Thoughts on : These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

Thoughts on : These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong Genre : Fantasy, YA Series : These Violent Delights, book 1 About the Book  : The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery. A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang—a network of...

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Thoughts on : The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James

Thoughts on : The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James

The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James Genre : Thriller Stand alone About the Book  : Upstate NY, 1982. Every small town like Fell, New York, has a place like the Sun Down Motel. Some customers are from out of town, passing through on their way to someplace better. Some are locals, trying to hide their secrets. Viv Delaney works as the night clerk to pay for her move to New York City. But something isn’t right at the Sun Down, and before...

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Thoughts on : The Broken Girls by Simon St. James

Thoughts on : The Broken Girls by Simon St. James

The Broken Girls by Simon St. James Genre : Thriller Stand alone About the Book  : Vermont, 1950. There’s a place for the girls whom no one wants–the troublemakers, the illegitimate, the too smart for their own good. It’s called Idlewild Hall. And in the small town where it’s located, there are rumors that the boarding school is haunted. Four roommates bond over their whispered fears, their budding friendship...

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Thoughts on : The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell

Thoughts on : The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell

The Silent Companions by Laura PurcellGenre : Horror, Historical FictionStand Alone About the Book  : When Elsie married handsome young heir Rupert Bainbridge, she believed she was destined for a life of luxury.   But with her husband dead just weeks after their marriage, her new servants resentful, and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie has only her husband’s awkward cousin for company. Or so she thinks.   Inside her new home...

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Thoughts on : The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf

Thoughts on : The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf

The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf Genre : YA, Historical fiction Stand alone About the Book  : Melati Ahmad looks like your typical moviegoing, Beatles-obsessed sixteen-year-old. Unlike most other sixteen-year-olds though, Mel also believes that she harbors a djinn inside her, one who threatens her with horrific images of her mother’s death unless she adheres to an elaborate ritual of counting and tapping to keep him satisfied. But there...

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Thoughts on : Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Thoughts on : Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidGenre : FictionStand alone About the Book  : Everyone knows Daisy Jones & The Six, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity . . . until now. Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling,...

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Thoughts on 3 summer favorites : The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – Crazy Rich Asians – Love & Gelato

Thoughts on 3 summer favorites : The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – Crazy Rich Asians – Love & Gelato

I don’t review all the books I read – and too often, I end up not reviewing some of my favorite reads, too worried I won’t be able to do them justice. But really, it’s never too late to talk about your favorite books! And so, with a new summer beginning, I wanted to talk about three very different books I read and adored last summer. If you are looking for a great read this season, maybe one of these will work for you! *...

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Thoughts on : The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Thoughts on : The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Narration : Frazer Douglas Genre : Historical fiction & Mythology Stand alone About the Book  : Achilles, “the best of all the Greeks,” son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus, is strong, swift, and beautiful irresistible to all who meet him. Patroclus is an awkward young prince, exiled from his homeland after an act of shocking violence. Brought together by...

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