★★★★ Summary Margot is an orphan who really should have read some Shirley Jackson novels before going to live at a country estate with the Suttons. The other orphans at Margot's group home say she is "lucky" to have been chosen by the prestigious Suttons, but Margo soon realizes that the family has not "rescued"… Continue reading Pre-order THE COMPANION, now!
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Tantalizing Thursday w/ Becky
What book will you read next? Can you guess which book I’ll be reading this weekend? Of all of my collections this one has a shelf all its own:) https://videopress.com/v/IF6h7s8e?preloadContent=metadata
Mystery Monday: Kayla read Britney King’s THE SOCIAL AFFAIR and it is Twisted
★★★★ Summary Izzy Lewis is a social media stalker. Her latest prey: the Dunns. They are the picture-perfect couple. Grant is handsome, successful, and a power-hitter. Josie is the flawless stay at home wife with a social media empire on “instalook.” But there is a darkness that lurks in the Dunn household, and Izzy finds… Continue reading Mystery Monday: Kayla read Britney King’s THE SOCIAL AFFAIR and it is Twisted
Becky read MINDSET: THE NEW PSYCHOLOGY OF SUCCESS and it was Life Changing
★★★★★ Mindset - the New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D I discovered this life changing book at Tim Elmore’s Growing Leaders Conference in 2014. As a teacher and principal I always believed in the potential of my students and teachers and this book helped me develop my growth mindset and be able… Continue reading Becky read MINDSET: THE NEW PSYCHOLOGY OF SUCCESS and it was Life Changing
Becky fell in love with A WEEK AT THE SHORE
★★★★★ I read A Week at the Shore when it first came out, prior to starting our blog. I came across some reviews that were less than kind and I thought, "What are they talking about? I loved this book!" So, I decided to reread it to see how I could possibly be so wrong,… Continue reading Becky fell in love with A WEEK AT THE SHORE
Becky Fell in Love with FEELS LIKE FALLING
★★★★★ Have you ever felt like punching a character in a book? Feels Like Falling by Kristy Woodson Harvey evoked strong emotions for me. Gray worked hard to develop her company and her not so hard working, not so faithful husband wants to take half. But in the end Gray wins out and her life… Continue reading Becky Fell in Love with FEELS LIKE FALLING
Mystery Monday: Kayla read A MERCIFUL DEATH
★★★★ Book Summary Mercy Kilpatrick is an FBI agent who has been estranged from her Oregon-based, "prepper" family since a secret tragedy tore them apart her senior year in high school. She tends to keep to herself, both in her professional and personal life, and she never talks about her past. That is, until she… Continue reading Mystery Monday: Kayla read A MERCIFUL DEATH
Thriller Thursday: Kayla Read DEFENDING JACOB and It Hurt
★★★★★ Andy Barber has built a happy life for himself and his family. He is a successful assistant district attorney in suburban Massachusetts, he's married to the love of his life, and he's a respected member of the community. Then his fourteen-year-old son, Jacob, is charged with murdering his fellow student, and the evidence against… Continue reading Thriller Thursday: Kayla Read DEFENDING JACOB and It Hurt
Wildcard Wednesday: Kayla thinks Lois Duncan’s DOWN A DARK HALL is Shamefully Underrated
★★★★ Down a Dark Hall is a young adult novel written by Lois Duncan (author of I Know What You Did Last Summer and Killing Mr. Griffin). The novel’s main protagonist and first-person narrator, Kit Gordy, is one of four girls chosen to to attend the illustrious Blackwood Hall. It’s not really clear why she… Continue reading Wildcard Wednesday: Kayla thinks Lois Duncan’s DOWN A DARK HALL is Shamefully Underrated
Books you Might not Realized are being Made into Film
These days it seems that there is nothing Hollywood loves more than making books into movies or TV shows or musicals. Sometimes adaptations are great and give us a show like "You" that surpasses the intrigue of the original novel, but most of the time it seems that we end up with big-budget flops like… Continue reading Books you Might not Realized are being Made into Film
