Most of the time, the ending is what kills a book for me. In this case, I actually loved the way it wrapped up at the end! It had a good pace, and I think most people would enjoy reading it. Solid 7.5/10

Also, does anyone else love to have a little sweet treat while sitting down with a book? Organic skittles were the choice of the day 🤪

Starting this one tonight, ahead of potential 8 inches of snow tomorrow ❄️ will be a pretty day to read by the window 📖📚🌇

Quick read. Not terribly interesting but had good framework. Didn't really deliver in the end. Twisty, but the clues you need to figure it out don't get presented until the very end. Unreliable narrator. Fine beach read when you want to be entertained but don't want to think that hard. Pairs well with a frozen margarita 🍹

Great book! Definitely an early work of his, not quite into his stride on writing style/story cadence as some of his later works like Jurassic park, but very interesting and a quick read. Professionals diver gets hired by seedy group to recover articles from sunken boat...and gets tangled in their web. 8/10 would recommend

A diver is hired to investigate a suspicious boat accident, but when he leaves one day earlier than expected to investigate the area, he finds the boat is still afloat. It begs the question: is this a case of insurance fraud, or is it deeper than that? Just what, exactly, has he gotten himself into? Great so far!

Very similar to Pride & Prejudice. Enjoying it so far! It's like the 1800s version of Sex and the City but more pretentious. Spill that tea, Jane 😅

DNF. Very young adult and overly simplistic dialogue. Did not hold my attention beyond the first quarter of the book

Great! 4.5/5. Ending should have been way more violent in my opinion 😂

Had some great options but I am feeling a need to break free from the murder mysteries for a few days. Up next, Austen's first novel (1811) preceding Pride&Prej by just two years. Jane was 35 years old when she published her first book.

Already better than the last book and I'm only 40 pages into it 🤗🥳

If you can suspend reality 40 times in one book, this book is fine. Read it in two days. Entertaining but certainly not rave-worthy. Yet another thriller page rec that is a disappointment. Similar writing style I'd say to Colleen Hoover. Eh 6/10

Pretty sure I had this one figured out in chapter 1. Let's see if it gets twisty 👀

Is it normal that this mug pisses me off

Fantastic ride!! I love the way she writes, and the way she allows the story to unfurl to the point that my mouth watered in anticipation toward the end. Such a great ending! A lot of 70s nostalgia, and a lot of events instead of just boring beginning/mid/end. 9/10! Would highly recommend and can't wait to check out more from Jess Lourey

This book is SO good so far. What a refreshing read! I'm hooked.

The first 100 pages of this were brilliant. Great coming-of-age story, then quickly turned into a serial killer who-dunnit. Then gets so unbelievably weird and confusing that it made 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn hardcastle seem easy. Honestly such a disappointing 2/10. Could have been great! But wasn't.

Has anyone read this? It started out soooo good. Now it's fading a little...the time frames jump from talking about things day to day, to all of a sudden a few months later, or years. I can't quite figure out what genre it is...it's like a cross between catcher in the rye, the sun also rises, mix in a lil serial killer, some very frank bisexual curiosity, a manic depressive parent, abandonment, death, complicated bereavement. Not sure yet!

Pretty good, but a little boring in the middle. twisty at the end but I predicted it. 7/10

So far, just OK. Not much character development, so she expects me to be interested in a person named Jade, though the only details of jade are that her parents are messy/negligent and she smokes weed behind school. Describes like 90% of the population lol. Give me some deets to either root for, or hate the girl before you start prattling on about her

I'm finding that page 150-180 is where my mind decides it loves or hates a book 😆 struggling to finish this one. It's not bad, just not as interesting on the medical side as I had hoped. 5/10? The movie was about the same score.

DNF. So, so bad. The fact that my thriller pages go bananas over this book actually saddens me all the way into the depths of my soul. What happened to good mystery writing. 3/10...and that is generous

A quick plane ride after visiting Boston for the weekend. Great city! Now time for a good book 👍👍

The first 150 pages of this were OK, but in the mid-200s now it's just going for the shock factor. Absolute gratuitous and disgusting depravity. Who thinks of these things

Fav quote of the book: "Being in love is a condition, isn't it? It's like being depressed or being in a cult. You're basically underwater--people can talk to you about life on dry land, but it doesn't really mean anything."

Up next as a rec from a Facebook book page. Bibliophiles all around us ❤️❤️

This book was recommended after reading A Teacher by Freida McFadden. Except this one is a 16 year old boy and his teacher. The pseudo main character Sheba may go down as one of the most unlikeable characters of all time. The actual main character is a creepy close 2nd. But it held my interest in its absurdity. I think it's a true story, too, which disturbs me further

Great book! Just like the movie. 8/10

So far, I'm confused and intrigued. On page 75. Stay tuned

Current read. Almost exactly like the movie, in a good way.

