Title: The Gates of Evangeline Author: Hester Young Series: Charlie Cates Trilogy, #1 Published: September 2015, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Format: ARC Paperback, 416 pages Source: Publisher From a unique new talent comes a fast-paced debut, introducing a heroine whose dark visions bring to light secrets that will heal or destroy those around her . . . When New York journalist and recently…
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Title: The Sparrow Sisters Author: Ellen Herrick Published: September 2015, William Morrow Paperbacks Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher With echoes of the alchemy of Practical Magic, the lushness of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt, and the darkly joyful wickedness of the Witches of East End, Ellen Herrick’s debut novel spins an enchanting love story about a place where magic whispers just beneath the…
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Here are my reading stats for August! Books read: 14 Books I read: Alert — James Patterson Speaking in Bones — Kathy Reichs (audio book) In a Dark, Dark Wood — Ruth Ware Everything I Never Told You — Celeste Ng The Sparrow Sisters — Ellen Herrick The Girl Who Played With Fire — Stieg Larsson (audio book) The Gates of Evangeline — Hester Young A New Hope — Robyn…
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When I heard that there was going to be another “Girl” book, I was ecstatic!!! I loved Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy and was so bummed when he died before being able to write more. I had read that he planned to write 10 books in the series so I just knew we hadn’t seen enough of Lizbeth Salander. I wanted more of her!!! So now this other book is coming…
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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. What a whirlwind this month turned out…
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Title: The Reckoning Author: Jane Casey Series: Maeve Kerrigan, #2 Narrator: Sarah Coomes Published: May 2012, Brilliance Audio Length: 15 hours 56 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible To the public, he’s a hero: a brutal killer who targets sex offenders. To most of London’s police force, he’s the suspect in a gruesome, time-consuming case to be avoided. But to Detective…
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Title: Dancing Through Life Author: Candace Cameron Bure Published: August 2015, B&H Books Format: ARC Paperback, 208 pages Source: Publisher Candace Cameron Bure has grown up before our eyes and we’ve watched as she’s balanced life in Hollywood with her faith for many years. But that all reached new heights when she was given the opportunity to join the cast of Dancing…
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Title: In a Dark, Dark Wood Author: Ruth Ware Published: August 2015, Scout Press Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher Someone’s getting married. Someone’s getting murdered. In a dark, dark wood Nora hasn’t seen Clare for ten years. Not since Nora walked out of school one day and never went back. There was a dark, dark house Until, out of the blue,…
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Title: Bones to Ashes Author: Kathy Reichs Series: Temperance Brennan, #10 Narrator: Linda Emond Published: August 2007, Recorded Books Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Source: Library Temperance Brennan, like her creator Kathy Reichs, is a brilliant, sexy forensic anthropologist called on to solve the toughest cases. But for Tempe, the discovery of a young girl’s skeleton in Acadia, Canada, is more…
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Title: Those Girls Author: Chevy Stevens Narrator: Jorjeana Marie, Emily Woo Zeller, Nicol Zanzarella Published: July 2015, Blackstone Audio Length: 11 hours 29 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible Chevy Stevens is back with her most powerful, emotional thriller yet— a story of survival…and revenge. Life has never been easy for the three Campbell sisters. Jess, Courtney, and Dani live on a remote ranch…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About It’s been a while since I last checked in – I was sick and then I was on vacation for two weeks, one week of which we spent at the beach!!! I haven’t really been working out regularly because I was sick and not eating properly, so I felt that my body didn’t have…
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Title: No Virgin Island Author: C. Michele Dorsey Series: A Sabrina Salter Mystery, #1 Published: August 2015, Crooked Lane Books Format: Hardcover, 272 pages Sabrina Salter traded a high-pressure job as a Boston meteorologist for life as an innkeeper on sun-soaked St. John. But storm clouds roll in when Sabrina finds Carter Johnson, her most attractive guest, tucked up in a hammock way…
