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Book Review: Why Did You Lie?

WHY DID YOU LIE? | Yrsa Sigurðardóttir 11.24.2013 | Hodder Rating: 4/5 stars A journalist investigating an old case attempts suicide. An ordinary couple return from a house swap in the states to find their guests have vanished, leaving their home in disarray. Four strangers are trapped on a windswept spike of rock in the … Continue reading Book Review: Why Did You Lie? →

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February Wrap Up!

Read:Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle CosimanoRemote Control by Nnedi OkoraforThe Five by Hallie Rubenhold ()Strangers on a Train by Patricia HighsmithAnoka by Shane HawkParable of the Talents by Octavia E. ButlerPrepped by Bethany MangleDancing with the Octopus by Debora Harding ()Why Did You Lie? by Yrsa SigurðardóttirThe Dark Tower by Stephen King ()A … Continue reading February Wrap Up! →

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February TBR!

New month, same me. I’m always building tall possibility stacks because I love having options. This month I’m excited to read a little bit of everything! I’ve got fantasy, science fiction, dystopian, true crime, and of course crime fiction in my stack! I’ve been reading through 4 books since the month kicked off: The Dark … Continue reading February TBR! →

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February Wrap Up!

Read: Recursion by Blake Crouch Foul is Fair by Hannah Capin Death Deserved by Jorn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger (🎧) Ghosts of the Missing by Kathleen Donohoe The Absolution by Yrsa Sigurdardottir The Waste Lands by Stephen King Dead to Her by Sarah Pinborough Devil’s Knot by Mara … Continue reading February Wrap Up! →

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Book Review: The Absolution

THE ABSOLUTION | Yrsa Sigurdardottir (Children’s House #3) 02.11.2020 | Minotaur Books Rating: 5/5 stars Social media has taken over as a source of spreading news throughout the world. Now Icealandic police are finding it as a source for discovering a crime has occurred. Videos of a terrified young teenager are being spread across Snapchat, … Continue reading Book Review: The Absolution →

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February TBR!

February is the shortest month of the year even with this one being a leap year and yet for some reason I have made myself a monstrous TBR! I really need someone to wrangle me in when I'm plotting these things out! January ended with me not crossing off all of the titles I wanted … Continue reading February TBR! →

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Top Ten Tuesday: Books on my Winter TBR!

Welcome to another installment of Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl). Today I’ll be sharing books on my Winter TBR! There are some absolutely amazing new releases hitting shelves in the beginning of 2020 and my TBR is overflowing in great choices! I tried to make this list a mixture of ARCs I'll … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books on my Winter TBR! →

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Top Ten Tuesday: Book to Screen Dreams!

Welcome to another installment of Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl)! This week's installment is a book to screen freebie, so I'm focusing on books I've recently read that I would love to see made into movies. I actually did a similar post on my Instagram recently (photo above), so below I'm showing off … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Book to Screen Dreams! →

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Top Ten Tuesday: Rainy Day Reads!

Welcome to another installment of Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl)! When it comes to rainy day reads I don't necessarily have any requirements aside from an addictive, binge-worthy story. Being trapped in the house could either lead to cleaning or reading and I'm always going to choose reading! The following list are … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Rainy Day Reads! →

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February Wrap Up

Read: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides Blue Night by Simone Buchholz All the Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson (audiobook) The Reckoning by Yrsa Sigurdardottir An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen (audiobook/reading combo) The Bone Keeper by Luca Veste The Cormorant by Stephen Gregory Beton Rouge by Simone Buchholz Duma Key by Stephen King … Continue reading February Wrap Up →

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