I can't write books so I review them instead
I received this novel as an advanced copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Aliki is a lamenter, one who mourns and celebrates the passing of life. She is the last of her kind, part of a Greece that is evolving and moving away from its rural culture. When an American researcher asks…
I received this novel as an advanced copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. It’s rare to come across a book that explores the relationship between a father and his daughter. Most books focus on mother and son or mother and daughter, but showcasing the father’s role in the upbringing of his child…
Having taken various psychology courses in my undergrad, I’ve always been a bit wary of anything that has to do with social experiments. There are so many instances where things can go wrong and it all just seems so risky. I really thought that the social experiment mentioned in this book was an interesting one…
I received this novel as an advanced copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I love ghost stories. Pretty much anything that can make me feel scared at night is going to be of interest to me. I love ghost stories or supernatural stories that will scare me to death, but I also…
I received this novel as an advanced copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Meredith Oliver is not friends with Lisa Bellow. Meredith is unspectacular and Lisa is the most popular girl in middle school. It just so happens that they both are in a sandwich shop at the same time. But then…
One of the things that got me interested in this novel was that the author is a neuroscientist. Seeing as how I am currently doing research in neuroscience, I was interested to see how he would take his science background to create this science fiction novel. I also liked the fact that the novel was…
This is a novel that caught my eye when I was at my local bookstore. I remember seeing its cover, reading its title, and then reaching over to grab the book and read the premise on its back cover. It hooked me. I wasn’t able to buy it that day but it stayed in my…
I received this novel as an advanced copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. A parent’s worst nightmare comes true: Judge Scott Sampson is about to pick up his 6-year-old twins on an ordinary Wednesday afternoon when his wife, Alison, texts him to say she will be picking them up instead. It isn’t…
There are a few books that capture your interest right away just with their cover and title. That was my experience with this novel. Without even having read the synopsis, I knew I wanted to read this novel. When I received the ARC of it, I was ecstatic and jumped right in without reading the…
My favorite stories are the ones that take terrible events or crimes and look at it from a different perspective. It makes one think and connect more to the various players both in the forefront and in the background of the incident. I like these kinds of novels because they make my realize my own…