It's Monday! What Are You Reading? #72

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Welcome to The Sunday Post hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer, where I talk about what is going on in life and the blog, and show you all the bookish things I got that week! Let's get started!

Work has been so crazy these last couple of weeks, so you're going to have to excuse me lack of posting. I'm really finding it hard to balance blogging and working.... how do people do this?! Lol. But hey, at least I'm not in a reading slump anymore, yay!

Random Read: Finish that Series! (April 2016)

Amidst my ridiculously out of control TBR pile I have a ton of series I have not finished and it's driving me insane! I can't seem to choose one to finish, so I have decided to leave that in the hands of random.org!

2016 Blogoversary Giveaway!

Guys, I have been blogging for FIVE YEARS! Oh my gods I can't believe it! That is so incredible! So, to celebrate, I am having a giveaway! Pretty great one, too, if I do say so myself ;) I wanted to have a big giveaway since I haven't had one in a while. And honestly, I wanted to get rid of some books to make room for more (booknerd problems, right? haha)! But at the same time, I didn't want to break my wallet. So I came up with the following:

Review: The Shattering by Karen Healey

Title: The Shattering

Author: Karen Healey

Genre: YA, mystery thriller, paranormal

Publication date: September 2011

Published by: Little, Brown and Company

Source: Own Hardcover

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Synopsis:

"If you want to find out who murdered your brother, follow me."

Keri, Janna, and Sione have one thing in common: Their older brothers are dead. Each death was ruled a suicide, but there were no notes, no warnings, and no explanations.

So they've worked out a theory: Their brothers were murdered - and weren't the only victims.

As the search for the serial killer goes on, mysterious forces are unearthed and suspicion is cast on the those the three trust most. When secrets shatter around them, can they save the next victim? Or will they become victims themselves?

This supernatural thriller from award-winning author Karen Healey (Guardian of the Dead) teems with suspense, loss, revenge, and magic.

My rating: ★★★★☆
The Shattering was a pretty good read, considering it was only ONE DOLLAR! I found a hardcover of it at the freaking dollar store, can you believe it? Anyway, it had a very interesting premise with the whole mystery of all these older brothers committing suicide, except maybe it was murder? What?! It was just super intriguing! And there was an unexpected supernatural twist which I very much enjoyed, even though the actual ‘why’ behind all the killings wasn’t all that surprising. I did, however, enjoy learning that I was right about the whole thing, a very rare thing for me seeing as how I like being totally and completely surprised. Everything was tied back to the tourist town with some pretty crazy magic and, well, it did not disappoint.