I had to do a double take when I saw this cover at the bookstore a month ago. Scooby-Doo was one of my favorite cartoons growing up - I always watched it with my grandma and that was "our" show. So when I saw this book and read the synopsis on the back, I didn't … Continue reading Review: The Vanishing Girl (Daphne & Velma #1)
Much of our country has gone into quarantine, or lock-down, as a way to prevent this COVID-19 virus from spreading. I'm sure you all are just as sick of hearing about it as I am, but unfortunately, it's our reality. The best thing we can do is to do our part to help stop the … Continue reading 10 Books to Read While in Quarantine
I'm still reeling from the twist at the end of this book. I'm just mind-blown guys. One of Us is Next is Karen M. McManus's third book and the sequel to her first mystery/thriller, One of Us is Lying. It takes place 18 months after the events at Bayview High, only now there's a new … Continue reading Review: One of Us is Next
When Madeline was young, she spent some time working in The Printed Letter Bookshop with her aunt Maddie. Then after a falling out between Aunt Maddie and Madeline's father, twenty years goes by without the two speaking, and out of loyalty to her father, Madeline doesn't feel comfortable visiting her aunt when she lives only … Continue reading Review: The Printed Letter Bookshop
After a sucky beginning to college, 20-year old Shane finally decides to make a change and does a study abroad program in London. Right away we learn that Shane is an awkward, shy, quirky girl who has a dream of being an author someday. However, due to her parents' expectations, she is a premed major. … Continue reading Review: Again, but Better
Ali Cross wants to be just like his father, Alex Cross - a great detective. So when Ali's friend Gabe goes missing, Ali immediately takes it upon himself to help crack the case. It's not that the police don't seem to care, but at the same time they aren't working fast enough for Ali's liking. … Continue reading Review: Ali Cross
I didn't think I'd be doing a second volume of DNF'd books this year, but here I am! Thankfully this list is a bit shorter, but it's also only covering not even two months of reading. November was a "yuck" month for reading as nothing really caught my attention. December has made up for it … Continue reading Books I Have DNF’d, Vol. II
Who else feels like we're in a limbo between 2019 and 2020? Oh, good. It's not just me. This has been the weirdest work week because of it being shortened as well as it being ridiculously slow at work. Though I will say, I'm glad I don't work in retail anymore because dealing with returns … Continue reading Books I’m Looking Forward to in 2020
This is a small short story collection of two stories written by Rainbow Rowell. It features Midnights, which is also seen in My True Love Gave To Me, and then the later published, Kindred Spirits. Midnights follows Margaret (Mags) over the course of a few years at an annual New Year's Eve party. The first … Continue reading Almost Midnight – Review
The Burn of Magic is the second in the Aliens From Arapholanx series - a science fiction series about a boy, Patrick, and his adventures after he accidentally stumbles upon an alien base in the woods. While I was highly anticipating this second novel, I didn't end up enjoying it quite as much as I … Continue reading Aliens From Arapholanx: The Burn of Magic – Review
Simon Connolly's world is turned upside-down when he gets a text saying that shots have been fired at the high school his children, Jake and Laney, attend. Laney returns to her parents, but Jake is nowhere to be found. Then the news breaks that Jake may have had something to do with the shooting. Simon … Continue reading Finding Jake – Review
I hate saying that I didn't finish a book, but the thing is, life is just too short to waste time reading a book you're not enjoying. For some people, this is real easy to do. Then there are others - myself included - who feel as though they have to give the book a … Continue reading Books I Have DNF’d, Vol. I
Against All Silence picks up with Max a year after the events in the Silence of Six. He is just finished his study-abroad semester in senior year and is at the airport ready to go home for Christmas, but his plans come to a halt when he is flagged on France's no-fly list. He soon … Continue reading Against All Silence – Review
His Hideous Heart is a compilation of 13 tales by Edgar Allen Poe's tales re-imagined by current authors that takes most of the tales and puts them into a modernized setting for the readers of today's age. I've only ever read a few of Edgar Allen Poe's works so I appreciated that the book include … Continue reading His Hideous Heart – ARC Review
What. A. Book. I will admit that I was uncertain going into The Silence of Six, as I do not usually read books dealing with computer hackers and conspiracies, but I am so glad that I decided to pick up this book. After his best friend publicly kills himself on live television, Max is thrown … Continue reading The Silence of Six – Review
