Every time I see the Girl on the Train trailer, I get more and more enthralled with the movie’s mystery. I have yet to read the book The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins and I can feel Elyse’s stare on the back of my neck for not having done so yet. The movie releases this Friday, October 7th and is stacked with an amazing cast: Emily Blunt, Luke Evans, and Allison Janney!
Here’s a description of the film’s plot:
The giveaway includes a prize pack courtesy of Big Honcho Media. Standard disclaimers apply: We are not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Open to U.S. mailing addresses only and where permitted by applicable law. Must be over 18 and please have your train tickets ready. Though we encourage you to enjoy the scenery outside your window, perhaps it’d be better if you popped in your headphones and watched some Netflix.In the thriller, Rachel (Blunt), who is devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.
The giveaway will run until Friday, October 7 and comments will close at noon, EST. A winner will be chosen at random that same day.
One (1) winner receives a Girl on the Train Prize Pack:
· $25 Fandango gift card for a night at the movies with The Girl on the Train
· A travel bundle including a black sling bag, a luggage tag, & lip balm
To enter, comment below with the last mystery/thriller you’ve read!
Update: The winner of The Girl on the Train prize pack is Megan! We’ll be emailing you shortly! Thanks to everyone who commented!
I read The Girl on the Train and loved it, though it was super disturbing. Recommended it to a friend, and she hated it! Too dark for her.
I just finished The Girl In Cabin 10 Friday night. Really enjoyed it (probably more than I enjoyed The Girl On the Train, but that was because I figured out the culprit about 70 pages in).
Both books are really interesting as studies of gaslighting though.
I just finished the latest book in Peter Robinson’s “Inspector Banks” series: When the Music’s Over. My favorite mysteries are always based in the UK!
Jane Steele, by Lyndsay Faye
The last mystery I read was Broken Harbor, by Tana French. It’s the second time I’ve read it, and it was no less emotionally devastating on a reread. I love this book in particular because she built a lot of sympathy for a character I wouldn’t much like if I had to work with.
Do the Lumberjanes graphic novels count? 🙂
Last I read was All the Missing Girls- so good! Girl on the Train is actually next on my to-read this, I better jump on it.
It was Robert Galbraith’s “The Silkworm.”
TOWARDS ZERO by Agatha Christie. My mother loves it, but the structure wasn’t as unique as I expected
It was probably the last Laura Griffin Tracers book. I have a good-sized backlog of thrillers and romantic suspense to read, including Girl on the Train!
It was Closed Casket by Sophie Hannah, the new “Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot” novel.
I read a lot of mysteries. The last excellent one I read was Harlan Coben’s “Home.” Thanks for the giveaway.
Just started The Restorer based on a sale here!
My latest read actually was The Girl on the Train in preparation for the movie coming out. I am so excited to see Emily Blunt play Rachel!
This is turning out to be as bad as for my tbr list as the new release and what are you reading posts!!
This looks like a great movie!
Brotherhood in Death.
The premise of “Girl on the Train” reminds me of two things: “Shall We Dance” (totes not a thriller unless you love ballroom dancing, which I do) and Ngaio Marsh’s “Spinsters in Jeopardy.” Which, title notwithstanding, has some good suspense and also is set in the south of France.
Murder and Mendelssohn. I’m a Phryne girl.
I just finished The Woman in Cabin 10.
I can’t remember! It was probably a Dean Koontz book, though.
Two this past week: Alan Bradley’s Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d and Amanda Stevens’s The Sinner (the latter of which I’m now also listening to on audio).
The Harrowing. It was ok.
The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty. Not as good as Girl on the Train but pretty engrossing.
I’m actually reading Girl on the Train 🙂 thanks for sharing!
Gone Girl
One of the books from Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion series…a classic
The Girl on the Train!
I read The Girl in the Ice.
Inferno was the last thriller I read.
The Passenger by Lisa Lutz. And thank you to the publisher for not using the word “girl” somewhere in the title.
As I read mostly romance, I believe it was TheGirl OnThe Train. Lots of twists in the story. Hopefully the screen play isn’t changed too much
Funny enough: The Girl on the Train! I just finished the audiobook last week and I really enjoyed it. I don’t always like giving in and reading the trendy popular fiction of the moment, but in this case I’m glad I did. I listened in the car on my commute and never have I wanted my commute to last longer than when I was listening to this book.
Echoes of Mercy by Kim Boykin
I’m currently in the middle of Disappearance at Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay (which is scaring the crap out of me).
THE KIND WORTH KILLING by Peter Swanson, it’s fantastic!
I loved the Girl on the Train in audio! The last thriller I read was the Secret Place by Tana French. I’m excited about the next in her Dublin Murder Squad series–pretty dark and mostly not romantic.
B.A. Paris’ “Behind Closed Doors”
The Widow by Fiona Barton. I got sucked onto this novel on a day when I was home sick, and I finished in one sitting. I enjoyed reading it and thought the writing was quite good, but afterwards . . . Like a black void. I’m glad I read the book and would be open to reading more by the author, but The Widow wasn’t memorable. (Of course, I was sick, maybe my memory/brain power was already compromised.)
the last book I read was “The keeper”, more mystery adventure I guess though
The lady killer by lisa scottlione!