Quarterly Reading Recommendations

This is my final Quarterly Reading Recommendation for 2022. I will be listing my top 10 favourite books I’ve read over the last 3 months and then I will be compiling my list and picking out my top 10 overall of 2022 which I will be posting in a couple days! If you want to check out my third quarterly reading recommendations click HERE.

My recommendations for October – November – December are:

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

One of Us is Dead by Jeneva Rose

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

Kim Jiyoung Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

Most Surprising Books of 2022

These are the 5 books that I either picked up on a whim or had heard some bad things about and I was surprised I actually ended up really liking them!

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

I just picked this up on a whim and it was a campy fun time!

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough

That twist at the end!

Book of Night by Holly Black

I didn’t like her Folk of the Air series at all so I was pleasantly surprised with how much I liked this book!

Slewfoot by Brom

Another book I picked up on a whim that I loved, probably going to be one of my favourites of the year!

One of Us is Dead by Jeneva Rose

Hadn’t heard much feedback about this book but was surprisingly really enjoyable!

Buzzwordathon Wrap Up

I figured it would be nice to do a little wrap up of the Buzzword Readathon I’ve been doing throughout the year since I’ve figured out I have completed all the prompts! I didn’t really look ahead throughout the year and see what the next prompt was going to be I would just look at the start of every month and find something on my TBR that matches. There were some months I didn’t get to the prompt but I did read something either before or later in the year that fit so everything worked out. This is such a fun easy readathon that I think I will continue to participate in for sure!

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One of Us Is Dead Review

Meet the women of Buckhead—a place of expensive cars, huge houses, and competitive friendships. Shannon was once the queen bee of Buckhead. But she’s been unceremoniously dumped by Bryce, her politician husband. When Bryce replaces her with a much younger woman, Shannon sets out to take revenge … Crystal has stepped into Shannon’s old shoes. A young, innocent Texan girl, she simply has no idea what she’s up against … Olivia has waited years to take Shannon’s crown as the unofficial queen of Buckhead. Finally, her moment has come. But to take her rightful place, she will need to use every backstabbing, manipulative, underhand trick in the book … Jenny owns Glow, the most exclusive salon in town. Jenny knows all her clients’ secrets and darkest desires. But will she ever tell? Who amongst these women will be clever enough to survive Buckhead—and who will wind up dead? They say that friendships can be complex, but no one said it could ever be this deadly.

Jenny was a good buffer between all of these pretentious housewives. She really utilised the connections that Olivia has and built up her salon from basically nothing. I wish she would of exerted her power as the owner a little bit more, especially when she knew Olivia was up to her tricks but I can understand her wanting to keep the status quo. Seeing the behind the scenes of how much these women need Jenny to handle their upkeep just to keep up appearances in this town was fun and pretty crazy.

The rest of the ladies at first were a little hard to distinguish between but as the plot unfolds they become more distinct. Olivia is our obvious antagonist and she does very well at it, Crystal is a little too naïve for the majority of story, Karen was a bit of a wild card and was quite fun to see how her story unfolds and I couldn’t help but feel bad for Shannon. None of them were particularly likeable but that was definitely by design but I think they were all very integral to the plot and kept things interesting.

The premise of this book is just so fun and entertaining. Knowing that one of these women are dead and going back and trying to figure out which was a great time. It definitely got a lot darker than what I was expecting which once again kept me so engaged and eager to find out what is going to happen next. These women are so conniving and strategic and the way that the story plays out was so satisfying.

⭐️4/5 stars Rich housewife drama that takes a deadly turn, so much fun!