Always With a Book

k2reader August 11, 2024

Jackie by Dawn Tripp #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Goodreads /Random House #partner, for the advanced copy of Jackie in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Random House Published: June 18, 2024 Summary: In this mesmerizing novel about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, acclaimed author Dawn Tripp has crafted an intimate story of love and power, family and tragedy, loss and reinvention. The world has divided my life into three: Life…

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k2reader August 9, 2024

The Kill List by Nadine Matheson #bookreview #series

Thank you Hanover Square Press/Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Kill List in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Hanover Square Press Published: August 6, 2024 Summary: He will come for them, one by one…Five shocking murders Twenty-five years ago, DCI Harry Rhimes arrested Andrew Streeter for the brutal murders of five young people. Streeter’s ‘kill list’ of victims was found in his home, and he was convicted…

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k2reader August 4, 2024

Thicker Than Water: A Memoir by Kerry Washington #bookreview #audiobook

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Little, Brown Spark Published: September 26, 2023 Summary: Award-winning actor, director, producer, and activist Kerry Washington shares the “exquisitely moving” journey of her life so far (Isabel Wilkerson), and the bravely intimate story of discovering her truth. While on a drive in Los Angeles, on a seemingly average afternoon, Kerry Washington received a text message that would send her on a…

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k2reader August 4, 2024

A Happier Life by Kristy Woodson Harvey #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Uplit Reads / Gallery Books #partner, for the advanced copy of A Happier Life in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Gallery Books / Simon and Schuster Audio Published: June 25, 2024 Summary: Present Day: Keaton Smith is desperate for a fresh start. So when her mother needs someone to put her childhood home in Beaufort, North Carolina, on…

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k2reader August 3, 2024

Fire and Bones by Kathy Reichs #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Scribner Books #partner, for the finished copy of Fire and Bones in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Scribner Books / Simon and Schuster Audio Published: August 6, 2024 Summary: It’s never easy working fire scenes. Called to Washington, DC to analyse the victims of a mysterious arson attack, Tempe quickly finds her misgivings justified. The fire site is in…

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k2reader August 3, 2024

The House on Cold Creek Lane by Liz Alterman #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you to Dreamscape Media for the ALC and ThrillerBookLovers The Pulse, Severn House, #partner, for an advanced e- copy of The House on Cold Creek Lane in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Severn House / Dreamscape Media Published: August 6, 2024 Summary: An unflinching examination of motherhood and the dark side of domesticity set against a suburban backdrop that’s anything but blissful. This twisty tale invites readers…

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k2reader July 31, 2024

The Second Mrs. Strom by Kaira Rouda #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers The Pulse, Bookouture, #partner, for an advanced e- copy and ALC of The Second Mrs. Strom in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Bookouture Published: August 16, 2024 Summary: I don’t want the perfect marriage. I want revenge… If you had met me a year ago, you wouldn’t have noticed me. A beautiful woman, but a struggling nobody in a tiny apartment, invisible… Meeting Paul…

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k2reader July 31, 2024

Between Lies and Revenge by Hannah D. Sharpe #bookreview

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers The Pulse, Rising Action, #partner, for an advanced e- copy of Between Lies and Revenge in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Rising Action Published: September 3, 2024 Summary: For fans of Megan Miranda and Sally Hepworth, BETWEEN LIES AND REVENGE by Hannah D Sharpe is a gripping debut of domestic suspense, where a daring jewel heist becomes a lifeline for two women entangled in…

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k2reader July 30, 2024

Shades of Mercy by Bruce Borgos #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Shades of Mercy in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Recorded Books Published: July 16, 2024 Summary: In the usually quiet high desert of Nevada, Sheriff Porter Beck faces one of his greatest challenges—a series of unlikely, disturbing and increasingly deadly events of unknown origins. Porter Beck is the…

