If you follow me on Instagram, you might be aware that, this September, I took part in the #Read22forRefugees challenge hosted by @Martha_is_reading and @e.f.paterson - a reading challenge associated with the number 22 to raise money for Refugee Action. I set myself the lofty challenge of reading 22 books in 22 days, a feat I only just squeezed in! So, here's my reading list, and a one sentence review of each book I read, plus my overall rating.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
A good book overall with an interesting mystery, but maybe a little boring for me.
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Here Is The Beehive by Sarah Crosson
Beautiful and lyrical, this story covers grief well through gorgeous prose.
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Imposter by L.J. Ross
A great start to the Dr Alexander Gregory series, clever and unexpected, and full of twists!
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Hysteria by L.J. Ross
Good follow up to Imposter, a little less interesting, but still with a brilliant ending.
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Bedlam by L.J. Ross
A little more far fetched than both Imposter and Hysteria, but exciting non the less.
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Don't Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri
An excellent nonfiction read combining the history of Black hair and Dabiri's own personal experiences.
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Total Blackout by Alex Shaw*
A solid thriller with a good plot idea, but very slow to start and a little confusing.
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The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor
Haunting, creepy, and absolutely unputdownable, with mini cliffhangers throughout to keep the reader completely hooked.
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Closed for Winter by Jorn Lier Horst
Boring, slow, and too complicated for me, with far too many characters.
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The Easton Falls Massacre: Bigfoot's Revenge by Holly Rae Garcia & Ryan Prentice Garcia*
Incredibly detailed storytelling focusing on the impact of humanity on nature, but very gory in parts.
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No Place to Die by Neil Broadfoot
Good thriller, brilliant plot, but a little slow to really kick off.
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Hermit by S.R. White*
A really interesting take on a police murder mystery, mainly following the interrogation rather than the investigation, and incredibly well written.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
A brilliant classic and it was really interesting to make the parallels between what was written and what is happening now.
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Teacher's Dead by Benjamin Zephaniah
An intriguing plot, but I didn't like the way this was written as the main character seemed a little all over the place.
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Truth of the Matter by Jamie Beck*
I was expecting a predictable romance, but got so much more depth from this beautifully written story about a mother's relationship with her daughter and ex-husband.
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The Other People by C.J. Tudor
Incredibly mysterious paranormal tale, told fantastically by Tudor, and completely unputdownable.
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The Haunted by Gabriel Bergmoser
A gory and totally different horror/thriller set in the wilderness of Australia, this book kept me on my toes.
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Taken by Lisa Stone
A solid idea for a story in the kidnapping of a mother's little girl, but not very engaging - I wanted to know what happened, but only because I loved Kelsey and her daughter Leila.
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A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark
An interesting fantastical novella set in alternative 1912 Cairo, that's engaging and mysterious.
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The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark
A great follow up to A Dead Djinn in Cairo, equally mysterious and such detailed storytelling!
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The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
A classic that made me feel a lot of emotions, but didn't quite hit the mark, and described fishing in fairly graphic detail.
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Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
Although highly recommended, this missed the mark for me - it was slow, and I wasn't all that engaged with it.
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Let me know if you fancy reading any of these, and if you have any good one sentence reviews!
*Anything with an asterix was an Advance Reader Copy (ARC)
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