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Dark Objects by Gillian Flynn

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 2, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ. Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in “The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas.” As her family lay dying, little Libby fled their tiny farmhouse into the freezing January snow. She...

October Baby by Eric Wilson

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 1, 2020 | Book Review, Christian Fiction

Summary: “You saw me before I was born.” Psalm 139:16 (NLT) As the curtain rises, Hannah hesitantly steps onto the stage for her theatrical debut in college. Yet before she can utter her first lines, Hannah—unscripted—collapses in front of the stunned...

When the Lights Go Out by Mary Kubica

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

Summary: Jessie Sloane is on the path to rebuilding her life after years of caring for her ailing mother. She rents a new apartment and applies for college. But when the college informs her that her social security number has raised a red flag, Jessie discovers a...

The Children’s Blizzard by David Laskin

by Bubbly Bibbly | Aug 24, 2020 | Biographical Fiction, Book Review, Historical Fiction

Summary: The gripping story of an epic prairie snowstorm that killed hundreds of newly arrived settlers and cast a shadow on the promise of the American frontier.January 12, 1888, began as an unseasonably warm morning across Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Minnesota, the...

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...