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k2reader July 30, 2024

Pub Day Reviews – Thriller Edition #bookreviews #thrillers #mysterythrillers

Thank you PRH Audio, partner for the ALC of What Have You Done and Knopf, partner for the advanced e-copy of Like Mother, Like Daughter in exchange for my honest reviews. It’s been a while since I’ve read either of these authors & I’m not sure why…but after flying through both these books, you can bet I’ll be checking out both authors’ backlist to see what I missed! ⁣…

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k2reader July 30, 2024

All This & More by Peng Shepherd #bookreview

Thank you William Morrow, #partner, for the finished copy of All This & More in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Published: July 9, 2024 Summary: From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Cartographers and The Book of M comes an inventive new novel about a woman who wins the chance to rewrite every mistake she’s ever made… and how far she’ll go to find her elusive “happily ever after.” But…

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k2reader July 28, 2024

The Haters by Robyn Harding #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and @NovelSuspects & Grand Central Publishing, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Haters in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing / Hachette Audio Published: July 2, 2024 Summary: The bestselling author of The Party and The Drowning Woman returns with a twisted tale of fame, obsession, and the dark recesses of social media. Camryn Lane is living her dream. After years of struggle…

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k2reader July 25, 2024

Shadowheart by Meg Gardiner #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Blackstone Publishing, #partner for both the ALC and advanced copy of Shadowheart in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Blackstone Publishing / Blackstone Publishing Published: June 18, 2024 Summary: What happens when two serial killers begin to compete with each other? From #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Gardiner comes a new high-octane thriller in the acclaimed UNSUB series. FBI Special Agent Caitlin Hendrix faces a case from…

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k2reader July 23, 2024

Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton #bookreview #audiobook #series

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Berkley / Blackstone Audio Published: February 6, 2018 Summary: After the death of her beloved grandmother, a Cuban-American woman travels to Havana, where she discovers the roots of her identity–and unearths a family secret hidden since the revolution… Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar baron, nineteen-year-old Elisa Perez is part of…

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k2reader July 23, 2024

The Lost Victim by Robert Bryndza #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Lost Victim in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my own collection. Publisher: Raven Street Publishing / Raven Street Publishing Published: July 11, 2024 Summary: When school girl Janey Macklin disappeared from the seedy side of London in 1988, her case went cold, with no body and no witnesses. Now, thirty years later, private detective…

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k2reader July 23, 2024

Trust Her by Flynn Berry #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC and Viking #partner, for the advanced copy of Trust Her in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Viking / Penguin Audio Published: June 25, 2024 Summary: Two sisters find they can’t outrun their past in the riveting new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Northern Spy Three years after they narrowly escaped the IRA’s worst punishment for informing, Northern…

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k2reader July 18, 2024

The Last Party by A.R. Torre #bookreview

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers The Pulse, Thomas & Mercer, #partner, for an advanced e- copy of The Last Party in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: August 20, 2024 Summary: A loving mother. A notorious murderer. They both have reasons to hide their secrets in a novel of escalating shock and suspense by New York Times bestselling author A. R. Torre. Perla Wultz lives with her husband,…

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k2reader July 18, 2024

The Altar Girls by Patricia Gibney #bookreview #audiobook #series

I purchased this audiobook for my own collection. Publisher: Bookouture Published: November 9, 2023 Summary: The little girl looked like an angel in her thin white robe, her long black hair spread around her head like a dark halo on the snow. Her hands rested on her chest, fingers interlaced as if she had fallen asleep while praying. But she would never wake up again… When Detective Lottie Parker receives…

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k2reader July 17, 2024

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Hachette Audio, #partner for the ALC of Part of Your World in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the physical book. Publisher: Forever/Hachette Audio Published: April 11, 2023 Summary: A novel of terrible first impressions, hilarious second chances, and the joy in finding your perfect match. Dr. Briana Ortiz’s life is seriously flatlining. Her divorce is just about finalized, her brother’s running out of time to…

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k2reader July 17, 2024

The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard by Natasha Bricard #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and Forever #partner, for the advanced copy of The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Forever / Hachette Audio Published: January 30, 2024 Summary: Three generations. One chance to prove themselves. Can the women of the Bricard fashion dynasty finally rewrite their history? French countryside, Present Blythe Bricard is the daughter of famous fashion muses but that doesn’t…

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k2reader July 14, 2024

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie #bookreview #series

I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: William Morrow Published: January 14, 2020 (first published 1920) Summary: Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorp and how did the murderer penetrate and escape from her locked bedroom? Suspects abound in the quaint village of Styles St. Mary—from the heiress’s fawning new husband to her two stepsons, her volatile housekeeper, and a pretty nurse who works in a hospital dispensary. With impeccable…

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k2reader July 11, 2024

The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos #bookreview #audiobook #series

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Recorded Books Published: July 18, 2023 Summary: In the tradition of Craig Johnson and C. J. Box, Bruce Borgos’s The Bitter Past begins a compelling series set in the high desert of Nevada featuring Sheriff Porter Beck… Porter Beck is the sheriff in the high desert of Nevada, north of Las Vegas. Born and raised there, he left to join the Army, where…

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k2reader July 10, 2024

The Unwedding by Ally Condie #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio, #partner for the ALC of The Unwedding in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Hachette Audio Published: June 4, 2024 Summary: The White Lotus meets Agatha Christie in this bold novel from a #1 New York Times bestselling author: a recent divorcee’s exclusive Big Sur resort vacation unravels when she discovers a dead body on the day of a wedding. Ellery Wainwright is alone at the edge of the…

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k2reader July 8, 2024

Month in Review: June 2024

How is it that half the year is over already? While I have had a decent year of reading, family and life have definitely taken priority and I haven’t been reading as much as I normally do. But I’m totally fine with that. The books will still be there when and if I get back to being the reading machine I once was. I have quite a few reviews…

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k2reader July 7, 2024

On the Surface by Rachel McGuire #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Dreamscape Media, Netgalley, #partner for an advanced ALC of On the Surface in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Dreamscape Meda Published: July 9, 2024 Summary: A YouTubing cruiser couple sails the world living their best life—until one of them goes missing and their whole world capsizes, in this captivating psychological thriller perfect for fans of Something in the Water and Saint X. Sawyer Stone III and Dani Fox, a…

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k2reader June 29, 2024

Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio, #partner for the ALC of Swan Song in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Hachette Audio Published: June 11, 2024 Summary: In the grand finale of “queen of the beach read” Elin Hilderbrand’s beloved Nantucket novels, there’s a new couple in town… and they instantly shake things up. Amid the extravagant parties on land and sea, there’s trouble on the island, forcing Chief of Police Ed…

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k2reader June 29, 2024

A Talent for Murder by Peter Swanson #bookreview #series

Thank you Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of A Talent for Murder in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Published: June 11, 2024 Summary: A newlywed librarian begins to suspect the man she married might be a murderer—in this spectacularly twisty and deviously clever novel by Peter Swanson, New York Times bestselling author of The Kind Worth Killing and Eight Perfect Murders. Martha Ratliff conceded long ago that she’d likely spend her…

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k2reader June 29, 2024

What Lies in Darkness by Christina McDonald #bookreview #series

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers The Pulse, Thomas & Mercer, #partner, for an advanced e- copy of What Lies in Darkness in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: July 16, 2024 Summary: A missing family. A traumatized detective. The past and present collide in a riveting novel of suspense by the USA Today bestselling author of These Still Black Waters, Do No Harm, Behind Every Lie, and…

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k2reader June 28, 2024

Such a Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Blackstone Publishing, for the ALC and Quirk Books, #partner for the advanced copy of Such a Bad Influence in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Quirk Books / Blackstone Publishing Published: June 4, 2024 Summary: A razor-sharp debut about what happens when one of the first child stars of the social media age grows up . . . and goes missing. Hazel Davis is drifting: she’s…

