#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About So, my 1/2 marathon is in 2 weeks and I’m not even stressing about it. Last year at this time I was a total wreck – I think because it was my first one. I guess because this will be the 3rd 1/2 marathon I’m walking, it’s not as stressful, though I do…
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Title: First Frost Author: Sarah Addison Allen Series: Waverly Family, #2 Narrator: Susan Ericksen Published: January 2015, Brilliance Audio Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Source: Publisher From the New York Times bestselling author of Garden Spells comes a story of the Waverley family, in a novel as sparkling as the first dusting of frost on new-fallen leaves… It’s October in Bascom, North Carolina,…
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Last Spring, at BEA, I had the pleasure of meeting Mary Kubica and picking up her debut novel, The Good Girl. 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 found it to be one of those books that I just couldn’t stop thinking about. I’ve since recommended it to everyone I…
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Title: Ashes to Ashes Author: Tami Hoag Series: Kovac & Liska, #1 Narrator: David Colacci Published: November 2014, Brilliance Audio (re-release) Length: 18 hours 26 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible He performs his profane ceremony in a wooded Minneapolis park, anointing his victims, then setting the bodies ablaze. He has already claimed three lives, and he won’t stop there. Only this time…
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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. Oh winter, you certainly are digging your…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About This wasn’t the greatest week – my work schedule was very hectic, so instead of working from home most of the week, like I usually do, I was out at meetings and then helping with testing all week. Needless to say, it really screwed up my schedule and so I didn’t get as…
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Title: The Perfect Witness Author: Iris Johansen Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers Published: September 2014, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours, 34 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible She had the perfect life. She had the perfect cover. She was the perfect witness. Until they found her. When Teresa Casali was young she discovered she had a strange gift: the ability to read people’s memories. But the…
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Title: Anything But Love Author: Beth Ciotta Series: Cupcake Lovers, #3 Published: October 2013, St. Martin’s Press Format: E-book, 304 pages Source: Personal copy LOVE IS SWEET… For Reagan Deveraux, Sugar Creek, Vermont, and the Cupcake Lovers are a dream come true: A cozy little town where family and friends come before everything else. She’s never experienced anything like it—especially not growing up…
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Title: The Violets of March Author: Sarah Jio Published: April 2011, Plume Books Format: Paperback, 296 pages Source: Personal copy A heartbroken woman stumbled upon a diary and steps into the life of its anonymous author. In her twenties, Emily Wilson was on top of the world: she had a bestselling novel, a husband plucked from the pages of GQ, and a one-way ticket…
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Title: Mercy Snow Author: Tiffany Baker Narrator: Christine Lakin Published: January 2014, Hachette Audio Length: 11 hours, 23 minutes Source: Library In the tiny town of Titan Falls, New Hampshire, the paper mill dictates a quiet, steady rhythm of life. But one day a tragic bus accident sets two families on a course toward destruction, irrevocably altering the lives of everyone in their wake.…
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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. Brrr…it’s downright frigid today! We got some…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I finally made it to the gym this week – 2 days in a row!!! And boy did that feel good! The 1/2 marathon I’m training for (that I’ll be walking not running) is in 4 weeks, so it’s now crunch time…but I’m feeling pretty good about it. Now if I can just keep up…
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Title: The Forgotten Girls Author: Sara Blaedel Series: Louise Rick/Camilla Lind (not sure what #) Published: February 2015, Grand Central Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 312 pages Source: Publisher In a forest in Denmark, a ranger discovers the fresh corpse of an unidentified woman. A large scar on one side of her face should make the identification easy, but nobody has reported her…
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Today, I’m excited to share with you an excerpt from Susan Mallery’s upcoming book, The Girls of Mischief Bay, the first book in her new series. There is also an amazing ‘California Dreamin’ Prize Package’ up for grabs so be check out the giveaway at the bottom of this post. I am stop #12 on the excerpt tour, so if you haven’t been following along, be sure to go back…
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Title: Crazy Love You Author: Lisa Unger Published: February 2015, Touchstone Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Author Love hurts … Sometimes it even kills. Darkness has a way of creeping up when Ian is with Priss. Even when they were kids, playing in the woods of their small Upstate New York town, he could feel it. Still, Priss was his best friend, his…
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Title: The Magician’s Lie Author: Greer MacAllister Published: January 2015, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher Water for Elephants meets The Night Circus in The Magician’s Lie, a debut novel in which the country’s most notorious female illusionist stands accused of her husband’s murder –and she has only one night to convince a small-town policeman of her innocence. The Amazing…
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The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. I’m also going to link this up with Sheila’s It’s Monday post over at Book Journey. We are due to get another snow storm…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About So, I got back to doing some yoga this week…nothing crazy. I didn’t make it to any classes, but just did some yoga flows at home. And it felt so good!!! I really need to continue this. Now I just need to add some strength training – I’m thinking about doing yoga one day and then…
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Title: Vanished Author: Elizabeth Heiter Series: The Profiler, #2 Published: December 2014, MIRA Sometimes the past can haunt you… Eighteen years ago, FBI profiler Evelyn Baine’s best friend, Cassie Byers, disappeared, the third in a series of unsolved abductions. Only a macabre nursery rhyme was left at the scene, a nursery rhyme that claimed Evelyn was also an intended victim. Now, after all these…
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Title: Her Author: Harriet Lane Published: January 2015, Little, Brown & Company Format: ARC Paperback, 272 pages Source: Publisher You don’t remember her–but she remembers you. On the face of it, Emma and Nina have very little in common. Isolated and exhausted by early motherhood, Emma finds her confidence is fading fast. Nina–sophisticated, generous, effortlessly in control–seems to have all the answers. It’s easy…
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Here are my reading stats for January! Books read: 12 Books I read: The Violets of March — Sarah Jio House Broken — Sonja Yoerg (e-book) The Dress Shop of Dreams — Menna van Praag (audio book) Her — Harriet Lane The Headmaster’s Wife — Thomas Christopher Greene (audio book) The Three Sisters: A Whispers Story — Lisa Unger The Magician’s Lie — Greer MacAllister Monday Mourning –Kathy Reichs (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. It’s been another exciting week here – I…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About Winter sure is making it tough to get outside and walk lately!!! We had 2 snowstorms this past week and it definitely doesn’t make me very anxious to go outdoors. We’re due for more snow this coming week, plus really cold temps, but I must make myself get to the gym at least 3 times –…
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Title: The Marriage Charm Author: Linda Lael Miller Series: The Brides of Bliss County, #2 Published: January 2015, HQN Books Format: ARC e-book, 304 pages Source: Netgalley via Little Bird Publicity The women of Bliss County have a pact—to find husbands. The right husbands. One already has: Hadleigh Stevens, who married rancher Tripp Galloway a few months ago. Now Melody Nolan thinks it’s…
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Title: Leaving Time Author: Jodi Picoult Published: October 2014, Ballantine Books Format: Hardcover, 398 pages Source: Library #1 bestselling author Jodi Picoult returns with her compulsive new novel – about the lengths we go to for those who have left us behind; about the staying power of love; and about how three broken souls might have just the right pieces to mend each…
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Title: The Three Sisters: A Whispers Story Author: Lisa Unger Series: The Whispers, #3 Published: January 2015, Gallery Books Format: ARC e-books, 76 pages Source: Netgalley The third and final story in a thrilling e-novella about a psychic medium, from award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger. When Eloise’s granddaughter, twenty-year-old Finley, comes to live with her, Eloise’s abilities…
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Title: Unbecoming Author: Rebecca Scherm Published: January 2015, Viking Adult Format: Hardcover, 320 pages Source: Publicist A major debut novel of psychological suspense about a daring art heist, a cat-and-mouse waiting game, and a small-town girl’s mesmerizing transformation On the grubby outskirts of Paris, Grace restores bric-a-brac, mends teapots, re-sets gems. She calls herself Julie, says she’s from California, and slips back to a…
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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. Well, winter has finally made it’s appearance around…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About So, while the week didn’t start off too great, it sure did end great. I realized that I have only 7 weeks until my 1/2 marathon…EEK!!! Yes, I’ve been walking all along, but I haven’t really done any distance walks and I desperately needed to get a new pairs of kicks! I did my first…
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Title: Perdita Author: Hilary Scharper Published: January 2015, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: ARC E-book, 448 pages Source: Netgalley In this haunting tale of past and present, Garth uncovers the secret to longevity, and the mystical power of love On assignment to interview the oldest people on the planet, historian Garth Hellyer meets Marged Brice, a spirited woman who claims to be 134 years old.…
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Perdita By Hilary Scharper Sourcebooks Landmark January 20, 2015 $16.99 Trade Paperback “Stunning… richly complex and unpredictable.” —Historical Novel Review Marged Brice is 134 years old. She’d be ready to go, if it weren’t for Perdita . . . The Georgian Bay lighthouse’s single eye keeps watch over storm and calm, and Marged grew up in its shadow, learning the language of the wind and the trees. There’s blustery beauty…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About Another week that didn’t quite go as planned. I started off pretty good. I was babysitting my 2 month old niece over the weekend, so I did pretty well with my steps as she likes to be held and walked around. Then the first half of the week was fine, and I managed to reach…
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Title: The Dress Shop of Dreams Author: Menna van Praag Narrator: Jennifer Carr Published: Recorded Books Length: 9 hours, 10 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible For fans of Alice Hoffman, Sarah Addison Allen, and Adriana Trigiani, The Dress Shop of Dreams is a captivating novel of enduring hopes, second chances, and the life-changing magic of true love. Since her parents’ mysterious deaths…
