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Today‘s Prompt: THERAPY

THRILLER - SUSPENSE

A powerful, amazingly written read. 

The story line is highly developed, carried out in an organized fashion, and gives the reader a lot to think about.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/muzbww9j

Yeah, I hated this. Main reason is the narrator, the therapist, Dr Alan Forrester, who quite frankly should be struck off, disbarred, whatever the equivalent is. Machiavellian to the extreme, his actions go against everything a therapist should do. 1⭐

This book could be very triggering - there's infidelity, a suicide attempt, sexual content, & the sexual assault is graphically described at times.

Reading next. 📚
Also reading The Way of King. 😊

A very original plot, with lots of drama. Probably the most graphic SA descriptions I‘ve ever read, but I think it gives an unusual insight to the feelings of survivors(if you can stomach it). The depiction of mental health is incredibly split between harmful stigmas and refreshing insights. All in all, a good plot with all the twists you can ask for, if you can get past the gory details and beyond arrogant narrator.

Hey #GroupF 📚 Here are some of my choices for #Round12 of #LMPBC 😃 Let me know what you think!

@suvata @sharread @Reynosa8701 @magyklyXdelish

I love this author. The narrator is incredibly interesting. It's impossible to talk about this without spoilers. If you like psychological thrillers, definitely give this a try.

#BookSpinBingo square 4
@TheAromaofBooks

My April #BookSpin list.

For March, I‘ve read 11 of my 20 choices so far (though I still need to get to my #doublespin pick), so I‘m hoping my motivation will continue and I‘ll unshelf most of these books, too. 🤞🏻 Looking forward to seeing which numbers are picked!

Instead of reading I‘ve been spending all my time cuddling and playing with Rémy. I did manage to finish my entry for the February #bookspin #doublespin ?A very difficult, frustrating and personally disturbing read with such a condescending, arrogant, narcissistic narrator that I almost bailed. This one will also be looking for a new home. #scribd #readtheusa2020 #connecticut #litsyatoz #abecedarian #A #remysiberiancat

I did not care for this book 🙈 I struggled through the first hundred pages, got impatient and did something I‘ve only done a handful of times: just skimmed the middle and read maybe the last 80 pages so to see how everything was resolved. It has overall good reviews everywhere I‘ve looked but it just was not for me.

Library book sale! I can‘t help myself. But seriously 9 books for $12.25. Not too shabby. 😉

The story is set in a affluent area of Connecticut, It starts with a young girl and a disturbing incident.The narrator turns out to be the psychiatrist that tries to help her and the family,but he also gets involved beyond his profession, with a few twists,it turned out to be a good thriller.
I enjoyed it,and was surprised at the end.

It‘s that time of year when I crave creepy suspense thrillers! What should I read first? 😱 #suspense #thriller #bookhaul

I really enjoyed this book. It definitely kept me wanting to read more and had a good twisty ending. The plot is a bit disturbing as it deals with rape and is quite graphic so not a suitable read for everyone. Also not much dialogue in the story as it‘s mostly told in narration of a therapist who interacts with most of the characters but all in all I liked it.

This book was so good! So many twists & turns that I didn‘t see coming!

Another #BookOutlet find...Jenny is attacked one evening but cannot remember the assault. How does she and her parents cope with this? Will she ever remember anything from that night? #AllToAll #TimbitTunes

Thanks for a fun month, @Cinfhen and @TheKidUpstairs !

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Prompt: My Town

A small town, a perfect town, a town with secrets, and a town with the not so perfect residents they think they are.

ALL IS NOT FORGOTTEN was a tense, stay-with-you psychological thriller and will make you wonder if folks are really who they appear to be. 4/5

https://bit.ly/2FF63ay

Thank you to this app for helping me find Book Outlet, especially during their boxing day sale. 55 books for $120, (there are two of these boxes) with all books in practically perfect condition. You just can't beat this.

This was an amazing book! From the point of view of a rape survivors therapist its unravels the story of her, her family, and the night of the attack. It had an excellent ending that left you really feeling for the narrator.

It‘s true!

My current read! Heard this was really good but I am finding it slow to get into!

