I’m so pleased to be helping Kristy Woodson Harvey spread the word on her sophomore book, Lies and Other Acts of Love, which releases tomorrow, April 5th! I absolutely loved her debut novel, Dear Carolina, and this one is just as amazing! Look for my review later in the week. In the meantime, enjoy this book spotlight, some reader endorsements and if you pre-order a copy of the book today…
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Title:All Dressed in White Author:Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke Series:Under Suspicion, #2 Narrator:Jan Maxwell Published:November 2015, Simon & Schuster Audio Length:7 hours 16 minutes Source:Personal copy via Audible The second thrilling novel in the New York Times bestselling Under Suspicion series following The Cinderella Murder, featuring intrepid television producer Laurie Moran as she investigates the case of a missing bride. Five years ago Amanda Pierce was excitedly preparing to…
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Title:Willow Brook Road Author:Sherryl Woods Series:Chesapeake Shores, #13 Narrator:Christina Traister Published:September 2015, Brilliance Audio Length:10 hours 7 minutes Source:Publisher #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods sweeps readers away with the story of a beloved member of the O’Brien family as she claims the life she’s always dreamed of… Spirited, spontaneous Carrie Winters has grown up under the watchful eyes of not only her grandfather Mick O’Brien, but the…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I ended up getting the new Fitbit Alta – and I am really liking it so far! It’s a little weird having it on my wrist – I had the Fitbit One, so I was used to just clipping it on my bra and not seeing it all day – but it fits…
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Title:Once a Rancher Author:Linda Lael Miller Series:The Carsons of Mustang Creek, #1 Published:March 2016, HQN Books Format:ARC E-book, 320 pages Source:Netgalley via Little Bird Publicity The Carsons of Mustang Creek: three men who embody the West and define what it means to be a rancher, a cowboy and a hero in this brand-new series from the queen of Western romance. Slater Carson might be a businessman by trade, but he’s…
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Here are my reading stats for March! Books read: 10 Books I read: The Bitter Season — Tami Hoag (audio book) Try Not to Breathe — Holly Seddon (audio book) The Two-Family House — Lynda Cohen Loigman (e-book) Find Her — Lisa Gardner (audio book) Somewhere Out There — Amy Hatvany (e-book) The Killing Forest — Sara Blaedel (e-book) Jane Eyre — Charlotte Bronte (audio book) Pretty Girls — Karin…
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Title:Start With the Backbeat: A Musical Novel Author:Garine B. Isassi Published:April 2016, She Writes Press Format:Paperback, 273 pages It is the spring of 1989 in New York City when Jill Dodge, a post-punk rocker from Texas, finally gets her big promotion at Mega Big Records. She is thrust into a race to find a gritty, urban rapper before the Gangsta trend passes their label by. As Jill and her mostly…
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Title:Stars Over Sunset Boulevard Author:Susan Meissner Published:January 2016, NAL Format:Paperback, 400 pages In this new novel from the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life, two women working in Hollywood during its Golden Age discover the joy and heartbreak of true friendship. Los Angeles, Present Day. When an iconic hat worn by Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind ends up in Christine McAllister’s vintage clothing boutique by mistake,…
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Title:The Bitter Season Author:Tami Hoag Series:Kovac & Liska, #5 Narrator:David Colacci Published:January 2016, Brilliance Audio Length:13 hours 47 minutes Source:Publisher EVERY FAMILY HAS A SECRET. THEIRS WILL CHILL YOU TO THE CORE. #1 New York Times Bestselling author Tami Hoag returns to the bestselling series of her career with a Kovac and Liska case that will delight fans and new readers alike. A murder from the past. A murder from…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About So, this past week was all about taking it easy – light, easy walks because I was still sick with that nasty cold that turned into a sinus infection. Luckily I got some good meds from the doc and am feeling much better! I think between the meds and just taking it easy,…
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Title:Swamp Bones Author:Kathy Reichs Series:Temperance Brennan, #16.5 Narrator:Katherine Borowitz Published:August 2014, Penguin Random House Audio Length:2 hours 54 minutes Source:Library Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan returns in a chilling original short story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs. In the prequel to Reichs’s upcoming thriller Bones Never Lie, Tempe takes a much-needed vacation—but murder follows wherever she goes. Although a trip to Florida is supposed to be about…
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Title:The Widow Author:Fiona Barton Published:February 2016, NAL Format:ARC E-copy, 336 pages Source:Netgalley For fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, an electrifying thriller that will take you into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife. When the police started asking questions, Jean Taylor turned into a different woman. One who enabled her and her husband to carry on, when more bad things began…
