Posts

Review: Where the Crawdads Sing

Image
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: The Last Wish

Image
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: Don't Read the Comments

Image
Don't Read the Comments by Eric Smith My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: The Wife and the Widow

Image
The Wife and the Widow by Christian White My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: This Dark Place

Image
This Dark Place by Claire Kittridge My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: The Death of Irish Nell: A Detective Lavender Short Story

Image
The Death of Irish Nell: A Detective Lavender Short Story by Karen Charlton My rating: 5 of 5 stars Note: I received an ARC generously in exchange for an honest review. Another Note: This is a short prequel to the full length novel The Willow Marsh Murder (releasing Feb 2020) in the Detective Lavender Mystery series. It might be a good idea to start from this one, to get a proper introduction to Lavender and Woods, the duo who try and solve their case with every obstacle within sight of their cases and fight back hard. Honestly I have to admit that this was a very interesting and intriguing written novel, despite its short length. The best things about this novel were 1. the fact that there's no wasting time on delving right into the case, with some flashbacks to a previous murder (which link, duhh). 2. The writing is fast-paced and kept me turning pages with intrigue over every clue they found and every obstacle they met head on. 3. Also calling...

Review: Every Other Weekend

Image
Every Other Weekend by Abigail Johnson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Note: I received an ARC from Edelweiss, the publisher HarperTeen, and the author in exchange for an honest review. *Warning*: This book does deal with heavy stuff such as separation anxiety (in a way, I think), grief, learning to get support, manipulation by families, sexual assault, teenage angst at an all time high, miscommunication (sort of between the main characters and others too). So be warned if you read this book. I already told you so. But let's move on. "A good destiny is two people finding each other without even looking." (Anonymous) I think that quote up sums up Adam and Jolene's budding friendship to first love quite perfectly. This book ruined me, shattered me, pulled me up and down, wrung my emotions out every which way it could, and yet..I still loved it for doing all that. I thank the almighty god and my goodreads pals for loving it and pushing me (no...