Tag: standalone

Review: Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little

Posted January 12, 2015 by Lauren in Review / 1 Comment
Review: Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little

 My eye has really been catching on a lot of adult titles recently, which is quite different from my reading in the past several years, and the ones that are peaking my interest the most are definitely twisty thrillers. This was available on my library’s Overdrive so as soon as I opened up my Kobo […]

Review: The Summer I Wasn’t Me by Jessica Verdi

Posted March 26, 2014 by Lauren in Review / 2 Comments
Review: The Summer I Wasn’t Me by Jessica Verdi

Pages: 352Publication Date: April 01st 2014 by Sourcebooks FireSeries: N/A – Stand AloneSource: Sourcebooks Fire via Netgalley Amazon • TBD • Goodreads Lexi has a secret… Ever since her mom found out she was in love with a girl, seventeen-year-old Lexi’s afraid that what’s left of her family is going to fall apart for good.  You are on the road to […]

Review: Hysteria by Megan Miranda

Posted August 11, 2013 by Lauren in Review / 2 Comments
Review: Hysteria by Megan Miranda

Hysteria was high up on my reading list well before it came out so when I first got my library card it was one of the first books I requested, and then patiently(um, not) waited for my hold to come through. I had heard mixed things about Hysteria but that didn’t stop me, I love […]

Review: What Happens Next by Colleen Clayton

Posted May 30, 2013 by Lauren in Review / 6 Comments
Review: What Happens Next by Colleen Clayton

Pages: 310Published: October 09th 2012 by Poppy Series: N/A – Stand Alone Source: Borrowed from library Amazon | TBD | Goodreads How can you talk about something you can’t remember? Before the ski trip, sixteen-year-old Cassidy “Sid” Murphy was a cheerleader (at the bottom of the pyramid, but still…), a straight-A student, and a member of a solid trio […]

Review: Golden by Jessi Kirby

Posted May 20, 2013 by Lauren in Review / 9 Comments
Review: Golden by Jessi Kirby

Pages: 288Published: May 14th 2013 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Series: N/A – StandaloneSource: Simon & Schuster via Edelweiss Amazon | TBD | Goodreads Love, tragedy, and mystery converge in this compelling novel from “an author to watch” (Booklist). Seventeen-year-old Parker Frost has never taken the road less traveled. Valedictorian and quintessential good girl, she’s […]

Review: The S-Word by Chelsea Pitcher

Posted May 12, 2013 by Lauren in Review / 3 Comments
Review: The S-Word by Chelsea Pitcher

Pages: 304Published: May 07th 2013 by Gallery Books Series: N/A – StandaloneSource: Gallery Books via Netgalley Amazon | TBD | Goodreads First it was SLUT scribbled all over Lizzie Hart’s locker. But one week after Lizzie kills herself, SUICIDE SLUT replaces it—in Lizzie’s looping scrawl. Lizzie’s reputation is destroyed when she’s caught in bed with her best friend’s boyfriend […]

Review: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Posted April 24, 2013 by Lauren in Review / 5 Comments
Review: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Pages: 345Published: January 01st 2009 by Broadway Series:  N/A – StandaloneSource: Purchased at Coles Amazon | TBD | Chapters/Indigo | Kobo | Goodreads “I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ.” Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in “The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas.” As her family lay dying, […]

Review: If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch

Posted April 8, 2013 by Lauren in Review / 2 Comments
Review: If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch

Pages: 256Published: March 26th 2013 by St. Martin’s Griffin Series: N/A – StandaloneSource: St Martin’s Griffin via Netgalley Amazon | TBD | Chapters/Indigo | Kobo | Goodreads There are some things you can’t leave behind… A broken-down camper hidden deep in a national forest is the only home fifteen year-old Carey can remember. The trees keep guard over […]

Review: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Posted February 25, 2013 by Lauren in Review / 2 Comments
Review: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Pages: 262Published: September 2006 by Shaye Areheart Books# in Series: N/A – StandaloneSource: Purchased at Coles Amazon | The Book Depository | Chapters/Indigo | Kobo Summary from Goodreads:  WICKED above her hipbone, GIRL across her heart Words are like a road map to reporter Camille Preaker’s troubled past. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych […]

Review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Posted February 10, 2013 by Lauren in Review / 6 Comments
Review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Pages: 419Published: May 24th 2012 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson# in Series: StandaloneSource: Purchased from Coles Amazon | The Book Depository | Chapters Indigo | Kobo Summary from Goodreads: “Marriage can be a real killer. One of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time, New York Times bestseller Gillian Flynn takes that statement to its darkest place in this […]