2014 – Page 6 – Always With a Book

k2reader February 20, 2014

Blog Tour, Review & Giveaway: The Boleyn Bride by Brandy Purdy (CLOSED)

Title: The Boleyn Bride Author: Brandy Purdy Published: February 2014; Kensington Publishing Format: ARC Paperback; 272 pages Source: Publisher via Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours From carefree young woman to disillusioned bride, the dazzling lady who would become mother and grandmother to two of history’s most infamous queens, has a fascinating story all her own. . . At sixteen, Elizabeth Howard envisions a glorious…

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k2reader February 19, 2014

Book Excerpt: Cider Brook by Carla Neggers

Title: Cider Brook Author: Carla Neggers Series: Swift River Valley, #3 Published: January 2014, Harlequin MIRA Format: Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publicist Unlikely partners bound by circumstance…or by fate? Being rescued by a good-looking, bad-boy firefighter isn’t how Samantha Bennett expected to start her stay in Knights Bridge, Massachusetts. Now she has everyone’s attention—especially that of Justin Sloan, her rescuer, who…

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k2reader February 18, 2014

Review: Sleigh Bells in the Snow by Sarah Morgan

Title: Sleigh Bells in the Snow Author: Sarah Morgan Series: O’Neil Brothers, #1 Published: October 2013, Harlequin HQN Format: E-book; 384 pages Source: Netgalley USA Today bestselling author Sarah Morgan heats up the season with the O’Neil brothers in a brand-new holiday series! Once upon a time, Christmas was Kayla Green’s favorite time of year. Now all the workaholic wants for Christmas is for it to be…

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k2reader February 17, 2014

Book Spotlight: Cider Brook by Carla Neggers

Title: Cider Brook Author: Carla Neggers Series: Swift River Valley, #3 Published: January 2014, Harlequin MIRA Format: Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publicist Unlikely partners bound by circumstance…or by fate? Being rescued by a good-looking, bad-boy firefighter isn’t how Samantha Bennett expected to start her stay in Knights Bridge, Massachusetts. Now she has everyone’s attention—especially that of Justin Sloan, her rescuer, who wants to know why she…

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k2reader February 16, 2014

The Sunday Post #11 (2.16.14)

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’ve decided to try a new weekly meme – a place where I can do both a weekly wrap up and share what…

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k2reader February 14, 2014

Review: The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes Plus 2 Book Giveaway!!! (CLOSED)

Title: The Last Letter from Your Lover Author: Jojo Moyes Published: June 2012; Penguin Books Format: Paperback; 416 pages Source: Publisher A heartbreaking, stay-up-all-night novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You and One Plus One A Brief Encounter for our time, The Last Letter from Your Lover is a sophisticated, spellbinding double love story that spans decades and thrillingly evokes a bygone era.…

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k2reader February 14, 2014

Book Blog Walkers: February Weekly Check-in Feb 14, 2014

#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog Another week with yet more snow. Yesterday we had a major Nor’Easter dump about 14 inches of snow on the already 8 inches of snow we already have. And we are supposed to get a few more inches tomorrow. The only good thing is there’s the possibly of temps in the 40s and 50s by the end of…

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k2reader February 12, 2014

Blog Tour & Excerpt: Lovers At Heart by Melissa Foster

Title: Lovers at Heart Author: Melissa Foster Series: Love in Bloom: Snow Sisters & The Bradens #4; Love in Bloom: The Bradens #1 Published: December 2013, World Literary Press Source: ATOMR Tours & Events Lovers at Heart is a steamy contemporary romance with alpha male heroes and sexy, empowered women. They’re flawed, funny, passionate, and very relatable for readers who enjoy adult romance, contemporary romance, and women’s fiction.…

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k2reader February 12, 2014

Literary Giveaway Blog Hop – CLOSED

***Congratulations to April the Literate winner of the giveaway!!! Thanks to all who entered! Welcome to the Literary Giveaway Blog Hop! Between February 8th – 12th Judith over at Leeswammes’ Blog will be hosting the Literary Giveaway Blog Hop. There are over 40 different book blogs, all offering one or more giveaways of books or bookish items participating. All books will be literary (non)fiction or something close to that. Follow…

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k2reader February 11, 2014

Review: The Wife, The Maid and The Mistress by Ariel Lawhon

Title: The Wife, The Maid and the Mistress Author: Ariel Lawhon Published: January 2014, Doubleday Format: Hardcover, 320 pages Source: Publisher/She Reads A tantalizing reimagining of a scandalous mystery that rocked the nation in 1930-Justice Joseph Crater’s infamous disappearance-as seen through the eyes of the three women who knew him best. They say behind every great man, there’s a woman. In this case, there…

