"Salt water and blood taste the same." - prologue opening
Review: “Reckless Girls” by Rachel Hawkins
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ARC Review: “Breathless” by Amy McCulloch
"Breathe, Cecily. Cold air filled her lungs. It was strange. When she'd pictured breathing up here, she'd assumed it would feel like suffocating. Choking. Maybe, in a way, like drowning. But it didn't." - prologue opening
Review: “Not a Happy Family” by Shari Lapena
"There are many expensive houses here in Brecken Hill, an enclave on the edge of Aylesford, in the Hudson Valley." -prologue opening
Renee’s Recent Reads (& BIRTHDAY 🥳) 3/14/2022
Massive free Starbucks birthday drink. Went all out - my first ever TRENTA sized Pink Drink 💗 Hi friends! Late last week I celebrated my 29th birthday!!! 🥳I had an amazing day talking with family and a really great dinner going out to get sushi with my husband! I also got some wonderful gifts 🙂 … Continue reading Renee’s Recent Reads (& BIRTHDAY 🥳) 3/14/2022
Review: “These Silent Woods” by Kimi Cunningham Grant
"Something wrong, I can feel it: a sting prickling the skin and stitching inward." -ch1 opening
Blog Tour & Review: “Beneath Cruel Fathoms” by Anela Deen
"The Failock Sea spoke gently." - ch1 opening
Top 2021 Crime / Thriller Reads
Hello, everyone! As promised here is the first of two Top 2021 Reads genre posts coming your way. Of the 90 books I read in 2021 these are the top 18 true crime, mystery, and thriller books I enjoyed. Some of these have made best-of lists by bigger book sites while others are less-known gems … Continue reading Top 2021 Crime / Thriller Reads
Review: “Hunting Game (Embla Nyström #1)” by Helene Tursten
"After nine rock-hard rounds, the sweat was dripping from both combatants and their movements were noticeably slower." pg 1 opening
Review: “Dead to Her” by Sarah Pinborough
"The candle burns. Crisp paper. A pen. WHAT HAPPENED TO JONNY? Envelope. Seal. Whisper. Wait." ch 1 opening
Review: “The Silent Patient” by Alex Michaelides
"July 14 I don't know why I'm writing this. That's not true. Maybe I do know and just don't want to admit it to myself." Ch 1 opening
Renee’s Recent Reads 11/08/21
Hi, everyone! Hope everyone’s Halloween for those who celebrated was great. 👻🎃 A quick reading update - I finished the Mistborn series!!! At least, I finished what is out so far which is the three books in era 1 and the three currently in era 2. Era 1 was by far my favorite. The setting … Continue reading Renee’s Recent Reads 11/08/21
Review: “The Turn of the Key” by Ruth Ware
"Dear Mr. Wrexham, I know you don't know me but please, please please you have to help me." Ch 1 opening
Blog Tour Review: “The Meeting Point” by Olivia Lara
"The story goes like this. Thirty-year-old Bartholomew von Coffenberg comes out of Madison Square Park Tower's underground garage in his red Corvette." Ch 1 opening
Review: “Three Perfect Liars” by Heidi Perks
"It had taken seven minutes for the first of the fire engines to screech to a halt outside the offices of Morris and Wood, but even by then anyone could have seen it was too late." Ch 1 opening
Re-read Review: “The Reckless Oath We Made” by Bryn Greenwood (Revisiting a Favorite!)
"People talk about having an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other. I have a pair of imaginary bill collectors, so no matter which way I turned, there was somebody to remind me I needed money." Ch 1
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