The Heatwave | 
I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!
#ABookADay2023
pickAn enjoyable thriller/drama set in France. A mother and her daughter go to their house in France to try to sell it. It is full of memories for the mother of the elder daughter that we only hear about in the past. You really wonder what happened to her. It is summer so you really feel the oppressive heat, coming from the pages. It keeps you guessing which is good.
Question of the day: what conditions make reading difficult for you? #QotD
For example, my province hit an all time record breaking high yesterday during this heat wave, making my brain into soup.
Hope you are staying safe where ever you are. Remember to tag me in any responses!
pickThis was a fun, moody read. It felt like an atmospheric experience - Riordan did a great job capturing the Frenchness of the setting. Sylvie returns to her family home with one daughter all while reliving trauma inflicted by her other daughter. The chapters are short and mysterious, and the story switches between present day and her memories of the home and family from the 1960s-1980s. A slow burn that will make you long for the summer heat.
I love these book ends!! 🤗🤗 So excited that they finally came in. 🥳
pickThe Heatwave by Kate Riordan
Genre: Thriller
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟
This was a slow burn thriller that kept me wondering what would happen next. Told in two time periods, this is a story that will leave you wondering about what you would do if you had a psychopath for a daughter.
Sylvie has come back to her family home, one she hasn‘t been to since the death of her daughter, Elodie. I love a story with family secrets and this one had plenty.
This arrived just before the weekend! Looking forward to it! @shellleigh33 @Kappadeemom @Velvet #lmpbc and it‘s #suspense so it count for #teamslaughter #scarathlon2020 @Clwojick
Finally got my #LMPBC package in the mail today from @Velvetsun Will get the tag book read and in the mail to @BarkingMadRun as soon as possible. And excited I got my book back so soon. Was surprise to get it before the third one came. Did you mean to send it @Velvetsun
pickAn atmospheric, creepy, summer read. Riordan does a fantastic job transporting the reader to an old summer home in the South of France during a heatwave. Told in alternating timelines, a mother reveals events that transpired with her older daughter that they lost years ago. With vibes of the Omen or Rosemary's Baby, I was kept completely intrigued all the way up until the very end of the book.
so-soWell that was interesting 🥵I didn‘t necessarily enjoy this book but I honestly couldn‘t put it down. Sylvie is forced to return to her childhood home, she once fled. Once home, the ghosts of her past return & she‘s confronted with all the demons. #NetGalley #ARC #LittensDressedInBlood #BookSpinBingo #PopSummer20
Starting an #ARC for the #NetGalleyReviewReadathon and this book ticks off #popSummer20 prompt #SunSandWaveInTitle plus creepy old house and mention of ghosts makes this perfect for #LittensDressedInBlood
pickUnsettling & atmospheric, this story of a broken family set during an oppressive heatwave, had me gripped. I loved the slow reveals, alternating timelines and the ominous pacing. There is a return to a neglected home in southern France, where something bad has happened and secrets have been kept....until now! With hints of Shriver‘s Kevin, I couldn‘t tear myself away from this sultry page turner, perfect to throw in your beach bag.
#popsummer20
.... when the ARC you are reading for #popsummer2020 mentions a book you have just stacked to fill another prompt for the same challenge! Spooky!
pickThis is precisely the type of book I would DEVOUR during vacation. There is a suspenseful air to it that I was not expecting but it made me turn the pages that much more quickly. Brilliantly atmospheric and spooky. 4🌟 and a mammoth orange creamsicle vodka slushy.
pickRead this thanks to @squirrelbrain and it‘s one of those surprising, really good reads.
I think the cover is very misleading and I definitely wouldn‘t have picked up based on that.
A dark, twisty tale that had my heart beating a couple of times 👍🏻
This book is headed your way @Velvetsun for #lmpbc
pickAt first I wasn‘t sure about this book, as it wasn‘t what I expected. #neverjudgeabook...
Sylvie has to return to her house in France after abandoning it 10 years earlier when her daughter Elodie died. Her other daughter was only 4 when they left and doesn‘t know the full story of Elodie.
It‘s a very dark tale as we learn what happened back then, and the current day implications.
I ended up loving it, couldn‘t put it down!
#bookspin
Appropriate reading today #Lmpbc
pickThis book is interesting. I liked how she writes in a way that draws you in and how there are subtle twists that keep you guessing. This is a sinister read offering an examination of a mother‘s in a desperate situation.
