Stuff I’ve Been Reading Lately #35

Posted on 07/13/2023 by Lenn

BOOKS READ:

Mommy Dearest by Willow Rose
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
I’m Not Sam by Jack Ketchum
My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward by Mark Lukach
Am I Beautiful? by Jon Athan
Magnum Opus by Caitlin Marceau
My Mother’s Eyes by Jeremy Ray
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
Nibble, Nibble, Crunch by Willow Rose
The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer by Liza Rodman

BOOKS BOUGHT:

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Trickery by Roald Dahl
Deception by Roald Dahl
Lust by Roald Dahl
Cruelty by Roald Dahl
War by Roald Dahl
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Peter Pan and Wendy by J.M. Barrie
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin
The Chocolate Lover’s Wedding by Carole Matthews
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Half Sister by Sadie Jones
The Staycation by Cressida McLaughlin
Coffeehouse Angel by Suzanne Selfors
The Other Mrs. Miller by Allison Dickson
The Rising by Mira Grant

BOOKS RECEIVED:

The Outsider by Albert Camus
Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
Two Wrongs Make a Right by Chloe Leise
Madness by Roald Dahl
Stepford Wives by Ira Levin

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Book Review: The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

Posted on 05/16/2023 by Lenn

Title: The Amityville Horror

Author: Jay Anson

Publication Date: September 13, 1977

Number of Pages: 400

Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Star Books

Genre: True Crime, Horror, Supernatural

Synopsis:

The shocking true story of an American dream that turned into a nightmare beyond imagining…

In December 1975, the Lutz family moved into their new home on suburban Long Island. George and Kathleen Lutz knew that one year earlier, Ronald DeFeo had murdered his parents, brothers, and sisters in the house, but the property – complete with boathouse and swimming pool – and the price had been too good to pass up. Twenty-eight days later, the entire Lutz family fled in terror…

This is the spellbinding, bestselling true story that gripped the nation – the story of a house possessed by spirits, haunted by psychic phenomena too terrible to describe. Continue reading →

Book Review: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

Posted on 05/13/2023 by Lenn

Title: The Unhoneymooners

Author: Christina Lauren

Publication Date: May 14, 2019

Number of Pages: 400

Format: Trade Paperback

Publisher: Piatkus

Genre: Contemporary Romance, Chick Lit, Romantic Comedy, New Adult

Synopsis:

Olive is always unlucky: in her career, in love, in…well, everything. Her identical twin sister Ami, on the other hand, is probably the luckiest person in the world. Her meet-cute with her fiancé is something out of a romantic comedy (gag) and she’s managed to finance her entire wedding by winning a series of Internet contests (double gag). Worst of all, she’s forcing Olive to spend the day with her sworn enemy, Ethan, who just happens to be the best man.

Olive braces herself to get through 24 hours of wedding hell before she can return to her comfortable, unlucky life. But when the entire wedding party gets food poisoning from eating bad shellfish, the only people who aren’t affected are Olive and Ethan. And now there’s an all-expenses-paid honeymoon in Hawaii up for grabs.

Putting their mutual hatred aside for the sake of a free vacation, Olive and Ethan head for paradise, determined to avoid each other at all costs. But when Olive runs into her future boss, the little white lie she tells him is suddenly at risk to become a whole lot bigger. She and Ethan now have to pretend to be loving newlyweds, and her luck seems worse than ever. But the weird thing is that she doesn’t mind playing pretend. In fact, she feels kind of… lucky. Continue reading →

Book Review: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Posted on 04/28/2023 by Lenn

Title: The Poet X

Author: Elizabeth Acevedo

Publication Date: March 6, 2018

Number of Pages: 368

Format: Audiobook

Publisher: HarperTeen

Genre: Poetry, Contemporary, Young Adult

Synopsis:

Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking.

But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers—especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about.

With Mami’s determination to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. So when she is invited to join her school’s slam poetry club, she doesn’t know how she could ever attend without her mami finding out. But she still can’t stop thinking about performing her poems.

Because in the face of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent. Continue reading →

Book Review: Sheets by Brenna Thummler

Posted on 03/20/2023 by Lenn

Title: Sheets

Author: Brenna Thummler

Publication Date: August 28, 2018

Number of Pages: 239

Format: E-book

Publisher: Oni Press

Genre: Comics, Graphic Novel, Paranormal

Synopsis:

Marjorie Glatt feels like a ghost. A practical thirteen year old in charge of the family laundry business, her daily routine features unforgiving customers, unbearable P.E. classes, and the fastidious Mr. Saubertuck who is committed to destroying everything she’s worked for.

Wendell is a ghost. A boy who lost his life much too young, his daily routine features ineffective death therapy, a sheet-dependent identity, and a dangerous need to seek purpose in the forbidden human world.

When their worlds collide, Marjorie is confronted by unexplainable disasters as Wendell transforms Glatt’s Laundry into his midnight playground, appearing as a mere sheet during the day. While Wendell attempts to create a new afterlife for himself, he unknowingly sabotages the life that Marjorie is struggling to maintain.
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Book Review: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Posted on 03/19/2023 by Lenn

Title: Daisy Jones & The Six

Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid

Publication Date: March 5, 2019

Number of Pages: 362

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Hutchinson

Genre: Historical Fiction, Contemporary, Literary Fiction

Synopsis:

For a while, Daisy Jones & The Six were everywhere. Their albums were on every turntable, they sold out arenas from coast to coast, their sound defined an era. And then, on 12 July 1979, they split.

Nobody ever knew why. Until now.

They were lovers and friends and brothers and rivals. They couldn’t believe their luck, until it ran out. This is their story of the early days and the wild nights, but everyone remembers the truth differently.

The only thing they all know for sure is that from the moment Daisy Jones walked barefoot onstage at the Whisky, their lives were irrevocably changed.

Making music is never just about the music. And sometimes it can be hard to tell where the sound stops and the feelings begin.
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Top 10 Standalone Books on my Backlist

Posted on 05/24/2022 by Lenn

Last year, I made a list of the top 15 book series on my backlist that I would like to prioritize in the next couple of months (or years), today I’m going to talk about the top 10 standalone books on my TBR that I would like to prioritize along with the series that I’ve mentioned in that post. Again, please don’t judge me! 😂 Continue reading →

Lenn of Spades ♠

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