MERYN MADE

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 3

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 3

    Greenwich ParkAuthor: Katherine FaulknerPublication Date: January 2022Genre: thriller, mysteryMethod: hardcover borrowed from TPL I’m not usually the biggest fan of domestic thrillers but I devoured this debut by author Katherine Faulkner! Personally I loved the slow pace of this thriller, getting to know the main characters, their connections to one another, and the string of Read more

  • JANUARY 2022 READING WRAP UP

    JANUARY 2022 READING WRAP UP

    General stats Total: 13 booksPages: 2,298 Fiction: 8Nonfiction: 5 Audiobooks: 5Physical books: 8 Borrowed books: 9→ Library savings $178.97Personal collection: 4 2022 TBR: 42022 Release: 3Book of the Month: 2Buzzword Readathon challenge: 3Debut Work: 4 Genre Goals ☐ 5 books about antiracism → What White People Can Do Next by Emma Dabiri☐ 4 classics☐ 3 Read more

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 2

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 2

    The Girl Who DiedAuthor: Ragnar JónassonPublication Date: November 2018Genre: mystery, thriller Method: audiobook via TPL Picked this up on whim because it fit for January’s #buzzword prompt (who, what, where, when, why, and how), and it was available as an audiobook, which was definitely a good call because there’s no way I would have been Read more

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 1

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 1

    A Flicker in the DarkAuthor: Stacey WillinghamPublication Date: January 2022Genre: mystery, thrillerMethod: BOTM hardcover And to begin, story time. In June of 2021, in a small independent bookstore in Michigan, I found myself in conversation with a lovely woman pre-ordering a debut thriller written by her niece set to release in January of 2022. She Read more

  • 2021 READING SUPERLATIVES

    2021 READING SUPERLATIVES

    Favorite author: Andy Weir Favorite book(s): Anxious People by Fredrik Backman, The Dutch House by Ann Patchett, Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Least favorite book: November 9 by Colleen Hoover Favorite thriller: The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware, The Silence of the White City by Eva García Sáenz  Least favorite thriller(s): The Read more

  • BOOKS I WANT TO READ FROM BLACK AUTHORS IN FEBRUARY

    BOOKS I WANT TO READ FROM BLACK AUTHORS IN FEBRUARY

    My personal goal is to read from exclusively black authors in the month of February in honor and celebration of Black History Month! While I’d love to read all of these, realistically I think I’ll read eight to ten. My top priorities are Blacktop Wasteland, Razorblade Tears, The City We Became, The Kindest Lie, and Read more

Meryn is a thrifty physical therapist and book collector based in Ohio.