Book Review: The Troop by Nick Cutter

Posted on 11/03/2022 by Lenn

Title: The Troop

Author: Nick Cutter

Format: Paperback

Publication Date: February 25. 2014

Number of Pages: 355

Publisher: Gallery Books

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Synopsis:

Once every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping trip—a tradition as comforting and reliable as a good ghost story around a roaring bonfire. But when an unexpected intruder stumbles upon their campsite—shockingly thin, disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungry—Tim and the boys are exposed to something far more frightening than any tale of terror. The human carrier of a bioengineered nightmare. A horror that spreads faster than fear. A harrowing struggle for survival with no escape from the elements, the infected…or one another.

Part Lord of the Flies, part 28 Days Later—and all-consuming—this tightly written, edge-of-your-seat thriller takes you deep into the heart of darkness, where fear feeds on sanity…and terror hungers for more.

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Stuff I’ve Been Reading Lately #27

Posted on 11/01/2022 by Lenn

BOOKS READ:

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
The Troop by Nick Cutter

ONGOING:

The Burning Maze (Trials of Apollo, #3) by Rick Riordan

BOOKS BOUGHT:

The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry
Kill Creek by Scott Thomas
Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives by Adam Cesare
My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
Look Closer by David Ellis
The Holiday by T.M. Logan
Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner
You Were Gone by Tim Weaver
My Darling by Amanda Robson
Do Not Disturb by Claire Douglas
The Nanny by Gilly Macmillan
Caught by Harlan Coben

BOOKS RECEIVED:

Midwinter Sacrifice by Mons Kallentoft
The New Girl by Ingrid Alexandra
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
The Marriage Pact by Michelle Rachmond
Our House by Louise Candlish
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
His & Hers by Alice Feeney

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Stuff I’ve Been Feeling Lately #26

Posted on 09/30/2022 by Lenn

BOOKS READ:

Stolen by Lucy Christopher
Sadie by Courtney Summers
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Final Girls by Riley Sager
Naoki Urasawa’s Monster Vol. 1 by Naoki Urasawa
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

ONGOING:

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

BOOKS BOUGHT:

The Treatment by C.L. Taylor
Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh
My Bloody Valentine by Alastair Gunn
The Christmas Killer by Alex Pine
Blonde Ice by R.G. Belsky
The Other Child by Lucy Atkins
The Ex by Alafair Burke
The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney
The End of Her by Shari Lapena
House Across the Street by Lesley Pearse
The Missing by C.L. Taylor
Mars, May Zombie! by Chuckberry Pascual
The Troop by Nick Cutter

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Book Review: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Posted on 09/27/2022 by Lenn

Title: And Then There Were None

Author: Agatha Christie

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Publication Date: November 6, 1939

Number of Pages: 301

Publisher: Harper

Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Classic

Synopsis:

“Ten . . .”
Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious “U.N. Owen.”

“Nine . . .”
At dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret, and by the end of the night one of the guests is dead.

“Eight . . .”
Stranded by a violent storm, and haunted by a nursery rhyme counting down one by one . . . one by one they begin to die.

“Seven . . .”
Who among them is the killer and will any of them survive?

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Book Review: The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

Posted on 08/27/2022 by Lenn

Title: The Couple Next Door

Author: Shari Lapena

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Publication Date: July 14, 2016

Number of Pages: 352

Publisher: Penguin Books

Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Contemporary

Synopsis:

It all started at a dinner party. . .

A domestic suspense debut about a young couple and their apparently friendly neighbors—a twisty, rollercoaster ride of lies, betrayal, and the secrets between husbands and wives. . .

Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all–a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, Cora. But one night when they are at a dinner party next door, a terrible crime is committed. Suspicion immediately focuses on the parents. But the truth is a much more complicated story.

Inside the curtained house, an unsettling account of what actually happened unfolds. Detective Rasbach knows that the panicked couple is hiding something. Both Anne and Marco soon discover that the other is keeping secrets, secrets they’ve kept for years.

What follows is the nerve-racking unraveling of a family–a chilling tale of deception, duplicity, and unfaithfulness that will keep you breathless until the final shocking twist.

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Book Review: The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

Posted on 08/25/2022 by Lenn

Title: The Hating Game

Author: Sally Thorne

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Publication Date: March 30, 2021

Number of Pages: 388

Publisher: William Morrow

Genre: Chick Lit, Romance, New Adult Contemporary

Synopsis:

Lucy Hutton has always believed that the nice girl can get the corner office. She’s charming and accommodating and prides herself on being loved by everyone. Everyone except sarcastic, cynical, and intimidating Joshua Templeman. Her nemesis.