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k2reader February 10, 2014

Cover Reveal/Book Spotlight: The Last Letter From Your Lover by Jojo Moyes

It’s no secret that I am a big fan of Jojo Moyes – I got to meet her last year when she was on tour in the US for her book, The Girl You Left Behind. With that book and her other book, Me Before You being such big hits, some of her earlier books are now being re-released with fabulous new covers and I’m happy to be able to…

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k2reader February 9, 2014

The Sunday Post #10 (2.9.14)

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’ve decided to try a new weekly meme – a place where I can do both a weekly wrap up and share what…

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k2reader February 7, 2014

Book Blog Walkers: February Weekly Check-in Feb 7, 2014

#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog So, February has certainly come in with a bang! It was in the 50s on Sunday and then we’ve had 2 snow storms since with another one forecasted for this weekend. I am so tired of the snow. At the rate we’re going, I might not see my grass again until the summer! We are all getting a…

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k2reader February 7, 2014

Review: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (audio)

Title: The Secret Life of Bees Author: Sue Monk Kidd Narrator: Jenna Lamia Published: 2002, Penguin Audio Length: 10 Hours Source: Personal copy Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily’s fierce-hearted black “stand-in mother,” Rosaleen, insults three of…

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k2reader February 6, 2014

Guest Post: Beth Albright

Today, I’m so pleased to have Beth Albright, author of the the Sassy Belles trilogy, stop by. She’s been busy promoting her latest novella, Saved by the Belles, which is on the top of my stacks just waiting to be read. I just adored her Sassy Belles trilogy – The Sassy Belles, Wedding Belles, & Sleigh Belles – and was quite bummed when I got to the end, but I’m…

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k2reader February 5, 2014

Review: The Trouble With Love by Beth Ciotta

Title: The Trouble With Love Author: Beth Ciotta Series: Cupcake Lovers, #2 Published: March 2013, St. Martins Paperbacks Format: Paperback, 352 pages Source: Personal copy Rocky Monroe’s bad luck is legendary. So it stands to reason that during a quick trip to New York on behalf of the Cupcake Lovers’ forthcoming book, she winds up in the arms of the one man she never wants to see again. So…

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k2reader February 4, 2014

Book Spotlight: The Wife, The Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon

Yesterday, the February selection was announced for the She Reads book club and it is The Wife, The Maid and the Mistress by our own Ariel Lawhon, one of the co-founders of She Reads. I just started reading this book and am already hooked – look for my review of this book early next week. In the meantime, enjoy this book spotlight and be sure to read all the way…

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k2reader February 3, 2014

Review: Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts (audio)

Title: Whiskey Beach Author: Nora Roberts Narrator: Peter Berkrot Published: April 2013, Brilliance Audio Length: 15 hours, 33 minutes Source: Library For more than three hundred years, Bluff House has sat above Whiskey Beach, guarding its shore – and its secrets. To summer tourists, it’s the crown jewel of the town’s stunning scenery. To the residents of Whiskey Beach, it’s landmark and legend. To Eli…

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k2reader February 2, 2014

The Sunday Post #10 (2.2.14)

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’ve decided to try a new weekly meme – a place where I can do both a weekly wrap up and share what…

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k2reader February 1, 2014

Month in Review: January 2014

Wow – first month of the new year has flown by!!! So far, it’s been a pretty good year, reading-wise, but weather-wise – not so much! It’s been really cold here in NY – lots of snow and below-normal temps. I don’t usually mind the winter, but this year, it’s really getting to me. Luckily my blogging buddy Felicia over at The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog has a year-long group…

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k2reader January 31, 2014

Book Blog Walkers: January Weekly Check-in Jan 31, 2014

#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog Can’t believe it’s the last week of January…what a month! I really hope February brings some warmer weather…I’m not talking much – just give me some consistent temps in the 30s and I’ll be happy! I really need to get some longer walks outdoors – my marathon is in a little over a month and a half!!! Here’s…

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k2reader January 29, 2014

Blog Tour & Review: Sea of Love by Melissa Foster

Title: Sea of Love Author: Melissa Foster Series: Love in Bloom: Snow Sisters & The Bradens #7; Love in Bloom: The Bradens #4 Published: December 2013, World Literary Press Format: E-copy, 283 pages Source: Publicist Lacy Snow hadn’t been looking for love when she met strikingly handsome and seductive Dane Braden. But how could she ignore the six-foot-three darkly handsome God who tagged and researched sharks…