This one was a very fast read. Read it in two days. I am left curious. Not a spiritual person to start, I am fortunate that I already possess an open mind, a character trait this book highly encourages. We don't know all there is to know about this life, the next one, or the last. All we can do in the here and now is remain open, learn, grow, and help those around us. While referencing the Old Testament in the book, I couldn't help but realize⬇️

Twisty as usual. Freida nailed the process of grooming, and she nailed the way a 16-year old would speak when she wrote as Addie. Something tells me this book might ring all too familiar to a lot of girls, who maybe didn't realize just how inappropriate those student/teacher/coach relationships were.Weinstein, Epstein, now this 90's Nickelodeon exposee...it's now a ubiquitous theme. I can't help but feel sorrow, though I know it's only fiction. ⬇️

This book was quite interesting and I'd give it about a 7.5/10. It was a tad verbose with some rambling that was uninteresting at times. But the overall premise of the book was promising, the flow was good, and the ending was satisfying. A classic addition to any psych section of a home library; subcat mood disorders/mental health autobios

A little Freida & a 'Rita at the end of a very long week! 📖📚

Pretty interesting when an esteemed professor of psychiatry finds herself dealing with the very mood disorders she teaches. Will she follow her own advice as a brilliant mind, or will she fall subject to the variable highs and lows of manic depression. It is a very interesting read for anyone who has been touched by a friend or family member with depression/mania

Next up! My $1 used bookstore find. 🤍

This book only makes sense if everyone in the book is blind and/or has amnesia. It wasn't terrible, but requires a severe suspension of reality for it to be remotely plausible. It also had girth in pages, but not in content, and really could have been slimmed down substantially. 6/10.

4/10. Three kids get ahold of a gun while under the influence. One kid left too traumatized to speak. Had potential but did not deliver. Very redundant. Explains the same situations 3-4 times in a row, and there are a lot of characters but none interesting enough to be memorable. The ending was a dud.

Sunshine & books while stealing a few moments in my best bud's fenced back yard with the dogs. No ottoman? A child's train set will do lol

This is the perfect beach read. Pretty quick, and tied up all the loose ends for a strong finish. Held my interest throughout, but I had some of it figured out by the end. 8/10

A bit of a dud in comparison to the Housemaid #1. Some people raved about this one but I found it a bit dull.

Excellent. Overuse of the word "eschew," but forgivable. 9/10--would recommend reading the other ones in the series first. There is an incident that mentions a character by the name of Daniel Lapp...the incident is mentioned in Hidden Ones but not explained (which is a very important backstory). Very fun read!

Is there anything better than a crackling "fireplace" (thanks for the Yule log, Netflix), a new kombucha, and a fresh book ? ah just bury me among my books when I go and let the book worms get me ?♥️???

Had to set down Deer Creek Drive when this one arrived. Book 14 in the series. Haven't read one from her in like a year and I missed her writing. In my opinion, one of the best modern crime/thriller writers out there. I just found out that between all of the books in the Burkholder series, there is a 1.5, a 2.5, etc. that are kindle-only. Basically an entire series I missed 😱 Gotta get a kindle

7/10 This one was a quick read, held my attention, and surprised me in the end; however, I wouldn't say it was remarkable.

Freida McFadden is obviously intelligent. In this one, she utilized a phonetic sound, like initials B.D. and another character named BEatrice (as fictitious example) to lead your mind down one road while she drove the bus down another. Twisty, quick read. I love her writing! 9/10

I described this book as a "slow burn" until about page 200 where it progressively thawed into a bland piece of untenderized, raw chicken meat marinating in lukewarm water in a dirty sink. 3/10

This had more twists and turns than a soft pretzel. On one hand, I hate when the clues to figure out the ending are not revealed until the last 10 pages, making it impossible to predict. Yet on the other hand, I think it did a fine job of illustrating the true human nature of suspicion, and how no one ever really knows of what your neighbor, or your grandfather, or even your own husband, is capable. 8/10 would recommend

Up next: my first Lisa Jewell....

This was a quick read and pretty good, but I found the twist confusing and the ending very rushed and boring. It had the framework to be excellent, but unfortunately failed to deliver a solid ending. Did anyone else not totally comprehend the "twist" with the bracelet? How things in the past are also in the present? Fav quote: "sometimes death is the only real mercy."