Category: Book Reviews
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Review: THE TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES by Hiro Arikawa
Thank you so much to Penguin Random House and Doubleday Books for my free advance copy – all opinions are my own. āLife, be it human or feline, doesnāt always work out the way you think it will.ā Summary: Satoru runs into a stray cat from time to time and ultimately starts to leave food…
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Review: THE WONDER by Emma Donoghue
Thank you so much to Little, Brown and Company for my free copy – all opinions are my own.Ā I read this book at the beginning of the year and I canāt stop thinking about it. Summary:Ā This story takes place in a small rural village in Ireland in the late 19th Century. Lib Wright,…
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Review: BRING HER HOME by David Bell
Thank you so much to Get Red PR and Berkley Publishing, an imprint of Penguin Random House, for my free copy – all opinions are my own. Summary: Bill Price lost his wife in a tragic accident a year and a half ago. Now his fifteen-year-old daughter Summer, and her best friend Haley, are missing.…
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Review: EMMA IN THE NIGHT by Wendy Walker
āSometimes you can win a war by leaving the battlefield before your army gets killed.ā Summary: One night fifteen-year-old Cass and her sister, seventeen-year-old Emma disappear. The police never solved the case and the girls were never found. Three years later, Cass shows up at her motherās doorstep, alone. She desperately begs for her mom…
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Review: WHITE BODIES by Jane Robins
White Bodies will always hold a special place in my heart because of the massive #creepyreads buddy read that JenniferĀ and I hosted on Instagram! I really appreciate everyone who joined the discussion. And a special thank you to Jane Robins for surprising us and answering our questions! We had so much fun! Thank you so…
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Review: THE GIRLS MADE OF SNOW AND GLASS by Melissa Bashardoust
Summary: Mina is a sixteen-year-old girl whose mother is dead and her magician father is completely vile. When they move to Whitespring castle, Mina hatches a plan to woo and marry the king. After a few fortuitous meetings with the king, she manages to win his heart, and when they eventually marry, Mina becomes stepmother…
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Review: THE POWER by Naomi Alderman
Thank you so much to Little, Brown and Company for this free finished copy – all opinions are my own. Summary: All over the world young girls are discovering they have a power: the ability to create electricity within themselves and use it to hurt, or even kill. They can also use this power to…
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PRACTICAL MAGIC & THE RULES OF MAGIC by Alice Hoffman
PRACTICAL MAGIC is the story of the Owens sisters, who are rumored to possess magical powers. Sally and Gillian, who were born 13 months apart, were orphaned and went to live with their aunts. They grew up in a house with no rules enforced, were bullied by classmates, and wanted to escape the constant gossip…
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Review: STILLHOUSE LAKE by Rachel Caine
This was the September selection for the Criminally Good Book Club and it did not disappoint!! Summary: Gina Royal is a housewife with two children and a husband she adores. One day, she leaves to pick up her children and on her way home, as she approaches her house, she notices there is an accident.…
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Review: THE OTHER ALCOTT by Elise Hooper
This was the September selection for the Salt Water Reads Book Club, and may I just say that Elise Hooper is a LOVELY person! She was present for the end of the month book club discussion and answered everyone’s questions!Ā Ā Summary: May Alcott is an aspiring artist, who is always living in the shadow of…