Pretty interesting concept and I like the author's voice. The drama was drawn out better in some places than others. Overall, I would recommend the book

Beach read 💕📖📚

#abandon #dnf
I have read a lot of teen social issue books this year, but even after giving "All Is Not Forgotten" 140 pages of my time, I couldn't care less about the plot, the characters, or the mystery/crime. My TBR shelf is too large to continue. On to the next one.

Wow! I wasn‘t expecting this, and it really made me stop and think about the idea of erasing a memory in hopes of evading PTSD. I kept asking myself, “Would I want to erase the memory of a tragic event?” Would you?

Hope everyone has had a nice weekend so far? 📖 ☀️🍺🍸 thought I‘d treat myself to some books by Gregg Hurwitz 💞

So have just had these new books delivered today! Which one do I possibly start with? Decisions decisions........ any ideas Litsy friends? 💞

#ReadingResolutions Day 3: #Memory @Jess7

So, I'm obsessed by how memory shapes who we are. This book deals with treating PTSD by removing the memory of the event that caused the stress. A great psychological thriller!

I wasn‘t going to give this book a good rating halfway through. I almost gave up on it and then it suddenly took a turn that I was not expecting. I will honestly say I am a little wary of mental health professionals after this....Trigger warning: rape

Wow.....that was surprising.

Yeah, so I couldn‘t help myself. But to be fair, 12 of them are for my classroom library.

Wow! This author knows how to write an intriguing story. For a moment I wasn‘t sure I would like this book because of the way it was being told and there was a chunk of the book that got too technical about memory and the brain. That stuff intrigued me but it was written very sterile like. I almost gave up. But I‘m happy I didn‘t. The twist and turns were things I weren‘t expecting and kept the story fresh.

Trigger Warning: Rape.

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Enjoying some green tea and hoping to finish this book today. This mug always makes me smile when I use it.

#gumby

I am about halfway through this book and it‘s making me so angry and frustrated. So much that I have to take a break for the rest of the night.

1) besides the gym I usually just stay home in the weekend and kind of just do whatever comes up.
2) 5‘3
3) I have lived in Oregon for 8 years.
4) tagged book
5)selfie of me and the husband at the Stout Beer Festival in Astoria last Saturday.

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▪️forest green, olive green and grey
▪️fall and winter
▪️YA and mystery/thriller
▪️besides reading I like to hike and run
▪️right now Boom Chicka popcorn the slightly salty and sweet kettle corn.
▪️mostly water but i do really love coffee and beer.
▪️my book embosser
▪️everyone 😊

#gettingtoknowyou

My friendship doesn‘t cost a thing...but #coffee donations are accepted.
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If I were the kind to call into work, today would have been the day. Started #allisnotforgotten by @wendygwalker last night & I‘m so enraptured with it! Finally home & going to read some more of it!
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What‘s the last book that you hated to put down?

Problematic, but definitely kept my interest. Between 3.5 and 4 stars. I'll post a fuller review once I get it up on my blog.

Just when I think the narrator can't get any more arrogant, he says this about his wife.

Snuggling up with this one this morning. I started it in 2017, but set it down for a few months. Restarting it today.
One of my doggos is happy for a morning of couch snuggles while I read. :-)

This was a weird book...in a good way. Serious trigger warnings for sexual assault. The narrator of the story is unknown for quite awhile and I kept wondering if I just missed it. I thought I had the perpetrator figured out several times and was wrong to the end. It is a well written psychological thriller. The end of the audio has an interview with the author.

Crazy psychological trip!

So I finished Emma in the Night in one day. I'm now reading this first novel by the same author. Oh my gosh is all I can say so far. It's like a horrific Law & Order: SVU episode, but I'm getting so angry. I will definitely finish it tonight.

Finished my first audio book! My mom and I listened to Stephen King audio books when I was younger when we would travel but that‘s it until now. I like having physical books to read, so I never liked ebooks either. However, I really enjoyed listening to this while driving, cleaning, cooking and basically anytime I couldn‘t have a physical book in my hands. I wasn‘t sure about reading 2 books at the same time but it worked out fine! Pick! 3.5⭐️

Just finished watching Netflix's "The Sinner" and I was hooked from the first episode ! It reminded me a lot of the tagged book above ^^^
If you've seen it , what's your opinion? Also, does anyone have any book recommendations with similar stories ?

I could not wait for this book to be over. #litsypartyofone