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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2014 has been another great year and it’s hard to believe that 2015 starts tomorrow! Some of the highlights of this year include: Attending BEA 2014 – what a great experience!!! Lots of great books, meeting other bloggers in person, networking with publishers/publicists, meeting authors and attending some of the parties! So much fun and I am definitely going again in 2015! I walked my first 1/2 marathon in…
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Here are my reading stats for December! Books read: 11 Books I read: The Perfect Witness — Iris Johansen (audio book) Leaving Time — Jodi Picoult Hunted — Elizabeth Heiter Some Kind of Wonderful — Beth Ciotta (e-book) The Midnight Rose — Lucinda Riley (audio book) The Lodge on Holly Road — Sheila Roberts (e-book) Bare Bones –Kathy Reichs (audio book) Butternut Lake: Night Before Christmas — Mary McNear (e-book)…
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Title: The Life Intended Author: Kristin Harmel Published: December 2014, Gallery Books Format: ARC E-book, 368 pages Source: Netgalley via Publicist From the author of the international bestseller The Sweetness of Forgetting, named one of the Best Books of Summer 2012 by Marie Claire magazine, comes a captivating novel about the struggle to overcome the past when our memories refuse to be…
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Title: Butternut Lake: The Night Before Christmas Author: Mary McNear Series: The Butternut Lake Trilogy, #2.5 Published: December 2014, William Morrow Impulse Format: E-book, 112 pages Source: Publicist Butternut Lake is so beautiful at Christmas—from the delightfully decorated shops, to the cozy homes with their twinkling lights outside, to the lake itself. And this year so much is happening! A wedding: Caroline meticulously…
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Title: The Cinderella Murder Author: Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke Series: Under Suspicion, #1 Narrator: Jan Maxwell Published: November 2014, Simon & Schuster Audio Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible Television producer Laurie Moran is delighted when the pilot for her reality drama, Under Suspicion, is a success. Even more, the program – a cold case series that…
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Title: Some Kind of Wonderful Author: Beth Ciotta Series: Cupcake Lovers, #3.5 Published: October 2013, St. Martin’s Paperbacks Format: ARC E-book, 83 pages Source: Netgalley Have yourself a scrumptious, small-town Christmas with this special Cupcake Lovers holiday novella, Some Kind of Wonderful! Growing up in Sugar Creek, Maya Templeton and Zachary Cole were best friends. After high school, each went out…
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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 wonderful holiday we had – it’s…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog This is the last weekly check-in for 2014. It was a challenging week trying to get everything set for the holidays – we traveled down to Long Island to my in-laws Wednesday -Friday and then hosted some of my family here on Saturday – four siblings and their families, my dad plus my husband and I ended up with 19…
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Title: The Lodge on Holly Road Author: Sheila Roberts Series: Life in Icicle Falls, #6 Published: October 2014, Harlequin MIRA Format: ARC e-copy, 364 pages Source: Netalley How Santa Gets His Christmas Spirit Back… James Claussen has played Santa for years, but now that he’s a widower, he’s lost interest—in everything. So his daughter, Brooke, kidnaps him from the mall (in his Santa…
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Title: Hunted Author: Elizabeth Heiter Series: The Profiler, #1 Published: December 2013, Harlequin MIRA Format: Paperback, 368 pages Source: Library Terror stalks a small Virginia town. FBI rising star, criminal profiler Evelyn Baine, knows how to think like a serial killer. But she’s never chased anyone like the Bakersville Burier, who hunts young women and displays them, half-buried, deep in the woods.…
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Title: One of Us Author: Tawni O’Dell Narrator: Nick Podehl & Amy McFadden Published: August 2014, Brilliance Audio Length: 9 Hours 52 Minutes Source: Publisher From the New York Times bestselling author of Back Roads comes a fast-paced literary thriller about a forensic psychologist forced to face his own demons after discovering his small hometown terrorized by a serial killer. Dr. Sheridan Doyle—a fastidiously groomed…
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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 week is…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog Well, this week certainly didn’t go as planned. Work was insanely busy, plus I ended up getting that cold that was brewing last week. Needless to say there wasn’t too much exercising going on here other than the usual dog walks each day. Oh well…at least the dogs get me moving each day!!! Here’s how my week went: Dec…
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Title: The Oleander Sisters Author: Elaine Hussey Narrator: Janet Metzger Published: July 2014, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 Hours 22 minutes Source: Publisher An emotionally riveting tale of the bonds of family and the power of hope in the sultry Deep South In 1969, the first footsteps on the moon brighten America with possibilities. But along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a category five storm is…
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Title: House Broken Author: Sonja Yoerg Published: January 2015, NAL Trade 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 injured in a vodka-fueled accident, it’s up to…
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