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I just have to keep chasing, even when the path is resisting me. We are not playing around with books in this year of 2020. Quite the opposite. The amount of fantastic books I have read so far and it is only FEBRUARY. I am absolutely astounded and delighted. Yes, the world may be crumbling … Continue reading ARC Review: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, #1) by Holly Jackson
Happy Friday ya'lllll. It's that's time again. First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? If you want to make your own post, feel free to use or edit … Continue reading First Lines Friday 11/8
source Tis the season to re-read and talk about one of my favorite books of all time. Iconic. Legendardy. Classic. When you think of The Silence of the Lambs you may think of the movie at first. It stars Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster and it is incredible. The best part is that it follows … Continue reading Book Review: The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
I won’t ask you to forgive my absence, even though it haunts me. So! This isn't a spooky or creepy read but it's mysterious and we love mysteries in the good month of October. I want to start this book review off by saying that parents who don't listen to their kids are really annoying … Continue reading Book Review: The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane by Julia Nobel
Genre: Horror/Young Adult I’ve been plagued with nightmares lately.Dreams where I’m being followed and when I turn around nobody is there but the dull sound of footsteps still follow me.I’ve woken myself up to the sound of my own screams.It's been a rough couple of weeks so of course I've been treating myself to the … Continue reading Book Review: Rules For Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall
source Genre: Fairy Tale Retelling/Horror/Fantasy I believe most if not all of us know the tale of Hansel and Gretel. Two children are cast out by their parents but leave breadcrumbs to find their way back home. They come upon a witch's house and she wants to eat them yada yada blah blah. There are … Continue reading ARC Review: The Shrike & the Shadows by Chantal Gadoury and A.M. Wright
What had once been beautiful was dead. Genre: Mystery/Thriller We really are kicking this fall off with some spooky great books and I'm really excited about it! At first I was hesitant about Trace of Evil because I thought it would be a boring police procedural book but it exceeded my expectations and more. Despite … Continue reading ARC Review: Trace of Evil (Natalie Lockhart #1) by Alice Blanchard
Strand by silver strand, I unraveled. Not even going to lie but I will often say that my family is cursed. I've said it just a week ago because we have the most awful luck during the summer. So whenever anything bad happens I will gravely intone that the curse is at work and that … Continue reading Book Review: All the Bad Apples by Moïra Fowley-Doyle
source Genre: Mystery/Thriller Trigger warnings: Sexual abuse and drug abuse “I don’t know what the fuck a blog even is,” Marty said. The goddesses have blessed us with another GREAT mystery thriller you guys! ABOUT MURDER!!! Now...I grew up on Law & Order, CSI, and all of those police and detective and murderous shows. I … Continue reading DRC Review: Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
Welcome to Series of the Week! This week went by fast but not fast enough and I work the next 4 days lmao. Yay me, yay money! Honestly...yesterday was a travesty and I need like 5 shots stat. This week's series of the week is probably was kick started my love of mysteries. I had … Continue reading Series of the Week: Clue by A.E. Parker (Creator), Eric Weiner
