier The Split by Sharon Bolton Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey The Creak on the … Continue reading April Wrap Up!
THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS | Stephen Graham Jones 05.19.2020 | Gallery/Saga Press Rating: 3/5 stars Four American Indian men took part in a traumatic and disturbing event during their youth, that to this day seems to linger in their minds. Each man has found their own way to deal with the feelings associated with this … Continue reading Book Review: The Only Good Indians
The world is a crazy place right now and my reading life has definitely needed an adjustment. When everything with coronavirus truly started hit the United States in the second half of March I stopped reading at my typically frequency. The activity that I love and do to escape from reality stopped being a comfort. … Continue reading April TBR!
March has officially arrived and I think I've narrowed down the stack of books I want to choose from this month. I've got a handful of books I rolled over from February that I really wanted to read, but ran out of time for, as well as some upcoming releases, true crime, and a bit … Continue reading March TBR!
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