That Bookish Girl

16/12/2025

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07/12/2025

Poe Webb runs a true crime podcast where people come on to anonymously confess the things they’ve gotten away with. She hears the story, records the episode, and moves on.

But one guest stops her cold: a man who claims he murdered Poe’s mother years ago.

The problem? Poe knows that can’t be true. Her mother’s killer is already dead, and Poe is the one who put him there.

His confession forces her to figure out who he is, how he knows so much, and what exactly he wants from her.

For the first time, Poe isn’t dealing with someone else’s crime. She’s caught in the middle of her own.

Twisty plot, but I never really connected with Poe, which made some moments feel a little flat emotionally.

And honestly, how many thrillers are we getting with a podcast angle these days? I’m kind of over that setup. But overall, an entertaining, propulsive thriller that kept me engaged.

07/12/2025

Alice Scott and Hayden Anderson both land on Little Crescent Island, hoping to win the same job: writing the biography of Margaret Ives, a once-famous heiress with a complicated past and a habit of telling only the parts she wants you to hear.

Margaret invites them for a month-long “audition,” giving each writer different pieces of her story under strict NDAs. So while Alice and Hayden can’t compare notes, they also can’t avoid each other. And the whole setup turns into this odd mix of competition, curiosity, and slow-burning attraction they didn’t expect.

All the while, Margaret keeps shaping her narrative in ways that make them question what’s real and what’s just performance.

I don’t usually vibe with Emily Henry’s books (I only picked this one up because it made the Goodreads finalists list). This book didn’t change my mind.

The “old-money mystery” angle sounded promising, but didn’t bring enough energy to carry the story. The plot kept circling the same details, and the romance barely registered for me. No spark, no real tension. I finished it because I don’t DNF my books.

02/12/2025

1.5 stars

Nic Monroe has been adrift ever since her sister, Kasey, disappeared seven years ago. No clues, no progress, just a car abandoned miles from home and a town that quietly stopped asking questions. The only strange link was another missing woman, Jules Connor, whose case went cold just as fast.

Nic is ready to let the past stay buried until Jules’s sister, Jenna, unexpectedly shows up with a lead that breathes life back into both cold cases. What starts as a shaky partnership turns into a determined search for answers. And the deeper they go, the more the idea of “missing” starts to look very different from what they believed.

I struggled with this one. The pacing dragged, and many scenes felt repetitive. And the choices in the final stretch of the story didn’t sit well with me. They felt more convenient than earned, and I wish the characters had been given a more thoughtful ending.

23/11/2025

Hope’s End is the kind of house that swallows sound, history, and people whole, and Lenora Hope has lived inside it ever since the night her family was murdered.

Kit McDeere arrives to care for her, thinking the past is just something locals whisper about. But Lenora’s typed messages pull Kit into a decades-old mystery full of holes, half-truths, and shifts that make you question who’s really in control. The deeper Kit goes, the more the house and its last remaining resident start to feel like a trap.

I really enjoyed this book! The pacing and the storytelling make it easy to digest and turn the pages, even if there’s a surprising amount of secrets and twists that just keep coming. For all the chaos and surprises, the ending still comes together and gives you that last bit of adrenaline.

4/5 stars!

07/05/2025

So excited for this!

Meet DCI Carl Morck, your new favourite detective. Dept. Q, starring Matthew Goode, arrives on Netflix May 29.

23/04/2025