Booked and Busy

In the last few years, I’ve reignited my love of reading. Like most people, I’ve been tracking the books I’ve read and the books I want to read (TBR) via Goodreads and Storygraph. And as much as I love being able to have the information ready, I’ve been longing to track things in an analog way. This year I decided to keep a book journal.

I’m kind of impressed that I’ve been able to keep it for three months. More than that, I actually enjoy it!

So far, it’s just been basic stats, short reviews, and lists of books I’d like to read but I love having a place where I can put all of my bookish thoughts.

Join me on Goodreads and Storygraph

October Book Chat|| Thrill Me

I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump lately. I’ve read lots of ok books but nothing that really wowed me. October is spooky season and there’s something about the fall that makes me want to light candles, make a giant cup of coffee, and settle in with a fantastic thriller!

Last winter I discovered Samantha Downing by reading her first book, My Lovely Wife. That book shook me like Gone Girl and Sharp Objects. Gillian Flynn walked so that Samantha Downing could run! Her second book He Started It was just as twisty as the first. She has a thing for sinister family dynamics, unreliable narrators, and unlikeable characters that are very compelling. I just finished her latest novel, For Your Own Good. It’s a thriller set at a prestigious private school where people suddenly start dying. It’s very heavy on the unlikeable characters. You’ve been warned! As a graduate of a prestigious private school, I’m not saying that I wished death on a classmate but I wouldn’t have been upset if a wicked bout of Mono rendered a few of them unable to attend school for the rest of the year…I’m just sayin’

I have a few more thrillers on my TBR for the rest of the year. Have you read anything good lately?