BookWasted

Following The Girl on The Train, Krysta and Jessica discuss the disappearance of Lynette Dawson and murder of Erin Corwin all while Jessica giggles and drinks mimosas

Nobody said that being a voyeur was for the innocent. Join Krysta and Jessica this week as review The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. This book deals with so many issues such as verbal abuse, infertility, cheating, and alcoholism. To help them discuss all these matters the best drink is a Gin and Tonic

Seriously?! lampshades made out of human skin!? Following the review of Psycho Krysta and Jessica discuss true crime stories featuring the cases of John William McGrath and Ed Gein (the man who loosely inspired the novel). Jessica enjoys an extremely heavy drink call a Psycho Killer cocktail

" Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly...." We all know the movie, but this week Krysta and Jessica review the book Psycho by Robert Bloch. They dive into the psyche of Norman and Norma Bates. It's a bit of an Oedipus situation. Jessica also enjoys a Banana Split Martini to go along with Normans split personality. Sometimes we can all get a little bit psycho......

Long Title for a Bookwasted minisode! Following the review of Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn, Krysta and Jessica discuss true crime stories featuring the cases of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Alyssa Bustamente

Welcome back to Bookwasted!! We start this season of Mysteries and Thrillers with Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. This book details small town horrors and secrets. We discuss Self-Harm, Munchausens-By-Proxy, and an adolescent murderess. Oh....and we drink! In this episode, Jessica enjoys the sweet and delightful Amaretto Sour. 

You're in luck!! In this episode, you get 3 poems. Yay poetry! Krysta and Jessica discuss some classic poems and random internet poetry following their review of Me Before you by Jojo Moyes. While they don't know anything  about poetry, they do know about drinking and in this episode K&J enjoy a refreshing Apple Cider made with vodka. 

It's time to cry again as Krysta and Jessica review Me Before You by JoJo Moyes. In this episode, we discuss love that is unexpected and how it can hit you like a runaway train. We dive into some deep topics that cover sexual assault and assisted suicide. This week we drink Pimm's cup! 

Following our review of The Host, we have decided the theme should be unconditional love based on all the different types of love in the book. We each present that represent a theme or character. Jessica shares Body and Soul by Sharon Bryan and Krysta shares Soulmates Share by Elfor Ech. Because we are hungover we went and got some smoothies.