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My eyes light up at psychological thrillers, True Crime & great literary fiction
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My Favorite Reads of 2021

These are the handful of books that have blew me away last year! These are the ones I highly, HIGHLY recommend for fans of thrillers, mysteries and all-around great storytelling!

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The Magpie by Elizabeth Day

5/10/2022

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One-sentence summary:
Even though they haven’t known each other long, Marisa and Jake have moved in together and are trying for a baby, but when they take in a roommate named Kate, who seems a little too ‘familiar’ with Jake, all three lives suddenly become upended.
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This book is 110% psychological thriller, which is sort of my favorite thing in the world, so I couldn’t stop turning the pages! I basically finished it in 24 hours. 

It’s told from the POVs of Marisa and Kate, and there’s a very fun twist about one-third of the way into the story that turns the entire scenario on its head. I also really enjoyed the family dysfunction of Jake – his mother, in particular, is a perfectly flawed character.

While certain plot points do stretch the imagination a bit, it is written so well that it’s easily forgiven. One thing that helps to keep it grounded is that the exploration of the struggles of infertility in the book is thorough, well-researched and very much based in reality. In addition, Day does such an exceptional job of getting the reader into the heads of both Marisa and Kate.

This is now out in hardcover!

Thank you Simon & Schuster for the ARC!
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