Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day A.K.A How to Build Literacy, Support Community, & Make Magic Happen All in One Day In 2010 I had two young children whom I was bringing to story hour at our local bookstore almost every week. After all, what better activity to do with kids? It was enriching, fun, even relaxing. I didn’t have to feel guilty when I drank that 700 calorie…
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Title: Christmas on 4th Street Author: Susan Mallery Series: Fool’s Gold, #12.5 Published: September 2013, Harlequin HQN Format: Hardcover, 336 pages Source: Personal copy There’s nowhere better to spend the holidays than with New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery in the town of Fool’s Gold, where love is always waiting to be unwrapped… Noelle Perkins just got a second chance…
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Title: Delicious! Author: Ruth Reichl Narrator: Julia Whelan Published: May 2014, Random House Audio Length: 12 hours 58 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible In her bestselling memoirs Ruth Reichl has long illuminated the theme of how food defines us, and never more so than in her dazzling fiction debut about sisters, family ties, and a young woman who must finally let go…
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Hello December!!! How is it that the holiday season is once again upon us? I feel so unprepared…last year by this time, I had all my shopping done! This year – not even close! Problem is, I still am not sure what to buy for half the people (mainly nieces/nephews) on my list, which is kinda stressing me out…hopefully I can figure it out and bang out my shopping one…
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The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. I’m also going to link this up with Sheila’s It’s Monday post over at Book Journey. We had a very nice Thanksgiving up…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog I didn’t do so great this week due to the holiday and our quick trip up to Boston to my sister-in law’s. Plus, the weather was certainly not on our side. We ended up changing our traveling plans last minute due to the Nor’easter that came through on Wednesday – instead of leaving mid-day, we got up and left first…
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Title: Grave Secrets Author: Kathy Reichs Series: Temperance Brennan, #5 Narrator: Katherine Borowitz Published: July 2002, Simon & Schuster Audio Length: 10 hours Source: Library It was a summer morning in 1982 when soldiers ravaged the village of Chupan Ya, raping and killing women and children. Twenty-three victims are said to lie in the well when Dr. Temperance Brennan and the…
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Title: Bones Never Lie Author: Kathy Reichs Series: Temperance Brennan, #17 Narrator: Katherine Borowitz Published: September 2014, Random House Audio / Bantam Length: 10 hours 48 minutes / ARC Paperback, 331 pages Source: Audio via Audible / Print via publisher In the acclaimed author’s thrilling new novel, Brennan is at the top of her game in a battle of wits against the most monstrous…
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Title: The Look of Love Author: Sarah Jio Published: November 2014, Plume Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher Born during a Christmas blizzard, Jane Williams receives a rare gift: the ability to see true love. Jane has emerged from an ailing childhood a lonely, hopeless romantic when, on her twenty-ninth birthday, a mysterious greeting card arrives, specifying that Jane must identify the six types of…
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Title: The Burning Girl: A Whispers Story Author: Lisa Unger Series: The Whispers, #2 Published: November 2014, Gallery Books Format: ARC e-book, 75 pages Source: Netgalley From New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger comes the second of three stories in an e-novella about a psychic medium and the strange secrets she begins to uncover–for better or for worse. Ten years after…
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The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. I’m also going to link this up with Sheila’s It’s Monday post over at Book Journey. So if you remember in last week’s post,…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog It was quite cold here this week, so most of my walking was done indoors. I also managed to do some yoga a few times this week. I didn’t get to any actual classes, but just practiced at home. I’ve found quite a few yoga flows online that I like to do and always feel so good after doing them.…
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Title: Nantucket Sisters Author: Nancy Thayer Narrator: Kate Rudd Published: June 2014, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Source: Library Friendship takes center stage in New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer’s captivating, emotionally charged novel featuring all the tenderness and wit, drama and romance that readers have come to expect from this insightful, much-loved writer. When they meet as girls on a beach in…
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Title: The Hidden Girl Author: Louise Millar Published: August 2014, Atria/Emily Bestler Books Format: ARC e-book, 400 pages Source: Netgalley From “a writer to watch” (Booklist), this gripping psychological thriller follows a young woman who uncovers a terrible secret in her idyllic suburban neighborhood—but who will believe her? Hannah Riley and her musician husband, Will, hope that a move to the Suffolk countryside will promise…
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The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. I’m also going to link this up with Sheila’s It’s Monday post over at Book Journey. This past week I became an aunt again…my…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog This week was a little hectic, but I managed to still get in my 30 minutes every day. I was down at my youngest sister’s for a few days because she was having baby #2 and I was in charge of watching her 19 month old, who happens to be my goddaughter. We had a great time together and I…