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Title: A New Hope Author: Robyn Carr Series: Thunder Point, #8 Published: June 2015, MIRA Format: ARC E-copy, 336 pages Source: Netgalley Starting over is never easy, but in Thunder Point, where newcomers are welcome and friends become family, it’s possible to find yourself again. In this brand-new story, #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr takes us on a moving…
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Title: Break No Bones Author: Kathy Reichs Series: Temperance Brennan, #9 Narrator: Barbara Rosenblatt Published: July 2006, Recorded Books Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Source: Library Following the tremendous success of “Cross Bones, “Kathy Reichs explores another high-profile topic in Break No Bones — a case that lands forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan in the middle of a gruesome international scheme.…
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Title: Red Line Author: Brian Thiem Series: A Matt Sinclair Mystery, #1 Published: August 2015, Crooked Lane Books Format: Hardcover, 368 pages When a teenager from a wealthy suburb outside of Oakland, CA is dumped at an inner city bus stop, homicide detective Matt Sinclair catches the case. It’s his first since being bumped to desk duty for a bust that went south…fast.…
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Title: Crash & Burn Author: Lisa Gardner Series: Tessa Leoni, #3 Narrator: Christina Traister, Mikael Naramore Published: February 2015, Brilliance Audio Length: 13 hours 27 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible The #1 New York Times bestselling author’s latest stand-alone thriller, with a cameo by her fan-favorite character, Boston Detective D.D. Warren My name is Nicky Frank. Except, most likely, it isn’t. Nicole Frank…
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Title: Bones on Ice Author: Kathy Reichs Series: Temperance Brennan, #17.5 Published: June 2015, Bantam Format: E-book, 104 pages Source: Personal copy Featuring a preview of the highly anticipated new thriller Speaking in Bones, this eBook original novella showcases #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs at the peak of her powers. In Bones on Ice, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan gets wrapped up in the…
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Title: Thrill Me Author: Susan Mallery Series: Fool’s Gold, #18 Narrator: Tanya Eby Published: July 2015, Brilliance Audio / HQN Books Length: 8 hours, 32 minutes / 368 pages Source: Personal copy via Audible / Netgalley via publisher Meet the Mitchell brothers of Fool’s Gold, California—five gorgeous men who’ve left a trail of broken hearts in their wake… Maya Farlow learned the hard way to depend…
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Title: Plantation Shudders Author: Ellen Byron Series: A Cajun Country Mystery, #1 Published: August 2015, Crooked Lane Books Format: Hardcover, 288 pages Check in for some Southern hospitality in Plantation Shudders, the Cajun Country series debut from Ellen Byron. It’s the end of the summer and Prodigal Daughter Maggie Crozat has returned home to her family’s plantation-turned-bed-and-breakfast in Louisiana. The Crozats have an…
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Title: Twenty-Eight & a Half Wishes Author: Denise Grover Swank Series: Rose Gardner Mysteries, #1 Published: August 2015, Crooked Lane Books Format: Hardcover, 288 pages The first in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series. For Rose Gardner, working at the DMV is bad even before she has a vision of herself dead. She’s had plenty of visions, but this one…
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Title: Rainy Day Sisters Author: Kate Hewitt Series: The Hartley-by-the-Sea, #1 Published: August 2015, NAL Format: Paperback, 368 pages The USA Today bestselling author presents a heartfelt novel about two sisters struggling toward new lives and loves. Welcome to Hartley-by-the-Sea in England’s beautiful Lake District, where two sisters who meet as strangers find small miracles tucked into the corners of every day…. When Lucy Bagshaw’s life in Boston…
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Title: Speaking in Bones Author: Kathy Reichs Series: Temperance Brennan, #18 Narrator: Katherine Borowitz Published: July 2015, Random House Audio Length: 10 hours Source: Library The latest blockbuster suspense novel in the pulse-pounding Temperance Brennan series, from #1 New York Times bestselling author and forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs. For every case Temperence Brennance has solved, there remain innumerable unidentified bodies in her lab.…
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Title: Alert Author: James Patterson Series: Michael Bennett, #8 Published: August 2015, Little, Brown & Company Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher “This is not a test”—every New Yorker’s worst nightmare is about to become a reality. New Yorkers aren’t easily intimidated, but someone is doing their best to scare them, badly: why? After two inexplicable high-tech attacks, the city…
