BLURB:Revenge is an euphoric thing. Trust me on this. Nothing compares to the release you get when you ruin someone’s life. When they’ve stolen important things. Things that didn’t belong to them. Things I revel in making them pay for. What? Have I offended you? I’m not here to appeal to your delicate senses. I…
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The Daughters of Foxcote Manor – Review
BLURB: Outside a remote manor house in an idyllic wood, a baby girl is found. The Harrington family takes her in and disbelief quickly turns to joy. They’re grieving a terrible tragedy of their own and the beautiful baby fills them with hope, lighting up the house’s dark, dusty corners. Desperate not to lose her…
Home Before Dark – Review
BLURB: What was it like? Living in that house. Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later…
His & Hers – Review
Many thanks to Libro.fm for the chance to listen to this book early! BLURB: There are two sides to every story: yours and mine, ours and theirs, His & Hers. Which means someone is always lying. Anna Andrews finally has what she wants. Almost. She’s worked hard to become the main TV presenter of the BBC’s…
The Guest List – Review
So many thanks to Libro.fm for the chance to listen to this audiobook early! BLURB: Set on a remote island off the Irish coast, this is one guest list no one would want to be on, just as no one would have wanted an invitation to the New Year’s Eve party in Foley’s previous novel,…
Normal People – Review
BLURB: At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star of the school soccer team while she is lonely, proud, and intensely private. But when Connell comes to pick his mother up from her housekeeping job at Marianne’s house, a strange and indelible connection grows between the two…
The Wish Collector – Review
Ahhh. That’s a sigh of happiness and contentment because Mia Sheridan filled my heart to the brim, yet again! Once I could find the time to settle my brain (and my kids!) and focus on reading, this book completely sucked me in. I didn’t want to put it down for a second, thanks to the…
Oona Out of Order – Review
Margarita Montimore blew my mind with this inventive look at time-traveling! I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this book for the concept alone. To my delight, BookSparks and MacMillan allowed the Book Sharks a chance at free audiobooks through Libro.fm during this unprecedented time in our world, and I absolutely couldn’t resist Oona!…
My Brilliant Friend – Review
BLURB: A modern masterpiece from one of Italy’s most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense and generous hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante’s inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and a touching meditation on…
The Witness – Review
There are certain books that come along at the perfect time, exactly when you’re needing a pick-me-up, and The Witness was one of those books for me. I told my friend, Megan: @themoodymama.reads, I was in dire need of a five-star read. I was starting to feel one of the worst book slumps I’ve ever…
Do You Trust Book Reviews?
Much of my reading over the past year has been influenced by #bookstagram, the beautiful bookish corner of Instagram our likeminded friends hang out on. In the past couple of years, publishers have caught on to how beneficial bookstagram can be for new releases and have helped turn the hygge vibes into influencer and book…
Doctor Dearest – Release Day & Review
R.S. Grey has a formula nailed down for her books and I AM HERE FOR IT. With each book, I’m nervous it will be the one that might not work for me and, thankfully, that just doesn’t happen. There’s something about her writing that immediately captures me from the first page and keeps me coming…
January Recap + February TBR
10 books is not a bad month at all, but my goodness, I struggled to get all of them. I had a few DNFs (The Followers, Dead to Her, and another so bad I’ve already forgotten what it was). I always feel like I’ve wasted so much time when I stop reading a book, so…
The Edge of Never – Review
I finally read The Edge of Never, the book that sat in the first place slot on my Goodreads “Want to Read” shelf for five long years! This book comes with high praise from numerous friends, and now I’m happy to say, “I get it!” This book is fantastic and had the Indie-feel I fell…
The Sun Down Motel – Review
This book is getting all the hype at the moment and for all the right reasons. I’d been looking forward to this book for months because I couldn’t get enough of Simone St. James’ previous book, The Broken Girls. If possible, The Sun Down Motel was even better! It’s slightly reminiscent of The Shining, with the…
You Were There Too – Review
I couldn’t put You Were There Too by Colleen Oakley down this weekend. I’m completely drawn to the idea of prophetic dreams or telepathic dreams, having experienced some unexplainable ones myself. It was interesting to see the author’s take on it, which gave this story a bit of a magical realism feel. I’ve been anxious…
The Flatshare – Review
Backlist book number two of the year and it was another hit! I love books set in Britain, obviously, so I knew I had to get this adorable ROM-COM after seeing the fantastic reviews of it last year. Luckily I got it on sale at the end of the year and was eager to start…
The Only Plane in the Sky – Review
I can’t think of a better book to close out the decade than The Only Plane in the Sky. This is one of the most important books I’ve ever read, a book I think should be required reading for all Americans, especially the younger generations. BLURB: Over the past eighteen years, monumental literature has been…
2020 Beat the Backlist TBR
This will be my second year competing in Novel Knight‘s Beat the Backlist Challenge. This year I hope to be a bit more organized and not constantly adding books to my list, rather than reading the ones I have. The only category I’m hoping to add to is the audiobook category once I’ve finished those…
Fly Away – Review
(If you plan to read Firefly Lane, you may want to skip this review as it will contain spoilers.) Fly Away is the continuation of Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah and a resolution I didn’t know I needed. This series is coming to Netflix next year, so I wanted to be certain to finish the…
Ashes Books & Bobs 