I was a little jealous of Allegra's chance to make as much money as she does right out of school, while living in NYC, and "living the dream." But like anything, once you take a look under the surface, things are anything but a dream.
Tag: novel
Small Spaces: pleasant middle grade read
This was a pleasant middle grade read! Though the premise, strange old ghost-like creature controlling scarecrows, seems ordinary, the writing made the book.
31 Days of Spooky Reads: Rule #1: Tell a lie…Rule #3: Don’t get caught
3 stars “A wall, after all, isn’t just about keeping others out. It can also be for trapping people inside.”
31 Days of Spooky Reads: White is for Witching
Is this a haunted house book, or are its inhabitants the ones who haunt themselves? It's hard to tell.
31 Days of Spooky Reads: Craven Manor
Craven Manor was a (heartwarming?) haunted house novel.
31 Days of Spooky Reads: Seed
Seed was a creepy, unnerving book on the curse of familial demonic possession.
31 Days of Spooky Reads: Everything I Never Told You
A fantastic read that takes you on an emotional roller coaster, Everything I Never Told You is one part thriller, one part human study.
Want green card, will marry: The Prenup, a novel
I love how the couple grows--of course, it's all cliche, he being a reserved, brooding man, and she a friendly, bubbly woman. But there's something about the two of them together that had me reading the book all day long. And of course, there's drama. And the drama really spiced things up a bit.
This Is How You Lose the Time War
Confusing and meandering, I couldn't get into it, unfortunately.
Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng weaves a deft story, and it's one that's thought-provoking and has you taking the sides of different characters, only to swing back around and wonder if you're being fair in taking sides.