Binge Fiction...

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Read Like It’s A TV Show…

We Solve Murders - Richard Osman

A Grim Reapers Guide To Catching A Killer - Maxie Dara

Hitchcock Hotel - Stephanie Wrobel

Nightwatching - Tracy Sierra

Kill For Me Kill For You - Steve Cavangh

The Last One At The Wedding - Jason Rekulak

In The Blink Of An Eye - Jo Callaghn

First Lie Wins - Ashley Easton

Middle Of The Night - Riley Sager

Bang Bang Sisters - Rio Youer

I Will Ruin You - Linwood Barclay

The Trap - Ava Glass

The Winner - Teddy Wayne

The Ascent Adam Plantinga

No Road Home - John Fram

Many Lives Of Veronica Hawkins - Kristina Perez

Vacancy In Room 10 - Serephina Nova

The Night Of The Storm - Nishita Parekh

The Party - Natahsa Preston

Make Believe...

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Fantasy In Fiction…

Fairy Tale - Stephen King

The Carnivale of Curiosities - Amiee Gibbs

Babel – R.F. Kuang

Strange Beasts - Susan J. Morris

Stardust - Neil Gaiman

Assistant To The Villian - Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Ninth House – Leigh Bardugo

The Book That Wouldn’t Burn – Mark Lawrence

Swordcatcher - Cassandra Clare

Divine Rivals - Rebecca Ross

Cinder - Marissa Meyer

One Dark Window – Rachel Gillig

These Violent Delights – Chloe Gong

Evocation - S.T. Gibson

How To Become A Dark Lord & Die Trying - Django Wexler

These Dead Prophecies - Andrea Tang

Cursed - Marissa Meyer

A Tempest Of Tea - Hafsah Faizal

The Bone Season – Samantha Shannon

We Love The Nightlife - Rachel Koller Croft

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We Love The Nightlife - Rachel Koller Croft

Horror

Rating: 7.5/10

A vampire story set in the Disco era? I am so here for it. Judge me all you want, I loved Disco. Joyful and effervescent songs…what’s not to love! Amber should have known the party wouldn’t last when Nicola, her maker, casually suggested killing her husband. She made her promise not to harm him. Spoiler alert, vampires lie. I include a suggested Disco Playlist, go ahead and use it, I won't tell.

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Things Don't Break On Their Own - Sarah Easter Collins

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Things Don't Break On Their Own - Sarah Easter Collins

Fiction/Thriller

Rating: 8/10

When Willa arrives to a dinner party thrown by her first love, she has no reason to think it will anything other than an ordinary evening. She could never have predicted that this innocuous gathering would be the thing that would turn her world on its axis. Decidedly it turns out to be anything but ordinary…

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I Need You To Read This - Jessa Maxwell

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I Need You To Read This - Jessa Maxwell

Mystery

Rating: 7/10

Since arriving in New York to escape a past only alluded to in the early stages of this novel, Alex has lived a quiet life. When she stumbles across the advertisement to replace the famous, presumed murdered, advice columnist Dear Constance, Alex takes the plunge. Then our story really begins! I loved the way the author incorporated Dear Constance letters, some likely written by Alex herself. Maybe.

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Escape Velocity - Victor Manibo

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Escape Velocity - Victor Manibo

Sci-Fi/Mystery

Rating: 8/10

Think Knives Out meets Die Hard, set on a luxury space resort. Admit it, you are intrigued. With a cast of flawed and fascinating characters and plot awash with scores to settle, secrets will not stay buried, and deception will not be outrun. Whatever veneer these characters are holding on to will be eradicated in short order. Gotta love the uber rich...

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You Must Remember This - Kat Rosenfeld

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You Must Remember This - Kat Rosenfeld

Thriller

Rating: 7/10

As a fractured family gathers at the Mansion at the center of someone(s) inheritance, there are plenty of secrets and lies hovering around. Their matriarch's fractured mind caused her to set out on an iced over lake not solid enough to hold her, plunging her to her death. Feels just a smidge convenient no? As the saying goes, you can't pick your family...

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Coming Of Age Novels...

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Who I Want To Be When I Grow Up…

Coming of age stories are not just for the young…they resonate at all ages and stages of a life, and to this day I hold a reverence for these narratives. It’s been proven across centuries that they are rich fodder for good literature. My hunger wasn’t for the stories of the normal rites of passage, it was for discovering my hidden superpowers or for being the sole person capable of saving the world. For seeing things and doing things that adults couldn’t begin to fathom. And in these reads, my dreams, and maybe your own, are realized!