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Title:The Storm Sister Author:Lucinda Riley Series:The Seven Sisters, #2 Narrator:Noreen Leighton, Rachel Lincoln Published:November 2015, Whole Story Audiobooks / March 2016, Atria Books Length:21 hours 28 minutes/ARC e-copy 512 pages Source:Personal copy via Audible / Netgalley via HFVBT Ally D’Aplièse is about to compete in one of the world’s most perilous yacht races, when she hears the news of her adoptive father’s sudden, mysterious death. Rushing back to meet her…
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Title:Somewhere Out There Author:Amy Hatvany Published:March 2016, Washington Square Press Format:ARC E-copy, 368 pages Source:Netgalley What happens when two sisters who were torn apart when their young mother abandoned them—and grew up in tragically different circumstances—reunite thirty-five years later to find her? For readers who love Jodi Picoult, acclaimed author Amy Hatvany fearlessly explores complex family issues in her gripping, provocative new novel. Natalie Clark knew never to ask her…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About The week started out good, but then between having a huge bid due Thursday and coming down with a cold, it didn’t end quite as well as I hoped! Oh well…these things happen. I might have to stick with just walking and light yoga until I’m done with the cold – I’m…
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Title: Bones of the Lost Author:Kathy Reichs Series:Temperance Brennan, #16 Narrator:Linda Emond Published:August 2013, Simon & Schuster Audio Length:11 hours 37 minutes Source:Library #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with her sixteenth riveting novel featuring forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan, whose examination of a young girl killed in a hit and run in North Carolina triggers an investigation into international human trafficking.When Charlotte police discover the body of…
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Title:Dogwood Hill Author:Sherryl Wood Series:Chesapeake Shores, #12 Narrator:Christina Traister Published:December 2014, Brilliance Audio Length:10 hours 47 minutes Source:Library #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods tests the strength of the beloved O’Briens and proves that love and family can always triumph! When former pro football quarterback Aidan Mitchell comes to Chesapeake Shores to take a high school coaching job, he’s embraced by the town—especially the O’Briens. But Aidan has…
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Title:Shadow Play Author:Iris Johansen Series:Eve Duncan, #19 Narrator:Elisabeth Rodgers Published:September 2015, Brilliance Audio Length:9 hours 27 minutes Source:Publisher An explosive new Eve Duncan thriller from the New York Times #1 bestselling author Eve Duncan is the most sought-after artist in the field of forensic sculpting. Dedicated to her work ever since her daughter Bonnie was taken and killed at the age of seven, Eve feels a sense of duty to…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About It was a pretty good week. I found a strength training workout, called Bootcamp Body Workout , that I started doing this week. I really like it so far, though am slowly easing my way into the full workout – you are supposed to do the whole circuit 3X in 30 minutes…
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Title: The Two-Family House Author: Lynda Cohen Loigman Published: March 2016, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC E-book, 301 pages Source: Netgalley Brooklyn, 1947: in the midst of a blizzard, in a two-family brownstone, two babies are born minutes apart to two women. They are sisters by marriage with an impenetrable bond forged before and during that dramatic night; but as the years progress, small cracks start to appear and their…
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Last Spring, at BEA, I was fortunate to pick up an advanced copy of Come Away With Me by Karma Brown. So of course, I was ecstatic when I heard it was one of the BookSparks ‘My Winter is Booked’ selections. I read it over the summer and devoured it. You can read my thoughts of the book here. Title:Come Away With Me Author:Karma Brown Published:August 2015, MIRA Format:…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I got my 10K in for February!!! I was able to just sneak it in on the last day – but I did get it in. I hope to continue to get in a few more throughout the year and to do at least one, if not more, 5K’s a month! So, I have…
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Title: The Ex Author: Alafair Burke Narrator: Xe Sands Published: January 2016, Harper Audio Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Source: Library In this breakout standalone novel of suspense in the vein of Gone Girl and The Girl on a Train, a woman agrees to help an old boyfriend who has been framed for murder—but begins to suspect that she is the one being manipulated. Twenty years ago she ruined his…
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Here are my reading stats for February! Books read: 12 Books I read: White Gardenia — Belinda Alexandra (audio) The Doll’s House — M.J. Arlidge (e-book) Bones of the Lost — Kathy Reichs (audio book) No Ordinary Life — Suzanne Redfearn (e-book) The Ramblers — Aidan Donnelley Rowley (audio) The Ex — Alafair Burke (audio book) Swamp Bones — Kathy Reichs (audio book) What Was Mine — Helen Klein Ross…
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Title:The Edge of Lost Author:Kristina McMorris Published:November 2015, Kensington Format:Paperback, 340 pages Source:Publisher via She Reads From New York Times bestselling author Kristina McMorris comes an ambitious and heartrending story of immigrants, deception, and second chances. On a cold night in October 1937, searchlights cut through the darkness around Alcatraz. A prison guard’s only daughter—one of the youngest civilians who lives on the island—has gone missing. Tending the warden’s greenhouse,…
