Just a girl and her books
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 AU PAIR | Emma Rous 01.08.2019 | Berkley Books Rating: 4/5 stars Seraphine Mayes and her twin brother, Danny, were born in the middle of summer on their family’s coastal estate, Summerbourne. Throughout the years rumors have swirled about the family and the twins. Whispers around town were that the family was never able … Continue reading Book Review: The Au Pair
THE NOWHERE CHILD | Christian White 01.22.2019 | Minotaur Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Kim Leamy is a photography teacher living in Australia. One day she is approached by a man named Stuart who tells her about a two-year-old child who disappeared twenty-six years earlier from Manson, Kentucky named Sammy Went. A little girl who was … Continue reading Book Review: The Nowhere Child
THE LAST TIME I LIED | Riley Sager 07.03.2018 | Dutton Rating: 4.5/5 stars Emma Davis is a rising star in the New York art scene. What the world doesn’t know is that her woodsy paintings are hiding a secret from her childhood. Beneath the layers of paint are three girls in white nightgowns. Three … Continue reading Book Review: The Last Time I Lied
THEN SHE WAS GONE | Lisa Jewell 04.17.2018 | Atria Books Rating: 4/5 stars Ellie Mack was fifteen-years-old when she disappeared. She was her mother’s golden child. She had an endless future of possibilities ahead of her. Ellie simply vanished without a trace. Ten years have passed since that fateful day, but her mother, Laurel, … Continue reading Book Review: Then She Was Gone
BROTHER | Ania Ahlborn 09.29.2015 | Gallery Books Rating: 4/5 stars Deep in the Appalachian woods is a farmhouse full of secrets. The Morrows reside here. They keep to themselves and are hardly seen in the neighboring town as they live a largely self-sufficient life on their property. The highway is full of hitchhikers, so … Continue reading Book Review: Brother
BEHIND HER EYES | Sarah Pinborough 01.31.2017 | Flatiron Books Rating: 5/5 stars Louise is single mom who works hard to make sure her son is well taken care of, often putting his needs before her own. For a while now Louise has been in a rut, but she is trying to change that. On … Continue reading Book Review: Behind Her Eyes
GUESS WHO | Chris McGeorge 09.18.2018 | Hanover Square Press Rating: 4/5 stars Morgan Sheppard became a star at the age of eleven when he solved a murder of his teacher that everyone believed was a suicide. Sheppard was instantly hailed as a young detective, which brought him to a life as a television star. … Continue reading Book Review: Guess Who
HOUSE OF SPINES | Michael J. Malone 04.01.2018 | Orenda Books Rating: 4/5 stars Ranald McGhie has a tumultuous past with mental health problems stemming from the loss of his parents. He is divorced, living alone, and trying to make ends meet with a less-than-creative writing career. That all changes when he receives notice that … Continue reading Book Review: House of Spines
