*This post is best read from a webpage, one that’s opened separately in another window if you want to zoom into the pictures.* My birthday was about less than 2 weeks ago and yes, we headed to a bookstore to ‘celebrate’, as is the tradition LOL Coincidentally, one just opened a day before my birthday….
Tag: Books
Jee’s #bookreview of #WomenTalking by Miriam Toews #BloomsburyUSA #womensfiction #NetGalley #eARC
Title: Women Talking by Miriam Toews Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Verdict: 3/5 Publication day: Apr 2, 2019 In a nutshell (Publisher): One evening, eight Mennonite women climb into a hay loft to conduct a secret meeting. For the past two years, each of these women, and more than a hundred other girls in their colony, has been…
Jee’s #bookreview of #TheDreamers by Karen Thompson Walker #RandomHouse #literaryfiction #netgalley #eARC #UNPOPULARopinion
Title: The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker Publisher: Random House Verdict: 3.5/5 Publication date: Jan 15, 2019 In a nutshell (Publisher): One night in an isolated college town in the hills of Southern California, a first-year student stumbles into her dorm room, falls asleep—and doesn’t wake up. She sleeps through the morning, into the evening. Her…
Jee’s #bookreview of #OnceUponARiver by #DianeSetterfield @DianeSetterfie1 #NetGalley #AtriaBooks #eARC #literaryfiction
Title: Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield Publisher: Atria Books Verdict: 5/5 Publication day: Dec 04, 2018 In a nutshell (Publisher): On a dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, an extraordinary event takes place. The regulars are telling stories to while away the dark hours, when the door bursts open on…
Jee’s #bookreview of #WhereTheCrawdadsSing by #DeliaOwens @PutnamBooks
ETitle: Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Publisher: Putnam Books Verdict: 5/5 In a nutshell (Amazon): For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But…
Jee’s #bookreview of #BillionDollarWhale by #TomWright & #BradleyHope #HachetteBooks #nonfiction #Malaysia
He took the mickey out of everyone. He lied, scammed, bought favors to get favors, and isn’t stopping. This wanted fugitive seems to be still at it.
Jee’s #WWWWednesday! #bookreviewer #bookblogger
It’s Wednesday and it’s time for…. WWW Wednesday! Hosted on Taking On A World of Words. What are the 3 Ws? What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: (Ooops I changed my mind. Supposed to be reading ‘the woman in the window’ by…
Jee’s #bookreview of #SomethingInTheWater by Catherine Steadman #BallantineBooks #womenfiction #psychologicalthriller *WARNING* #UNPOPULARopinion
Title: Something in The Water: A Novel by Catherine Steadman Publisher: Ballantine Books Verdict: 2/5 In a nutshell: A newly-wed couple, Erin and Mark embarked on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoyed the sun, the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they…
Jee’s #bookreview of #InTheHouseInTheDarkOfTheWoods by #LairdHart @littlebrown #NetGalley #eARC #LittleBrownandCo #adultfairytale
A spellbinding read! Find yourself in the deepest, darkest part of the woods, one that’s chilling and eerie. Fly above the clouds in a boat made of human flesh and human bones, with a witch claiming to ‘have a mercy to perform’. Be ready to be enchanted by ‘In The House in the Dark of the Woods’….
Jee’s #WWWWednesday!
It’s WWW Wednesday! What are you reading? What did you finish reading? What’s next?