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Review: Dead Woman Walking by Sharon Bolton

Just before dawn in the hills near the Scottish border, a man murders a young woman. At the same time, a hot-air balloon crashes out of the sky. Thereโ€™s just one survivor.

Sheโ€™s seen the killerโ€™s face โ€“ but heโ€™s also seen hers. And he wonโ€™t rest until heโ€™s eliminated the only witness to his crime.

Alone, scared, trusting no one, sheโ€™s running to where she feels safe โ€“ but it could be the most dangerous place of all . . . 



I had so much trouble placing this one. Even now as I write this up I’m really not sure how to rate it, but I gave it the top of my scale, just to give it the benefit of the doubt. There were so many ups and downs, high points that I loved, low points that I didn’t, and honestly so many things that were both good and bad…I was definitely left confused as to whether I was satisfied with the book or not. Let me explain more below

Dead Woman Walking is about sole survivor of a hot balloon crash, after its riders witness a most grisly murder. The murderer and the sole witness now know each other’s faces, and she knows he’s hunting her down. The problem is, where does she go? Nowhere feels safe, and the killer is always right on her tail.

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Let’s Talk Bookish – Reading Goal Check-In

Aria @ Book Nook Bitsย will be the new host for Letโ€™s Talk Bookish! If you arenโ€™t following her yet, good check out her blog and give her a follow!

July 1: How are you doing on your reading goals so far this year? (Amber @ Escape Life in the Pages)

Prompts:ย Did you set any reading goals for yourself at the beginning of the year? If so, how are you doing with them? Any youโ€™ve already met? Are there any goals you want to add? Did you set any blogging goals? If so, how are you doing with those?


Welcome to July everyone! The latter half of the year has officially started (where did the time go?) and Happy Canada Day to those of you in Canada! Appropriately, today’s topic is about our reading goals to see where we’re all at at this point in time.

I did set a reading goal this year, which happens to be the same as last year, at least on Goodreads. I just set the number to 50 again, though I believe I promised myself to read even more this year. I can barely remember all the lofty goals I set at the beginning of the year but I honestly didn’t anticipate how busy school would be and how that would affect my energy and drive to read. I already read enough for school; if I counted that, I think I would have read the equivalent of another 20 books.

In terms of leisure reading, I’m about at the halfway point (slightly under) so I’m definitely behind schedule. However, I believe I have been reading more Asian authors, which I was striving to do a bit more of this year, which is nice. I feel like I can almost always tell when the author is Asian American, there is some sort of…vibe or style to the book that often resonates with me. But maybe that’s just all a placebo effect; I will revisit this conclusion again in the new year.

I wouldn’t add any goals at this point except to try and make sure I reach the ones I already have. The same goes for my blogging goals. My schedule has just kind of taken me by storm and it’s a bit of a mess, honestly! In spite of all that though, I haven’t given up on the blog, and I’m already fairly proud of myself for that one.

How are you all doing with your reading goals this year? On track, behind, or even ahead? And is that your usual pace? Let me know in the comments below!


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Anticipated Books Coming July 2022

Welcome to July everyone! Yes, July. Already. I honestly can’t believe it but at least there’s lots of news books to look forward to! As usual I’ve linked their goodreads pages for your convenience. Let’s see the line up for this upcoming month!


July 5

A Disaster in Three Acts by Kelsey Rodney
The Darkening by Sunya Mara
The Charmed List by Julie Abe

July 12

The Wonderland Trials by Sara Ella
No One is Alone by Rachel Vincent
Wake the Bones by Elizabeth Kilcoyne

July 19

These Twisted Bonds (These Hollow Bonds #2) by Lexi Ryan
You, Me, and Our Heartstrings by Melissa See

July 26

Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen
Long Story Short by Serena Kaylor
Master of Iron (Bladesmith #2) by Tricia Levenseller
Accomplished by Amanda Quain
Beasts of Ruin by Ayana Gray


And that’s a wrap! What are you all looking forward to? Any really good ones that we missed? Let us know in the comments below!