This was a really good story that kept me guessing who the killer was till the very end.
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I'm an avid reader, I love dystopian, sci-fi, and action. I have a habit of re-reading books I really love, looking at you The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
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Marty Ballard reviewed Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Marty Ballard reviewed Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Review of 'Fairy Tale' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This was an amazing book, what a journey. It kept me on the edge of my seat, not in the Stephen King way that I expected. This has been my favorite book I've read so far this year.
Marty Ballard rated Illness The Cry Of The Flesh: 3 stars
Marty Ballard rated The living: 5 stars

The living by Matt de la Peña (The living -- bk. 1)
After an earthquake destroys California and a tsunami wrecks the luxury cruise ship where he is a summer employee, high …
Marty Ballard reviewed Run by Blake Crouch
Marty Ballard rated The Hobbit: 5 stars

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings)
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends …
Marty Ballard rated Water for Elephants: 4 stars

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini …
Marty Ballard rated The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest: 5 stars

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson (Millenium, #3)
Lisbeth Salander—the heart of Larsson’s two previous novels—lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive …
Marty Ballard rated New Moon: 4 stars

New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (The Twilight Saga, #2)
I stuck my finger under the edge of the paper and jerked it under the tape. Shoot, I muttered when …
Marty Ballard rated Charlotte's Web: 4 stars

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his …
Marty Ballard rated Margaret Atwood, "The handmaid's tale": 3 stars
Marty Ballard rated A Time to Kill (John Grishham): 5 stars

A Time to Kill (John Grishham) by John Grisham
Before The Firm and The Pelican Brief made him a superstar, John Grisham wrote this riveting story of retribution and …
Marty Ballard rated Eclipse: 5 stars

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Twilight, #3)
A beautifully written book by Stephanie Meyer. This book will take you on an adventure like no other, the epic …
Marty Ballard rated Dracula: 3 stars

Dracula by Bram Stoker
This Norton Critical Edition presents fully annotated the text of the 1897 First Edition.