October was a really busy month for me when it come to stress and all that, so I think I might have overcompensated by reading a whole lot more than I would have thought. Escapism is always fun. However, on the whole, it was a really good reading month and I read a lot of really wonderful things. I also got some really exciting books in.
Ashley’s August 2023 Book Haul and Review
August was such a strange but lovely month. I took time to enjoy being a newlywed, and then I started getting ready to go back to work, despite there being a heck of a lot procrastination involved in that as well. I’m very good at procrastinating. I did, however, end up doing a fair bit of reading, and some particularly good reading. It was an excellent month all told.
Ashley’s April 2023 Book Haul and Reading Wrap Up
I am a bit behind on my hauls and wrap-ups. I ended up getting very busy at the end of the school year and when I came home from work I had little energy for anything outside of just sitting on my couch and recovering. However, now it’s summer break so I’m going to try and do some catching up. So here is what happened for me book-wise in April. I will admit that the book haul was a little crazy but that’s only because I made a Book Outlet order. Oops. I also read 25 books, which is pretty good.
Book Review | Four Found Dead by Natalie D. Richards
**Disclaimer: I recieved a free advanced reader’s copy of Four Found Dead by Natalie D. Richards through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this opportunity.
Four Found Dead by Natalie D. Richards is a young adult thriller novel. It is about a girl named Jo who is working her last shift at her job at a local movie theatre, which is closing down. Her and her friends have plans to go out to IHOP to celebrate, but instead they have to avoid a killer. The novel is set to be published on May 2nd, 2023. I rated it 4 stars on Goodreads.
Book Review | The Summer We Forgot by Caroline George
**Disclaimer: I received a free advanced readers copy of The Summer We Forgot by Caroline George through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this opportunity.
The Summer We Forgot by Caroline George is a young adult mystery thriller. It features a group of teens who worked at a summer camp a couple of years before the events of the book, but mysteriously they can remember no details about the summer. They reunite after the discovery of their science teacher’s body to try and figure out what happened that summer. The book was published on March 8th, 2022. I rated it 4 stars on Goodreads.
Miscellaneous Monday | 23 Books to Read in 2023
In previous years I have been creating a list of books to read based on my age, but I have not always been good about actually reading those books. However, this year I have decided to not do that and instead I’m going to try to read 23 specific books since it is 2023. I’m hoping that this is a more manageable number for me, but I guess we’ll see. I’m going to list the books down below. Let me know if you have read any of them, and which ones I should prioritize.
Ashley’s December 2022 Book Haul and Wrap Up
December was also a busy month, and I think by this time I was feeling a little burnt out from the year. My course was all wrapped up at the start of the month. Then I celebrated my birthday and it was Christmas and my family was visiting. I didn’t get as muhc reading done as I wanted but I read some good stuff anyways. Let’s just dive into it!
Book Review | Someone is Always Watching by Kelley Armstrong
**Disclaimer: I received a free eARC of Someone is Always Watching by Kelley Armstrong through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this opportunity.
Someone is Always Watching by Kelley Armstrong is a young adult mystery novel. It features a group of young people who go to a private school run by the company their parents work for. One girl begins acting very strangely and they quickly realize that something very strange is going on. It is set to be published on January 3rd, 2023. I rated it 3 stars on Goodreads.
Book Review | The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
**Disclaimer: I received a free advanced readers copy of The Villa by Rachel Hawkins through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this opportunity.
The Villa by Rachel Hawkins is an adult mystery thriller. It covers two timelines: one where a struggling writing travels to Italy with her childhood best friend, and another where some young troubled people spend a summer in the same villa in Italy but it ends in tragedy. It is set to be published on January 3rd, 2023. I rated it 5 stars on Goodreads.
Book Review | The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell
**Disclaimer: I received a free advanced readers copy of The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this opportunity.
The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell is an adult mystery thriller and a sequel to Jewell’s novel The Family Upstairs. The novel picks up on threads left behind from the first novel. We follow Henry and Lucy Lamb in their search for Phin Thomsen, and we also follow Rachel and her relationship with her husband who was murdered. We also get the perspective of a detective who is investigating a skeleton found in a bag in the River Thames. It was published on August 9th, 2022. I rated it 4 stars on Goodreads.
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