velvet_shrimp rated The Housemaid's Secret: 4 stars
The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden (The Housemaid, #2)
It's hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky …
Made me cry more than once 💔
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velvet_shrimp rated The faces: 3 stars
velvet_shrimp rated Shield of Sparrows: 3 stars
Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry
The gods sent monsters to the five kingdoms to remind mortals they must kneel.
I’ve spent my life kneeling―to …
velvet_shrimp rated the sun and her flowers: 4 stars
the sun and her flowers by Rupi Kaur
248 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : 20 cm
velvet_shrimp commented on The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Despite their differences, sisters Vianne and Isabelle have always been close. Younger, bolder Isabelle lives …
velvet_shrimp rated The Nightingale: 4 stars
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Despite their differences, sisters Vianne and Isabelle have always been close. Younger, bolder Isabelle lives in Paris while Vianne is …
velvet_shrimp reviewed Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young
Nice Fall vibes
2 stars
But what a tedious book to read. The constant jumping between narrators and timelines, with a little cliffhanger at the end of almost every chapter was really not my thing. At the same time not much happens for most of the book. And most twists you could see coming right from the start. Only the last quarter picked up a little. The fall vibes are kind of nice throughout though.
velvet_shrimp rated The Housemaid: 3 stars
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden (The Housemaid, Part I)
“Welcome to the family,” Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the …
velvet_shrimp rated Tod und Teufel: 5 stars
Tod und Teufel by Frank Schätzing (Ko ln Krimi classic -- 2)
In the year 1260, under the supervision of the architect Gerhard Morart, the most ambitious ecclesiastical building in all of …
velvet_shrimp rated The legend of Sleepy Hollow: 3 stars
The legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (Wildside fantasy classic)
Ichabod Crane, a schoolteacher, came to Tarry Town in the glen of Sleepy Hollow to ply his trade in educating …
velvet_shrimp rated Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus: 5 stars
Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of …
velvet_shrimp rated I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: 5 stars
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
She was born Marguerite, but her brother Bailey nicknamed her Maya ("mine"). As little children they were sent to live …
velvet_shrimp rated Graveyard Shift: 3 stars
Graveyard Shift by M. L. Rio
Every night, in the college’s ancient cemetery, five people cross paths as they work the late shift: a bartender, a …
velvet_shrimp rated Braiding Sweetgrass: 5 stars
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings―asters and goldenrod, …
