Girls with Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a book that caught my eye a few weeks ago. First I noticed the cover, then the title, and by the time I'd read the blurb, I knew it was something I would be interested in. I'm a sucker for dystopian…

The other day I posted about my Reading 2018  plans. Today I want to chat a bit more about those plans/goals and something that happened on Friday. I love libraries. I think they're an amazing place that offer a bunch of wonderful services for the community. When I was a kid I bo…

Bonfire by Krysten Ritter My rating: 5 of 5 stars I borrowed this from the library last Friday and couldn't wait to read it. As soon as I started, I was hooked. Abby's voice drew me in as much as the story. Abby Williams left Barrens ten years ago and never looked back,…

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Well, 2018 is here and that means I've set a new Reading Challenge over at Goodreads. Like usual, I've set myself the goal of reading 100 books . This total will include novels, novellas, short stories, comic books, poems, etc.   I also like to …

There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins My rating: 5 of 5 stars OMG. I loved this! I seriously LOVED this book. Not only does it fit perfectly into the slasher genre, but the characters are cool. The setting is perfectly creepy. The tension was so thick …

Little Monsters by Kara Thomas My rating: 5 of 5 stars Wow. Addictive. Amazing. Clever. Shocking. Those are just a few words to describe such an excellent book. I borrowed this from the library, and absolutely loved it! I actually picked it up last night after hubby suggeste…

The Ravenous by Amy Lukavics My rating: 5 of 5 stars I absolutely loved Daughters Unto Devils and The Women in the Walls , so I was very excited about this book. And it didn't disappoint! The Cane family consists of a father in the military, an absent mother, and five sist…

The Haunting by Alex Bell My rating: 5 of 5 stars I borrowed this book from the library because it sounded interesting and also because I lurve YA horror. So I was really looking forward to getting stuck into it and couldn't put it down. But because I started NaNoWriMo this…

A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares by Krystal Sutherland My rating: 5 of 5 stars After reading Our Chemical Hearts , I couldn't wait to read this book. And as soon as I started, I was hooked. The writing style is beautiful, Esther is fascinating, and her family so i…

Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland My rating: 5 of 5 stars My daughter borrowed this from the library, so when she finished with it I decided to read it too. And I'm so glad I did! Henry is a senior who's got two best friends, devotes most of his time to doin…

Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo My rating: 3 of 5 stars I'm a HUGE Wonder Woman fan. I've got a shrine full of WW collectibles. I used to love the show when I was a kid. I went to watch the movie twice because I loved it so much. My favourite mug is a WW one.…

Coming Up for Air by Miranda Kenneally My rating: 3 of 5 stars I've really enjoyed reading the Hundred Oaks series, so I was really excited about reading this one. But after finishing (and unfortunately skimming a bit), I'm actually sad this is the last one. This …

One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus My rating: 5 of 5 stars I've been looking forward to reading this book for a while, so I was super excited when the library got a copy. I mean, The Breakfast Club gets thrown around a lot when this book is mentioned, right? The af…

Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle My rating: 5 of 5 stars Last year I read an awesome book called The Accident Season , so when the next book by this author showed up on my local library's database, I put it in hold. After a bonfire party where frien…

The Girl in Between by Sarah Carroll My rating: 5 of 5 stars I borrowed this book from the library because the blurb sounded intriguing, the cover is amazing (not this one, the other one) and it was added on a YA must-read list. :) Sam and Ma live in an abandoned mill in t…

Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King My rating: 5 of 5 stars I was very excited when I found out the library was getting this book. And even more excited when I borrowed it. :) Gwendy Peterson is twelve and has decided to climb the Suicide Stairs to lose some weight. She…

Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde My rating: 5 of 5 stars OMG. This was such an AWESOME book! I loved every second of it. I borrowed it from the library and enjoyed it SO much I'm pretty sure I'll eventually buy my own copy. Charlie, Taylor and Jamie are best friends fro…

The Steep & Thorny Way by Cat Winters My rating: 5 of 5 stars By now, I know that when I pick up a novel written by Cat Winters, it means I'm going to love it. She's got an uncanny way of taking readers back into our unsettling past, and totally hooking them int…

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough My rating: 5 of 5 stars O.M.F.G. That ending. WTF?! O.o You know, I worked out Adele's secret along the way, and even her intentions eventually dawned on me. But what I didn't expect was that ending! Yikes. So, um. Yeah. Le…

Devil's Advocate by Jonathan Maberry My rating: 3 of 5 stars I'm a huge fan of The X-Files , so after reading--and really enjoying--Mulder's book, I couldn't wait to read Scully's. It's 1979 and Dana Scully is fifteen. Her family has just moved to …