February Reading Wrap Up • Thriller • Horror • A Single, Solitary Romance Book •

[@ashleyslittlelibrary]

It is criminal that you haven't had a 5 star yet this year!! Some of my recent 5/close-to-5 star reads: Diavola, The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Kill for Me Kill for You, How to Solve Your Own Murder, Chlorine

[@ReadingWryly]

Love this list! Thanks, Ashley. 🙌🏻❤️

[@LindyS1830]

Some of my 5 stars were The First Lie and Night Watching. So good!

[@meridithcurran3092]

I loved The Reformatory. The Good House is definitely on my list of hers to read next.

[@ReadingWryly]

The Reformatory is the best one of hers I’ve read so far. She’s great!

[@L80sbabygirl]

Love seeing another lover of Tananarive Due. I loved the Reformatory and The Good House. Her African immortals series is amazing, too; I would recommend you check that out.@@ReadingWryly

[@bluetheon]

I'm currently reading The Haunting of Velkwood and loving it, maybe you might too - it's a twist on a traditional haunted house story where instead of a house, it's a haunted street!

[@ReadingWryly]

I’m intrigued. I’ll look into it more. Thanks!

[@dixiechick6652]

The good house is on my list 🏡

[@ReadingWryly]

🙌🏻❤️

[@ladylovesteadreads]

The Good House sounds amazing. 🏡

[@ReadingWryly]

Yes! 🙌🏻

[@isamar3301]

The good house i found so unique and well done.

[@teresarollen7425]

I also loved Pretty Litle Wife. I need to check out The Good House. 🏡

[@ReadingWryly]

❤️🙌🏻

[@lynstkai]

Stranded by Sarah Goodwin. It's sooo good and flies under the radar for some reason.

[@jellytotsjamie]

I loved this and have barely heard anyone talk about! I had such a visceral reaction to it and could NOT put it down

[@ReadingWryly]

Perfection! Its been in my periphery for a while. Thanks!

[@justonemorechapter74]

🏠 thank you, always great to hear about what you have been reading. Good luck with the new job, take your time to work out how to manage both, don't stress!

[@ReadingWryly]

Thank you ❤️🙌🏻

[@ronettewinston1706]

I absolutely loved Pretty Little Wife!!

[@lilybugslibrary]

The Women was a 5-star read for me. It's by Kristin Hannah.

[@kelseyvargo506]

I read the arc of "Floating Hotel" it came out yesterday and was really fun if you want a palette cleanser. It's a cozy space thriller following a gaggle of misfits (crew and guests) on a spaceship hotel. There's intrigue in the bg about a corrupt empire, but it's mostly a character study (the ship is treated like a character too). I had a blast!!

[@ReadingWryly]

Sounds good! Thanks for the rec!

[@iliannal]

She is back! No 5-star yet either but I can't wait to hear all about it when you find one! 🏘

[@ReadingWryly]

lol. Yes!

[@literatelyalees]

I feel ya! I only JUST got a 5 star this year and it was a book I binged yesterday. Also omg if you guys ended up on Cash Cab that’d be so awesome 😆

[@ReadingWryly]

🙌🏻 Ben Bailey is my spirit animal.

[@BethMorvant]

I also enjoyed Pretty Little Wife. It gave me Pretty Girls vibes, but toned down.

[@ReadingWryly]

I can see that!

[@MlleGhoul]

Yes yes yes! I too was a bit late to the party with Tananarive Due. I think I heard her talked up so much by other folks (and heard her speak, herself, so eloquently) in that Noire Black horror documentary a few years back, that I finally thought...I gotta read this lady! The Good House was the second book I read by her and man oh man did I love how you talked about it --I am a cheesy corndog, sure, but you really did bring me to tears! The first one I read by her was a book of short stories, Ghost Summer, and that's how I initially became familiar with just how much HEART her stories have. Her characters are so human, and she's the kind of author who doesn't punish you for caring about them. I love her so much! A five star book I read this month was Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk, a sort vampire lit fic, I guess? About female agency and mortality and motherhood...and it goes interesting, unexpected places. I really loved it.

[@ReadingWryly]

Sarah! Thanks for sharing. That makes me so happy to hear! I’ve not read Ghost Summer yet. But I’ve read The Between which was like a fever dream. Very speculative but in a different way. What is the documentary you mentioned? I don’t think I’ve seen it.

[@MlleGhoul]

@@ReadingWryly it’s this one! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_Noire:_A_History_of_Black_Horror . It led me to watch what has become one of my all-time favorite movies, Eve’s Bayou, and holy crap do I wish it were based on a book, because it would have been an incredible read, but as it is, it’s a phenomenal film.

[@ReadingWryly]

@@MlleGhoul thank you! 🙌🏻

[@Niamalika808]

🏡 😊 The Good House was phenomenal! Read it many years ago and it still resonates with me. I’m definitely going to check out My Husband! Sounds like a good time!

[@ReadingWryly]

Yes! So good! Hope you enjoy The Husband. Happy reading!

[@shannoncole9676]

I haven't read a ton of 5-star. So I feel ya! And BTW is that Lucy on your forearm? I have her on my left lol

[@ReadingWryly]

Yes! You have a Lucy tattoo too?!

[@tammyripp998]

The Teacher by McFadden was a 5-star for me, recommend!😊

[@ReadingWryly]

Thanks for the rec!

