Booklicious Podcast

The Book of Accidents: By Chuck Wendig | Book Review Podcast Website: https://gobookmart.com

Dark Roads: By Chevy Stevens Website: https://gobookmart.com "My favorite Chevy Stevens book since Still Missing . Stevens reliably creates complex, resilient female characters, and Hailey and Beth - whose lives collide in Dark Roads - are utterly compelling. The suspense builds with every page, and the ending is a complete shocker." ―Sarah Pekkanen, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Wif...

Such a Quiet Place: By Megan Miranda Website: https://gobookmart.com "Sleepwalking is creepy. You’re asleep, but you're walking through the night—like the living dead. I knew when I started  The Girl from Widow Hills  I was in for some shivers. But I had no idea the terrors that were in store.” —R. L. STINE, bestselling author of Goosebumps and Fear Street “A hauntingly at...

For Your Own Good: By Samatha Downing Website: https://gobookmart.com "No one writes a twisted character quite like Samantha Downing." — HelloGiggles “Once I sat down to read For Your Own Good — a clever, twisty thriller — it was difficult to stop reading. It's the perfect read to get lost in this summer." — Buzzfeed “Just finished reading this wonderfully dark, twisty and compelling thr...

Billy summers: By Stephen King Website: https://gobookmart.com “Stephen King is an artist, and readers and critics who underestimate him do so at their own peril… Billy Summers  is a very good story, told economically with an ear for rhythm. It’s about what it’s like to be a human being, and how that doesn’t really change much, no matter what situation you find yourself in…while there are ple...

We Are the Brennans By Tracey Lange Website: https://gobookmart.com "Reading this novel is like getting a view through a lighted window on a family sitting around a table after dark. Who are they? What are they talking about? All families have their own story and the ways they tell it to themselves, and untangling the many strands of this one was deep and richly satisfying. Once I started, I could...

Razorblade tears: By S.A. Cosby Website: https://gobookmart.com "A powerful blend of pulsing action, sensitive and subtle character interaction, and uncompromising but highly nuanced reflection on racism and homophobia …Few novels marry tough and tender, head-banging and coming-of-age, as seamlessly as this one does, but that's no surprise from a supremely talented writer who keeps getting better....

It Happened One Summer By Tessa Bailey Website: https://gobookmart.com Tessa Bailey is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author originally from Carlsbad, California. Her most valuable life experiences were learned while waitressing at K-Dees, a Manhattan pub owned by her uncle. Inside those four walls, she met her husband, best friend, and discovered the magic of classic rock, managing to...

The Secret Keeper Of Jaipur: By Alka Joshi Website: https://gobookmart.com “Alka Joshi returns with a triumphant follow-up to her New York Times bestselling debut... [Her] magnificent writing gives voice to the too-often silenced while telling an engaging and powerful story.”--Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Paris “Joshi excels at creating strong characters, the...

The Good Lie By A. R. Torre website: https://gobookmart.com “Deliciously, sublimely nasty: Mean Girls for grown-ups.” — Kirkus Reviews “Torre keeps the suspense high…Readers will be riveted from page one.” — Publishers Weekly “A glamorous and seductive novel that will suck you in and knock you sideways. I love this story, these characters, and the raw emotion they generated in me. I devoured every...

How Lucky: By Will Leitch Website: https://gobookmart.com “A lovely book. Set in Athens, Georgia, the novel is a model of verisimilitude.  It is also beautifully written and suspenseful, at the same time being all about goodness and caring without once being sappy, or, well, sentimental.  And that is a rare feat in fiction.”  -- Booklist (starred review) "I'm reading a fantastic nov...

The Personal Librarian By Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray Website: https://gobookmart.com “From the moment I picked up The Personal Librarian , I was in awe of Belle da Costa Greene. My heart went out as she navigated the life she lived and the one she hid…. Belle’s story couldn’t come at a more fitting time as our country faces a united path forward.” —ReShonda Tate Billingsle...

The Final Girl Support Group By Grady Hendrix Website: https://gobookmart.com “ The Final Girl Support Group is funny, scary, and a roaring good time. Grady Hendrix puts his own spin on final girls and I loved it.”— Samantha Downing, USA Today bestselling author of My Lovely Wife "Take slasher movie adoration, critique, and satire, mix with compelling, flawed characters and neck-breaking plot twis...

