book-reviews – The Pondering Pot

Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey

I downloaded this book several months ago on my Kindle as part of the First Reads program. At least, that’s how I think I came about downloading it. My favorite things to read are thrillers, obviously. The darker, the better. This book definitely fits that bill subject-wise. I rarely read a book straight through, butContinue reading “Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey”

The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes

I’m new to this author–probably because this was her first novel–but it kept popping up in my thriller groups online, so I thought I would give her a shot. I was disappointed. I like the idea of the book, but I feel like the story took too long to unfold. At first, it isn’t clearContinue reading “The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes”