March 2026

March in a Nutshell

That’s a Wrap! Just like that, the first quarter of 2026 is behind us. How are you doing with your reading goals? I’ve found that now that both girls have moved out, I suddenly have a lot more time to myself—and I’m definitely reading more because of it. As I’m writing this post, I’m already […]

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Review Final Girls

Title: FINAL GIRLS Author: RILEY SAGER ISBN: 9781785034039 Publisher: Random House Pages: 343 Source:  Private Copy Ten years ago, college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back alone, the only survivor of a horror movie–scale massacre. In an instant, she became a member of a club no one wants to

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Review That Day by the Pool

Title: THAT DAY BY THE POOL Author: GILES FRASER ISBN: 9781836286097 Publisher: TROUBADOUR BOOKS Pages: 369 Source: Review copy from the publisher Blog Tour Organised by Random Things Tours If something has been covered up for eighty years, someone, somewhere knows why….. One cold January weekend in 2019, Nicole Weymouth and her fiancé, Dan, visit

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Review: One Dark Night

Title: ONE DARK NIGHT Author: Hannah Richell ISBN: 9781668081945   Publisher: Simon and Schuster Pages: 384 Source: Review copy from publisher Blog Tour Organised by Random Things Tours When a body is found the day after Halloween, a small British community must reckon with its past and the dangers lurking in its present in this spine-tingling

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Review Random

Title: RANDOM Author: CRAIG ROBERTSON ISBN: 9781847377296 Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER Pages: 329 Source: Gifted Signed Copy (Tristan) Glasgow is being terrorised by a serial killer, the media have nicknamed The Cutter. The murders have left the police baffled. There seems to be neither rhyme nor reason behind the killings; no kind of pattern or

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Review 51%

Title: 51% Author: MATT WITTEN ISBN: 9798898201739 Publisher: Level Best Books Pages: 354 Source: ARC from Author In a future where corporations own everything—including people—one murder could ignite a revolution.  Twenty years from now, the United States is completely privatized. The Big Six syndicates own schools, roads, police departments… even human beings.  When a young

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Review Good Sister, Bad Sister

Title: GOOD SISTER, BAD SISTER Author: JILL CHILDS ISBN: 9781805572862 Publisher: Boldwood Books Pages: 251 Source: NetGalley When Arabella learns she was adopted, her perfect life begins to crack. A lost birth mother, an unknown twin, and rising jealousy pull her into a spiral of obsession.Helen, starting over in a quiet Cornish town, meets Arabella by chance.

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Review Ward D

Title: WARD D Author: FREIDA McFADDEN ISBN: 9781464227271 Publisher: Poison Pen Press Pages: 320 Source: Private Copy – Gift from Alicia Medical student Amy Brenner is spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward.Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospital’s inpatient mental health unit. There are very specific reasons why she

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Review The Only One Left

Title: THE ONLY ONE LEFT Author: RILEY SAGER ISBN: 9781399712378 Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Pages: 383 Source: Private Copy (Gift) Everyone believes that Lenora Hope is a mass murderer.When the Hope family was massacred decades ago, she was the only one left after that tragic night.Mute, paralysed and confined to a wheelchair, Lenora has never

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