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k2reader January 28, 2014

Blog Tour, Review & Giveaway: Big Girl Panties by Stephanie Evanovich (CLOSED)

Title: Big Girl Panties Author: Stephanie Evanovich Published: January 2014, William Morrow Format: Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Book Tours Holly didn’t expect to be a widow at thirty-two. She also didn’t expect to be so big. After her husband’s death, food was the one thing she could always count on. Then she meets Logan Montgomery, a personal trainer so hot that he makes her sweat in…

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k2reader January 27, 2014

Book Spotlight & Giveaway: The Comfort of Lies by Randy Susan Meyers (CLOSED)

Back in August, I read The Comfort of Lies by Randy Susan Meyers for the Book Lovers Unite Book Club, and I really enjoyed it! You can find my thoughts on the book here. The book has recently been released in paperback. “Sharp and biting, and sometimes wickedly funny…Meyers writes beautifully about a formerly good marriage.” —The Boston Globe “Meyers’ complex characters feel familiar yet flawed, and this sharply…

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k2reader January 26, 2014

The Sunday Post #9 (1.26.14)

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’ve decided to try a new weekly meme – a place where I can do both a weekly wrap up and share what…

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k2reader January 25, 2014

Review: Halfway There by Susan Mallery

Title: Halfway There Author: Susan Mallery Series: Fool’s Gold, #9.75 Published: May 2013, Harlequin Format: e-book, 52 pages Source: Personal copy Fayrene Hopkins may be only twenty-four years old, but she runs her own business and has big plans–plans that don’t involve falling in love yet. She’s determined to make her mark on the world before settling down. She thinks she’s got life all figured out–until she…

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k2reader January 24, 2014

Book Blog Walkers: January Weekly Check-in Jan 24, 2014

#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog Happy to report I am over whatever I had last week – and just in time as my sister ended up having the baby last weekend – she was scheduled to have the baby today! Luckily I was able to go down on Sunday and get lots of cuddle time with my newest niece! It was definitely love at…

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k2reader January 23, 2014

Review: The Life List by Lori Nelson Spielman

Title: The Life List Author: Lori Nelson Spielman Published: July 2013, Bantam Format: Paperback, 368 pages Source: Personal copy In this utterly charming debut — one woman sets out to complete her old list of childhood goals, and finds that her lifelong dreams lead her down a path she never expects. 1. Go to Paris 2. Perform live, on a super big stage 3. Have a baby,…

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k2reader January 22, 2014

Review: The Splendour Falls by Susanna Kearsley

Title: The Splendour Falls Author: Susanna Kearsley Published: January 2014, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: ARC e-copy, 386 pages Source: Netgalley 1205 – the town of Chinon is beseiged by enemies of King John, and his young Queen calls upon a trusted servant to conceal her treasured jewels. Emily Braden is intrigued by the medieval story of Queen Isabelle, and cannot resist when her cousin Harry, a historian, suggests…

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k2reader January 21, 2014

Blog Tour & Review: Friendship on Fire by Melissa Foster

Title: Friendship on Fire Author: Melissa Foster Series: Love in Bloom: Snow Sisters & The Bradens #6; Love in Bloom: The Bradens #3 Published: November 2013, World Literary Press Format: E-copy, 304 pages Source: Publicist Small-town overachiever Riley Banks has finally scored her big break—working in Manhattan as a fashion design assistant for her childhood crush, Josh Braden. She enters her new job hoping to make…

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k2reader January 19, 2014

The Sunday Post #8 (1.19.14)

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’ve decided to try a new weekly meme – a place where I can do both a weekly wrap up and share what…

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k2reader January 17, 2014

Book Blog Walkers: January Weekly Check-in Jan 17, 2014

#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog Well, this week certainly didn’t go as planned. I did an awesome training walk on Sunday, did an easy walk Monday morning and then nothing the rest of the week. Why, you ask? Because I got that dreaded flu bug…ughhhh! Luckily, I have a mild case, but needless to say, the week has been a wash. I’m so bummed,…

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k2reader January 16, 2014

Review: Fear Nothing by Lisa Gardner

Title: Fear Nothing Author: Lisa Gardner Series: Detective DD Warren #7 Published: January 2014, Dutton Books Format: Hardcover, 400 pages Source: Publisher In #1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner’s latest pulse-pounding thriller, Detective D. D. Warren must face a new fear as a serial killer terrorizes Boston. My name is Dr. Adeline Glen. Due to a genetic condition, I can’t feel pain. I never have. I never…