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I think I gave the stranger in the mirror a 3.5 as well

[@ninal3098]

My suggestions for possible 5⭐ books are Come with me by Ronald Malfi and Cry Baby by David Jackson. Come with me was one of the first books I read this year and I'm still thinking about it. Cry Baby was magnificent, especially the audio book. The female narrator was spot on. Cry Baby is part of series but can be read as stand alone. Both can be found on Audible for free.

[@ReadingWryly]

Thank you! ❤️🙌🏻

[@alli956]

I recently read Anita de Monte Laughs Last and I was pleasantly surprised. Not sure if it will be 5 stars for you but I thought it was a great

[@ReadingWryly]

No idea what it is, but I’m about to look it up. Thanks for the rec! ❤️🙌🏻

[@enitacehic]

Please read Mayluna. No one I know/watch has talked about it. I need the world to know about this book

[@ReadingWryly]

I can’t make any promises, but I’ll check it out. Thanks for the rec! 🙌🏻

[@Scott-sca]

Have you read any Nick Roberts? all of his books have been 5 stars for me, reading his new one Mean Spirted right now and it's looking to be another 5 star!

[@ReadingWryly]

He is not even on my Radar. Adding it to the list. Thanks for the rec! 🙌🏻❤️

[@GabrielTheMagolorMain]

Im sorry about the lack of 5 stars. I’ve read two back to back. First was They Always Come Back by Emily Smith. I wasn’t sure as I was reading it, I thought I had guessed the ending. But the way the writer used subtle symbolism, that I think mostly just seasoned thriller readers would pick up, was absolutely beautiful. It got me emotional at the end. For a debut, 5 stars. Then I finished How Can I Help You? with Laura Sims, again it’s not my favorite book ever, but for what the author set out to do it’s absolutely 5 stars. It’s not about waiting for twists, but about these two characters and we know from the start one is very dark. The audiobook narrators were also fantastic, it was hard to know which I liked best! I’m starting a random book that I’ve hardly seen talked about Little Red House by Liv Anderson today..and again from the start this book is dark, that was unexpected. Hope March is a better month for you 😊

[@ReadingWryly]

Color me intrigued! Thanks for the recs. 🙌🏻❤️

[@CraftingVicky]

I'm usually listening to your videos and other booktubers to get 5 stars 😂 so sorry can't really help you. Still reading older backlist stuff and having a grand old time! and of course you plant a brainworm song with let's physical lol

[@ReadingWryly]

😂 I appreciate the candor.

[@marlenerichardson4429]

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[@doreenperez6768]

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[@jaylit246]

recs: listen for the lie by amy tintera, the second woman by louise may, and the innocent wife by amy lloyd.

[@ReadingWryly]

I’ve not read any of them! Thank you 🙌🏻❤️

[@greeranelson]

My five star books so far this year: Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy The Forbidden Territory of a Terrifying Woman by Molly Lynch Everyone in This Room Will Someday be Dead by Emily R. Austin Lakewood by Megan Giddings

[@ReadingWryly]

Omg these are all ones that I want to read! I have read Lakewood and really like Megan Giddings in general. There’s one coming out in June called One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon that reminds me of Lakewood. You might be interested in that one too. Thanks for the recs! ❤️🙌🏻

[@greeranelson]

I do have the Nicola Yoon book in my awareness as a new release! It looks good! My pleasure - I would definitely recommend any and all of my 5 star books to just about anyone. I don’t give 5 stars to a book easily, it has to really be special.

[@rosiealma4276]

You've moved My Husband up my TBR. I love T. Due's writing but I cannot get past the "sex" scene in The Good House. She was asleep, he went out of his way to make sure that she didn't wake up which meant that her pleasure was irrelevant and she was just a hole for him to use, they were newly dating so there was no consent to this sort of act, and at that point he thought that she was mentally ill. It gave me the heebies and bothers me to this day. And I keep harping on about it Off my soapbox, great video as always.

[@ReadingWryly]

Omg I don’t recall it feeling that intrusive! What a shame.

[@ronettewinston1706]

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[@AA-ir5xg]

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[@soda_fairy]

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[@hospitalfood6621]

🏡🏡🏡❤❤❤

[@Beach652]

🏠 My suggestion for a possible 5star read - I've probably mentioned it because I'm a broken record about it - Adrift by Brideau. A character-driven climate fiction mysterious suspensey story that I loved. It's an intelligent, thoughtful story with found friendship. It is an amnesia story but I haven't seen amnesia handled this way. Would be curious to know your thoughts on it! 😊

[@ReadingWryly]

Yes! Thank you! I need to get to that one.

[@Beach652]

@@ReadingWryly I can only imagine how huge your TBR must be!!

[@YentlLega]

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[@jamesbaird1342]

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[@sonyablanchard]

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[@the_eerie_faerie_tales]

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[@shaneclawson5854]

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[@nikkiscraftandcolornook]

25 words or less. They don’t know they don’t know each other

[@12sodreary]

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[@happyhauntslibrary]

I really disliked This Wretched Valley 😂 Such flat characters! I had to DNF.

[@ReadingWryly]

That’s a fair assessment

[@literarylove123]

The Good House is amazing! Tananarive Due is such an incredible writer🏚

[@ReadingWryly]

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[@bethmetcalf3447]

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[@suprajapadma9960]

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[@kaleed.8260]

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[@tressaischaptigued5422]

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[@catherinecharbonneau86]

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[@brandim1230]

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