What I Read Last Week:

Title: The Family Upstairs

Authors: Lisa Jewell

Immediate Thoughts: Creepy, dark, and unsettling!

Rating: 9/10

Publication Date: November 5, 2019

Title: The Butterfly Girl (Naomi Cottle #2)

Authors: Rene Denfeld

Immediate Thoughts: Poetic, horrifying, and beautiful!

Rating: 8/10

Publication Date: September 15, 2019

Title: Verity

Authors: Colleen Hoover

Immediate Thoughts: Dark, disturbing, and absolutely gripping!

Rating: 10/10

Publication Date: December 7, 2018

Title: Nothing More Dangerous

Authors: Allen Eskens

Immediate Thoughts: Impactful, atmospheric, and hauntingly real!

Rating: 9/10

Publication Date: November 12, 2019

Title: This Earl of Mine (Bow Street Bachelors #1)

Author: Scarlett Jameson

Immediate Thoughts: Scandalous, seductive, and entertaining!

Rating: 8.5/10

Publication Date: October 29, 2019

What I’m Currently Reading:

The Sun Sister is the sixth epic story in the Seven Sisters series by the number one international bestseller Lucinda Riley.

To the outside world, Electra d’Apliese seems as though she is the woman who has everything: as one of the world’s top models, she is beautiful, rich and famous. But beneath the veneer, and fuelled by the pressure of the life she leads, Electra’s already tenuous control over her mental state has been rocked by the death of her father, Pa Salt, the elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters as babies from around the globe. Struggling to cope, she turns to alcohol and drugs to ease the pain, and as those around her fear for her health, Electra receives a letter from a complete stranger who claims to be her grandmother . . .

In 1943, Celia Arundel arrives in Nairobi, Kenya, to join her new husband on his family coffee plantation. After a sheltered upbringing in England, she is astounded and horrified by the antics of her fellow ex-pats in the infamous Happy Valley set. Then Bertie, her husband, brings home the daughter of the Chieftain of the local Maasai tribe to live under his protection due to kidnap threats from a neighbouring tribe, and a strange bond begins to form between them . . .

What I’m Reading Next:

The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a kick-butt trivia team, a world-class planner and a cat named Phil. If she sometimes suspects there might be more to life than reading, she just shrugs and picks up a new book.

When the father Nina never knew existed suddenly dies, leaving behind innumerable sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews, Nina is horrified. They all live close by! They’re all—or mostly all—excited to meet her! She’ll have to Speak. To. Strangers. It’s a disaster! And as if that wasn’t enough, Tom, her trivia nemesis, has turned out to be cute, funny, and deeply interested in getting to know her. Doesn’t he realize what a terrible idea that is?

Nina considers her options.

1. Completely change her name and appearance. (Too drastic, plus she likes her hair.)
2. Flee to a deserted island. (Hard pass, see: coffee).
3. Hide in a corner of her apartment and rock back and forth. (Already doing it.)

It’s time for Nina to come out of her comfortable shell, but she isn’t convinced real life could ever live up to fiction. It’s going to take a brand-new family, a persistent suitor, and the combined effects of ice cream and trivia to make her turn her own fresh page.