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Hello Everyone,
Read:
1. The Wife Upstairs by Freida McFadden
2. Bite the Woman That Feeds by Penelope Barsetti
3. The Bookstore Sisters by Alice Hoffman
4. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
5. I Married a Mothman by Regine Abel
6. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
7. Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
8. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
9. Guarded by the Snake by Layla Fae
10. Guarded by the Yeti by Cara Wylde
11. Starling House by Alix Harrow
12. I Married a Catman by Regine Abel
13. The Last Word by Taylor Adams
14. I Married Amreth by Regine Adel
15. Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
16. The Wives by Tarryn Fisher
17. Angel Falls by Kristin Hannah
18. Paris for One and Other Stories by Jojo Moyes
19. Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives and Out Lives Change Our Genes by Sharon Moalem
20. Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
21. Extinction by Douglas Preston
22. The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
23. My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
24. Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
25. Callum by Addison James
26. Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey
27. November 9 by Colleen Hoover
28. The Maid by Nita Prose
29. A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow
30. The Wedding People by Alison Espach
31. Pestilence by Laura Thalassa
32. War by Laura THalassa
33. The Time Traverler's Gift by Andy Andrews
34. Famine by Laura Thalassa
35. Death by Laura THalassa
36. Twisted Devotion by Poppy St. John
37. Bride by Ali Hazelwood
38. One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
39. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
40. Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
Currently Reading:
Fable by Adrienne Young
Read:
1. The Wife Upstairs by Freida McFadden
2. Bite the Woman That Feeds by Penelope Barsetti
3. The Bookstore Sisters by Alice Hoffman
4. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
5. I Married a Mothman by Regine Abel
6. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
7. Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
8. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
9. Guarded by the Snake by Layla Fae
10. Guarded by the Yeti by Cara Wylde
11. Starling House by Alix Harrow
12. I Married a Catman by Regine Abel
13. The Last Word by Taylor Adams
14. I Married Amreth by Regine Adel
15. Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
16. The Wives by Tarryn Fisher
17. Angel Falls by Kristin Hannah
18. Paris for One and Other Stories by Jojo Moyes
19. Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives and Out Lives Change Our Genes by Sharon Moalem
20. Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
21. Extinction by Douglas Preston
22. The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
23. My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
24. Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
25. Callum by Addison James
26. Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey
27. November 9 by Colleen Hoover
28. The Maid by Nita Prose
29. A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow
30. The Wedding People by Alison Espach
31. Pestilence by Laura Thalassa
32. War by Laura THalassa
33. The Time Traverler's Gift by Andy Andrews
34. Famine by Laura Thalassa
35. Death by Laura THalassa
36. Twisted Devotion by Poppy St. John
37. Bride by Ali Hazelwood
38. One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
39. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
40. Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
Currently Reading:
Fable by Adrienne Young
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1. The Wife Upstairs by Freida McFadden
3.75 of 5 stars
Thriller
Prime- Kindle
2. Bite the Woman That Feeds by Penelope Barsetti
4 of 5 stars
Romantasy
Prime - Kindle
3. The Bookstore Sisters by Alice Hoffman
3 of 5 stars
Novella
Prime- Kindle
4. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
On Shelve since 12/31/2019
Highly recommend. What are the lives of Victorian Era woman like? This is the story of the woman preyed upon by Jack the Ripper as the daughter, wives and mothers they were. It is a story that will stick with you. Amazingly researched! I was astonished on how much information could be compiled this far removed in time.
Amazon Description:
Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
Five devastating human stories and a dark and moving portrait of Victorian London—the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper.
Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary-Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met. They came from Fleet Street, Knightsbridge, Wolverhampton, Sweden, and Wales. They wrote ballads, ran coffee houses, lived on country estates, they breathed ink-dust from printing presses and escaped people-traffickers.
What they had in common was the year of their murders: 1888. The person responsible was never identified, but the character created by the press to fill that gap has become far more famous than any of these five women.
For more than a century, newspapers have been keen to tell us that "the Ripper" preyed on prostitutes. Not only is this untrue, as historian Hallie Rubenhold has discovered, it has prevented the real stories of these fascinating women from being told. Now, in this devastating narrative of five lives, Rubenhold finally sets the record straight, revealing a world not just of Dickens and Queen Victoria, but of poverty, homelessness and rampant misogyny. They died because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time—but their greatest misfortune was to be born a woman
3.75 of 5 stars
Thriller
Prime- Kindle
2. Bite the Woman That Feeds by Penelope Barsetti
4 of 5 stars
Romantasy
Prime - Kindle
3. The Bookstore Sisters by Alice Hoffman
3 of 5 stars
Novella
Prime- Kindle
4. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
On Shelve since 12/31/2019
Highly recommend. What are the lives of Victorian Era woman like? This is the story of the woman preyed upon by Jack the Ripper as the daughter, wives and mothers they were. It is a story that will stick with you. Amazingly researched! I was astonished on how much information could be compiled this far removed in time.
Amazon Description:
Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
Five devastating human stories and a dark and moving portrait of Victorian London—the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper.
Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary-Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met. They came from Fleet Street, Knightsbridge, Wolverhampton, Sweden, and Wales. They wrote ballads, ran coffee houses, lived on country estates, they breathed ink-dust from printing presses and escaped people-traffickers.
What they had in common was the year of their murders: 1888. The person responsible was never identified, but the character created by the press to fill that gap has become far more famous than any of these five women.
