SYNOPSIS: EVERYDAY THE SAME Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She’s even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. ‘Jess and Jason’, she calls them. Their life – … Continue reading The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Yeah, yeah I know I've skipped June, but I've had a lot of exams to study for and I've barely read twelve pages that month... Now that I'm here, I am about to drop some hot books out of my TBR shelf. And because I couldn't finish my May goal, I'm gonna repeat some of … Continue reading TBR goal of July 2019
SYNOPSIS: Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird. Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. There, she is determined to find her mother, the bird. In her search, she … Continue reading The Astonishing Colour of After by Emily X.R. Pan
SYNOPSIS: Something is out there, something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse of it, and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is or where it came from. Five years after it began, a handful of scattered survivors remains, including Malorie and her two young children. Living in … Continue reading Bird Box by Josh Malerman
SYNOPSIS: In January 1986, fifteen-year-old boy-genius Nick Hayes discovers he’s dying. And it isn’t even the strangest thing to happen to him that week. Nick and his Dungeons & Dragons-playing friends are used to living in their imaginations. But when a new girl, Mia, joins the group and reality becomes weirder than the fantasy world … Continue reading ARC Review: One Word Kill (Impossible Times #1) by Mark Lawrence
SYNOPSIS: In the kingdom of Sempera, time is currency—extracted from blood, bound to iron, and consumed to add time to one’s own lifespan. The rich aristocracy, like the Gerlings, tax the poor to the hilt, extending their own lives by centuries. No one resents the Gerlings more than Jules Ember. A decade ago, she and … Continue reading Everless (Everless #1) by Sara Holland
SYNOPSIS: In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America—the first African-American to serve in that role—she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing … Continue reading Becoming by Michelle Obama
The Dacian She-Wolf 