GoodReads Monday

This weekly meme was started by @Lauren’s Page Turners. It is now being hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog. To participate, choose a random book from your GoodReads TBR and show it off. Which sounds easy enough until you have to decide how to choose that book! I think I will use a different way each week, like picking a color or number of pages. I will let you know each week how I chose the book and then something interesting about it, like how it ended up on the list or why I want to read it. Got it? Okay let’s get started.

We are about half way through the year and I thought it would be fun to look back and see how many books on my 2024 TBR I have yet to read. I am of course speaking of those that have been published, not the future books. Up to the end of May, I have only six books on the list. Not too bad. Many of them I have on hold at the library, so hopefully I will get to them soon.

This week’s pick is one of these books. I totally put this one on the list because of the cover and the summary. It seems to already be super popular, based on the number of reviews, but those reviews seemed very mixed. But most fall within the 4 star mark which makes me hopeful. But I always like to form my own opinions of the books I choose to read, so we shall see. At least it is a fairly short book.

Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose

Publication Date: April 30, 2024

Summary from Goodreads:

After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm’s length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn’t been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before.

While going through their parent’s belongings, the siblings stumble upon a collection of home videos and decide to revisit those happier memories. However, the nostalgia is cut short when one of the VHS tapes reveals a night back in 1999 that none of them have any recollection of. On screen, their father appears covered in blood. What follows is a dead body and a pact between their parents to get rid of it, before the video abruptly ends.

Beth, Nicole, and Michael must now decide whether to leave the past in the past or uncover the dark secret their mother took to her grave.

I just love that cover! This sounds like it would be a really good vacation read. Something short but thrilling and hard to put down. A solid sitting on a long flight type of book.

Until next time…