Josh is the dark and brooding to Lucy’s light and cheery, the crisp pressed suit to her retro outfits and bright red lipstick. And he gets under her skin like no one else can. Trapped in a shared office together five days a week, they’ve become entrenched in an addictive, never-ending game of one-upmanship.

When a new executive position is announced, Josh and Lucy are top contenders for the promotion, but the idea of working for the other is so unthinkable that they strike a deal: whoever doesn’t get the job will walk away. The stakes have never been higher and as the competition heats up and the barriers between them begin to fall down, Lucy starts questioning just who her opponent truly is and whether this man she’s hated all this time is even the real Josh.

Maybe Lucy Hutton doesn’t hate Joshua Templeman. And maybe, he doesn’t hate her either.

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Book List: Books to Get You Out of a Slump

Posted on 08/06/2022 by Lenn

One of the advices that I give whenever someone asks me what I usually do to get out of a reading slump is reading your favorite books because it always works for me. Another technique that works for me is reading short books, romance books, and thrillers as these types of books are very easy to read and get through. So without further ado, here are some of the books that helped me get out of a reading slump:

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Book Review: The Stonekeeper (Amulet, #1) by Kazu Kibuishi

Posted on 07/26/2022 by Lenn

Title: The Stonekeeper (Amulet, #1)

Author: Kazu Kibuishi

Format: Paperback

Publication Date: January 1, 2008

Number of Pages: 187

Publisher: Graphix

Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy, Graphic Novel

Synopsis:

There’s something strange behind the basement door…

After a family tragedy, Emily, Navin and their mother move to an ancestral home to start a new life. On the family’s very first night in the mysterious house, Em and Navin’s mom is kidnapped by a tentacled creature. Now it’s up to Em and Navin to figure out how to set things right and save their mother’s life!

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Book Review: Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern

Posted on 07/24/2022 by Lenn

Title: Love, Rosie

Author: Cecelia Ahern

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Publication Date: December 1, 2006

Number of Pages: 512

Publisher: Hachette Books

Genre: Contemporary Romance, Chick Lit

Synopsis:

Rosie and Alex are destined for one another, and everyone seems to know it but them. Best friends since childhood, their relationship gets closer by the day, until Alex gets the news that his family is leaving Dublin and moving to Boston. At 17, Rosie and Alex have just started to see each other in a more romantic light. Devastated, the two make plans for Rosie to apply to colleges in the U.S.

She gets into Boston University, Alex gets into Harvard, and everything is falling into place, when on the eve of her departure, Rosie gets news that will change their lives forever: She’s pregnant by a boy she’d gone out with while on the rebound from Alex.

Her dreams for college, Alex, and a glamorous career dashed, Rosie stays in Dublin to become a single mother, while Alex pursues a medical career and a new love in Boston. But destiny is a funny thing, and in this novel, structured as a series of clever e-mails, letters, notes, and a trail of missed opportunities, Alex and Rosie find out that fate isn’t done with them yet.

Sometimes you have to look at life in a whole new way…

From the bestselling author of PS, I Love You comes a delightfully enchanting novel about what happens when two people who are meant to be together just can’t seem to get it right.

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Book Review: We’ll Always Have Summer (Summer, #3) by Jenny Han

Posted on 07/22/2022 by Lenn

Title: We’ll Always Have Summer (Summer, #3)

Author: Jenny Han

Format: Paperback

Publication Date: April 26, 2011

Number of Pages: 277

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Genre: YA Contemporary, Romance

Synopsis:

Can Belly make a final choice between Jeremiah and Conrad? Find out in the conclusion of the New York Times bestselling The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy, now in paperback.

Belly has only ever been in love with two boys, both with the last name Fisher. And after being with Jeremiah for the last two years, she’s almost positive he is her soul mate. Almost.

While Conrad has not gotten over the mistake of letting Belly go, Jeremiah has always known that Belly is the girl for him. So when Belly and Jeremiah decide to make things forever, Conrad realizes that it’s now or never—tell Belly he loves her, or lose her for good.

Belly will have to confront her feelings for Jeremiah and Conrad and face the inevitable: She will have to break one of their hearts.

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