Title: The Mercy Seat Author: Elizabeth H. Winthrop Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Cover: Summary: from Amazon As the sun begins to set over Louisiana one October day in 1943, a young black man faces the final hours of his life: at midnight, eighteen-year-old Willie Jones will be executed by electric chair for raping … Continue reading The Mercy Seat by Elizabeth H. Winthrop – Review
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California’s Deadly Women by Michael Thomas Barry – Review
Title: California's Deadly Women: Murder and Mayhem in the Golden State 1850-1950 Author: Michael Thomas Barry Genre: True Crime Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Summary: from Amazon There's an old saying in the news business: If it bleeds, it leads. The nightly California news and other media outlets are filled with stories of crime, killing, and sorrow. … Continue reading California’s Deadly Women by Michael Thomas Barry – Review
Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Red, White and Blue Covers
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Hello lovely people! Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday! … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Red, White and Blue Covers
Social Creature by Tara Isabella Burton – Review
Title: Social Creature Author: Tara Isabella Burton Genre: Fiction, Psychological Thriller Publisher: Doubleday Summary : from Amazon Louise is struggling to survive in New York; juggling a series of poorly paid jobs, renting a shabby flat, being cat-called by her creepy neighbour, she dreams of being a writer. And then one day she meets Lavinia. … Continue reading Social Creature by Tara Isabella Burton – Review
The Tall Man by Phoebe Locke – Review
Title: The Tall Man Author: Phoebe Locke Genre: Thriller Publisher: Wildfire, Headline Publishing. Summary: from Goodreads A SENSELESS MURDER. A TERRIFYING LEGEND. A FAMILY HAUNTED. 1990: In the darkest woods, three girls devote themselves to a sinister figure. 2000: A young mother disappears, leaving behind her husband and baby daughter. 2018: A teenage girl is … Continue reading The Tall Man by Phoebe Locke – Review
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman – ARC Review
Title: Us Against You Author: Fredrik Backman Genre: Fiction Publisher: Penguin UK - out June 14th 2018 Summary: from Goodreads After everything that the citizens of Beartown have gone through, they are struck yet another blow when they hear that their beloved local hockey team will soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the … Continue reading Us Against You by Fredrik Backman – ARC Review
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner – ARC Review
Title: The Mars Room Author: Rachel Kushner Genre: General Fiction Publisher: Vintage Publishing, Penguin Random House UK Summary: from Amazon Romy Hall is at the start of two consecutive life sentences, plus six years, at Stanville Women’s Correctional Facility. Outside is the world from which she has been permanently severed: the San Francisco of her … Continue reading The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner – ARC Review
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Wish I had DNF’d
Top Ten Tuesday was create The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Hello lovely people and welcome to another Top Ten … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Wish I had DNF’d
Tradition by Brendan Kiely – Review
Title: Tradition Author: Brendan Kiely Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Penguin Random House UK Summary: from Goodreads Prestigious. Powerful. Privileged. This is Fullbrook Academy, an elite prep school where history looms in the leafy branches over its brick walkways. But some traditions upheld in its hallowed halls are profoundly dangerous. Jules Devereux just wants to keep … Continue reading Tradition by Brendan Kiely – Review
Should You Ask Me by Marianne Kavanagh – Blog Tour Review
Title: Should You Ask Me Author: Marianne Kavanagh Genre: Mystery, Drama, Historical Summary: from publisher 'I've come about the bodies. I know who they are.' Just before D-Day in 1944, on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, an elderly woman walks into a police station. She has information, she says, about human remains recently discovered … Continue reading Should You Ask Me by Marianne Kavanagh – Blog Tour Review
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