This book hit entirely too close to home, it is absolutely heartbreaking & touches on very tough subjects. On my tbr since it's 2019 release & while I'd stopped reading YA many years prior I like this author so I decided to read it anyway. While this book is YA it still touches on very... Continue Reading →
Review: Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
Murder, but make it a little whimsy. Let's review. Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn Category โย Crime Suspense Thriller Length โย 368 Pages Read Time โย 6 Months, 3 Days* GR Rating โย 3 Stars *This book did not actually take 6 months & 3 days of reading to finish, I had a lot going on... Continue Reading →
Review: A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers
Girls will be girls... Let's review. A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Category โ Horror Fiction Length โ 250 Pages Read Time โ 8 Days GR Rating โ 3 Stars I wanted to love this book more than I did, although the story itself was entertaining enough the writing didn't pull me in. Several times throughout this book I... Continue Reading →
Review: Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
This book actually brought a tear to my eye, I sometimes think about the things that may ail me when I reach my old age, & become truly depressed. There's more than just mystery in this story. As I was searching up this book, doing my review prep, I found it was movie adapted in... Continue Reading →
Review: Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
I had a moment where all of the books I was reading had some kind of time manipulation element happening. Completely coincidentally. Actually read this a few months ago in February, just catching up on reviews now. This book had me hooked, I needed to know what was going to happen next every chapter. Let's... Continue Reading →
Review: Monstrรญlรญo by Gerardo Sรกmano Cรณrdova
I'm currently about 30 book reviews behind, oops. Here's another great for spooky season book. Let's review. Monstrรญlรญo by Gerardo Sรกmano Cรณrdova Category โย Horror Fantasy Fiction Length โย 336 Pages Read Time โย 1 Day GR Rating โย 3 Stars To me Monstrรญlรญo is a story about love & grief, presented as supernatural horror. About how all-consuming the... Continue Reading →
Review: Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
This one needs to be adapted for tv! Immediately, give me a 10 part series, so I can have something to do for a weekend. Let's review. Lock Every Door by Riley Sager Category โ Suspense Mystery Thriller Length โ 368 Pages Read Time โ 1 Day GR Rating โ 4 Stars The story begins... our protagonist, 25 year... Continue Reading →
Review: My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Some stories just break your heart so completely. Technically I had a 4 day read time on this book but I put it down for over a month in-between reading. Part short reading slump but also part I was literally just too busy to have a moment to read more than a single page. Hate... Continue Reading →
Review: Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
This is not an easy book to read. It is in equal measure heartbreaking, shocking & infuriating. This is an ADULT book with heavy & explicit scenes. Trigger warning for child neglect & abuse, sexual abuse, incest, grooming, insinuation of suicide, self-harm, cannibalism. Let's review. Earthlings by Sayaka Murata Category โย Contemporary Fiction - Japanese Length... Continue Reading →
Review: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
I finally got around to reading this book after it was recommended by a fellow bibliophile at my day job. We periodically share our recent reads & ratings & this book was mentioned but when I went to add it to my tbr, there it was already. Tehe. Funny how that happens so often, not... Continue Reading →