For more than a century, newspapers have been keen to tell us that "the Ripper" preyed on prostitutes. Not only is this untrue, as historian Hallie Rubenhold has discovered, it has prevented the real stories of these fascinating women from being told. Now, in this devastating narrative of five lives, Rubenhold finally sets the record straight, revealing a world not just of Dickens and Queen Victoria, but of poverty, homelessness and rampant misogyny. They died because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time—but their greatest misfortune was to be born a woman
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Book 5.
I Married a Mothman by Regine Abel
4 of 5 stars
I love this series. Every time a new book is released, I will read it. A light heart romance.
Description:
He’s everything she never knew she wanted.
When Venus embarked on a luxury cruise, she never expected to rescue a young Promethean demi-god—or that he’d bind her as his guardian. Now stranded on his primitive planet, she agrees to a temporary marriage of convenience to Atlas, the Commander of the Black Guard, in exchange for protection against those hellbent on seizing control of the youngling in her care. Against all odds, she finds herself falling for the sweet and honorable Atlas—antennae, scales, wings and all.
She is his light, his impossible dream.
As an Achromatic Promethean, Atlas has accepted that his society considers him lower than dirt, until the arrival of a fascinating human turns his life upside down. When forced to pick a husband, Venus not only chooses him over the elite, but treats him with a kindness and respect he’s never experienced. As they join forces to thwart a threat to his people, her intelligence, beauty, and fierceness soon stir in him desires forbidden to his kind.
In their dire race against the clock, will Venus and Atlas solve the mystery of the impending cataclysm, or will it destroy everything, including the impossible happiness blossoming between them?
I Married a Mothman by Regine Abel
4 of 5 stars
I love this series. Every time a new book is released, I will read it. A light heart romance.
Description:
He’s everything she never knew she wanted.
When Venus embarked on a luxury cruise, she never expected to rescue a young Promethean demi-god—or that he’d bind her as his guardian. Now stranded on his primitive planet, she agrees to a temporary marriage of convenience to Atlas, the Commander of the Black Guard, in exchange for protection against those hellbent on seizing control of the youngling in her care. Against all odds, she finds herself falling for the sweet and honorable Atlas—antennae, scales, wings and all.
She is his light, his impossible dream.
As an Achromatic Promethean, Atlas has accepted that his society considers him lower than dirt, until the arrival of a fascinating human turns his life upside down. When forced to pick a husband, Venus not only chooses him over the elite, but treats him with a kindness and respect he’s never experienced. As they join forces to thwart a threat to his people, her intelligence, beauty, and fierceness soon stir in him desires forbidden to his kind.
In their dire race against the clock, will Venus and Atlas solve the mystery of the impending cataclysm, or will it destroy everything, including the impossible happiness blossoming between them?
5deep220
Rereading books 1 and 2 before reading Onyx Storm.
Book 6
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
4 of 5 stars
Book 7
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
4 of 5 stars
Book 6
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
4 of 5 stars
Book 7
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
4 of 5 stars
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>3 deep220: I agree with your rating of The Wife Upstairs. I read it a couple years ago and it was fine enough but not great. Happy reading!
8deep220
Book 37
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
4 of 5 stars
Slow start but then I was hooked.
Amazon Description:
Elspeth needs a monster. The monster might be her.
Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom of Blunder—she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. He protects her. He keeps her secrets.
But nothing comes for free, especially magic.
When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, her life takes a drastic turn. Thrust into a world of shadow and deception, she joins a dangerous quest to cure Blunder from the dark magic infecting it. And the highwayman? He just so happens to be the King’s nephew, Captain of the most dangerous men in Blunder…and guilty of high treason.
Together they must gather twelve Providence Cards—the keys to the cure. But as the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly taking over her mind. And she might not be able to stop him.
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
4 of 5 stars
Slow start but then I was hooked.
Amazon Description:
Elspeth needs a monster. The monster might be her.
Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom of Blunder—she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. He protects her. He keeps her secrets.
But nothing comes for free, especially magic.
When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, her life takes a drastic turn. Thrust into a world of shadow and deception, she joins a dangerous quest to cure Blunder from the dark magic infecting it. And the highwayman? He just so happens to be the King’s nephew, Captain of the most dangerous men in Blunder…and guilty of high treason.
Together they must gather twelve Providence Cards—the keys to the cure. But as the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly taking over her mind. And she might not be able to stop him.
9deep220
book 38
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
4.5 of 5 stars
Couldn't put it down! Can't wait until book 2.
Amazon Description:
A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love, Theoretically and The Love Hypothesis.
Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast—again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold a historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres, and she sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchange—again...
Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. It’s clear from the way he tracks Misery’s every movement that he doesn’t trust her. If only he knew how right he was….
Because Misery has her own reasons to agree to this marriage of convenience, reasons that have nothing to do with politics or alliances, and everything to do with the only thing she's ever cared about. And she is willing to do whatever it takes to get back what’s hers, even if it means a life alone in Were territory…alone with the wolf.
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
4.5 of 5 stars
Couldn't put it down! Can't wait until book 2.
Amazon Description:
A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love, Theoretically and The Love Hypothesis.
Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast—again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold a historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres, and she sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchange—again...
Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. It’s clear from the way he tracks Misery’s every movement that he doesn’t trust her. If only he knew how right he was….
Because Misery has her own reasons to agree to this marriage of convenience, reasons that have nothing to do with politics or alliances, and everything to do with the only thing she's ever cared about. And she is willing to do whatever it takes to get back what’s hers, even if it means a life alone in Were territory…alone with the wolf.
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Book 39
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
4 of 5 stars
Amazon Description
Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?
Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.
Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the ‘80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story near its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
4 of 5 stars
Amazon Description
Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?
Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.
Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the ‘80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story near its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.
