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Posted on October 16, 2016

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Today I review A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage Today I review A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage by Asia MacKay. I enjoyed this one! 

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

Book Description:

Two former serial killers trying to keep their past buried realize that old habits die hard in this “wildly original, razor-sharp thriller” (Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestsellingauthor of All the Colors of the Dark).

I wasn't smashing the patriarchy; I was killing it. Literally.

Hazel and Fox are an ordinary married couple with a baby. Except for one small thing: they're murderers. Well, they used to be. They had it all. An enviable London lifestyle, five-star travels, and plenty of bad men to rid from the world. Then Hazel got pregnant.

Now, they’re just another mom-and-dad-and-baby. They gave up vigilante justice for life in the suburbs: arranged play dates instead of body disposals, diapers over daggers, mommy conversations instead of the sweet seduction right before a kill. Hazel finds her new life terribly dull. And the more she forces herself to play her monotonous, predictable role, the more she begins to feel that murderous itch again.

Meanwhile, Fox has really taken to being a father. Always the planner, he loves being five steps ahead of everyone and knowing exactly what’s coming around the bend. Plus, if anyone can understand Hazel needing one more kill, it’s Fox. But then Hazel kills someone without telling Fox. And when police show up at their door, Hazel realizes it will take everything she has to keep her family together.

#ASerialKillersGuidetoMarriage #AsiaMacKay @asia.mackay #2025reads #bookworm #booknerd #bookdragon #girlsthatread #girlswhoread #jessicasreadingroom
Today I review Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera. Today I review Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera. This one needs to be listened to as it has a podcast in the novel!

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

Book Description:

What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn't matter?

After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer. Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all, and if you believe the rumors, especially popular with the men in town. It’s been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can’t remember anything about, and she has since moved to LA and started a new life.

But now the phenomenally huge hit true crime podcast "Listen for the Lie," and its too-good looking host Ben Owens, have decided to investigate Savvy’s murder for the show’s second season. Lucy is forced to return to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend’s murder, even if she is the one that did it.

The truth is out there, if we just listen.

#ListenfortheLie #AmyTintera #podcastinabook #2025reads #bookworm #booknerd #bookdragon #girlswhoread #JessicasReadingRoom
Today I review a re-read of book two ( though it's Today I review a re-read of book two ( though it's technically a prequel) of my favorite series! I just love reading in this DeathCast World! 

Pictured is my Barnes and Noble special edition! 

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

Book Description:

In this prequel to the bestselling phenomenon They Both Die at the End, two new strangers spend a life-changing day together after Death-Cast first makes their fateful calls. #1 New York Times bestseller!

It’s the night before Death-Cast goes live, and there’s one question on everyone’s mind: Can Death-Cast actually predict when someone will die, or is it just an elaborate hoax?

Orion Pagan has waited years for someone to tell him that he’s going to die. He has a serious heart condition, and he signed up for Death-Cast so he could know what’s coming.

Valentino Prince is restarting his life in New York. He has a long and promising future ahead and he only registered for Death-Cast after his twin sister nearly died in a car accident.

Orion and Valentino cross paths in Times Square and immediately feel a deep connection. But when the first round of End Day calls goes out, their lives are changed forever—one of them receives a call, and the other doesn’t. Though neither boy is certain how the day will end, they know they want to spend it together…even if that means their goodbye will be heartbreaking.

Told with acclaimed author Adam Silvera’s signature bittersweet touch, this story celebrates the lasting impact that people have on each other and proves that life is always worth living to the fullest.

#TheFirstToDieattheEnd #AdamSilvera @adamsilvera #TBDATE #prequel #YA #LGBTQ #DeathCast #favoriteseries #5stars #5starread #5starreview #bookworm #bookdragon #booknerd #girlswhoread #JessicasReadingRoom
Today I review a memoir: My Next Breath by Jeremy Today I review a memoir:  My Next Breath by Jeremy Renner. A book he admits he did not want to write but did. And I gave this memoir 5 stars.  I listened to the audio which is enhanced with the 911 call that occured.

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

Book Description:

Two-time Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner was the second-most-googled person in 2023—and not for his impressive filmography. His searing portrayals on film ranged from an Iraq-based army bomb technician in The Hurt Locker and a Boston bank robber in The Town to a crooked Camden mayor in American Hustle before he became heir to the Jason Bourne franchise (The Bourne Legacy). Amongst other iconic roles, he also captured hearts as fan-favorite comic book marksman Hawkeye in seven Marvel films.

