Paper Girls Volumes 1, 2 & 3 – Vaughan, Chiang, Wilson and Fletcher

I LOVE THIS GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES SO MUCH! For fans of 80s nostalgia and young girls kicking ass, this series is for you!

When a group of news paper delivery girls get themselves in a sticky situation with time travelers, they are transported through time and have to fight their way back to their century.

I have only read up to Volume 3 but I love them so much. I give Paper Girls a 4.5 out of 5 for being so incredibly entertaining!!

Thank you Image Comics for sending me these copies!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

The Woman In The Window- A.J. Finn

Somehow I managed to put the wrong publish date for The Woman In The Window! So as embarrassing as that is, I wanted to let you know that if you haven’t read The Woman In The Window yet, that you should!

Anna Fox used to be a successful child psychiatrist before the accident. Now she refuses to leave her house due to her severe agoraphobia. With this newly onset fear, she’s also started drinking a large amount of alcohol daily and she taken to spying on her neighbors. When she accuses her new neighbor of murdering his wife, her neighbor doesn’t take kindly to the insult. But she knows what she saw and no amount of counseling can deter her from finding the truth.

The Woman In The Window is 354 pages long and took me 4 days to read.

I enjoyed reading this book that fits perfectly into the trendy “unreliable narrator” fad so I’m giving it a 3 out of 5. I have been reading quite a few of these books lately which is fine by me because boy, I love them!

Thank you William Morrow for sending me an advanced copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

Security-Gina Wohlsdorf

As you know, thrillers are my favorite and I can’t help myself when one has a plot I haven’t already read.

The Manderley Resort is already known for it’s incredible security and it hasn’t even opened. In 24 hours it will have the first official press gathering. Tessa, the resort’s manager, is set on making the event one the press won’t forget. What she doesn’t know is that a killer has other plans for the resort the night before.

Security is 229 pages long and took me three days to read.

I’m giving this book a 2.5 out of 5 because while I did enjoy reading it, I was really hoping there would be something more to the story.

Thank you to Algonquin for sending me a copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

The Perfect Stranger-Megan Miranda

I had heard that Megan Miranda’s novel, All The Missing Girls, was incredible so I was really excited to read The Perfect Stranger!

Leah Stevens has been cast out of the reporting world after she was “discredited” with her Boston paper. She needed to get away fast so when her old roommate happened to run into her with a plan of moving to a small town to start over, Leah was completely on board. When a local woman becomes life threateningly injured, Leah becomes thrust into the small towns spotlight for accusing a local man of stalking her. The more that comes out about the woman’s “accident”, the more enthralled Leah becomes with the case and the more pain she seems to endure. She now needs to know what happened to this stranger and understand how it is ruining her already shambled life.

The Perfect Stranger is 336 pages long and took me 4 days to read.

I enjoyed reading this psych thriller and give it a 3 out of 5 because while it hits the same vein as other popular novels, it really is a story of its own.

Thank you Simon and Schuster for sending me a copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

The Wife Between Us-Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen

If you’d like to start off your year with a twisty-turny, domestic thriller then look no further!

Without giving too much away, Vanessa is married to Richard but not for much longer. Richard has left Vanessa for another woman and Vanessa will do whatever she can to stop him from being with her “replacement” even if it means putting herself in harms way.

The Wife Between Us is 343 pages long and took me 3 days to read.

While this book is definitely in the vein of Gone Girl, Girl On The Train, The Last Mrs. Parrish, I really liked this book. I’m giving it a 3.5 out of 5 because while it has the suspense like the other novels, it’s just different enough to make it memorable on its own. I will absolutely be recommending this book.

Thank you St. Martin’s Press for sending me an advanced copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

Beneath The Mountain-Luca D’Andrea

I can’t turn down a thriller and boy am I glad I was sent a copy of Beneath The Mountain!

Jeremiah Salinger is a documentarian of sorts. His claim to fame was, in his eyes, nothing special. When he moves to Italy with his wife and daughter and starts working on his next project, following a mountain rescue crew, he almost loses everything, including his life. His wife begs him to take a year break from work so he can fully recover. It’s during this time that he discovers the brutal Bletterbach murders. Although he promised his beloved wife that he would take a year hiatus, he finds himself obsessing over the mystery of the murders. When he discovers the truth of that horrible night he finds his entire world comes crashing down as well.

Beneath The Mountain is 387 pages long and took me 5 days to read.

I completely loved this story and give it a 4 out of 5. I still find myself thinking about it even though I finished it a month ago. Luca D’Andrea is a masterful story teller and I will absolutely be reading his other works.

Thank you Harper for sending me this advanced copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

Tampa- Alissa Nutting

This is probably the first negative review I’ve given and I try to avoid critiquing so negatively because being positive is my nature but holy crap…. I don’t think I fully grasped the plot of this book prior to requesting it from HarperCollins.

The story is about Celeste, a young, beautiful, wealthy middle school teacher that is sexually attracted to her fourteen year old students which is then described vividly.

I genuinely had a difficult time reading any of it and I only got 14 pages into the book before I had to put it aside. I’m sure it gets more disturbing and maybe for some this is less upsetting but it gave me knots in my stomach that I couldn’t shake. I understand there is a great need for different points of view in novels but I just couldn’t hang with this one. I also have Ms. Nutting’s second novel which seems less disturbing that I’m very excited to give a try!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

Mr. Pneumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore-Robin Sloan

I had to share a copy of this GLOW IN THE DARK COVER because I’m completely obsessed with it.

Clay Jannon is in desperate need of a job. He has searched far and wide and finally stumbles across Mr. Pneumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore. This slim bookstore with cowering shelves leaves Clay speechless and he immediately falls in love with the quirky place. Working the midnight shift , he rarely has costumers but those who come in continue to come back. Clay starts to notice a pattern in the books these customers borrow and quickly becomes enthralled with the mystery that is Mr. Pneumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore.

This book is 288 pages long and took me 3 days to read.

I’m giving Mr. Pneumbra a 4 out of 5 for this incredibly fun and addictive story! I would recommend this book to those who love a good mystery!

Thank you Picador for sending me a copy of this delightful book!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey