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? The Rules: First Lines: “The sun hummed above Zora that lurid June […]
The Vanishing Place Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. A shocking murder in the New Zealand bush—and the witness who looks all too familiar—draws a woman back to the very place she swore […]
The summer months went out with a bang, literally, since my neighbors think that 5 hour firework shows should be had at least once a month. I was able to attend a Korean culture fair on Labor Day weekend with some friends, and it was a really fun […]
I finished July with 19 ARCs left to be read. Happy Saturday! I am so ready for autumn and everything that comes along with it: the scent of woodsmoke in the air (from fireplaces, not wildfires), the leaves changing color, chilly weather, switching from capris and sandals to […]
This Vicious Hunger Thank you to Redhook, Orbit, Oliver Wehner, and Oriel Voegele for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. From the author of Wild and Wicked Things comes a dark gothic fantasy about intoxication, obsession, and a desperate hunger for […]
A Mother’s Guide to the Apocalypse Thank you to Redhook, Oliver Wehner, and Oriel Voegele for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. If you knew the world was ending, how far would you go to protect the people you love? How […]
We Are All Guilty Here Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. The first thrilling mystery in the new North Falls series from Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Girls and the Will Trent series. Welcome to North […]
On Her Own A moving, page-turning story of two families in crisis that melds the clock-ticking tension of Laura Dave’s The Last Thing He Told Me with the “issue-driven” gravity of Jennifer Haigh’s Mercy Street. Watching her Russian immigrant mother, Irina, struggle to put food on the table, […]
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? The Rules: First Lines: “The twisted branches flash past, swift as shadows, […]
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls. Some managed to escape. Many are still missing. A new pair of shoes, a university degree, a husband—these are the things that a girl dreams of in a Nigerian village. A girl who works […]
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