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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. Why is the week before vacation so…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About So, this week got off to a great start with 2 good training walks, but then between the heat and a crazy work schedule it all came apart. Work has been incredibly busy and with me going on vacation next week I feel more under the gun to get a lot done before I…
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Here are my reading stats for July! Books read: 15 Books I read: The Liar — Nora Roberts (audio book) Hold Me — Susan Mallery (e-book) Summer Secrets — Jane Green Beautiful Ruins — Jess Walter (audio book) Those Girls — Chevy Stevens (audio book) The Far End of Happy — Kathryn Craft Kiss Me — Susan Mallery (audio book) Devil Bones — Kathy Reichs (audio book) Name of the…
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Title: The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach Author: Pam Jenoff Published: July 2015, MIRA Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summer 1941 Young Adelia Monteforte flees fascist Italy for America, where she is whisked away to the shore by her well-meaning aunt and uncle. Here, she meets and falls for Charlie Connally, the eldest of the four Irish-Catholic boys next door. But…
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There are so many good books out there and just not enough time to read them all!!! Kimberly Belle first came on my radar with her debut novel, The Last Breath, which came out last year. That’s been on my list of books to read for a while now, but I just haven’t gotten to it yet, so of course, I was thrilled when Kimberly reached out to me about…
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Title: Pretty Baby Author: Mary Kubica Published: July 2015, MIRA Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher A chance encounter sparks an unrelenting web of lies in this stunning new psychological thriller from national bestselling author Mary Kubica She sees the teenage girl on the train platform, standing in the pouring rain, clutching an infant in her arms. She boards a train and…
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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. It’s hard to believe this is the…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About Another good week. 3 really good training walks – 1 indoors at the mall due to the heat and 2 outdoors. My time has been pretty consistent, which is good. I’m aiming for about 4 miles an hour, with an overall goal of completing the full marathon in under 8 hours (just to clarify –…
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Next week, Pam Jenoff’s latest book, The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach, comes out (July 28th!) and this was one of my must-gets at BEA this year. I’ve been looking forward to reading this since I first heard about it and you can look for my review here next Tuesday on release day! I had the please of meeting Pam twice this year – at BEA and a few weeks…
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Title: Your Next Breath Author: Iris Johansen Series: Catherine Ling, #4 Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers Published: April 2015, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours 53 minutes Source: Publisher From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes an explosive new thriller Catherine Ling is one of the CIA’s most prized operatives. Raised on the streets of Hong Kong, she was pulled into the agency at the…
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Title: Kiss Me Author: Susan Mallery Series: Fool’s Gold, #17 Narrator: Tanya Eby Published: June 2015, Brilliance Audio /HQN Books Length: 9 hours / 384 pages Source: Publisher / Netgalley New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery creates the small-town destination for romance in charming Fool’s Gold, California—where a loner cowboy finds the one woman who can capture his heart… After Phoebe Kitzke’s…
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Title: Name of the Devil Author: Andrew Mayne Series: Jessica Blackwood, #2 Published: July 2015, Bourbon Street Books Format: ARC Paperback, 432 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Book Tours In this electrifying sequel to the crowd-pleasing thriller Angel Killer, magician-turned-FBI agent Jessica Blackwood must once again draw on her past to go up against a brutal murderer desperate for revenge at any…
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Last weekend, I had the pleasure of seeing author Jenny Milchman. She’s now on tour for her latest book, As Night Falls. I’ve already read this book and loved it…you can read my review here. The event was a little different than most of the usual author events I’ve been to as this one was a luncheon and wasn’t so much a book talk as it was a discussion on…
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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. It was a nice quiet weekend – at…
