Sometimes if I’m running dry on ideas for what to read, I do find it enjoyable to find inspiration at a local book store. Am I likely to purchase titles I’ve never read before? Not usually. Especially if I’m unfamiliar with other works from an author. But as I was walking the aisles of my local bookstore, the cover of Liann Zhang’s Julie Chan is Dead caught my attention.
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Book Review: Guardian Vol 1 by Preist
If I do recall, it did take me some time to get in the groove of the writing style of the Case File Compendium series. The same is the case for this new series, Guardian, though it’s by a completely different author in Preist. Though to be fair, this author has a pretty deep bibliography. And I also didn’t realize how long this particular series has been around! It’s also been adapted into a show back in 2018! Crazy.
Read moreBook Review: The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware
Since I rely on a yearly entry from both Riley Sager and Ruth Ware, I went into her new novl with absolutely no information about it. Heck, even the title, The Woman in Suite 11, was a mystery to me until my sister had it sitting on our kitchn counter one day.
Read moreBook Review: Case File Compendium, Vol. 5 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou
Honestly, I hate myself for reading the most recently released Case File: Compendium novel. Now I have to wait until October to get the next installment!
Read moreBook Review: With A Vengeance by Riley Sager
Riley Sager’s new book, With a Vengeance, kind of snuck up on me! Which is actually pretty stupid given that he’s released a new book in June for the past several years.
Read moreBook Review: Case File Compendium, Vol 4 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou
I obviously was just kidding myself by saying I was going to work other books in between Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou’s Case File: Compendium series. With the fifth novel already at my doorstep, I immediately grabbed the fourth volume off of my bookshelf and dove in head first.
Read moreBook Review: Case File Compendium, Vol. 3 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou
I was only trying to fool myself when I said I was going to bake other books in between Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou’s Case File: Compendium novels. Knowing that a fifth book is due out the second week of the month was enough for me to move straight onto the next novel.
Read moreBook Review: Case File Compendium, Vol. 2
I feel like I’m being really smart with spacing out these Case File Compendium novels. Once I got my hands around the translated writing style, I really couldn’t put the first volume down. The same goes for the second!
Read moreBook Review: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
I’ve seen the book cover for The Housemaid all over the place – both physically and through my phone screen, so naturally I’ve finally read Freida McFadden’s insanely popular novel. Did it help that it’s getting a big screen adaptation? Absolutely.
Read moreBook Review: Case File Compendium by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou
A new bookstore in town finally sold me on reading my first manga! A good cover and an enticing blurb are all it really takes for me and Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou managed to get me hook, line, and sinker with her manga novel, Case File Compendium.
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