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Title: The Midnight Rose Author: Lucinda Riley Narrator: Anjana Srinivasan Published: January 2014, Whole Story Audiobooks Length: 16 hours, 48 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible Spanning four generations, The Midnight Rose sweeps from the glittering palaces of the great maharajas of India to the majestic stately homes of England, following the extraordinary life of a remarkable girl, Anahita Chaval, from 1911 to the…
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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. I’m posting this a day late because I…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About This week didn’t start off too well as I was sick. I ended up with a nasty cold. I took a few days off and then, since the weather was so cold, decided to just take it easy and stay indoors all week. I really don’t want to be sick all winter, so I figured…
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On Monday, the gals at She Reads announced the four ‘Books of Winter’ selections. I’m very excited about these picks – 2 I’ve already read/listened to, I’m currently listening to the third and will be picking up the fourth one very shortly. Be sure to visit the She Reads website – they have a great giveaway going on. Five lucky readers will win all four novels!!! (Giveaway is open until…
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Title: House Broken Author: Sonja Yoerg Published: January 2015, NAL Trade Format: ARC E-copy, 336 pages Source: Netgalley via Author In this compelling and poignant debut novel, a woman skilled at caring for animals must learn to mend the broken relationships in her family.… For veterinarian Geneva Novak, animals can be easier to understand than people. They’re also easier to forgive. But when her mother, Helen, is…
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Title: Vanished Author: Elizabeth Heiter Series: The Profiler, #2 Published: December 2014, MIRA Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Author Sometimes the past can haunt you… Eighteen years ago, FBI profiler Evelyn Baine s best friend, Cassie Byers, disappeared, the third in a series of unsolved abductions. Only a macabre nursery rhyme was left at the scene, a nursery rhyme that claimed…
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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. I love the excitement a new year brings…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About This is the first check-in for the new year and I am going to use this post to discuss my goals for the year. This is the second year I am participating in this group (formerly called #BookBlogWalkers) and I am so excited to see that the group is not only back, but even more…
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The 2015 Mount TBR Reading Challenge is hosted by My Reader’s Block, and it goes from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015. I participated in this challenge last year, but didn’t come close to making my goal. I’m hoping to be successful this time around as at last count, I have over 200 books on my shelves that I have not read yet. I’m joining at the Mount…
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The 2015 Netgalley Reading Challenge is hosted by Ariel Avalon, and it goes from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015. This goal of this challenge is to not only read all those books we’ve requested from Netgalley but to then review them so as to get our feedback ratio up to the recommended 80%. I’m joining at the Hard level, which means I need to read and review…
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The 2015 First Reads Reading Challenge is hosted by b00k r3vi3ws, and it goes from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015. The goal of this reading challenge is to read new-to-you authors. I’m joining at the Lover level, which means that I need to read at least 26 books from new-to-me authors. I’ll keep track of them here. I’ll also link my reviews to the list. ***As of 6/30/15,…
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The 2015 E-Book Challenge is hosted by Annette’s Book Spot and it goes from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015. I’ve done this challenge for the past couple years and love seeing just how much I end up reading on the iPad at the end of the year. I’m joining at the Megabytes level, which means I need to read at least 25 e-books in 2015. I’ll keep track…
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The 2015 Audio Book Challenge is hosted by The Book Nympho & Hot Listens, and it goes from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015. I love listening to audio books and have been doing this challenge for the past few years. I’m joining at the Marathoner level, which means I need to listen to 50+ audio books in 2015. I’ll keep track of them here. ***As of 9/30/15,…
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There were 2 Library Challenges that I was torn between signing up for so I decided I would sign up and participate in both!!! The first one, Readers to the Rescue Library Challenge, is being hosted by Sheila over at Book Journey. Not only is she encouraging us to use our library, but she also wants us to get to know our library. What does your library offer besides books.…
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The 2015 You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge is hosted by Book Dragon’s Lair, and it goes from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015. This is a reading challenge where we are challenged to read, read, read!!! I am going to join this challenge at Level 2, where I hope to read 150 books. The Violets of March by Sarah Jio House Broken by Sonja Yoerg (e-book)…
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I have done this the last 2 years, and it helped me set myself up for the upcoming year. I think this will be a fixed feature on January 1 of each year I blog. One of my resolutions for 2015 is to be more organized – in life and in blogging. I need to get back to using my blogger planner. While this was one of my main goals…
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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. For my first book of the year, I decided to go with a book I’ve been wanting to read for a while – and one that’s been sitting on my shelf for some time as well. I’m…
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