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Hi, my name is Allison and I am a teacher by day and blogger by night. This blog is a place for me to talk about all the books I read! Welcome to my blog!

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32. \\ ⭐️⭐️ The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani The basic premise of this book is a couple hires a nanny and she’s amazing. They don’t know how they ever lived without her. This book was unbelievably boring and slow to have only been 200 or so pages. I was really engaged in the first 50 pages, but eventually the book becomes more of a character study and less of a story. The point of the book is to discover why the nanny killed the children, but I honestly felt like we never really got there. Definitely more of a slow burn with little pay off in the end and not a fast paced, tense mystery/thriller. • • • #theperfectnanny #notjustaprettybook #notyouraveragebookspam #bookshark #nannybooks #bookish #bookreview #bookblogger #librarybook #bookishfeatures

📚July Book Haul📚 Five books is a big haul to me! I typically don’t buy books unless I find a good bargain or it’s a book my library does not have. I try to support my local library as much as possible and utilize my Scribd subscription. In July, I received two ARCs, bought two bargain prices books, and borrowed one book from a bookstagram friend! ARCs-Theme Music and Lock Every Door Bargain Books (less than $10 for both!)-Fangirl and The Blinds Borrowed-An American Marriage (thanks, @readwithash !) Do you buy or borrow books? • • • #bookstack #notyouraveragebookspam #julybookhaul #bookhaul #stackofbooks #fangirl #theturnofthekey #anamericanmarriage #thememusic #theblinds #botm #bookshark

31. \\ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware #partner Many thanks to @gallerybooks for providing me with an advance copy of this title in exchange for my honest review. My full review can be viewed on my blog today at 10:30 AM CT. Rowan, a full time nanny, finds a listing for the perfect job as a private, line-in nanny for a family in the Scottish Highlands. When she arrives at the secluded home, she discovers the owners have installed “smart home” technology in almost every room of the house, including her bedroom. As each day passes, more and more unexplainable things begin to happen in the home, and Rowan finds herself accused of the unthinkable. Secluded settings are my absolute favorite in a mystery/thriller novel, and this house was full of its own history and mysteries despite being updated with modern technology. The only fault I ever have with Ruth Ware’s books are her endings. This one left me wanting a little bit more. I gave this five stars because I did enjoy every second of the book and found it very unsettling at times. • • • #theturnofthekey #ruthware #thrillerbooks #mysterybooks #bookish #bookshark #instabooks #notjustaprettybook #bookreview #bookblogger #ireviewbooks #thepageswelove #bookishfeatures #notyouraveragebookspam

30. \\ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Possession by Michael Rutger #partner Thanks to @grandcentralpub for sending me an ARC via @NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. I absolutely LOVED The Anomaly by Rutger last year, so when I discovered there was a sequel coming out, I knew I had to read it ASAP. You do not need to read The Anomaly before picking up The Possession. There are some mentions of the previous book, but the author is careful not to give too much away. The Possession follows Nolan and his team from The Anomaly Files, a YouTube webseries, to upstate California to investigate mysterious stone walls. What Nolan doesn't tell the team is he is really following his ex-wife, Kristy, whom he has a very strange and awkward relationship with. Kristy is in the area investigating the disappearance of a local teen girl. Eventually, the two separate investigations begin to converge as mysterious and spooky (no really, SPOOKY!) things begin to happen in the town. I expected to love this as much as The Anomaly, but I spent the last 30% or so of the book very confused as to what was going on. This would have been three stars if I had not been so legitimately freaked out while reading the book. I will still read future books in this series (if there are any), but I would prefer more isolated settings, like the Grand Canyon in the first book. • • • #thepossession #theanomaly #notyouraveragebookspam #notjustaprettybook #booksharks #horrorbooks #scarybooks #supernaturalbooks #ebook #bookish #thepageswelove #bookreview