Just a girl and her books
I’M THE GIRL | Courtney Summers 09.13.2022 | Wednesday Books Rating: 4/5 stars When sixteen-year-old Georgia Avis discovers the dead body of thirteen-year-old Ashley James, she teams up with Ashley's older sister, Nora, to find and bring the killer to justice before he strikes again. But their investigation throws Georgia into a world of unimaginable … Continue reading Book Review: I’m the Girl
THE DISAPPEARING ACT | Catherine Steadman 06.08.2021 | Ballantine Books Rating: 3.5/5 stars A leading British actress hoping to make a splash in America flies to Los Angeles for the grueling gauntlet known as pilot season, a time when every network and film studio looking to fill the rosters of their new shows entice a … Continue reading Book Review: The Disappearing Act
THE WILD ONE | Colleen McKeegan 06.14.2022 | Harper Rating: 4/5 stars Amanda Brooks is a born-and-bred New Yorker with an envious life: she's in a great graduate school program, lives in a cozy Tribeca apartment, and is head-over-heels for her handsome, committed boyfriend. But Amanda's life isn't as picture perfect as it seems. For … Continue reading Book Review: The Wild One
THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK | Jennifer Hillier 07.19.2022 | Minotaur Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars When Paris Peralta is arrested in her own bathroom—covered in blood, holding a straight razor, her celebrity husband dead in the bathtub behind her—she knows she'll be charged with murder. But as bad as this looks, it's not what … Continue reading Book Review: Things We Do In the Dark
THE SECOND HUSBAND | Kate White 06.28.2022 | Harper Rating: 3.5/5 stars Recovering from the unsolved murder of her first husband, Derrick, thirtysomething Emma Hawke has built a new life with Tom, a handsome, successful, and loving widower who finally makes her feel safe again. Then one day a police detective shows up at their … Continue reading Book Review: The Second Husband
THE COUNSELORS | Jessica Goodman05.31.2022 | Razorbill4.5/5 stars Sisters by choice. That’s how Goldie and her best friends, Ava and Imogen, define their friendship, which formed years ago at Camp Alpine Lake. This year, Goldie is back at camp as a counselor, desperate for summer to start and for Ava and Imo to arrive. With … Continue reading Book Review: The Counselors
BLACKOUT | Erin Flanagan 07.01.2022 | Thomas & Mercer Rating: 3.5/5 stars Seven months into her sobriety, sociology professor Maris Heilman has her first blackout. She chalks it up to exhaustion, though she fears her husband and daughter suspect she’s drinking again. Whatever the cause, the glitches start becoming more frequent. Sometimes minutes, sometimes longer, … Continue reading Book Review: Blackout
YES, DADDY | Jonathan Parks-Ramage 05.18.2021 | Harper Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Jonah Keller moved to New York City with dreams of becoming a successful playwright, but for the time being, lives in a rundown sublet in Bushwick, working extra hours at a restaurant only to barely make rent. When he stumbles upon a photo … Continue reading Book Review: Yes, Daddy
THE FAVOR | Nora Murphy 05.31.2022 | Minotaur Books Rating: 4/5 stars Leah and McKenna have never met, though they have parallel lives. They don’t—ever—find themselves in the same train carriage or meet accidentally at the gym or the coffee shop. They don’t—ever—discuss their problems and find common ground. They don’t—ever—acknowledge to each other that … Continue reading Book Review: The Favor
THE LIES I TELL | Julie Clark 06.21.2022 | Sourcebooks Rating: 5/5 stars Meg Williams. Maggie Littleton. Melody Wilde. Different names for the same person, depending on the town, depending on the job. She’s a con artist who erases herself to become whoever you need her to be – a college student, a life coach, … Continue reading Book Review: The Lies I Tell
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