My Lovely Wife | 
so-soThis is an amusing, twisted little story. Highly unlikely but still fun. Lately whenever a contemporary (2018 or after) book has an "x years later" epilogue, I imagine what that epilogue would look like if the author had known covid was on the horizon. The reality of the pandemic kind of constrains my imaginings of any story past the back cover. Among other things.
pickSlow burn thriller turned shit-hit-the-fan. 4.5 ⭐
Definitely recommended if you need a thriller!
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🌱 The first spring thunder storm ⚡ I love them ❤️
🌱 I'm still busy with the 2 I might consider best for the month > it's between Warbreaker and My lovely wife
🌱 Now I can't think of one single character - I know there should be one...🤔
🌱 I'm grateful for date nights 😍
Thanks for the tag @damselsgotballs
Want to play? @TheNeverendingTBR @hannah-leeloo @CymbaX13
so-soWasn't really sure about this one, was abit weird for me. I did predict most of the ending, although it was a good one
This book is nuts in a fun way. It‘s on sale on Kindle for $1.99 today so I had to tell people. 😁
panThis reads like a bookclub book. Every other chapter has a domestic social issue discussion point, i.e. adultery, troubled relationships with parents, mental health issues, middle age breakdowns. The actual aerial killer plot is just an excuse 4o get to these issues.
pickThis was just ok for me, a little predictable. I like her book He Started It much better.
I need some ideas. What are you reading this weekend??
pickGave this book 5 stars! Loved it. Highly recommend if you like psychological thrillers.
pickWhat a wild ride. Some twists and turns that I saw coming, others totally unexpected. Great first book of 2021. 5⭐️
pickYou don't know what outcome to hope for for this unnamed, serial killer narrator. This stressful plot is deliciously devious and sick and twisted. Well done!
pick😱 So friggin‘ good!!!! Kind of saw one thing coming but it just added tension to the story! Loved it. 💕🌟🌟🌟🌟
pickI was quite satisfied by this thriller and I completely get the hype surrounding it. It‘s clever and immersive with some fun little twists along the way. If you‘ve put this one off, like I had, you might want to reconsider that choice!
Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3130268091
pickI really liked this one! A couple things I did predict, but I had no idea how it would all end and it was perfectly engrossing.
First official #Screamathon read! @4thhouseontheleft
What are you currently reading? I‘ve started these to fit the prompts on the Spooktober bingo challenge I‘m participating in.
Prompt: Horror ~ Horrid
Prompt: Vampires ~ Let the Right One In
Prompt: Serial killer ~ My Lovely Wife
Prompt: Orange cover ~ Unspeakable Things
so-soOur nameless hero and his wife are keeping secrets. He‘s also being blackmailed by his own son, is worried about his daughter‘s increasingly erratic behavior, and suddenly wondering what extra secrets his wife is keeping. Interesting enough to keep me reading, but not engaging enough to stay on my mind after I put the book down.
so-so⭐️⭐️ • Short chapters should make this a quick read but for whatever reason this took me longer to read than I wanted. I found it mostly boring, rather predictable, and quite absurd. Hopefully some rewrites will make it a better movie or series than book.
Thank you @Eggs for the challenge and @EadieB for the tag! Sorry I didn‘t see it until now, but better late than never!
1) The tagged book
2) This may sound weird, but I would love to read Diary of a Wimpy Kid with Greg attending Hogwarts with Harry Potter. I think it would a funny spoof focusing on the mundane activities at Hogwarts
3) Multiple POVs keep me guessing, like One of Us is Lying
Can you play? @RaeLovesToRead @Nicole01070
so-soThis was boring and at times unbelievable to a point that I was just shaking my head. I don't love thrillers, and I found this fairly predictable. The end was the best part, and it bumped it up to a 3 stars for me. I'd recommend it if you love thrillers, because the concept is kind of interesting, but there's no reason to like, run out and buy a copy.
so-soIn this thriller, a couple tracks and kills women to keep their marriage alive. Then things go horribly awry.
