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
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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
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
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
