Title: Life Honestly Author: The Pool Genre: Essay Collection/Non-Fiction Publisher: Pan Macmillan Cover: Summary: from Amazon Life Honestly is a complete guide to modern life from some of today's most talented and insightful writers including Bryony Gordon, Dolly Alderton, Natasha Devon, Lauren Laverne and Yomi Adegoke. Within these pages you’ll find an un-airbrushed selection of … Continue reading Life Honestly by The Pool – ARC Review
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Invitation to a Bonfire by Adrienne Celt – Review
Title: Invitation to a Bonfire Author: Adrienne Celt Genre: Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Cover: Summary: from Amazon A seductive, sensual and sinister love triangle set in 1930s America and inspired by the infamous Nabokov marriage Zoya Andropova, a young Russian refugee, finds herself in an elite New Jersey boarding school. Having … Continue reading Invitation to a Bonfire by Adrienne Celt – Review
We Are Never Meeting In Real Life by Samantha Irby – Review
Title: We Are Never Meeting In Real Life Author: Samantha Irby Genre: Memoir, Essays Publisher: Vintage, Penguin Random House Cover: Summary: from Amazon With We Are Never Meeting in Real Life., "bitches gotta eat" blogger and comedian Samantha Irby turns the serio-comic essay into an art form. Whether talking about how her difficult childhood has … Continue reading We Are Never Meeting In Real Life by Samantha Irby – Review
Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter – ARC Review
Title: Pieces of Her Author: Karin Slaughter Genre: Thriller/Crime/Suspense Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers Cover: Summary: from Amazon You’ve known her your whole life… Andrea Oliver knows everything about her mother Laura. She knows she's always lived in the small town of Belle Isle; she knows she’s a pillar of the community; she knows she's never … Continue reading Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter – ARC Review
All Of This Is True by Lygia Day Peñaflor – Review
Title: All Of This Is True Author: Lygia Day Peñaflor Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury UK Summary: from Amazon MIRI loves the novel Undertow like it's a living being. So when she and her friends get the chance to meet the author, Fatima Ro, they plot a way to get closer to her. As for … Continue reading All Of This Is True by Lygia Day Peñaflor – Review
Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Sensory Reading Memories
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 readers! Time for another Top Ten Tuesday, … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Sensory Reading Memories
The Mercy Seat by Elizabeth H. Winthrop – Review
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
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
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
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