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Boys In The Valley - Philip Fracassi

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Boys In The Valley - Philip Fracassi

Horror

Rating: 8.5/10

This author deftly and unflinchingly has the reader confront the worst of their childhood fears, whether they want to or not. He masterfully pens deep-seated menace on every page. Imagine The Exorcist meets It vibes and if that’s not your jam, move along. I don’t know what is says about horror fans that we love a demonically possessed child cast in our fiction...but here we are.

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No Two Persons - Erica Bauermeister

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No Two Persons - Erica Bauermeister

Fiction

Rating: 7.5/10

One book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. Alice has writing a stunning debut novel. This book follows the impact of her words on nine individuals. All on different paths in life, each of whom will be forever changed by her book. A beautifully written and inventive book that reminds readers from all walks of life that nothing is as powerful as a story.

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Road To Heaven - Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson

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Road To Heaven - Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson

Noir Crime

Rating: 7.5/10

After burning out at the Police Academy, Patrick is forced to put his skills to the questionable role of private eye. Before the sun sets on his first day of investigation, he will have alienated a pastor, insulted the father, flirted with the stepmother, chased a homeless man and been hit by a car. And that’s all before he discovers the body.

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Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros - Top Book Pick!

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Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros - Top Book Pick!

Fantasy

Rating: 9/10

If you would have told me that I would LOVE a fantasy story with dragons in it, I would have questioned your sanity. I’m the person who had to bow out of Game Of Thrones the minute the dragon eggs showed up. And yet, here we are. I kept company with an unlikely heroine who would rather be reading, a love interest with secrets and a six-pack, and a snarky dragon with a soft spot for both of them. What a delight!

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Think Twice - Harlan Coben

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Think Twice - Harlan Coben

Thriller

Rating: 7.5/10

Three years ago, Myron gave the eulogy at the funeral of his client, Greg. So, when Greg’s DNA shows up all over the scene of a double murder, he is rather taken aback. And thus begins the cat and mouse chase of the dead/not dead guy and the serial killer who not only dispatches his victims but finds someone to frame for his/her dastardly deeds. The band of misfits from Coben’s classic series is back and up to their same old shenanigans!

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Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect - Benjamin Stevenson

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Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect - Benjamin Stevenson

Mystery/Suspense

Rating: 8/10

Ernest, struggling to write his second book, wonders how he got an invite to a prestigious writer’s festival aboard a luxury train. By this point he is fairly certain that his first book, a memoir of his murderous family, was a lucky fluke. When the bodies start dropping, he finally feels that creative spark. Whew! Ernest gets down to business with a delightful combination of zeal and obliviousness, you can’t help but love the guy!

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The Return Of Ellie Black - Emiko Jean

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The Return Of Ellie Black - Emiko Jean

Mystery/Suspense

Rating: 7/10

Detective Chelsey Calhoun’s life is turned upside down when she gets the call that Ellie Black, who disappeared years earlier, has resurfaced. But something’s not right with her. What is she hiding? She won’t say where she has been or who she was with, and Chelsey needs to get to the bottom of it before another girl is taken. The author is generous with the breadcrumbs she leaves the reader along the way, keeping us turning those pages.

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French Windows - Antione Laurain - Top Book Pick!

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French Windows - Antione Laurain - Top Book Pick!

Fiction

Rating: 9/10

Five floors. One Murder. Let the therapy begin…Nathalia, a photographer, has been seeing a therapist. Having accidently witnessed a murder from her apartment, she finds she has lost all inspiration. Doctor Faber suggests a creative exercise. Write about the neighbours she spends hours idly observing in the building across the street. You will find yourself wondering if there is any truth at all to their stories, or if she is making it all up. Masterful!

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Fly Girl - Ann Hood

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Fly Girl - Ann Hood

Memoir

Rating: 8/10

When Ann Hood’s father told her she was smart enough to write her own ticket, she had no idea how literally that would manifest. She has written a memoir about her time as a Flight Attendant during the glamourous heyday of air travel. When every passenger was treated as if they had a first-class ticket and before everyone felt as if they were being conveyed on a greyhound bus. If you choose to pick up this book you will be schooled about the reality of life as a Flight Attendant. And you won’t mind a bit!

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