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Unsolved Case Files: Escape at 10,000 Feet: D.B. Cooper and the Missing Money by Tom Sullivan
informative
mysterious
fast-paced
4.25
I've always been fascinated by the D.B. Cooper case. This was such an easily digestible, graphic novel, middle grade book that sums up all of the basic information on the case. A great introduction to the wild event!
Wizard of Most Wicked Ways by Charlie N. Holmberg
4.5
I hate that I can't really review this one without copious spoilers for books 1-3. So I'll just say this book was tense almost fright from the beginning. I could not stop reading because I had to know what happened. It was gripping, emotional, and so fun to read!
Thank you to Charlie N. Holmberg for providing me with an ARC to review!
Thank you to Charlie N. Holmberg for providing me with an ARC to review!
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
3.0
The writing itself is subpar (did this book have an editor?), but the psychological thriller-ness of it all had me glued to the pages. I won't continue in the series. I will MAYBE try something different from the author, but I don't have super high hopes...
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas Day
funny
informative
medium-paced
5.0
This is some of the most approachable and enjoyable nonfiction I've come across. Written for an audience of approximately 5th-9th grades, it makes what could be dry, boring history so much fun. The narration is witty and funny (I chuckled so many times while reading it that my 10-year-old wants to read it next).
I hope to find more nonfiction written this way.
I hope to find more nonfiction written this way.
Murder Between Friends by Liz Lawson
4.0
Oh, the twists and the turns! This was such a fantastic mystery. It reminded me of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder or Truly Devious, both books I love.
This one centers on three friends. Or used-to-be friends. After one of them (Grace) testifies against the brother of another and helps to get him put in jail for murder, things kind of fell apart.
But now that the brother is out of jail on a technicality, Grace isn't so sure anymore that she DID see him that night. So together the three ex-friends are trying to figure out what really happened.
There was a lot going on in this book and I had a lot of fun trying to figure out exactly what happened. Some things I guessed, and others completely shocked me.
I definitely recommend this one for any YA mystery lovers.
*Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read an eARC of this book.*
This one centers on three friends. Or used-to-be friends. After one of them (Grace) testifies against the brother of another and helps to get him put in jail for murder, things kind of fell apart.
But now that the brother is out of jail on a technicality, Grace isn't so sure anymore that she DID see him that night. So together the three ex-friends are trying to figure out what really happened.
There was a lot going on in this book and I had a lot of fun trying to figure out exactly what happened. Some things I guessed, and others completely shocked me.
I definitely recommend this one for any YA mystery lovers.
*Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read an eARC of this book.*