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Title:Losing the Light Author:Andrea Dunlop Narrator:Cassandra Campbell Published:February 2016, Brilliance Audio Length:10 hours 27 minutes Source:Publisher A smart, obsessive debut novel about a young woman studying abroad who becomes caught up in a seductive French world—and a complex web of love and lust. When thirty-year-old Brooke Thompson unexpectedly runs into a man from her past, she’s plunged headlong into memories she’s long tried to forget about the year she spent…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I got 2 more 5K’s in…but still trying to get a 10K in for this month…not sure it’s going to happen in February, but I do have a few more days, so we’ll see what happens. Here’s how my week went: Feb 20: 7,334 stepsFeb 21: 6,249 steps Feb 22: …
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Title: White Gardenia Author: Belinda Alexandra Narrator: Deirdre Rubenstein Published: 2015 Bolinda Publishing / Gallery Books Length: 17 hours 48 minutes / ARC E-copy 480 pages Source: Personal copy via Audible / Netgalley From internationally bestselling author Belinda Alexandra comes a sweeping, emotional journey that “depicts vividly the powerful lifelong bond between mothers and daughters” (Paullina Simons, author of The Bronze Horseman). In a district of the city of Harbin,…
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Title: What Was Mine Author: Helen Klein Ross Published: January 2016, Gallery B0oks Format: ARC E-copy, 336 pages Source: Netgalley Simply told but deeply affecting, in the bestselling tradition of Alice McDermott and Tom Perrotta, this urgent novel unravels the heartrending yet unsentimental tale of a woman who kidnaps a baby in a superstore—and gets away with it for twenty-one years. Lucy Wakefield is a seemingly ordinary woman who does…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About This was a good week I got two good walks in and remembered to use this great app I have on my phone – Charity Miles, so that all my steps get counted for good!!! I’ve decided to support Girls on the Run because my one niece, Morgan, is a runner and does…
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Title: Bones in Her Pocket Author: Kathy Reichs Series: Temperance Brennan, #15.5 Narrator: Linda Emond Published: December 2013, Simon & Schuster Audio Length: 1 hour 56 minutes Source: Library A new story featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan—from #1 New York Times bestselling author and FOX TV’s Bones producer, Kathy Reichs. When a fly-covered canvas bag floats to the surface of North Carolina’s Mountain Island Lake, forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan is…
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Title: The Ramblers Author: Aidan Donnelley Rowley Narrator: Erica Sullivan Published: February 2016, Harper Audio / William Morrow Length: 11 hours 24 minutes / 400 pages Source: Personal Copy via Audible / ARC Paperback via Publicist For fans of J. Courtney Sullivan, Meg Wolitzer, Claire Messud, and Emma Straub, a gorgeous and absorbing novel of a trio of confused souls struggling to find themselves and the way forward in their…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About It was a relatively quiet week this past week. My sister was having her baby on Friday and since I intended on being there at the hospital, I wanted to make sure I didn’t get sick again. I decided to take every precaution of not catching any germs – I worked from home…
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Title: No Ordinary Life Author: Suzanne Redfearn Published: February 2016, Grand Central Publishing Format: ARC E-copy, 400 pages Source: Netgalley via Publicist Suzanne Redfearn delivers another gripping page-turner in her latest novel, a story about a young mother’s fight to protect her children from the dangerous world of Hollywood. Faye Martin never expected her husband to abandon her and her three children . . . or that she’d have to…
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Title: The Doll’s House Author: M.J. Arlidge Series: Helen Grace, #3 Published: February 2016, NAL Format: ARC E-copy, 432 pages Source: Netgalley The bestselling author of Eeny Meeny and Pop Goes the Weasel brings back Detective Helen Grace, who is hot on the trail of a twisted serial killer in this gripping new thriller. Detective Helen Grace is on the trail of a twisted serial killer in this gripping thriller…
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Title: Platinum Doll Author: Anne Girard Published: January 2016, MIRA Format: Paperback, 368 pages Set against the dazzling backdrop of Golden Age Hollywood, novelist Anne Girard tells the enchanting story of Jean Harlow, one of the most iconic stars in the history of film It’s the Roaring Twenties and seventeen-year-old Harlean Carpenter McGrew has run off to Beverly Hills. She’s chasing a dream—to escape her small, Midwestern life and…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About It was a pretty good week. I got my first 5K of the month in – thanks to insomnia!!! I’m so glad my gym opens so early…lol!!! I think I was at the gym at 4:15am that morning and I don’t even work on Mondays 🙂 But, it was great getting it…
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Title: In Another Life Author: Julie Christine Johnson Published: February 2016, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: ARC E-copy, 368 pages Source: Netgalley via publicist Historian Lia Carrer has finally returned to southern France, determined to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. But instead of finding solace in the region’s quiet hills and medieval ruins, she falls in love with Raoul, a man whose very existence challenges everything she knows…
