It has been around 3 months since I last posted. It has been difficult to pick up a book, any book, for some time, for no other reason than being in a funk. I think sometimes you find yourself not really drawn to anything, even books, my one true love. Fortunately, I had this little number lying around to get me out of the funk.

Laura Blacklock (who goes by Lo) is a writer at Velocity, a small travel magazine, after her editor goes on maternity leave she realizes it's the perfect opportunity to show her talents and go for the promotion she has been chasing for years.

I have plenty of books. Many of them I have received as gifts and some were given to me by my coworker. Needless to say, I had this book for a long time before I decided to pick it up and give it a read. My primary mission this year is to read all my paperbacks, so I can finally give them away and/or donate them. Which is why, when I picked up “Before I Let Go” by Marieke Nijkamp, and looked at the enticing cover that gave off murder-mystery-in-a-small-cold-town vibes, I was sold.

After devouring the first installment (and only learning about the second installment a month ago!) I jumped into the second adventure!

I have to preface this by saying, I absolutely love Freida McFadden, her books are so entertaining and always have a surprising twist. My favorite thing to do is just grab one of her books and cozy up on the couch.

Goodreads gives many of Mary Kubica’s books high reviews, so I was excited when I picked up Local Woman Missing. Unfortunately, this book was not as thrilling as I expecting it to be.

I started off 2024 with a nice thriller, The Night Shift by Alex Finlay.

During New Year's Eve, in 1999, a brutal attack to the night shift staff of a Blockbuster Video leaves three dead and one injured. Police quickly detain a suspect, Vince Whitaker, who makes bail and promptly flees, never to be seen again.

Happy New Year to you all! This year I have made it my mission–no my job–to review every book that I pick up. I have been planning to do this for a while, but simply kept postponing it longer and longer, until suddenly, the goal was so out of focus that I forgot all about it.