Thrill for the Week: The Kind Worth Killing and The Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson

Both The Kind Worth Killing and The Kind Worth Saving were on my winter reading list, and I am now just posting reviews for both. While they offer more chills than the cold weather outside, they will also send enough chills up your spine to cool you off on a summer day. I read TKWK… Continue reading Thrill for the Week: The Kind Worth Killing and The Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson

Summer Reading: Long Way Back by Nicole Baart

What makes Long Way Back a great summer read: It's a good one to hit the open road for an adventure, whether it is something to read while you are on a road trip or traveling with the characters here on their experience. Either way, it will be one thrilling adventure What is going on… Continue reading Summer Reading: Long Way Back by Nicole Baart

Thrill for the Week: The Whispers by Ashley Audrain

When The Push was released, I wanted to stand in a bookstore and hand it to everyone who came in and tell them they had to read it. It was a huge-selling book that needed no push to read. I feel the same about The Whispers, which releases on June 6, and I suspect it… Continue reading Thrill for the Week: The Whispers by Ashley Audrain

Spring/Summer Reading: The Bird Hotel by Joyce Maynard

What is going on between the covers Hiding from a past she doesn't understand, and trying to escape the pain from a tragedy, Irene finds herself at the beautiful but decaying hotel La Llorona. A place where a person can start off fresh, or anyone who wants to escape their life will find no better… Continue reading Spring/Summer Reading: The Bird Hotel by Joyce Maynard

The Faraway World: Stories by Patricia Engel

The Faraway World is a collection of ten rich, engaging, compelling short stories about the immigrant's experience. It explores the connections/separation in a disconnected world from one's emotions and identity with their homeland and culture. Universal themes of relationships, love, friendship, trust/betrayal, regret, belonging/acceptance, fear/hopes, grief, trauma, and class, are woven in. “Sometimes love hits… Continue reading The Faraway World: Stories by Patricia Engel

The Best of the Best Thrillers I Read in 2022

2022 was a slower reading year for me. I read 98 books which were relatively low compared to previous years. I followed my less is better rule regarding those ARC and read more books I chose for myself for my own reasons. I tried to gain some shelf control by reading a few titles I… Continue reading The Best of the Best Thrillers I Read in 2022