Book 14/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsThe Silent Patient made me fall in love with the psychological thriller/suspense genre and set the bar sky-high for all other books I intend to read in the genre. An acquaintance recommended this book to me severally and I went into it expecting to love it, or at … Continue reading Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris

Book 13/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsBefore this I’d only read one other Colleen Hoover book, It Ends with Us, in July 2018 and it’s one of my favourite books of all time. Coming across it on social media always makes me smile and I’m highkey jealous of anyone who gets to read IEWU … Continue reading Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

Book 12/30. My rating: 4 of 5 stars I saw a couple of reviews, one on Goodreads from Yvette Adams and several random ones on bookstagram saying this book made them cry. I went into this excited to shed a few tears (lol, for real) but nary a tear was shed 😐 I don’t know … Continue reading The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman

Book 11/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars Sigh! Another book that lured me in with Oprah’s Book Club logo on the cover 😐This book has a rating of 3.39 on Goodreads, which is nothing to write home about. I may have rated this 3 stars, but it started off as a 2 star read … Continue reading Vinegar Hill by A. Manette Ansay

Book 10/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars I didn’t like this as much as I thought I would, but I also liked it more than I thought I would.Allow me to explain.After a series of misses I no longer approach novels from Oprah’s Book Club with any sort of anticipation. I have bought too … Continue reading White Oleander by Janet Fitch

Book 9/30. My rating: 5 of 5 stars I bought this on a whim pre-Covid for KES 100 (around $1 back then 😩) and did not expect much from it as I’d watched The Silence of the Lambs years ago and it did not impress me much **Shania Twain voice**. But fucking hell this was … Continue reading Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

Book 8/30. My rating: 5 of 5 stars THIS! 👏 WAS!! 👏 PHENOMENAL!!! 👏I have read a shitload of fascinating and engrossing books over the years, but The Testaments took the word unputdownable to A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL!!! Ironically, I didn’t enjoy its predecessor The Handmaid's Tale, but I loved this sequel sooo damn much. … Continue reading The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

Book 7/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Silent Patient was one of my favourite books of 2021 and after being blown away by it I made the decision to read more psychological thrillers. The Woman in the Window was one of the first psychological thrillers I identified I NEEDED to read after The … Continue reading The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

Book 6/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars 2 ½ stars I’ve mentioned a few times before that I’m not a believer in ½ stars when it comes to reviews, so this is one of those very rare occasions I give a book a rating that has half a star. And the reason for that … Continue reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Book 5/30. My rating: 4 of 5 stars I have a strained relationship with Pulitzer Prize winning novels as they tend to be either a hit or a miss for me. I haven’t read too many of them, but the few I’ve read had me feeling underwhelmed from start to finish. I even took a … Continue reading A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan