Each year, Sheila over at Book Journey makes a big deal over what the first book she’ll read will be for the new year and once again she’s asked us to join her. I have joined in for the last 4 years and it’s always a lot of fun seeing what book everyone selects. Be sure to stop by Sheila’s post to see the collage she makes of everyone participating!…
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How is it that we are not only at the end of December already, but also at the end of 2018??? This year has flown by!!! It was a great year, filled with lots of great books, and judging by the books that have already shown up on my doorstep for 2019, it looks like it is going to be another great year of reading coming up! As always, there…
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Title: Somebody I Used to Know Author: David Bell Narrator: Andy Paris Published: Audio – July 2015, Recorded Books / Mass Market Paperback – December 2018, Berkley Length: 10 hours 51 minutes / 464 pages Source: Audio – Personal copy via Audible / Print – Paperback via GetRed PR Summary: The bestselling author of Somebody’s Daughter and Cemetery Girl, “one of the brightest and best crime fiction writers of our…
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Title: An Anonymous Girl Author: Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen Published: January 2019, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Seeking women ages 18–32 to participate in a study on ethics and morality. Generous compensation. Anonymity guaranteed. When Jessica Farris signs up for a psychology study conducted by the mysterious Dr. Shields, she thinks all she’ll have to do is answer a few questions, collect her…
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Last February I read Look For Me by Lisa Gardner, the latest book in her Detective D.D. Warren series, when it was first released in hardcover, and I loved it! You can find my thoughts on the book here. Next week, on December 31st, the book is being released in trade paperback and to celebrate, I am helping the publishers get the word out. Are you a fan of this…
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Title: The Fire Witness Author: Lars Kepler Series: Joona Linna, #3 Published: November 2018, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Format: Paperback, 560 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: The third installment of the #1 internationally bestselling Joona Linna series, The Fire Witness sees Joona drawn into a gruesome, mysterious murder at a home for wayward girls. Detective Joona Linna is on leave dealing with personal and professional issues when he gets…
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Title: The Christmas Hirelings Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon Narrator: Richard Armitage Published: December 2018, Audible Studios Length: 3 hours 53 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible Summary: Richard Armitage modernizes a classic hidden gem of Christmas Past… Sir John Penlyon is planning to spend Christmas at his estate with his niece and his friend Danby, the closest thing he has to family since disowning his daughter years ago. (She eloped…
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Title: Private: The Royals Author: James Patterson Series: Private, #12.5 Published: December 2016, BookShots Format: Paperback, 138 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment.Jack Morgan is visiting Peter Knight and the team in the London branch of his investigation agency, Private.At a cocktail party the night before the Trooping the Colour parade for the Queen’s 90th birthday, Jack receives a phone call from the Duke…
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Title: Watching You Author: Lisa Jewell Published: December 2018, Atria Books Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary: “Page one intrigued me. Page three hooked me. By page five, I was consumed. This compulsive, propulsive novel is both a seize-you-by-the-throat thriller and a genuinely moving family drama. Stellar.” — A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window The instant New York Times and…
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Title: The Masterpiece Author: Fiona Davis Published: August 2018, Dutton Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary: In her latest captivating novel, nationally bestselling author Fiona Davis takes readers into the glamorous lost art school within Grand Central Terminal, where two very different women, fifty years apart, strive to make their mark on a world set against them. For the nearly nine million people who live in New…
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Title: The Drowned Girl Author: Sara Blaedel Series: Louise Rick, #3 Published: December 2018, Grand Central Publishing Format: Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Detective Louise Rick must race against the clock to stop a violent killer targeting immigrants in this disturbing and timely thriller, perfect for readers of Lisa Gardner, Tami Hoag, Tess Gerritsen, or Jo Nesbo. It’s clearly no ordinary drowning. When a young girl is pulled from…
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Title: Tony’s Wife Author: Adriana Trigiani Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Published: November HarperAudio / Harper Length: 12 hours 39 minutes / 496 pages Source: Audio – via library / ARC Paperback –Publisher via TLC Book Tours Summary: Set in the lush Big Band era of the 1940s and World War II, this spellbinding saga from beloved New York Times bestselling author tells the story of two talented working class kids…
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Title: The Lost for Words Bookshop Author: Stephanie Butland Published: June 2018, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary: The Lost for Words Bookshop is a compelling, irresistible, and heart-rending audiobook from author Stephanie Butland Loveday Cardew prefers books to people. If you look carefully, you might glimpse the first lines of the novels she loves most tattooed on her skin. But there are some things…
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Title: The Latecomers Author: Helen Klein Ross Narrator: Polly Lee, Vanessa Johnansson, Robert Petkoff, Lauren Fortgang, Kevin T. Collins, Sarah Franco, Sarah Mollo-Christiansen Published: November 2018, Hachette Audio / Little, Brown & Company Length: 13 hours 22 minutes / 419 pages Source: Audio – Hachette Audio via Libro.fm / Print via Little, Brown & Company Summary: Set in New England over three generations, THE LATECOMERS mixes the world of Colm…
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Title: Winter in Paradise Author: Elin Hilderbrand Series: Paradise, #1 Narrator: Erin Bennett Published: October 2018, Hachette Audio Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: Spend the coldest days of winter on a Caribbean beach with New York Times Bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand. Join New York Times Bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand on the stunning beaches of St. John’s for the beginning of her thrilling new winter series-The Paradise.…
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Title: Missing Author: James Patterson Series: Private, #12 Published: October 2016, Grand Central Publishing Format: Paperback, 384 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: Even for Private Investigations, the world’s top detective agency, it’s tough to find a man who doesn’t exist . . . Craig Gisto has promised Eliza Moss that his elite team at Private Sydney will investigate the disappearance of her father. After all, as CEO of a high-profile…
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Title: Where the Crawdads Sing Author: Delia Owens Published: August 2018, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Fans of Barbara Kingsolver will love this stunning debut novel from a New York Times bestselling nature writer, about an unforgettable young woman determined to make her way in the wilds of North Carolina, and the two men that will break her isolation open. For years,…
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Back in September, RaeAnne Thayne’s latest book, Season of Wonder, was published and I ended up with 2 finished copies. As we are now in the midst of the holiday hustle and bustle, I would love to offer both these copies up to 2 lucky readers….one giveaway is being hosted here & one is being hosted on my Instagram page. Read on to find out what the book is all…
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Title: The Surrogate Author: Louise Jensen Published: December 2018, Grand Central Publishing Format: ARC E-copy, 324 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: “You know that feeling? When you want something so badly, you almost feel you’d kill for it?” Be careful what you wish for… Kat and her husband Nick have tried everything to become parents, and are on the point of giving up. Then a chance encounter with Kat’s…
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Today, Louise Jensen’s latest novel, The Surrogate, is being published in the United States – this is the first time one of her books is being published here in the US!!! To help the publisher get the word out, I am hosting a giveaway for two lucky readers…one giveaway is being hosted here & one is being hosted on my Instagram page. I just finished reading this book and will…
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Happy December!!! I can’t believe we are heading into the last month of 2018…where has this year gone? It was a good month, but a slower month reading-wise…and I’m ok with that. I am participating in a buddy reading of Anna Karenina, which started the first week in November and goes until the end of December, so that has certainly cut into my normal reading schedule, but I am so…
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In January, Greer Hendrick & Sarah Pekkanen’s latest novel, An Anonymous Girl, will be published and because I ended up with 2 early copies, I am giving one away…BUT – the giveaway is over on my Instagram page. I recently just finishing reading this book (it was AMAZING!!!) and will be sharing my review soon. You can see some early praise below and then you can find out where to…
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Title: One Day in December Author: Josie Silver Published: October 2018, Broadway Books (Crown Publishing) Format: ARC Paperback Source: Publisher Summary: A love story about what happens after you meet, or rather, don’t meet the one. Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn’t exist anywhere but the movies. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly…
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Title: Tell Nobody Author: Patricia Gibney Series: Detective Lottie Parker, #5 Published: October 2018, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 458 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: A killer close to home. A town full of secrets… One hot summer evening, eleven-year-old Mikey Driscoll is on the way home from playing with friends. Two days later, his broken body is discovered on a bed of wild flowers by some local teenagers.…
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Title: You Were Made for This Author: Michelle Sacks Narrator: Stephanie Willis, Jeremy Arthur, Caroline Slaughter Published: June 2018, Hachette Audio Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: A gripping page-turner for fans of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR, Michelle Sacks’s You Were Made For This provocatively explores the darker sides of marriage, motherhood. and friendship. Doting wife, devoted husband, cherished child. Merry, Sam, and Conor are the perfect family…
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Title: The Silent Women Author: Sara Blaedel Series: Louise Rick, #2 Published: November 2018, Grand Central Publishing Format: Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Homicide detective Louise Rick chases a terrifying serial rapist who meets women on a popular online dating website in this fast-paced #1 internationally bestselling thriller from Sara Blaedel, whose books have sold over 3 million copies worldwide. An online flirtation can have horrific consequences, as Detective…
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Title: Still Lives Author: Maria Humel Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Published: June 2018, HighBridge, a Division of Recorded Books Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Source: Hoopla Digital via Library Summary: Kim Lord is an avant-garde figure, feminist icon, and agent provocateur in the L.A. art scene. Her groundbreaking new exhibition Still Lives is comprised of self-portraits depicting herself as famous, murdered women—the Black Dahlia, Chandra Levy, Nicole Brown Simpson, among many…
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Last week, David Baldacci’s latest novel, Long Road to Mercy, was published. This is the start of a brand-new series with a brand new lead character!!! To help the publisher get the word out, I am hosting a giveaway for two lucky readers…BUT the giveaway is over on my Instagram page. I will be reading this book and sharing my review soon – it’s actually my 1st David Baldacci book…
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Title: Her Final Hour Author: Carla Kovach Series: Detective Gina Harte, #2 Published: August 2018, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 319 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Anything can happen behind closed doors… The gripping new novel from the author of bestseller THE NEXT GIRL. Her Final Hour will have you hooked! Melissa Sanderson is the perfect wife and mother. She dotes on her daughter, and lives in her dream home…
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Title: Lost Lake Author: Emily Littlejohn Series: Detective Gemma Monroe (#3) Published: November 2018, Minotaur Books Format: Hardcover, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary: An enthralling, atmospheric new novel from the author of acclaimed debut Inherit the Bones, featuring Colorado police officer Gemma Monroe. On a bright Saturday in early spring, Detective Gemma Monroe responds to a missing person call at Lost Lake, near the small town of Cedar Valley, Colorado.…
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Title: Not Our Kind Author: Kitty Zeldis Published: September 2018, Harper Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Author via Publisher Summary: With echoes of The Rules of Civility and The Boston Girl, a compelling and thought-provoking novel set in postwar New York City, about two women—one Jewish, one a WASP—and the wholly unexpected consequences of their meeting One rainy morning in June, two years after the end of World War…
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Title: The Dream Daughter Author: Diane Chamberlain Narrator: Susan Bennett Published: October 2018, Macmillan Audio / St. Martin’s Press Length: 13 hours 32 minutes / 384 pages Source: Audio – Digital audio via Macmillan Audio / Print – ARC Paperback via St. Martin’s Press Summary: When Caroline Sears receives the news that her unborn baby girl has a heart defect, she is devastated. It is 1970 and there seems to…
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Title: Unlucky 13 Author: James Patterson, Maxine Paetro Series: Women’s Murder Club, #13 Published: May 2014, Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover, 384 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: When two dead bodies are found inside a wrecked car on the Golden Gate Bridge, Detective Lindsay Boxer doubts that it will be anything as simple as a traffic accident. The scene is more gruesome than anything she has seen before. It…
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Title: Absolute Proof Author: Peter James Narrator: Hugh Bonneville Published: October 2018, Audible Studios Length: 16 hours 31 minutes Source: Audible Studios via Publicist Summary: Investigative reporter Ross Hunter nearly didn’t answer the phone call that would change his life – and possibly the world – for ever. “I’d just like to assure you I’m not a nutcase, Mr Hunter. My name is Dr Harry F. Cook. I know this…
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Title: The Nightmare Author: Lars Kepler Series: Joona Linna, #2 Published: September 2018, Vintage Crime/Black Lizzard Format: Paperback, 549 pages Source: Personal Copy Summary: The second book in the #1 internationally bestselling Joona Linna series, The Nightmare finds Joona teaming up with a national security agent to find the link between two mysterious, seemingly unrelated deaths. One summer night, police discover the lifeless body of a young woman on an…
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Title: The Games: A Private Novel Author: James Patterson & Mark Sullivan Series: Private, #11 Published: June 2016, Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover, 366 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: Two years ago Jack Morgan – the head of the renowned worldwide investigation firm Private – was in charge of security for the World Cup in Brazil. During the championship final, the action nearly spilled from the field into the…
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Title: Inhuman Resources Author: Pierre Lemaitre Published: November 2018, MacLehose Press Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Alain Delambre is a fifty-seven-year-old former HR executive, drained by four years of hopeless unemployment. The only job offers he gets are for low-level, demoralizing positions. He has reached rock bottom and can see no way out. So when a major company finally invites him in for an interview, Alain is…
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Recently, Jeff Abbott’s latest novel, The Three Beths, was published and I am helping the publisher get the word out by offering a giveaway for one lucky reader…But – the giveaway is over on my Instagram page. I will be reading this book and sharing my review soon. You can see what others have to say below and then you can find out where to enter the giveaway below!!! …
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Title: The Daughters of the Lake Author: Wendy Webb Published: November 2018, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 294 pages Source: Publisher Summary: The ghosts of the past come calling in a spellbinding heart-stopper from the “Queen of the Northern Gothic.” After the end of her marriage, Kate Granger has retreated to her parents’ home on Lake Superior to pull herself together—only to discover the body of a murdered…
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Title: 12th of Never Author: James Patterson, Maxine Paetro Series: Women’s Murder Club, #12 Published: April 2013, Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover, 394 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: It’s finally time! Detective Lindsay Boxer is in labor–while two killers are on the loose. Lindsay Boxer’s beautiful baby is born! But after only a week at home with her new daughter, Lindsay is forced to return to work to face…
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Title: Private Paris Author: James Patterson Series: Private #10 Published: March 2016, Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover, 411 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: Paris is burning–and only Private’s Jack Morgan can put out the fire. When Jack Morgan stops by Private’s Paris office, he envisions a quick hello during an otherwise relaxing trip filled with fine food and sightseeing. But Jack is quickly pressed into duty after a call…
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Title: River Bodies Author: Karen Katchur Series: Northampton County, #1 Published: November 2018, Thomas & Mercer Format: ARC Paperback, 290 pages Source: Publisher Summary: In this dark, gripping mystery, a brutal murder unearths old secrets that should have stayed buried. A body just turned up in the small town of Portland, Pennsylvania. The crime is eerily similar to a twenty-year-old cold case: another victim, brutally murdered, found in the Delaware…
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Happy November!!! It’s been a crazy month…we finally moved into our new house and while I am so happy to be out of our temporary housing situation, and I inundated with boxes! I am slowly taking my time unpacking and setting up my new digs. I am thrilled to finally be reunited with all my books 🙂 Having them in storage for the past 5+ months was hard. I did…
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Yesterday, Tatiana de Rosnay’s latest novel, The Rain Watcher, came out, and because I ended up with an extra copy, I’m going to give that copy away – and it’s a finished copy! I will be reading this book soon and am really excited about it. You can also see what others have to say and then be sure to enter the giveaway below!!! Title: The Rain Watcher Author: Tatiana…
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Title: The Spite Game Author: Anna Snoekstra Published: October 2018, MIRA Books Format: ARC E-book, 336 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Everyone does bad things when no one is watching Mercilessly bullied in high school, Ava knows she needs to put the past behind her and move on, but she can’t—not until she’s exacted precise, catastrophic revenge on the people who hurt her the most. First, she watches…
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Title: Deranged Author: T.R. Ragan Series: Jessie Cole, #3 Narrator: Kate Rudd Published: October 2018, Brilliance Audio Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: Family man or deranged killer? It’s for fearless PI Jessie Cole to find out. At any cost. Ever since a car accident left reporter Ben Morrison with amnesia, he’s been trying to rebuild a future as he puts together the pieces of his past. With…
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Title: Marilla of Green Gables Author: Sarah McCoy Published: October 2018, William Morrow Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary: A bold, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables . . . before Anne: A marvelously entertaining and moving historical novel, set in rural Prince Edward Island in the nineteenth century, that imagines the young life of spinster Marilla Cuthbert, and the choices that will open her life to…
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Earlier this week, Catriona McPherson’s latest book, Go to My Grave, was released. Catriona is a new author to me, but she is definitely not one to be missed. I am thrilled to be able to offer one reader a copy of this book – a finished copy…But – the giveaway is over on my Instagram page. You can find my review of Go to My Gravehere. Read on to…
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Title: Truth and Lies Author: Caroline Mitchell Series: DI Amy Mitchell Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden Published: August 2018, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: Meet Amy Winter: Detective Inspector, daughter of a serial killer. DI Amy Winter is hoping to follow in the footsteps of her highly respected police officer father. But when a letter arrives from the prison cell of Lillian Grimes, one half of a…
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Title: Go to My Grave Author: Catriona McPherson Published: October 2018, Minotaur Books Format: ARC Paperback, 304 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Donna Weaver has put everything into The Breakers, a Bed and Breakfast that she and her mother are opening on a remote stretch of beach. Now it waits – freshly painted, richly furnished, filled with flowers. But as the guests arrive, they feel like they’ve been here before. Amid…
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