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The Girl Before by J. P. Delaney

by Bubbly Bibbly | Apr 27, 2021 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: An enthralling psychological thriller that spins one woman’s seemingly good fortune and another woman’s mysterious fate through a kaleidoscope of duplicity, death, and deception.Please make a list of every possession you consider essential to your...

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland (Translator)

by Bubbly Bibbly | Jul 27, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: Lisbeth Salander – the heart of Larsson’s two previous novels – lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She’s fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and...

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

by Bubbly Bibbly | Aug 23, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller, Fantasy, Romance

Summary: Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star glass and cedar palace on an island in British Columbia. Jonathan Alkaitis works in finance and owns the hotel. When he passes Vincent his card with a tip, it’s the beginning of their life...

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

by Bubbly Bibbly | Dec 28, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: On a remote island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate the wedding of Jules Keegan and Will Slater. Will is a rising television star, handsome and charming. Jules is a smart, ambitious magazine publisher. Though the sea is a little choppy and...

The Handmaid and the Carpenter by Elizabeth Berg

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 9, 2020 | Book Review, Holidays, Romance

Summary: In this wonderful novel about love and trust, hope and belief, Elizabeth Berg transports us to Nazareth in biblical times to reimagine the events of the classic Christmas story. We see Mary–young, strong, and inquisitive–as she first meets Joseph, a...

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 1, 2020 | Book Review, Classic, Crime/Mystery/Thriller, Literary Fiction

Summary: In the world of the near future, who will control women’s bodies? Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets in which signs are now pictures instead of words...