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Title: The Silent Sister Author: Diane Chamberlain Published: October 2014, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC e-book, 352 pages Source: Netgalley via She Reads Riley MacPherson has spent her entire life believing that her older sister Lisa committed suicide as a teenager. Now, over twenty years later, her father has passed away and she’s in New Bern, North Carolina cleaning out his house when she finds…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog I’ve been trying to get outside and walk as much as I can. Yes, it’s been quite cool here in NY, but I really do love walking outdoors and since I am back in training mood for my next 1/2 marathon, which is obviously an outside event, I prefer, when I can, to do my training walks outside. A few…
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Title: Close To Home Author: Lisa Jackson Narrator: Joyce Bean Published: August 2014, Brilliance Audio Length: 15 hours 52 minutes Source: Publisher From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson comes an atmospheric and riveting novel of suspense that uncovers the horrifying secrets buried within a ramshackle house. . . Vowing to make a fresh start, Sarah McAdams has come home to…
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Title: The Ship of Brides Author: Jojo Moyes Published: Penguin Books, October 2014 Format: ARC e-book, 464 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher From the New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You and One Plus One, a post-WWII story of the war brides who crossed the seas by the thousands to face their unknown futures 1946. World War II has ended and all over…
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The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. I’m also going to link this up with Sheila’s It’s Monday post over at Book Journey. Whew…my crazy work project is finally done…YAY!!! Now…
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Hello November!!! Can’t believe there are only two months left in 2014…where is the time going? I think for these next two months, my reading plan is going to be to read my own books. I have a few review books that I need to read, but other than that, I’m going to pick books that have been sitting on my shelf – or at least that’s my plan at…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog My work project is finally done as of Thursday, so my schedule should go back to normal. That means that starting next week, I plan to be back at the gym. Plus, I will be signing up this week for my next 1/2 marathon (walking) that I will be doing once again with my mom! The 1/2 marathon is in…
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Title: Us Author: David Nicholls Published: September 2014, Harper Format: ARC Paperback, 416 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Book Tours David Nicholls brings the wit and intelligence that graced his New York Times bestseller one day to a compellingly human, deftly humorous new novel about what holds marriages and families together–and what happens when everything threatens to fall apart. Douglas Petersen may be…
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Title: The Whispers: A Whispers Story Author: Lisa Unger Series: The Whispers, #1 Published: October 2014, Simon & Schuster Format: ARC e-book, 66 pages Source: Netgalley Eloise Montgomery discovers her amazing gift in the wake of tragedy in this first of three captivating stories that make up an e-novella from award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger. It’s a day like…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog This past week was not the greatest…work is insane right now with our data deadline approaching at the end of the month. I’ve unfortunately been spending very long days at my computer and have only had time to take the dogs for quick walks – thank goodness, though, for the dogs because that is about the only think getting me…
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Title: The Tudor Vendetta Author: C.W. Gortner Series: The Spymaster Chronicles, #3 Published: October 2014, St. Martin’s Griffin Format: Paperback, 304 pages Source: Publisher via Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours Winter, 1558: Elizabeth I has ascended the throne but the first days of her reign are already fraught with turmoil, the kingdom weakened by strife and her ability to rule uncertain. Summoned from exile abroad…
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Title: Dear Daughter Author: Elizabeth Little Narrator: Tony Daniels & Bonnie Dennison Published: July 2014, Penguin Audio Length: 10 hours Source: Publisher Former “It Girl” Janie Jenkins is acerbic, whip smart, and fresh out of prison. Ten years ago, at the height of her glamour and fame, she was incarcerated for the murder of her mother, a philanthropist best known for her string of…
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The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. I’m also going to link this up with Sheila’s It’s Monday post over at Book Journey. Despite how busy and crazy this week turned…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog Another crazy week with an even crazier weekend, which is why this post is going up so late. One of these days life will slow down and get back to normal! Here’s how my week went: Oct 11: restOct 12: rest Oct 13: 30 minutes Oct 14: 30 minutesOct 15: 30 minutes Oct 16: 30 minutes Oct 17: 30…
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Title: A Nantucket Christmas Author: Nancy Thayer Narrator: Joyce Bean Published: October 2013, Brilliance Audio Length: 4 hours 26 minutes Source: Library Known for her heartwarming observations of family life, New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer showcases her beloved Nantucket’s snowy off-season in this emotionally gratifying and utterly entertaining story. Holidays on this Massachusetts island are nothing short of magical, from the jolly decorations…
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Title: Winter Street Author: Elin Hilderbrand Published: October 2014, Little, Brown & Company Format: ARC paperback, 256 pages Source: Publisher In bestseller Elin Hilderbrand’s first Christmas novel, a family gathers on Nantucket for a holiday filled with surprises. Kelley Quinn is the owner of Nantucket’s Winter Street Inn and the proud father of four, all of them grown and living in varying states of disarray.…
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Title: The Homecoming Author: Robyn Carr Series: Thunder Point, #6 Published: August 2014, Harlequin MIRA Format: ARC e-copy, 400 pages Source: Netgalley In a small town, reputation is everything. In her latest novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr explores the burden placed on a young man returning home to face his mistakes—the first step in claiming the life he…