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k2reader June 28, 2024

Knife River by Justine Champine #bookreview

Thank you The Dial Press #partner, for the advanced copy of Knife River in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: The Dial Press Published: May 28, 2024 Summary: Who do you believe when you can’t even trust yourself? A troubled young woman reunites with her sister in their hometown to uncover the truth about their mother’s disappearance in this compelling family drama and literary suspense debut. “Knife River is…

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k2reader June 27, 2024

Locked in Pursuit by Ashley Weaver #bookreview #bookseries

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Locked in Pursuit in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: May 14, 2023 Summary: The fourth instalment in the delightful series following safecracker Electra McDonnell fighting Nazis at every turn as World War II looms over London. Safecracker Ellie McDonnell hasn’t seen Major Ramsey―her handsome but aloof handler in the British government―since their tumultuous mission together three…

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k2reader June 27, 2024

The Beautiful People by Michelle Gable #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you HTP Books / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of The Beautiful People in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Graydon House / Harlequin Audio Published: April 16, 2024 Summary: Set against the glamorous 1960s Jet Set, a novel about a failed debutante whose new job as assistant to society photographer Slim Aarons takes her into Palm Beach’s inner circle,…

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k2reader June 27, 2024

What the Wife Knew by Darby Kane #bookreview

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers The Pulse, William Morrow, #partner, for an advanced e-copy of What the Wife Knew in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Published: December 10, 2024 Summary: Darby Kane, author of the #1 international bestseller Pretty Little Wife, returns with another twisty domestic thriller about a wife wondering who tried to kill her husband twice before finally succeeding… because that was supposed to be her job. Dr. Richmond Dougherty…

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k2reader June 25, 2024

The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the finished copy of The Rom-Commers in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: June 11, 2024 Summary: She’s rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own? Emma Wheeler desperately longs to be a screenwriter. She’s spent her life studying, obsessing over, and writing romantic comedies―good ones!…

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k2reader June 24, 2024

Anna Bright is Hiding Something by Susie Orman Schnall #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you BookSparks, #partner for the advanced copy of Anna Bright is Hiding Something in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my personal collection. Publisher: Spark Press / Dreamscape Media Published: June 4, 2024 Summary: The Dropout meets Inventing Anna in this cinematic and page-turning summer read! A ripped-from-the-headlines story set in the glossy offices of Silicon Valley startups and NYC new media, Anna Bright Is Hiding Something explores our…

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k2reader June 23, 2024

Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC of Sisters of the Lost Nation in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Penguin Audio Published: April 18, 2023 Summary: A young Native girl’s hunt for answers about the women mysteriously disappearing from her tribe’s reservation lead her to delve into the myths and stories of her people, all while being haunted herself, in this atmospheric and stunningly poignant debut. Anna Horn is…

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k2reader June 20, 2024

Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra #bookreview #audiobook

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books / Penguin Audio Published: February 6, 2024 Summary: A mother is forced to the breaking point when her life and the lives of her children are threatened by an intruder Home alone with her young children during a blizzard, a mother tucks her son back into bed in the…

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k2reader June 20, 2024

When Women Ran Fifth Avenue by Julie Satow #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / PRH Audio for the ALC and Doubleday #partner, for the advanced copy of When Women Ran Fifth Avenue in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Doubleday / Random House Audio Published: June 4, 2024 Summary: A glittering, glamorous portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visionary women who led them, from the award-winning author of The Plaza. The American department a…

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k2reader June 19, 2024

Five Days in Bogota by Linda Moore #bookreview

Thank you @GetRedPrBooks #partner, for the advanced copy of Five Days in Bogota in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: She Writes Press Published: May 14, 2024 Summary: A fast-paced art thriller in the spirit of Gabriel Allon from the Daniel Silva thriller series and Laura Dave’s The Last Thing He Told Me. Ally Blake risks everything to exhibit at an art fair in Bogotá in 1990. She needs…

