By: Freida McFadden “Those are the four most beautiful words in the English language. You can go now.” Freida McFadden, The Housemaid *This post contains spoilers for The Housemaid Overview: Every day I clean the Winchesters’ beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for theContinue reading “The Housemaid”
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My Books 2025
Let’s talk about 2025. I don’t think I really got what I wanted out of reading this year. I didn’t read anything that was so spectacular that I can see myself returning to it at anytime. That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy reading. Some books were good and worth the read. However, I reallyContinue reading “My Books 2025”
Ariadne
By: Jennifer Saint “Was this my punishment? To live the reality of my dream and find out that its glittering beauty faded to nothing when I stepped close?” Jennifer Saint, Ariadne *This post contains spoilers for Ariadne Overview: Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up greeting the dawn from her beautiful dancing floor and listening toContinue reading “Ariadne”
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Penultimate Peril
By: Lemony Snicket “As I am sure you know, when people say ‘It’s my pleasure,’ they usually mean something along the lines of, ‘There’s nothing on Earth I would rather do less.’” Lemony Snicket, The Penultimate Peril *This post contains spoilers for The Penultimate Peril and A Series of Unfortunate Events For a discussion onContinue reading “A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Penultimate Peril”
My Books 2024
Here are the books that I have read in 2024. The discussion posts have been linked in the list. This year I really slowed down on my reading. Starting a new job and moving kept me plenty busy and unable to find the motivation to sit still and read. I in no way came evenContinue reading “My Books 2024”
Fantasticland
By: Mike Bockoven “it’s that a person gets stupid when they become people. They are easily convinced of things.” Mike Bockoven, Fantasticland *This post contains spoilers for Fantasticland I know I’m super late to the party but I was able to read this book for free digitally by using my local library card. Such aContinue reading “Fantasticland”
The Hunting Party
By: Lucy Foley *This post contains spoilers for The Hunting Party “I suppose we all carry around different versions of ourselves” Lucy Foley, The Hunting Party Overview: A New Year’s reunion in the remote Scottish wilderness The beautiful oneThe golden coupleThe volatile oneThe new parentsThe quiet oneThe city boyThe outsider One of these friends isContinue reading “The Hunting Party”
A Killer’s Mind
By: Mike Omer “He had been told by several people that he drank too much coffee, that it wasn’t good for him. As far as he was concerned, those people were just jealous and cranky because they didn’t drink enough coffee.” Mike Omer, A Killer’s Mind Book Summary: Three Chicago women have been found strangled,Continue reading “A Killer’s Mind”
You’d Look Better as a Ghost
By: Joanna Wallace Why I Chose This Book? One hundred percent, I picked up this book because of the cover. The neon green with a cartoony design was very appealing when I walked into my local Barnes and Noble and saw it on the front table. Also, thrillers were BYGO 50% off so as someoneContinue reading “You’d Look Better as a Ghost”
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Grim Grotto
By: Lemony Snicket “People aren’t either wicked or noble. They’re like chef’s salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.” Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto *This post contains spoilers for The Grim Grotto and A Series of Unfortunate Events For a discussion on the firstContinue reading “A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Grim Grotto”
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