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Shiver by Allie Reynolds
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Another one in my favorite premise: a group of snowboarders reunite at ski resort for what they think is a reunion, when they start getting taunted about an event that happened in the past.
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Shiver by Allie Reynolds
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Another one in my favorite premise: a group of snowboarders reunite at ski resort for what they think is a reunion, when they start getting taunted about an event that happened in the past.
First, this book had such vivid, interesting descriptions of snowboarding that I spent hours just watching videos on YouTube, totally in awe of what the human body can do.
Second, this was a deeply satisfying read. The build-up and pay-off were both really good.
Second, this was a deeply satisfying read. The build-up and pay-off were both really good.
Reynolds never once tries to hoodwink us, giving us a backstory/motive that’s out of the blue & unpredictable, but lays down the clues & hints meticulously throughout.
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Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins.
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This book has one of my favorite type of premises: a group of people stuck in a location & gets murdered one by one.
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins.
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This book has one of my favorite type of premises: a group of people stuck in a location & gets murdered one by one.
In this case, Lux and her rich boyfriend Nico are in a off-the-beaten-path island with Brittany, Amma and a rich older couple, Jake and Eliza. The six bond instantly, getting closer, drinking, swimming & having the time of their lives. Their vacation, however,
comes to a close when a 7th person sails into the island, and doesn’t seem to have the best of intentions.
And then one person wounds up dead. And then another. You know the drill.
And then one person wounds up dead. And then another. You know the drill.
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The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
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A tale spanning 24 hours and 50 years, Eleanor Bishop muses about her life and choices after she hooks up with her childhood best friend Jonas, an incident threatening to ruin
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
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A tale spanning 24 hours and 50 years, Eleanor Bishop muses about her life and choices after she hooks up with her childhood best friend Jonas, an incident threatening to ruin
her marriage to her husband Peter.
The book unfolds slowly, making you really wait to get to the meat of it. Jumping between the entirety of Eleanor’s life and the 24 hours since she sleeps with Jonas.
The book unfolds slowly, making you really wait to get to the meat of it. Jumping between the entirety of Eleanor’s life and the 24 hours since she sleeps with Jonas.
While I eventually began to sympathize with Eleanor, even her own past and the rest of characters were really hard to get into. I found myself very passively reading this book until almost the last quarter.
Here we go, my first read of 2022!
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Survive the Night by Riley Sager
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My first Sager novel, a thrilling, heart-pounding novel about a 19 year old girl stuck in a 6 hour car drive with who she believes to be a serial killer.
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Survive the Night by Riley Sager
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My first Sager novel, a thrilling, heart-pounding novel about a 19 year old girl stuck in a 6 hour car drive with who she believes to be a serial killer.
The protagonist, Charlie, is quitting and running away from college after her best friend Maddy is the latest victim of the Campus Killer. Unable to deal with guilt of knowing that she was responsible for her friend’s death, Charlie accepts a ride home with
a total stranger she meets, who sets off red flag after red flag as their lonely journey together begins.
The book hooked me from the very start, and once I hit the 150 page mark, I simply couldn’t put it down, and finished it in one sitting.
The book hooked me from the very start, and once I hit the 150 page mark, I simply couldn’t put it down, and finished it in one sitting.
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The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox
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A Princess Switch type Christmas romcom, where twin sisters Charlie and Cass swap lives for a few days to escape the chaos in their own lives. Of course, both the sisters find new love interests and chaos ensues.
The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox
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A Princess Switch type Christmas romcom, where twin sisters Charlie and Cass swap lives for a few days to escape the chaos in their own lives. Of course, both the sisters find new love interests and chaos ensues.
One thing I liked was that it WASN’T that easy for the two to swap lives. There were obstacles after obstacles and they had to be really quick on their feet to convince people they were each other.
I loved the cozy, Christmassy vibes with all the yummy desserts and vibes in Starlight Peak.
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Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood
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This atmospheric, spooky gothic romance would’ve been perfect for my HalloweenReads, but I got it from the library too late.
Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood
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This atmospheric, spooky gothic romance would’ve been perfect for my HalloweenReads, but I got it from the library too late.
Centering around Andromeda, a debtera (exorcist) seeking a patron and Magnus Rochester, the handsome, eccentric heir who has been afflicted by the Evil Eye, this book is about a lot more than what meets the eye.
While the romance between Andi and Magnus did border on insta love, they had plenty of chemistry between them to make it believable.
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The Island of Missing Trees by Eli’s Shafak. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
So many 5 star reads in the latter half of the year. I really loved this touching, moving tale about forbidden love, grief, the violence inflected on and by humans, and trees.
The Island of Missing Trees by Eli’s Shafak. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
So many 5 star reads in the latter half of the year. I really loved this touching, moving tale about forbidden love, grief, the violence inflected on and by humans, and trees.
Weaving in and out of timelines, the book tells the forbidden love story of Kostos (a Greek Cypriot) and Defne (a Turkish Crypriot) as they fall in love in 1974, when the island of Cyprus is rife with tension and violence. Their love story is witnessed by a fig tree
in the Happy Fig Tavern. I love how gently Shafik handled the Turkish-Greek conflict in the book. Neither is good, neither is bad and she focuses on the harm the everlasting war had on ALL the people on the island.
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The Neighbor’s Secret by L. Alison Heller.
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Set in the idyllic Cottonwood Estates neighborhood, this book is about a group of suburban moms, their kids and all the secrets brewing in their lives.
The Neighbor’s Secret by L. Alison Heller.