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The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. I’m also going to link this up with Sheila’s It’s Monday post over at Book Journey. Another crazy week work-wise which means that…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog Unfortunately, due to a crazy work schedule this past week, I didn’t get to the gym at all. I did get my walks in and the dogs are really enjoying taking more walks during the day. Hopefully work will settle down and I can get back to my regular fitness routine. I really need to get back to doing some…
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Title: The House We Grew Up In Author: Lisa Jewell Narrator: Karina Fernandez Published: September 2013, Whole Story Audiobooks (audio)/August 2014, Atria Books (print) Length: 13 hours, 25 minutes Source: Audio copy via Audible / Netgalley via She Reads Meet the Bird family. They live in a honey-colored house in a picture-perfect Cotswolds village, with rambling, unkempt gardens stretching beyond. Pragmatic Meg, dreamy Beth, and tow-headed twins…
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Last February, I read The Wife, The Maid & The Mistress by Ariel Lawhorn when it was selected as the monthly book club pick for She Reads and I really enjoyed it! You can find my thoughts on the book here as well as see what the hardcover edition looked like. Yesterday the book was released in paperback with a sassy new cover. I don’t know about you, but I…
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Title: Gutenberg’s Apprentice Author: Alix Christie Narrator: Robert Petkoff Published: September 2014, Harper Audio Length: 14 hours, 14 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible An enthralling literary debut that evokes one of the most momentous events in history, the birth of printing in medieval Germany – a story of invention, intrigue, and betrayal. Youthful, ambitious Peter Schoeffer is on the verge of professional success…
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Title: Truth Be Told Author: Hank Phillippi Ryan Series: Jane Ryland/Jake Brogan #3 Published: October 2014, Forge Books Format: ARC E-book, 400 pages Source: Publisher Truth Be Told, part of the bestselling Jane Ryland and Jake Brogan series by Agatha, Anthony, Mary Higgins Clark, and Macavity Award-winning author Hank Phillippi Ryan, begins with tragedy: a middle-class family evicted from their suburban home.…
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The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. I’m also going to link this up with Sheila’s It’s Monday post over at Book Journey. This weekend I helped my sister move.…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog So, I went back to the gym this week and did 2 days of treadmill walking and then took a yoga class. While I’ve been doing some yoga here and there at home, I haven’t taken an actual class in a while and am planning to work it back into my schedule. It’s nice to mix it up a bit.…
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***Congratulations to Melanie Backus, winner of the giveaway!!! Thanks to all who entered! Title: In Your Dreams Author: Kristan Higgins Series: Blue Heron, # 4 Published: September 2014, Harlequin HQN Format: ARC E-book, 480 pages Source: Netgalley via Little Bird Publicity Everyone loves Jack Holland, but Emmaline Neal needs him. Her ex-fiancé is getting married in Malibu and, obviously, she can’t go…
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It’s hard to believe it’s already October! This year is flying by…and I really wish it would slow down just a bit. I’ve got way too many books to read and just not enough time to read them all. Now, though, all the Fall TV shows are back, so that’s competing for my reading time. Luckily, I can crochet while I watch TV and I have quite a few projects…
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Title: Perfect Together Author: Carly Phillips Series: Serendipity’s Finest, #3 Narrator: David Barker Published: 2014, Recorded Books Length: 8.5 hours Source: Publisher In the picturesque town of Serendipity, New York, three siblings have grown up in the shadow of their proud and respected police chief father. But what do love, fate, and fortune have in store for the next generation of Serendipity’s…
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Title: Burn Author: James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge Series: Michael Bennett, #7 Published: September 2014, Little, Brown & Company Format: ARC Paperback, 401 pages Source: Publisher Detective Michael Bennett finally returns to New York City – and to the most unsettling, horrific case of his career. At last, Detective Michael Bennett and his family are coming home to New York City. Thanks…
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The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. I’m also going to link this up with Sheila’s It’s Monday post over at Book Journey. Usually my weekends are a time for…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog Today I went and renewed my membership at the gym. I haven’t really been there since the early spring, but now that it’s getting lighter out later in the mornings, I think I will go back to going to the gym first thing in the mornings to walk on the treadmill a few days a week. Plus, I desperately need…
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Title: The Cuckoo’s Calling Author: Robert Galbraith Series: Cormoran Strike, #1 Narrator: Robert Glenister Published: May 2013, Hachette Audio Length: 16 hours Source: Library A brilliant debut mystery in a classic vein: Detective Cormoran Strike investigates a supermodel’s suicide. After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to…
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Title: Angel Killer Author: Andrew Mayne Series: Jessica Blackwood, #1 Published: September 2014, Bourbon Street Books Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Book Tours FBI agent Jessica Blackwood believes she has successfully left her complicated life as a gifted magician behind her . . . until a killer with seemingly supernatural powers puts her talents to the ultimate…
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Title: Barefoot in the Rain Author: Roxanne St. Claire Series: Barefoot Bay, #2 Published: October 2012, Forever Format: Paperback, Source: Personal copy They say you can never go home again . . . When “Life Coach to the Stars” Jocelyn Bloom is embroiled in scandal, the only place she can hide is the one place she wishes she could forget. She…
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