"Home Before Dark" by Riley Sager

In Home Before Dark by Riley Saser, Maggie Holt's dad wrote a book called House of Horrors, a true story about a haunted house his family lived in.  It made a lot of money.  On his death bed, he told Maggie to never go back to that house and she agreed.  But Maggie did not keep her word and goes back to that house.  Will anything happen?  

For the first 200 pages, I was bored.  However, the next 354 pages were good, very good!  This has one of the best ending I've come across in a book for a long time!  Maggie was a great character!  (Gerard's review, 5++ stars)

Teaser from page 21:  It wasn't safe, my father told police.  Something was wrong with Baneberry Hall.  Unaccountable things had happened there.  Dangerous things.

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"Dear Child" by Romy Hausmann is Pretty Good

In Dear Child by Romy Hausmann, a girl goes missing and has been gone for a while.  Now the girl has been found.  The family is called as the girl is in the hospital, but the family says that the girl in the hospital is not their daughter.  This book was pretty good.  It is told by a number of people.  The story goes back and forth in time some, but I was able to deal with that.  It has a good ending, but I would have liked more action.  (Gerard's review, 4 stars)

Teaser from page 17:  Him standing there, slightly hunched over the bags, his back half-turned to me, his right hand already in one of the bags.  The knife lying beside the board, just half an arm's length away, within reach.

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"To Tell You The Truth...everybody lies" by Gilly Macmillan is Pretty Good

In To Tell You the Truth. . . everybody lies by Gilly Macmillan, Lucy Harper is a very good novelist.  Everyone loves her stories.  But now two people close to her have vanished--first her brother, now her husband!  What does she know?  Will people believe her?  This book was pretty good.  I liked Lucy, but at times, this dragged along with a just okay ending in my opinion.  (Gerard's review, 4 stars) 

Teaser from page 4 in large print version:  Your mum is clutching you by your upper arms so tightly it hurts.  You have the feeling she might shake you.  It takes every last ounce of your energy to meet her gaze, to widen your eyes, empty them somehow of anything bad she might read in them, and say, "Isn't he here?"

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"Daddy's Girls" by Danielle Steel

Daddy's Girls by Danielle Steel is about how three sisters deal with the passing of their father.  I enjoyed this book very much.  The author did a great job of bringing out the differences of all three sisters.  It also had some twists and turns with a happy "Hallmark movie" ending.  (Gerard's review, 5 stars) 

Teaser from page 21:  Kate was so shaken she could barely speak.  They walked into the house, and his belongings were everywhere, a pair of tall, mud-covered rubber boots that he'd worn the day before, his riding gloves on the table, a jacket he'd thrown over a chair. 

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"The Ballad of Song Birds and Snakes" by Suzanne Collins

The Ballad of Song Birds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins is about the kickoff to the tenth annual Hunger Games.  The main characters are 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow and his underdog tribute, Lucy Gray.  I thought this book was okay.  The two problems I had with it were that the characters were not developed enough and the lack of action at times.  The story line was easy enough to follow and the ending was okay.  (Gerard's review 10/20/20, 3.5 stars)

Karen's review:  The Ballad of Song Birds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins is all about Coriolanus Snow who mentors Lucy Gray in the tenth annual Hunger Games.  I would say this is kind of a pre-requisite to The Hunger Games series.  I liked the first half of the book better than the second and did not like the ending.  I agree with my husband that at times things seemed to drag along, lacking action.  I looked forward to reading this simply because I loved The Hunger Games Series and this was by the same author, but was disappointed.  It is no where near as good as the books in the series. I would recommend you save your time and skip this one.  (3 stars) 

Teaser from page 64:  "They're not animals, though," said Sejanus.  "They're kids, like you and me."

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