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Posted on October 16, 2016

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Today I help end the blog tour with my review of T Today I help end the blog tour with my review of The Heart-Shapes Box by Lucy Kaufman! When does the second in the Series come out????

See my linktree for the link to the review on my site.

Novella Description:

The page-turning psychological thriller novella about infatuation, revenge and the lengths we will go to for love.

“She pressed her nose gingerly to the glass, peering unblinking through the viscous liquid at her gift.”

Victorian, rural Sussex. When headstrong daughter of a rector, Constance Timothy, receives a flurry of gifts in pretty little boxes from the charming, smouldering student doctor Smith Williams, her whole family anticipates a future betrothal.

Yet beneath the exquisite pastel lids and satin bows lie macabre secrets that entice Constance into a private world of obsession and darkness, where morality becomes blurred, loyalties are tested and unthinkable acts are possible.

One secret will shake the genteel world she knows to the core...

The first book of The Carousel of Curiosities series, this haunting novella is perfect for readers of Sarah Waters, Laura Purcell and Angela Carter.

#blogtour #TheHeartShapedBox #LucyKaufman @kaufmanlucy @rachelsrandomresources #novella #JessicasReadingRoom
Today I review The Wife Upstairs by Freida McFadde Today I review The Wife Upstairs by Freida McFadden. Similar concept to Verity, but they are different novels.

**See my linktree for the link to the review on my site.

Book Description:

Victoria Barnett has it all.

A great career. A handsome and loving husband. A beautiful home in the suburbs and a plan to fill it with children. Life is perfect—or so it seems.

Then she’s in a terrible accident… and everything falls apart.

Now Victoria is unable to walk. She can’t feed or dress herself. She can’t even speak. She is confined to the top floor of her house with twenty-four-hour care.

Sylvia Robinson is hired by Victoria’s husband to help care for her. But it turns out Victoria isn’t as impaired as Sylvia was led to believe. There’s a story Victoria desperately wants to tell... if only she could get out the words.

Then Sylvia discovers Victoria’s diary hidden away in a drawer.

And what’s inside is shocking.

#TheWifeUpstairs #FreidaMcFadden #2026reads #JessicasReadingRoom #girlswhoread
How did your January go? If you are reading more t How did your January go? If you are reading more than one, share both!

Mine are: The Good Samaritan and The Engagement Ring Killer.
❤️ Just not dark chocolate.... Too bad the new Scr ❤️ Just not dark chocolate.... Too bad the new Scream isn't out that weekend ! #AntiValentinesDay #Fridaythe13th #horrormovies #HappyValloween
Today I review a book that comes out in March. Thi Today I review a book that comes out in March. This one was my first 5 star review of the year and I am all but sure it will be in my 'Top 10 of 2026'! It is also a 'must listen' on audio!

**See my linktree for the link to the review on my site.

Book Description:

"Both a riveting mystery and a love story, This Story Might Save Your Life is one of the best thrillers I’ve read this year." —Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author of Listen for the Lie

“A heart-pounding thriller and a heart-melting romance, this is the most compelling novel I’ve read in years. Brace yourselves for a full body experience.” —Annabel Monaghan, New York Times bestselling author of It’s a Love Story

Benny Abbott and Joy Moore host one of the most beloved podcasts in the world. Each week, they delight listeners with a different “against all odds” survival story, gleefully finding the weird, life-affirming humor in near-death experiences. Since their first episode on Joy’s experience with severe narcolepsy, they’ve been the best friends everyone wants to befriend—and thanks to the meticulous management of Joy’s husband, Xander, they’ve built a lucrative empire.

The problem is, their next survival story may be their own. When Benny arrives at Joy and Xander’s one morning to record, he finds shattered glass and an empty house. The one clue shedding light on the couple’s disappearance is the incomplete, previously unseen first draft of Joy’s memoir. Benny will stop at nothing to find them, even as the police zero in on him as their prime suspect.

Millions of devoted listeners think they know the “real” Benny and Joy. But as the hours tick by, and the odds seem increasingly stacked against Joy and Xander being found alive, not even the most devoted fans could guess the terrible secrets their favorite famous BFFs have hidden from the world—and from each other.

#ThisStoryMightSaveYourLife #TiffanyCrum @bytiffanycrum  #2026reads #5stareview #JessicasReadinfRoom @macmillan.audio
I'm getting started a little late on this. It's an I'm getting started a little late on this. It's an advent book for Valentine's Day that lasts ALL month! 28 victims in 28 chapters in 28 days! It's available  on Amazon now!! 

Book Description: 

28 Days. 28 Chapters. 28 Women.

One killer hiding in plain sight.

The night of her engagement party, Mya’s engagement ring finger is severed in a violent incident. She staggers into the street covered in blood and is thrust into the spotlight. But as Valentine’s Day approaches, she’s not the only one, women across the city begin turning up mutilated—and murdered.

As fear spreads and secrets surface, Mya starts questioning every man in her life. One of them could be the Engagement Ring Killer. Things take a turn for the worst when one of the mutilated women turns up dead on Valentine’s Day, Mya realizes she didn’t just lose a finger, she could possibly lose her life.

This year, Valentine’s Day is all month long.

#TheEngagementRingKiller #adventbook #FranklinChristopher #ValentinesDayReading #JessicasReadingRoom
It’s February 2nd, so it is time to share what I r It’s February 2nd, so it is time to share what I read  in January. 

See my linktree for the link to see what was read, how many stars each received, and my ‘top rated’ and ‘lowest rated’ reads.

What did YOU read this month?

#readingwrapup #January2026reads #JessicasReadingRoom @fmcfaddenauthor @kaufmanlucy @bytiffanycrum @Justjuliawhelan
Today I am part of the blog tour for The Colletta Today I am part of the blog tour for The Colletta Cassettes by Bruno Noble. Today he gives a guest post and writes about cars! 

**See my linktree for the link to the post on my site.

Book Description:

The Colletta Cassettes is about a 16-year old boy, Sebastian, who falls in love on holiday in Italy, and about a retired CIA agent, Bravo, who recants his role in America’s covert paramilitary operations and in the rigging of elections in post-WW2 Italy. 

Operation Gladio was the codename for Italy’s clandestine ’stay-behind’ army that was created by the CIA and NATO after WW2. It was deployed to spread fear of communism in Italy by means of targeted assassinations and supposedly random acts of terror. 

The Colletta Cassettes is both a coming-of-age story and a historical novel, with the weightier theme of CIA and Mafia involvement in state crimes carried by the lighter, cheerful story of a family on holiday and a young boy falling in love. 

The novel is set in 1978 during the football World Cup in Argentina, just after the assassination of Aldo Moro, the Italian premier. 

The setting is stunning: Colletta has been named one of the 100 most beautiful villages in Italy, and the novel, with its strong emphasis on place, smells and food, is heavy on atmosphere.

#blogtour #BrunoNoble #TheColletaCassettes @inkspotpub @rachelsrandomresources #AuthorGuestPost #JessicasReadingRoom
Everyone that's in this storm's path currently and Everyone that's in this storm's path currently and my fellow Georgian's who are going to face it: Stay safe tomorrow night into Sunday morning! Please let this ice not be really bad. May your power not go out for too long. Stay safe and warm! Have a book or two on hand!

#Georgiaweather #GeorgiaStorm2026 #itsICEthatstheproblem #iceicebaby
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