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Someone I Used to Know

By: Paige Toon This was my first read of the year and Paige Toon knocked it out of the park with a 5 star book! Fifteen year old Leah lived in a house with her parents and her foster siblings. As the only, biological child of her parents, the foster siblings were like her realContinue reading “Someone I Used to Know”

My Darling Girl

By: Jennifer McMahon “To remind people, even little kids, that there’s evil in the world. We can try to pretend there isn’t, that the only thing sneaking around in the night is Santa with his bag of toys…” I read this one without reading the synopsis, so I got quite a surprise. It’s Christmastime andContinue reading “My Darling Girl”

Playing Nice

By: J.P. Delaney “Psychopaths are like tone-deaf people at a concert, mocking those who cry at the beauty of the music as fools. This was a good one. Peter Riley and his partner Maddie Wilson find out that the baby that they took home from the hospital, Theo, two years ago wasn’t their own child.Continue reading “Playing Nice”

The Lover

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia “From the first moment he’d spoken to her, she’d loved him, then had to endure the agony of his loss. Now she knew a new agony, both the pleasure of his embrace and the weight of sin.” So this was different for me. In this short story, Judith wants to find aContinue reading “The Lover”

Back on the Boulevard

By: Samantha Robinson I enjoyed the first book to this series, so when I saw there was a second one, I decided to read it! This picks up where the first book left off. Carly has spent the summer with the boys and family she met, but now she has to go back to school.Continue reading “Back on the Boulevard”

The Christmas Fix

By: Lucy Score “You’re the color in a gray day. I don’t know how else to describe it. I look at you, and I see all this passion and joy and fun and excitement. I’ve never met anyone like you.” I didn’t seem to love this one as much as everyone else. A hurricane hitsContinue reading “The Christmas Fix”

Diary of a Killer

By: Peggy Cyell Thanks to the author for the gifted copy of the book! Alfred entered the world while his mother was dying. His brothers never treated him nicely. There is something about a specific scent that triggers Alfred to be a murderer. Within this book, we learn why he murders and what is goingContinue reading “Diary of a Killer”

Summer Island

By: Kristin Hannah “Can you let yourself jump without a net? Because that’s what love is, what faith is. You’re looking for a guarantee, and those come with auto parts. Not love.” Nora walked out on her kids and became a famous talk show host. Ruby, one of her daughters, refused to speak to herContinue reading “Summer Island”

Wildfire

By: Hannah Grace “You’re like sunlight, Rory. I want to bask in everything you have.” Another booksta made me read it! This one for me was 3.5 stars. Both Russ and Aurora go to the University of Maple Hills. They meet each other at an end of year party, but both think it was justContinue reading “Wildfire”

Zero Days

By: Ruth Ware This book pleasantly surprised me. I haven’t been a huge fan of Ware’s other books that I have read, but this one I liked! Jack and her husband Gabe work as penetration specialists to see where companies have holes in their security. After one job, Jack comes home to find Gabe deadContinue reading “Zero Days”