Category: Advance Copy
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Counterpoint Press Book Mail: THE GUNNERS by Rebecca Kauffman & BLACK SWANS by Eve Babitz
Hello gorgeous covers!! They are both so beautiful and sound amazing!! Thank you to the kind and generous Counterpoint Press for sending me these free advance copies! I’ve already read one of them and loved it so much! I will post both reviews closer to the publication date, so stay turned! I will list the…
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Book Mail: THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR by Sally Hepworth
Thank you so much to the kind and wonderful St. Martin’s Press for sending me a free advance copy! This one is so good! Spoiler alert: I have already read it. I will post a review closer to the release date, but keep your eyes peeled! SYNOPSIS: Small, perfect towns often hold the deepest secrets.…
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Review: THE CHALK MAN by C.J. Tudor
Thank you so much to Crown Publishing for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. “Better to be a fool than an angel.” I really enjoyed this book! As soon as I read the gruesome opening, I was hooked. It was very different than what I expected but not in a bad…
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Review: OLIVER LOVING by Stefan Merrill Block
Thank you so much to the wonderful Flatiron Books for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. “Survival was not a story you could tell. Survival was the telling, and that was the burden and the gift of living.” This is a heartbreaking story that takes place in a Texas town about…
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Review: GRIST MILL ROAD by Christopher J. Yates
Thank you so much to Picador for providing my free advance copy – all opinions are my own. Summary: Grist Mill Road is a dark, twisted, and expertly plotted Rashomon-style tale. The year is 1982; the setting, an Edenic hamlet some ninety miles north of New York City. There, among the craggy rock cliffs and…
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Review: A RIVER OF DARKNESS by Masaji Ishikawa (Translated by Risa Kobayashi and Martin Brown)
Thank you so much to Amazon Publishing for sending me a free copy – all opinions are my own. “Someone once said, ‘If a crying baby could tear down the universe, it would.’ Thats how I felt that day. I wanted to demolish the whole universe, but the sad truth was, it had already come…
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Review: THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by A.J. Finn
Thank you so much to the fabulous William Morrow for sending me a free copy – all opinions are my own. Summary: Anna Fox suffers from agoraphobia and lives alone in her New York City home. She cannot leave the house without causing a panic attack. She spends her days watching and observing…
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MY FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2017 (excluding thrillers)
I was lucky enough to read some INCREDIBLE books this year! All of these books resonated with me in a big way! I look forward to all of the AMAZING books I get to read in 2018! Did you read a book that you could not stop thinking about? Spot any favorites pictured here? I’ll…
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EPIC BOOK MAIL from Orenda Books
Oh my goodness Orenda has some AMAZING books out there! Have you read any of these titles? They all look INCREDIBLE! Thank you so much to the wonderful Karen at Orenda Books for sending these to me! I am VERY excited to read them! Check out the book descriptions below. I guarantee you will want…
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Book Mail: THREE DAYS AND A LIFE by Pierre Lemaitre
Anyone read Blood Wedding? I haven’t yet but I’m going to! Blood Wedding is very high on my to-read list! I’m doing things a bit backwards and reading Three Days and a Life by Pierre Lemaitre first. Thank you so much Tracy for sending me this copy! Book Description: In 1999, in the small provincial…