Quincy Carpenter is a Final Girl. If you watch horror or slasher movies, you know that the Final Girl is the one who manages to survive against the odds while all of her friends die horrific deaths. Quincy became one after all of her friends were slaughtered on what should’ve been a fun break from college at a mountain house in the Poconos. Ten years later, Quincy has stayed out of the public eye, fallen in love and achieved success as a baker. The almost […]
Stay Out of the Woods!
In reading a few of Ruth Ware’s books, I’ve learned that either I’m a genius or her plot twists can be seen a mile away. In this case, I guessed it when I was reading the synopsis on Amazon. But…hear me out, Ruth Ware’s writing is pretty tight and you’re still drawn in even though you’re going to know what’s going to happen. This wasn’t one of my favorites of hers because I thought that the last 1/3 of the book was blah. The building […]
Sisters Forever
Memphis 1939–12 year old Rill, her mom and dad (Queenie and Briny), and her siblings live aboard the Arcadia, a riverboat on the mighty Mississippi. Everything is simple, get up and fish, watch the fireflies, help each other out and most of all love each other. When Queenie has to be taken to the hospital when she begins having labor complications with a pregnancy of twins the kids are scared but they know that Queenie and Briny will be back for them as soon as […]
And You Thought YOUR Junior Year Was Rough
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: a jock, a homecoming princess, a brain, a stoner and a gossip get stuck in detention, only four of them walk out…because one of them is murdered. And get this, the four living detainees, all have motive for killing the dead kid. But which one was it?? I saw many different reviews for this book on Cannonball Read for a while now and every time, I thought it looked like it was right up my alley…and it was. […]
Yo, I Don’t Know What I Read…But It Was Fine
A handyman and his wife live with their two young children Matt and Amber in a pretty large apartment complex. Right off the bat we are alerted to the fact that things aren’t quite right in this household. One, Lynn (the wife) is seeing a marriage counselor behind Harris’s back. Two, both Harris and Lynn undermine each other as parents, catering to one child only. Matt is meticulously neat and clean, quiet, artistic and obviously Harris’s favorite. Lynn, favors her intelligent, kind, loving daughter Amber. […]
Feeling Blue
Ramona lives in Eulogy, Mississippi with her dad and her pregnant sister in a trailer. The trailer was supposed to be a place for them to rebuild their lives after Hurricane Katrina. However, lives don’t just miraculously piece themselves back together and money doesn’t grow on trees and sometimes, moms can’t handle reality and leave. So now 12 years later, Ramona works hard to keep her family afloat. Fiercely protective of them and constantly worried about their future, she seems to think of her own as a […]
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