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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 in 2 good training walks and made it to 2 yoga classes!!! I’m feeling pretty motivated right now about my training plan for this marathon, so hopefully I can keep it going. This week was also the first week of Ophra & Deepak’s latest 21-Day Meditation Challenge…
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Today, I’m excited to share with you an excerpt from Susan Mallery’s upcoming book, Thrill Me, the latest book in her Fool’s Gold series. There is also a fun prize pack up for grabs so be check out the giveaway at the bottom of this post. I am stop #8 on the excerpt tour, so if you haven’t been following along, be sure to go back to the beginning as…
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Title: The Guest Cottage Author: Nancy Thayer Narrator: Janet Metzger Published: May 2015, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Source: Publicist Sensible thirty-six-year-old Sophie Anderson has always known what to do. She knows her role in life: supportive wife of a successful architect and calm, capable mother of two. But on a warm summer night, as the house grows quiet around her and…
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Title: Hold Me Author: Susan Mallery Series: Fool’s Gold, #16 Published: April 2015, HQN Books Format: ARC e-book, 384 pages Source: Netgalley New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery’s classic blend of lighthearted humor and intense emotional conflict works its magic on two newcomers to the California town of Fool’s Gold, which Library Journal calls “a setting so real and appealing readers…
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I am a huge fan of Kathy Reichs’ Temperance Brennan series, which I am slowly making my way through – I’m up to book 11. I was fortunate to have been able to see her again at BEA this year where I was able to get an advanced copy of her latest book, Speaking in Bones, which comes out July 21. Because I prefer listening to this series on audio,…
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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 is a busy weekend with events on…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About With the summer heat making it’s presence known, plus it being so rainy lately, I’ve had to adjust my training schedule a bit. I’ve already resorted to walking in the mall because of the rain – which I don’t actually mind because it’s quite and cool – I don’t have to worry about the heat…
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Last night I had the privilege of seeing Dorothea Benton Frank again. I first met Dotty last year at BEA at the Harper Collins Blogger Party and I loved chatting with her. Last night was the last stop on her book tour for her latest book, All the Single Ladies. I had already listened to the book – you can find my review here – so it was fun to…
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Title: Summer Secrets Author: Jane Green Published: June 2015, St. Martin’s Press Format: Hardcover, 308 pages Source: Publisher Jane Green delivers her second blockbuster novel of 2015, a story of one woman struggling to right the wrongs of her past, with even more complications in the present. June, 1998: At twenty seven, Catherine Coombs, also known as Cat, is struggling. She lives in…
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Title: Cat & Jemima J Author: Jane Green Published: May 2015, St. Martin’s Press Format: E-book, 31 pages Source: Personal copy From New York Times bestselling author Jane Green comes an original short story featuring Jemima, the main character from Green’s beloved novel Jemima J, and Cat, the main character from her upcoming novel Summer Secrets. My thoughts: When I saw that this…
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Title: The Precious One Author: Marisa de los Santos Narrator: Abby Craden, Arielle DeLisle Published: March 2015, Harper Audio Length: 12 hours 33 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible From the bestselling author of Belong to Me, Love Walked In, and Falling Together comes a captivating novel about friendship, family, second chances, and the redemptive power of love In all her life, Eustacia “Taisy” Cleary has…
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Title: The Truth And Other Lies Author: Sascha Arango Published: June 2015, Atria Books Format: ARC e-book, 256 pages Source: Netgalley Dark, witty, and suspenseful, this literary crime thriller reminiscent of The Dinner and The Silent Wife follows a famous author whose wife—the brains behind his success—meets an untimely death, leaving him to deal with the consequences. “Evil is a matter of opinion…” On…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I finally started my training walks for the upcoming marathon. I started the week out strong with a nice 3+ mile walk, though, and then lost my motivation for a bit. I was super tired this week and think I might actually be coming down with a cold. But, I did at least move each…
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