Any way the wind blows By Rainbow Rowell Website: https://gobookmart.com "It’s a brilliantly addictive, genuinely romantic story about teenagers who can’t be neatly sorted into houses, coping with stress and loss and the confusion of just trying to be who they are. It’s as if Rowell turned the Harry Potter books inside out, and is showing us the marvelous, subversive stuffing inside." ― Time Magaz...

The Puma Years: By Laura Coleman Website: https://gobookmart.com “ The Puma Years is a fascinating glimpse into the lives of the animals rescued by a sanctuary, Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi, in Bolivia. And it is the heartwarming story of the relationship that grew up between Laura Coleman and a puma, a relationship that only deepened over the years. I visited the sanctuary years ago—what a wonderful...

To Sir, with Love by Lauren Layne is a sweet, lovely story Website: https://gobookmart.com "Layne updates the Nora Ephron 1998 rom-com,  You've Got Mail , for digital-age Manhattan ...Sweet and full of humor… readers will be rooting for Gracie to find her Prince Charming."  (Booklist) “Remember the movie  You've Got Mail ? Think of this novel as an updated version, Tinder and all......

The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary Website: https://gobookmart.com "THIS BOOK IS PERFECT.”—Rosie Walsh, bestselling author of Ghosted “As with her surprise hit, The Flatshare , O’Leary expertly balances humor and heart while introducing a zany cast of 20-somethings… Readers won’t want this crazy road trip to end.”— Publishers Weekly " The Road Trip is a humorous yet deeply moving journey toward confron...

A Court Of Honey And Ash: By Shannon Mayer and Kelly St Clare Website: https://gobookmart.com

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke: By Eric LaRocca Website: https://gobookmart.com "A startling affair...I'll be cleaning up particles of darkness in my office for weeks." - Josh Malerman ( Bird Box , Inspection ) "When broken people do broken things - especially in the name of love - we all get broken, too. What starts as sweetly genteel swiftly descends into everything that's brutaliz...

How the world is passed: By Clint Smith Website: https://gobookmart.com “Raises questions that we must all address, without recourse to wishful thinking or the collective ignorance and willful denial that fuels white supremacy.” ― Martha Anne Toll, The Washington Post “Sketches an impressive and deeply affecting human cartography of America’s historical conscience…an extraordinary contributio...

Choose me By Tess Gerritsen Website: https://gobookmart.com “With deceitful characters and plenty of twists, this novel is highly recommended for fans of Gerritsen or Braver, and readers who love suspense stories.” — Library Journal (starred review) “An emotionally charged page-turner that will definitely keep readers guessing, Choose Me has all of the twists and turns in the right places. Gerrits...

Hostage: By Clare Mackintosh Website: https://gobookmart.com "A mind-blowing read that questions everything you know about somebody. A triumph!" - Sandie Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The Other Woman "Fiendishly clever. Mackintosh takes domestic suspense to new heights in this tale of a kidnapped child, hijacked plane, and two parents' desperate fight to save their family." - Lisa Ga...

Bath Haus: By P.J. Vernon Website: https://gobookmart.com "P. J. Vernon has crafted a thriller that is dark, gripping, and addictive. Reading  Bath Haus  is like eavesdropping on the disintegration of a beautiful lie. You think you know how it's going to end but you have NO IDEA."  S. A. Cosby , author of  Blacktop Wasteland  " Bath Haus  starts out as a cat-and-mouse...

The Damage: By Caitlin Wahrer Website: https://gobookmart.com “A complex, suspenseful story about the shocking and unexpected consequences of a sexual assault… a brilliant debut. One of the best books you’ll read this year.” —Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door “ The Damage  pulled me in from the first page with smart narration, characters I cared about, a...

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot: By Marianne Cronin website: https://gobookmart.com “This multi-generational novel about friendship is something special: moving, joyful, and life-affirming.” -- Good Housekeeping , UK (Book of the Month) “Glorious debut about friendship . . . Touching, honest, and funny.” -- Prima  (Book of the Month) "A heart-warming story about how friendship can g...