
Book Review: Nine Liars – Maureen Johnson

Hello readers! The holidays are right around the corner and I’ve been working on my winter 2023 TBR. I’ve been extremely picky with my TBR for the next year, because my reading tastes have been changing quite a bit recently and also owing to the ridiculous backlog I’m going to have from this year – hence why there are only 8 books on this list this time around instead of 10. Let’s take a look!
Title: A Million To One
Author: Adiba Jaigirdar
Genre: YA, Mystery/Thriller
Published: December 13th, 2022 (Harper Collins)
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Title: Nothing More To Tell
Author: Karen M. McManus
Genre: YA, Mystery/Thriller
Published: August 30th, 2022 (Delacorte Press)
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Hello readers! Welcome to my stop on TBR and Beyond Blog Tours for The Killing Code by Ellie Marney. Thank you to the author, the publisher and TBR & Beyond Tours for giving me the opportunity to be a part of this tour.
Title: The Killing Code
Author: Ellie Marney
Genre: YA, Mystery
Published: September 20th, 2022 (Little, Brown BYR)
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Title: The Weight of Blood
Author: Tiffany D. Jackson
Genre: YA, Mystery/Thriller/Horror
Published: September 6th, 2022 (Katherine Tegen Books)
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Hello readers! Welcome to my stop on TBR and Beyond Blog Tours for The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. Thank you to the author, the publisher and TBR & Beyond Tours for giving me the opportunity to be a part of this tour.
Title: The Final Gambit
Series: The Inheritance Games #3
Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Genre: YA, Mystery
Published: August 30th, 2022 (Little, Brown BYR)
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Hello readers, and welcome to Mini Reviews, where I talk about some of the books I don’t write full length reviews for. This installment, let’s chat about: One for All, The Bombay Prince and Crown of Cinders.
Continue readingTitle: A Dreadful Splendor
Author: B. R. Myers
Genre: Mystery
Published: August 23rd, 2022 (William Morrow)
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Title: Never Coming Home
Author: Kate Williams
Genre: YA, Mystery/Thriller
Published: June 21st, 2022 (Delacorte Press)
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Title: Go Hunt Me
Author: Kelly DeVos
Genre: YA, Mystery/Thriller, Horror
Published: June 14th, 2022 (Razorbill)
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Hello readers, and welcome to Mini Reviews, where I talk about some of the books I don’t write full length reviews for. This installment, let’s chat about: Aru Shah & the Nectar of Immortality, This Golden State and Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak.
Continue readingTitle: Queen of the Tiles
Author: Hannah Alkaf
Genre: YA, Mystery
Published: April 19th, 2022 (Simon Schuster BYR)
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Title: Dig Two Graves
Author: Gretchen McNeil
Genre: YA, Mystery/Thriller
Published: March 29th, 2022 (Disney Hyperion)
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Hello readers! Welcome to my stop on the Inkyard Press Winter 2022 YA Blog Tour for Killing Time by Brenna Ehrlich! Thank you to Inkyard Press and the author for giving me the opportunity to be a part of this tour.
Title: Killing Time
Author: Brenna Ehrlich
Genre: YA, Mystery
Published: March 8th, 2022 (Inkyard Press)
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Title: These Deadly Games
Author: Diana Urban
Genre: YA, Mystery/Thriller
Published: February 1st, 2022 (Wednesday Books)
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Title: The Rumor Game
Author: Dhonielle Clayton & Sona Charaipotra
Genre: YA, Mystery, Contemporary
Published: March 1st, 2022 (Disney)
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Title: The Fear
Author: Natasha Preston
Genre: YA, Mystery/Thriller
Published: March 1st, 2022 (Delacorte Press)
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Title: League of Liars
Author: Astrid Scholte
Genre: YA, Fantasy, Mystery
Published: February 22nd, 2022 (G.P. Putnam’s Sons BYR)
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Welcome to Day 20 of Blogmas 2021! It’s finally time to share the post I have been adding to all year – my best of shelf picks for 2021! My regular readers will know that I rarely rate a book above 4 stars and even fewer of those make this list. Of the 150+ books I’ve read so far this year, I’ve chosen 11 for this list – a slightly higher ratio than usual, but these books were simply too good to leave any out.
As a reminder of the criteria I use for this list, the book has to be published in the same year, I should have given it a rating of 4 stars or higher, with something that I felt made it stand out over the other books. The titles are just in publication order this year because if I started trying to rank them, this post would still be in my drafts. Without further ado, let’s check out my favorite books of 2021!
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