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My Top Reads of 2022 📚
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items Some of the best books I have read in 2022. Incredible reads!
Have you ever had a book hangover? Where you can't start another book because you are still living in the most recent book you read? You constantly think about it even after the last page is finished? The emotions you experienced while reading it sti...
I had to take a while to think about this review because I know anything that I write, won't give justice to this incredible book.
A History of Wild Places is about a man named Travis Wren who is hired as a last ditch effort to find Maggie St James, a children's author who has gone missing. Travis is known for his psychic abilities and is able to see "after images" or memories...
Ernshaw has such a rich and beautiful writing style, you feel mesmerized by the words on the page and transported in to this confusing, but also, enchanting and wild place. With this gorgeous prose, she invokes a sense of dread and darkness through...
If you are fascinated with commune living/cults, nature, the PNW wilderness you should go pick this up ASAP. If you want a tense, atmospheric, and mysterious read.... GO BUY THIS BOOK! I will never stop reccomending this one. As with all of the boo...
I'm sad that it is over and need so much more of this book. I want to read it over and over again. It is absolutely a new five-star favorite and it will remain displayed on my shelf, as it is truly a work of art.
Thank you Shea Ernshaw for creating a truly amazing reading experience for me. You are a new favorite author and I have purchased all of your other books immediately after reading A History of Wild Places. I cannot wait to dive into them! (I am mos...
I had to take a while to think about this review because I know anything that I write, won't give justice to this incredible book.
A History of Wild Places is about a man named Travis Wren who is hired as a last ditch effort to find Maggie St James, a children's author who has gone missing. Travis is known for his psychic abilities and is able to see "after images" or memories...
Ernshaw has such a rich and beautiful writing style, you feel mesmerized by the words on the page and transported in to this confusing, but also, enchanting and wild place. With this gorgeous prose, she invokes a sense of dread and darkness through...
If you are fascinated with commune living/cults, nature, the PNW wilderness you should go pick this up ASAP. If you want a tense, atmospheric, and mysterious read.... GO BUY THIS BOOK! I will never stop reccomending this one. As with all of the boo...
I'm sad that it is over and need so much more of this book. I want to read it over and over again. It is absolutely a new five-star favorite and it will remain displayed on my shelf, as it is truly a work of art.
Thank you Shea Ernshaw for creating a truly amazing reading experience for me. You are a new favorite author and I have purchased all of your other books immediately after reading A History of Wild Places. I cannot wait to dive into them! (I am mos...
A History of Wild Places: A Novel Hardcover
Summary: Mallory Quinn is fresh out of rehab looking for a new start. She takes a job as a nanny for Ted and Caroline Maxwell, looking after their five year old son Teddy. Teddy loves to draw, but one day Mallory discovers that he has drawn a man ...
Thoughts: This was such a unique thriller! I couldn't put it down. It starts a bit slow, but near the middle to the end my mind was being blown with the turn of every page. I couldn't finish it fast enough because I was so shocked by all the twis...
Thank you Flatiron Books and Jason Rekulak for the ARC. All opinions are my own.
Thoughts: This was such a unique thriller! I couldn't put it down. It starts a bit slow, but near the middle to the end my mind was being blown with the turn of every page. I couldn't finish it fast enough because I was so shocked by all the twis...
Thank you Flatiron Books and Jason Rekulak for the ARC. All opinions are my own.
Hidden Pictures: A Novel - Jason Rekulak
I had to dwell on this one for a bit as I believe anything I might say about this book, just won't do it justice.
My chest is heavy from the emotions this book invoked. I sobbed. I feel like Danya Kukafka opened a giant wound. What a raw, haunting, and incredibly beautiful book this was. So intensly powerful, and the prose was just gorgeous. Absolutely a five ...
My chest is heavy from the emotions this book invoked. I sobbed. I feel like Danya Kukafka opened a giant wound. What a raw, haunting, and incredibly beautiful book this was. So intensly powerful, and the prose was just gorgeous. Absolutely a five ...
Notes on an Execution: A Novel
Have you ever wanted to rate your most memorable moments and favorite things in your life? That's what John Green does in the Anthropocene Reviewed. An absolutely wonderful look at this crazy and beautiful world we live in. This book made me smile an...
The Anthropocene Reviewed Book - John Green
My Lovely Wife is about a serial killing couple. It gave me You (Caroline Kepnes) and Dexter (Jeff Lindsay) vibes. The ending was absolutely insane!
My Lovely Wife
A look into the the language behind cults and why people are convinced to participate or join partly because of the lingo used. A really interesting and eye-opening book.
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
A beautiful and realistic look at love, loss, and heartbreak. So raw and real, my heart broke right along with the main character's!
Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance: A Novel
A candid and beautifully written book on the subject of death and the people who make death their life's work. If you love books written by Caitlin Doughty, Mary Roach, and Lindsey Fitzharris, you'll absolutly love this one!
All the Living and the Dead: From Embalmers...
A psychological roller coaster is how I can best explain this one! This odd story had me hooked from the start and I could not put it down. If you like pyschological suspense, horror, twists, and a bit of sci-fi, you'll devour this just as fast as I ...
Foe by Iain Reid
“The dead don't walk. Except, sometimes, when they do.”
In need of a satisfying gothic retelling of The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe? Look no futher! Just the right amount of horror and dread invoked with T. Kingfisher's fantastic writing style.
In need of a satisfying gothic retelling of The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe? Look no futher! Just the right amount of horror and dread invoked with T. Kingfisher's fantastic writing style.
What Moves the Dead - Macmillan
A witty, fun, and fascinating story of the history of sex. Feltman includes interesting information about gender identity in different cultures, birth control, sex among the animal species, relationships, and so much more!
Been There, Done That: A History of Sex Hardcover
A perfect book for someone who is interested in feminism!
In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of Witch Hunts