Yet, his otherworldly success on-screen faded to the periphery when a fourteen-thousand-pound snowplow crushed him on New Year’s Day 2023. Somehow able to keep breathing for more than half an hour, he was subsequently rushed to the ICU, after which he would face multiple surgeries and months of painful rehabilitation.

In this debut memoir, Jeremy describes in blistering detail his accident and the aftermath. This retelling is not merely a gruesome account of what happened to him; it’s a call to action and a forged companionship between listener and author as Jeremy recounts his recovery journey and reflects on the impact of his suffering. Ultimately, Jeremy’s memoir is a testament to the human spirit and its capacity to endure, evolve, and find purpose in the face of unimaginable adversity. His writing captures the essence of profound transformation, exploring the delicate interplay between vulnerability and strength, despair and hope, redemption and renewal.

#MyNextBreath #JeremyRenner @jeremyrenner #memoir #2025reads #bookworm #booknerd #bookdragon #audiobook #listentotheaudio #5stars #5starread #5starreview #girlswhoread #JessicasReadingRoom
Happy fourth! #July4th #july4thweekend #independe Happy fourth!

#July4th #july4thweekend #independenceday
Hello July: It is time to share what I read in Jun Hello July: It is time to share what I read in June!  And we have an upcoming holiday weekend! I am ready for that, I just wish it was not as hot as it is here in Georgia!

See my linktree for the link to see what was read, how many stars each received, and my ‘most favorite’ and ‘least favorite’ read.

What did YOU read in June?

#readingwrapup #June2025reads #JUneWrapUp #WhatIRead #bookworm #booknerd #bookdragon #JessicasReadingRoom  #TheFatherDoesNotDieattheEnd #AdamSilvera @adamsilvera  #SoHappyTogether #OliviaWorley  #TheLostGirls  #JMCannon  #DeathRow #FreidaMcFadden #ASerialKillersGuidetoMarriage #AsiaMackay  #ListenfortheLie #AmyTintera @amytintera
It's Short Story Sunday! Today I review Death Ro It's Short Story Sunday! 

Today I review Death Row by Freida McFadden.  I am a fan of hers, but the twist in this short story didn't work for me.

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

Short Story Description:

With all hope of an appeal fading away, the fate of a condemned murderess takes a shocking turn in a breathtaking short story.

Talia Kemper is on death row for murdering her husband. She had an alibi and no known motive, yet Talia’s unwavering protestations of innocence have always been ignored. Then one day in the visiting area, she sees a recognizable stranger she’s certain is her husband. It turns out the man she’s been convicted of killing may not be dead after all. But as the days tick away toward Talia’s execution, what will it take for her to be believed?

Freida McFadden’s Death Row is part of Alibis, a collection of stories about lies, truth, and deception. It’s just a matter of what you can get away with. They can be read or listened to in one sitting.

#DeathRow #FreidaMcFadden #2025reads #ShortStorySunday #ShortStory #bookworm #bookdragon #booknerd #girlswhoread #JessicasReadingRoom
This was on Facebook and I 1000% agree: I'll take This was on Facebook and I 1000% agree:  I'll take the cold anytime! Same with mountains over the beach! I'm hot most of the time now anyways #perimenopause #stayinside #truth
Today I review The Lost Girls by J.M. Cannon. See Today I review The Lost Girls by J.M. Cannon.

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

Book Description:

Three missing girls. Two days to find the truth. One woman's race against time . . .

Charleston, South Carolina. Four years ago.

Three girls disappear into the night. One by one they go missing, never to be seen again. No witnesses, no leads, nothing.

The only thing they had in common? An uneasy sense of being watched in the days before they vanished. Noises in the night, and boot prints in the flower beds outside their bedroom windows . . .

Today.

One of the lost girls was Anna Klein's best friend. With no body, the case went cold. But Anna never stopped looking for Sylvie - or whoever took her.

Now, four years later, Anna finally has a lead when a body turns up in an abandoned mansion. She has to is it Sylvie? But time is running out. As the storm of the century threatens the whole East Coast, the clock is ticking to find the answers before this trail goes cold.

Can Anna find Sylvie and the other girls before they're lost forever?

 Previously published as The Flash Girls.

#TheLostGirls #JMCannon #thriller #2025reads #bookdragon #bookworm #booknerd #girlswhoread #JessicasReadingRoom
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