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Last Spring, at BEA, I was fortunate to pick up an advanced copy of The Gates of Evangeline by Hester Young, a book the publisher and publicists were praising. So of course, I was ecstatic when I heard it was one of the She Reads ‘Books of Winter’ selections. I read it over the summer and devoured it, and cannot wait until the next book comes out in the series.…
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Here are my reading stats for January! Books read: 11 Books I read: Me Before You — Jojo Moyes Lost & Found in Cedar Cove — Debbie Macomber (e-book) The Forgotten Room — Karen White, Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig (e-book) After the Crash — Michel Bussi Bones Are Forever — Kathy Reichs (audio) The Things We Keep — Sally Hepworth (e-book) Avenged — Elizabeth Heiter (e-book) The Storm Sister —…
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Title: Bones Are Forever Author: Kathy Reichs Series: Temperance Brennan, #15 Narrator: Linda Emond Published: August 2012, Simon & Schuster Audio Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Source: Library #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs, a producer of the Fox hit show Bones, is back with her fifteenth “pulse-pounding” (Publishers Weekly) novel featuring North America’s favorite forensic anthropologist, Tempe Brennan—a story of infanticide and murder set in the high…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About It was an ok week. I was really tired all week for some reason, so getting up to go to the gym didn’t really happen after Monday…not sure what’s going on there. I still have my head cold, though it is much better. I think fighting that is really taking a lot out…
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Title: Flash & Bones Author: Kathy Reichs Series: Temperance Brennan, #14 Narrator: Linda Emond Published: August 2011, Simon & Schuster Audio Length: 8 hours 33 minutes Source: Library Just as 200,000 fans are pouring into town for Race Week, a body is found in a barrel of asphalt next to the Charlotte Motor Speedway. The next day, a NASCAR crew member comes to Temperance Brennan’s office at the Mecklenburg County…
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Title: The Things We Keep Author: Sally Hepworth Published: January 2016, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC E-copy, 352 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Anna Forster, in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease at only thirty-eight years old, knows that her family is doing what they believe to be best when they take her to Rosalind House, an assisted living facility. She also knows there’s just one another resident her age,…
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Title: No Ordinary Life Author: Suzanne Redfearn Published: February 2016, Grand Central Publishing Suzanne Redfearn delivers another gripping page-turner in her latest novel, a story about a young mother’s fight to protect her children from the dangerous world of Hollywood. Faye Martin never expected her husband to abandon her and her three children . . . or that she’d have to struggle every day to make ends meet. So when…
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Title: Lost & Found in Cedar Cove Author: D ebbie Macomber Series: Rose Harbor, #1.5 Published: July 2013, Ballantine Books Format: E-book, 36 pages Source: Library Debbie Macomber’s heartwarming new series, set at the Rose Harbor Inn in picturesque Cedar Cove, displays the author’s signature talent for creating characters who feel like friends, and small towns that feel like home. In this original short story available exclusively as an eBook,…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About So, this week wasn’t my best week. I was nursing a head cold, plus I spent three days at my brother’s house babysitting my nieces. I didn’t make it to the gym at all this week, but that’s ok…I did focus on watching what I eat. My sister-in-law is an amazing cook and…
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Title: Eight Hundred Grapes Author: Laura Dave Narrator: Joy Osmanski Published: June 2015, Simon & Schuster Audio Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Source: Library There are secrets you share, and secrets you hide… Growing up on her family’s Sonoma vineyard, Georgia Ford learned some important secrets. The secret number of grapes it takes to make a bottle of wine: eight hundred. The secret ingredient in her mother’s lasagna: chocolate. The…
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Title: The Forgotten Room Author: Karen White, Beatriz Williams & Lauren Willig Published: January 2016, NAL Format: ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher New York Times bestselling authors Karen White, Beatriz Williams, and Lauren Willig present a masterful collaboration—a rich, multigenerational novel of love and loss that spans half a century…. 1945: When the critically wounded Captain Cooper Ravenal is brought to a private hospital on Manhattan’s Upper…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About Another good week…I managed to get another 5K on the treadmill at the gym again. And I’m done with jury duty…only needed to go in on Monday – those 14k+ steps that day were from me walking to and from the train station and then walking around the city…it was a cold…
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