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k2reader June 17, 2024

The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt by Edward O’Keefe #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Simon Books #partner, for the finished copy of The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Simon and Schuster / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: May 7, 2024 Summary: A spirited and poignant family love story, revealing how an icon of rugged American masculinity was profoundly shaped by the women in his life, especially his mother, sisters,…

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k2reader June 16, 2024

Diva by Daisy Goodwin #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of Diva in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my personal collection. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: January 23, 2024 Summary: New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the…

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k2reader June 16, 2024

The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Simon Books #partner, for the finished copy of The Return of Ellie Black in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Simon and Schuster / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: May 7, 2024 Summary: Detective Chelsey Calhoun’s life is turned upside down when she gets the call Ellie Black, a girl who disappeared years earlier, has resurfaced in the woods…

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k2reader June 14, 2024

The Sixth Wedding by Elin Hilderbrand #bookreview #audiobook

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Hachette Audio Published: June 29, 2021 Summary: A sequel to the number one New York Times best seller 28 Summers – Jake McCloud returns to Nantucket for Labor Day weekend 2023, this time without Mallory. My thoughts: I somehow missed this sequel to 28 Summers when it came out. I loved 28 Summers and even though it’s been a while since I read that…

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k2reader June 12, 2024

A Good Bad Boy by Margaret Wappler #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you SimonBooks, #partner, for the finished copy of A Good Bad Boy in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my collection. Publisher: Simon & Schuster / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: March 5, 2024 Summary: An artful and contemplative tribute to the late actor famed for his role as Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills, 90210 . Best known for playing loner rebel Dylan McKay in…

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k2reader June 10, 2024

Month in Review: May 2024

I can’t believe it’s already June! Where is this year going? We’ve finally had some consist warm days and I’ve been spending my days outside reading when I can. There is nothing better than sitting on the porch in the afternoon, enjoying the late day sun and winding down with a good book and feeling that sun on your face. Because of life, my reading and getting reviews done…

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k2reader May 24, 2024

In a Dark Mirror by Kat Davis #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio for the ALC and Lavender Public Relations, #partner, for the advanced copy of In a Dark Mirror in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Audio Published: June 1, 2024 Summary: A decade-old crime unites its devoted fans in a haunting novel about delusions in the dark and the dangerous games children play. Twelve-year-old Maddie Thompson and her friend Lana share…

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k2reader May 23, 2024

The Man on the Train by Debbie Babitt #bookreview

Thank you Scarlet Suspense, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Man on the Train in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Scarlet Suspense Published: May 7, 2024 Summary: One man is about to have a midlife crisis like no man has ever had before. But for his wife, the nightmare is just beginning… Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Linda Haley is awakened early one morning by two police officers at…

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k2reader May 21, 2024

The Alone Time by Elle Marr #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio for the ALC and Over the River PR, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Alone Time in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Audio Published: May 1, 2024 Summary: For two sisters, confronting the past could come at a terrible price in a riveting novel about a family tragedy—and family secrets—by the #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author Elle Marr. Fiona…

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k2reader May 21, 2024

Their Divine Fires by Wendy Chen #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and Algonquin Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Their Divine Fires in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Algonquin Books / Hachette Audio Published: May 7, 2024 Summary: A family saga that begins at the dawn of the Chinese Revolution and spans 100 years to trace the intricate lives of four generations of Chinese and Chinese American women In 1917, at the…

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k2reader May 20, 2024

Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Hachette Audio, #partner for the ALC of Part of Your World in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Hachette Audio Published: April 19, 2022 Summary: After a wild bet, gourmet grilled-cheese sandwich, and cuddle with a baby goat, Alexis Montgomery has had her world turned upside down. The cause: Daniel Grant, a ridiculously hot carpenter who’s ten years younger than her and as casual as they come—the complete…

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