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Set in the idyllic Cottonwood Estates neighborhood, this book is about a group of suburban moms, their kids and all the secrets brewing in their lives.
It’s a perfect fit for fans of Big Little Lies and Little Fires Everywhere. I love stories like this, in seemingly perfect neighborhood as these women mix and mingle while something simmers under the surface, bubbling until it reaches a boiling point. For fans of such
books, this is a perfect fit. I totally enjoyed it and found it unputtdownable.
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Dune by Frank Herbert
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An epic space odyssey that influenced the science fiction genre for decades to come.
I love how vivid and real the world felt, the themes of climate change, fanaticism, good vs evil, amongst other things.
Dune by Frank Herbert
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An epic space odyssey that influenced the science fiction genre for decades to come.
I love how vivid and real the world felt, the themes of climate change, fanaticism, good vs evil, amongst other things.
This is the first time I read a book in which each chapter actually went and back between different characters’ POV in the same scene! It took a bit of getting used to, but I think I still really enjoyed it.
The Bene Gesserict politics was easily the most fascinating thing, &
The Bene Gesserict politics was easily the most fascinating thing, &
Lady Jessica was my favorite character. The second half of the book did move at a startlingly different pace than the first half did, and that did take some getting used to, but I still was fully immersed in the epic ness of it all.
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Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland.
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Spanning generations, this fun, lighthearted book is about the Goldman and Weingold families, who ran the successful Catskills resort, the Golden Hotel.
Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland.
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Spanning generations, this fun, lighthearted book is about the Goldman and Weingold families, who ran the successful Catskills resort, the Golden Hotel.
But as years past and air travel picks up, the tourist traffic to the Golden winds down, and the two families gather for a week to discuss possibly selling their beloved hotel to people who want to convert it into a casino.
If you’re all about nostalgia and romanticizing your past like I am, this book is a perfect fit for you. It really takes you back to the era when the Catskills resorts thrived, when multiple families vacationed together all summer, before the era of internet.
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Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
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A scintillating, riveting final spooky book for October. I absolutely loved this book, and have read nothing like it before.
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
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A scintillating, riveting final spooky book for October. I absolutely loved this book, and have read nothing like it before.
Set in 1950s Mexico, the book is about Noemi, a spunky, charming young woman who receives a harrowing letter from her cousin & travels to check in on her in her husband’s spooky, gothic house. As she spends more time there, she discovers that all is not how it appears.
The book is a slowburn, simmering until it comes to a full boil. The mystery is intriguing, it’s scary and kept me at the edge of my seat the whole time. And let me tell you…the actual revelation is much scarier & creepier than anything your mind might conjure up.
#NidheyaReads The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
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A cozy horror-romcom about witches and curses in a witchy little town.
I really enjoyed the world building in this book. It really gave me cozy, fall/Halloween vibes which I absolutely love
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A cozy horror-romcom about witches and curses in a witchy little town.
I really enjoyed the world building in this book. It really gave me cozy, fall/Halloween vibes which I absolutely love
during this time of the year. The lead couple had great chemistry, and it was fun to see them fight their impulses and attraction to break the curse. Loved the themes of family and owning your power. Definitely a cozy fall read. (Yes, I know I’ve been using the word cozy a lot!)
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Beautiful World, Where Are You?
I nearly screamed in joy when I picked this up from the library!! Another Sally Rooney book, sounded like the perfect October/Fall read despite the lack of spookiness to it.
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Beautiful World, Where Are You?
I nearly screamed in joy when I picked this up from the library!! Another Sally Rooney book, sounded like the perfect October/Fall read despite the lack of spookiness to it.
Like Normal People & Conversations with Friends, Beautiful World also follows a few millennials as they try to define love, sex, relationships and the world around them.
The book is centered around Alice and Eileen, long time best friends, and the slow
The book is centered around Alice and Eileen, long time best friends, and the slow
simmering love affairs they have with Felix and Simon respectively. Most of the book interchanges between Alice & Eileen, interspersed with long emails between the two best friends.
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A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
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A Paula Hawkins book after FOREVER! I had to buy it the second I saw it at the bookstore!!
This one’s about the death of a young man (Daniel) and three women who were connected to him in different ways.
A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
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A Paula Hawkins book after FOREVER! I had to buy it the second I saw it at the bookstore!!
This one’s about the death of a young man (Daniel) and three women who were connected to him in different ways.
I found the three characters - Laura, Carla & Miriam intriguing. Very deeply flawed characters, who stood out from one another.
The ending was good as well, but I just felt like most of the story wasn’t about how Daniel died, but about the lives of the characters as the
The ending was good as well, but I just felt like most of the story wasn’t about how Daniel died, but about the lives of the characters as the
reveal lingered. It’s a different type of story, not what I expected.
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All Girls by Emily Layden.
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After a faculty member is accused of sexually assaulting an alumnae years ago, we see into the lives & perspectives of young girls in the Atwater Boarding school, as they face this news, & also contemplate their girlhood.
All Girls by Emily Layden.
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After a faculty member is accused of sexually assaulting an alumnae years ago, we see into the lives & perspectives of young girls in the Atwater Boarding school, as they face this news, & also contemplate their girlhood.
While this book is about sexual assault, imbalanced power dynamics between students and teachers and the establishments that fail to protect these young girls, it’s also really about girlhood. About being a teenage girl in a world that seems so much larger than her,
on the cusp of breaking into the real world, while also living when your emotions are most strong and raw and real. The uncertainty, the unbridled hope.
