First Line Fridays is hosted by Hoarding Books where we share the first line or lines of a book we are currently reading or going to read. The forest had claws and teeth. FINAL GIRLS BY RILEY SAGER Ten years ago, college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back alone,…
Blog Tour: Dear Mr. Pop Star by Derek & Dave Philpott
Genre: Comedy, Humor Pub Date: September 20, 2018 My Thoughts.. Have you ever written a letter to your favourite singer, band or celebrity? This was like the British version of Saturday Night Live meets Punked. Funny & witty. This book is composed of comedic letters written to various artists in response to either one of…
Book Review: The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager #OverhypedBooks
Genre: Mystery & Thrillers My rating: ⭐⭐ 1/2 What It’s About.. Two Truths and a Lie. The girls played it all the time in their tiny cabin at Camp Nightingale. Vivian, Natalie, Allison, and first-time camper Emma Davis, the youngest of the group. The games ended when Emma sleepily watched the others sneak out of…
Book Review: My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton & Jodi Meadows @HarperTeen @CynthiaHand @BrodiAshton
Genre: YA, Historical Fiction My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What It’s About.. Edward (long live the king) is the King of England. He’s also dying, which is inconvenient, as he’s only sixteen and he’d much rather be planning for his first kiss than considering who will inherit his crown… Jane (reads too many books) is Edward’s cousin,…
Blog Tour: Z Goes First by Sean Lamb, Illustrated by Mike Perry
Genre: Children’s Fiction My Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 My Thoughts.. A fun and colorful way to teach little ones the alphabet. My 4 year old son has zero interest in story time, but this..he was interested in! Anything to do with letters and numbers, he’s on it! I loved how the author made it enjoyable to read…
First Line Fridays
Can you guess which book this is from? You may think you know the story. It goes like this: once upon a time, there was a sixteen-year-old girl named Jane Grey, who was forced to marry a complete stranger (Lord Guildford or Gilford or Gifford-something-or-other), and shortly thereafter found herself ruler of a country. First…
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
**Special thanks to Harper Collins Canada & Stuart Turton for my HCC First Look copy** The truth isn’t always kindness –Evelyn Hardcastle Genre: Mystery & Thrillers My Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Pub Date: Sept 18, 2018 What It’s About.. At a gala party thrown by her parents, Evelyn Hardcastle will be killed–again. She’s been murdered hundreds of…
