Blogmas Day 7: Book Review – The Family Upstairs By Lisa Jewell

The Family Upstairs By Lisa Jewell

Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction
Pages: 352 pages
Published: November 5th 2019
Publisher: Atria Books
My Rating: 2 out of 5 Stars

Synopsis: Be careful who you let in.

Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. She rips it open with one driving thought: I am finally going to know who I am.

She soon learns not only the identity of her birth parents, but also that she is the sole inheritor of their abandoned mansion on the banks of the Thames in London’s fashionable Chelsea neighborhood, worth millions. Everything in Libby’s life is about to change. But what she can’t possibly know is that others have been waiting for this day as well—and she is on a collision course to meet them.

Twenty-five years ago, police were called to 16 Cheyne Walk with reports of a baby crying. When they arrived, they found a healthy ten-month-old happily cooing in her crib in the bedroom. Downstairs in the kitchen lay three dead bodies, all dressed in black, next to a hastily scrawled note. And the four other children reported to live at Cheyne Walk were gone.

In The Family Upstairs, the master of “bone-chilling suspense” (People) brings us the can’t-look-away story of three entangled families living in a house with the darkest of secrets.

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Blogmas Day 3: November Wrap-up

Hey guys! I am excited to share with you my November Wrap-up. I didn’t get to a lot of the books I wanted to this month. I did make a post of books I wanted to get to by the end of this year and I am sad to say I don’t think that will be happening. I really want to read fun Christmas books this months. Plus some of the books that Riveted is letting us read for their #25ReadsofDecember. So let’s dive in and see what I read in November!

My November TBR

Hey guys! So last month I didn’t end up doing a TBR and I feel I ended up reading a good amount of books. I feel this year I haven’t been following a set TBR which isn’t like me. Since it’s the second to last month of the year I want to try to get in the books I have been putting off. There are so many books I want to read. I do hope I can get to them by the end of the year. So let’s dive in and see what books I hope to read this month.

Down The TBR Hole #73

Hey guys! It’s time for another Down The TBR Hole which was created by Lia @Lost In A Story! Well guys the day has come, it’s officially my last Down The TBR Hole post. It’s been such a wild journey. I am so happy with my experience. I have gotten rid of so many books over the last couple of years. I am sure there are more that I could have gotten rid of but I can’t help be curious about some books. Anyway I am sad to be done but let’s dive in to see what the last books are.

Top Ten Tuesday: My Last Listened To Audiobooks

Hey guys!!! It’s time again for another Top Ten Tuesday hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is Audio Freebie. So I decided I’d post the last 10 audiobooks I’d listened to in the last couple of months. I love listening to audiobooks so much. I feel it’s a great way to get reading in while doing other things. So I listen to them a lot. So let’s dive in!

February Book Wrap-up

Hey guys! I am so excited to share with you my February Wrap-up. I feel I ended up getting a lot of reading in this month. I almost read 10 books, which is great. I feel overall I wasn’t in love with the books I read. I participated in Thrillerathon. Sadly two of the books I picked, I did not end up liking. I did end up finding a new 5 star read which I am excited to share with you. I feel March is off to a better start. I hope it stays that way. Anyway, let’s dive in to see what I read in February.

My TBR For Thrillerathon

Hey guys! I am super excited to announce I will be participating in Thrillerathon this week. It takes place starting February 18th to February 24th. It is created by Harriet Rosie. I have participated in the past so I am excited for this round! Here is a list of all the challenges for the readathon:

1. Read The Thriller You’re Most Anticipating: Before She Knew Him By Peter Swanson

2. Read The Thriller That’s Been On Your TBR The Longest: Into The Water By Paula Hawkins

3. Read The Thriller You Most Recently Added To Your TBR: Then She Was Gone By Lisa Jewell

4. The Thriller With The Best Cover: When The Lights Go Out By Mary Kubica

5. Revisit A Thriller Book Or Author: Into The Water By Paula Hawkins

6. Read A Thriller That Was Recommended To You: Eeny Meeny By M.J. Arlidge

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Will you be participating in Thrillerathon? If so what books will you be reading for it?

Top Ten Tuesday: The Ten Most Recent Additions to My To-Read List

Hey guys!!! It’s time again for another Top Ten Tuesday hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is The Ten Most Recent Additions to My To-Read List. So I haven’t been putting too many books on my TBR lately. I have been doing Down The TBR Hole for a while now. I have been trying to add books I know I’m really interested in. I think in the past I would just add something just so I wouldn’t forget the name. So I’m trying to be a bit more picky. So now let’s dive in to see what my most recent additions are!

Blogmas Day Day 18: Waiting on Wednesday

Watching You By Lisa Jewell

Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Fiction, Suspense
Pages: 320 pages
Release Date: December 26th 2018
Publisher: Atria Books

Plot: Melville Heights is one of the nicest neighbourhoods in Bristol, England; home to doctors and lawyers and old-money academics. It’s not the sort of place where people are brutally murdered in their own kitchens. But it is the sort of place where everyone has a secret. And everyone is watching you.

As the headmaster credited with turning around the local school, Tom Fitzwilliam is beloved by one and all—including Joey Mullen, his new neighbor, who quickly develops an intense infatuation with this thoroughly charming yet unavailable man. Joey thinks her crush is a secret, but Tom’s teenaged son Freddie—a prodigy with aspirations of becoming a spy for MI5—excels in observing people and has witnessed Joey behaving strangely around his father.

One of Tom’s students, Jenna Tripp, also lives on the same street, and she’s not convinced her teacher is as squeaky clean as he seems. For one thing, he has taken a particular liking to her best friend and fellow classmate, and Jenna’s mother—whose mental health has admittedly been deteriorating in recent years—is convinced that Mr. Fitzwilliam is stalking her.

Meanwhile, twenty years earlier, a schoolgirl writes in her diary, charting her doomed obsession with a handsome young English teacher named Mr. Fitzwilliam…

Why I Need This Book: So I ended up reading a Lisa Jewell book last year and I loved it. So I was excited to hear she had 2 books coming out this year. I am sad to say I am slacking and haven’t read Then She Was Gone. I plan to next year, along with this book as well.

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Have you gotten to read this early? If so what are your thoughts on it? If not, are you guys interested in picking this book up? I would love to hear your thoughts on it. I seriously can’t wait for it to come out!

Blogmas Day 13: Books I Didn’t Get To In 2018

Hey guys! I can’t get over how fast 2018 came. I honestly am really happy with how this year went. I have to say I feel my reading was off a little bit. I found myself not enjoying a lot of books. I feel I gave a lot of 3 stars. Goodreads says my average rating is 3.5. I am also sad because there were a lot of books I really wanted to get to but didn’t. So today I thought I’d share with you some of the books I was really excited for but didn’t end up picking up. So let’s dive in!