It reminded me of Gone Girl in respect to the twists and “grand scheme.” I chose so-so because I couldn‘t fully connect to the narrator. I like stories where people make average mistakes and get caught in a web -the “it could happen to me” feel. But when the narrator gets in deep water after murdering people for fun, deep down I‘m 🤷🏼♀️
My name is pretty unusual, I was not expecting to see it in this context, and certainly not with my morning cup of coffee...
"Nothing ever happened in Woodview. Certainly nothing like the murder of a nice woman named Callie..."
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pickI managed to finish all three of these while working on my #bulletjournal today, as I only had around 20-40% left on each of them. My favourite was My Lovely Wife,which doesn‘t surprise me since I love a good psychological thriller.It did not disappoint!🔪🖤
Current #Audiobooks... because I can never have only one on the go at a time 😂 #ReadYourSign
My weekend ended up being a bit busier than expected (not to mention a few unplanned naps🥱) but I‘ve been reading whenever I can. Not the 30hours or 10 books I was hoping for, but so far I‘ve read for 21hr28mins, finished 8 books and started 2 others. I work tomorrow, but I might carry on with the Readathon since my husband doesn‘t come home until Tuesday morning.
Really enjoying the tagged audiobook. LOVE a good psychological thriller.
pickThis was a fun read with some twists that keep you going. It built up well and was very dark. I like my psychological thrillers far but who doesn‘t! I liked the ordinary family life juxtaposed with the less than normal behaviors.
so-soAfter being able to predict the ending, and the two main characters being equally unlikable, I‘d only recommend this book as a “fun” read. A man and his wife plot how to get away with murder during their “date nights.”
But if women keep dying, and they certainly don‘t want to get caught, who‘s to blame? Why not a killer from years before?
Good plan until we soon learn the so-called murderer has been dead since before these killings started...
pickWhat a great book!!! Bizarre!!!
How do you make your wife happy?
You kill for her?
How does she repay you?
😳🤷🏻♀️
pickGreat thriller! Kept me guessing until nearly the end. Well written, good promise, I‘ll read more by Samantha Downing! #mystery
My #currentlisten on audio and the flowers and a sweet sign we saw on our nightly walk. #litsywalkers #bloominglitsy #keeplitsypositive
pickAbsolutely enjoyed this twisty dark psychological thriller!
Rating: 4⭐
For my full review, please visit https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3205472814?book_show_action=false&from_rev...
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A lovely wife is definitely a misnomer. A demented psycho is more like it.
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Don‘t miss out on my favorite thriller of 2019!!!! Now available in paperback. Look at this stunning new cover!!
A thrilling read. Hard to put down. Trust me, you don‘t want to pass on this book.
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Look what came out in paperback today! I know I‘m late to the party, but I‘m ready to join in and finally read My Lovely Wife. Have you added any new books to your pile lately?
Happy Pub Day!!
Have you read MY LOVELY WIFE?
A Lovely Wife is definitely a misnomer. A demented psycho is more like it.
Everything Millicent does seems innocent on the outside, but it is truly evil.
Be sure to pick up a copy.
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If you haven‘t read My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing you‘re missing out. One of my favorite books of 2019 is being made into a movie.
panThis is about a couple of serial killers (husband and wife) whose victims are all young women and are tortured (for a year in one case) before being killed. I don‘t usually like serial killer stories, including this one, even though it was written by a woman from a feminist(ish) angle. The storytelling is very effective and the twists are satisfying but overall I was disappointed.
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Is there anything better than a quiet, sunny Saturday morning with hot coffee & the first page of another book?
Next up: 𝐌𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝗪𝐢𝐟𝐞 by 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.
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pickMy Lovely Wife is a fast paced, suspense filled psychological thriller full of crazy twists and turns that will leave you agog. Lining up well developed character after character, each with their own sort of crazy, this one grabbed my attention from the start and kept me guessing right up to the explosive ending.
