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what I’m reading: reykjavik by ragnar jónasson.

book reviews, books and reading · March 20, 2026

In 1956, a teenage girl working on a small island off the coast of Reykjavík goes missing. The investigation leads nowhere, and the case eventually goes cold. Thirty years later, during the city’s 200th anniversary celebrations, a journalist reopens the case in the hopes of finally uncovering what Read the Post

what I’m reading: whiteout by r. s. burnett.

book reviews, books and reading · February 20, 2026

Glaciologist Rachael Beckett is on a research expedition in Antarctica when disaster strikes. After losing contact with her base camp and failing to get a signal on her satellite phone, she realizes she’s completely cut off from the rest of her team. It’s the depths of winter, a storm is raging Read the Post

what I’m reading: need to know by karen cleveland.

book reviews, books and reading · January 30, 2026

Vivian Miller is a CIA analyst tasked with identifying and locating Russian sleeper cells. When she gains access to a potential Russian operative’s computer, what she discovers sets off a chain of events that threatens not only her career, but her family as well. This book was equal parts Read the Post

what I’m reading: famous last words by gillian mcallister.

book reviews, books and reading · August 29, 2025

New mom Camilla was living the idyllic life with her husband, Luke, and their baby girl. Until one morning, Luke isn't at home, and in his place is a cryptic note. And then the police show up to tell her that Luke has taken three people hostage in a warehouse in London. By the end of the day, the Read the Post

what I’m reading: killers of a certain age by deanna raybourn.

book reviews, books and reading · August 22, 2025

Billie, Helen, Natalie, and Mary Alice have worked for the Museum, an elite agency of assassins, for forty years. Now in their sixties, the Museum has asked them to retire and sends them on a luxurious cruise to celebrate. However, when they are targeted on board by one of their fellow assassins, Read the Post

what I’m reading: cold eternity by s.a. barnes.

book reviews, books and reading · August 15, 2025

Halley Zwick is on the run and needs to hide out somewhere no one will find her. She takes an under-the-table job on board the Elysian Fields, a spaceship carrying hundreds of cryogenically frozen bodies. When the technology to unfreeze the people didn't work, the ship was turned into a morbid, Read the Post

what I’m reading: the god of the woods by liz moore.

book reviews, books and reading · August 12, 2025

Barbara Van Laar has gone missing from the summer camp run by her family. Has she run away or been kidnapped? And is her disappearance connected to the disappearance of Bear, Barbara's brother, who went missing 14 years ago? This book was my book club's latest pick. I thought it was a quick and Read the Post

what I’m reading: run by blake crouch.

book reviews, books and reading · May 2, 2025

Jack Colclough and his family are hurrying to pack their car to leave town. A couple of days ago, people started going crazy and murdering anyone they saw. The power's gone out, and now the names of people to be killed are being read aloud on the Emergency Broadcast System. Jack hears his name Read the Post

what I’m reading: worst case scenario by t.j. newman.

book reviews, books and reading · March 10, 2025

The pilot of Coastal Flight 235 suffers a heart attack and dies while in the air. The first officer is in the lavatory and the flight attendant in the cockpit is unable to regain control of the aircraft. With 295 people on board, the plane nose dives and crashes into the town of Waketa, Minnesota, Read the Post

what I’m reading: the last murder at the end of the world by stuart turton.

book reviews, books and reading · October 12, 2024

A deadly fog has covered the Earth and killed anyone it touched. The only survivors are a group of scientists and villagers who live on an island surrounded by the fog. No one can enter or leave the island as the fog hovers at the water's edge, kept at bay by a security system. When one of the Read the Post

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Hi friends, I’m Shanna, a book lover currently living in the Seattle area! I run on lattes, eat way too many grilled cheeses, and have a never-ending to be read list. Come join me on my reading adventures!

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