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k2reader January 15, 2014

Blog Tour, Review & Giveaway: Destined for Love by Melissa Foster

Title: Destined for Love Author: Melissa Foster Series: Love in Bloom: Snow Sisters & The Bradens #5; Love in Bloom: The Bradens #2 Published: November 2013, World Literary Press Format: E-copy, 227 pages Source: Publicist Rex Braden is wealthy, hard working, and fiercely loyal. Sweat at his brow, he works the family ranch by day, then kicks back at night with part time lovers who require nothing more…

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k2reader January 14, 2014

Review: In the Blood by Lisa Unger

Title: In the Blood Author: Lisa Unger Published: January 2014, Touchstone Format: ARC e-copy, 352 pages Source: Netgalley SOMEONE KNOWS LANA’S SECRET—AND HE’S DYING TO TELL. Lana Granger lives a life of lies. She has told so many lies about where she comes from and who she is that the truth is like a cloudy nightmare she can’t quite recall. About to graduate from college and…

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k2reader January 13, 2014

Review & Giveaway: Love Water Memory by Jennie Shortridge (CLOSED)

Title: Love Water Memory Author: Jennie Shortridge Published: January 2014, Gallery Books Format: Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher/She Reads If you could do it all over again, would you still choose him? At age thirty-nine, Lucie Walker has no choice but to start her life over when she comes to, up to her knees in the chilly San Francisco Bay, with no idea how she got there…

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k2reader January 13, 2014

Bout of Books 9.0 Wrap-Up

My Goals: To read and listen as much as possible this week To finish at least 3 complete books, plus the 2 that I need to finish Write the reviews as I finish the books Be social each day and visit other blogs to cheer them on! What I accomplished: Fear Nothing by Lisa Gardner – finished In the Blood by Lisa Unger – completed Love Water Memory by…

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k2reader January 12, 2014

The Sunday Post #7 (1.12.14)

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’ve decided to try a new weekly meme – a place where I can do both a weekly wrap up and share what…

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k2reader January 10, 2014

Review & Giveaway: Eggs in a Casket by Laura Childs (CLOSED)

Title: Eggs in a Casket Author: Laura Childs Series: Cackleberry Club, #5 Published: January 2014, Berkley Hardcover Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Author The ladies of the Cackleberry Club are always ready to serve—whether they’re cooking up breakfast or sniffing out a bad egg. While Petra handles the breakfast rush at the Cackleberry Club, the café’s other two owners, Suzanne and Toni, head to Memorial Cemetery…

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k2reader January 10, 2014

Book Blog Walkers: January Weekly Check-in Jan 10, 2014

Great news!!! Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog has decided to make #BookBlogWalkers a year-long monthly challenge!!! I’m so excited and pumped – what better way to stay motivated than with a great bunch of gals!!! Thank you Felicia for getting us moving! This week the weather was CRAZY here in NY. We went from the 40s to close to zero back up to near 50 degree temps, with…

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k2reader January 9, 2014

Review: The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen (audio)

Title: The Silent Girl Author: Tess Gerritsen Series: Rizzoli & Isles, #9 Narrator: Tanya Eby Published: July 2011, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours, 10 minutes Source: Library Every crime scene tells a story. Some keep you awake at night. Others haunt your dreams. The grisly display homicide cop Jane Rizzoli finds in Boston’s Chinatown will do both. In the murky shadows of an…

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k2reader January 8, 2014

Author Meet & Greet: Sue Monk Kidd

Last night, I had the privilege of meeting Sue Monk Kidd, author of the newly released book The Invention of Wings. She is currently on tour for the book and the Greenwich Public Library in Connecticut was her first stop. I have not read any books by Sue Monk Kidd yet, but have heard a lot of good things about her new book. Plus, one of my goals for the…

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k2reader January 8, 2014

Book Spotlight: Anybody’s Daughter by Pamela Samuels Young

Title: Anybody’s Daughter Author: Pamela Samuels Young Series: Angela Evans, #2 Published: October, 2013; Goldman House Publishing Pages: 376 Is Anybody’s Daughter Ever Safe? Based on the real-life horrors faced by thousands of girls, award-winning author Pamela Samuels Young takes readers deep inside the disturbing world of child sex trafficking in a fast-paced thriller that educates as much as it entertains. The opening chapter of Anybody’s Daughter introduces readers…

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k2reader January 6, 2014

Bout of Books 9.0: Goals & Updates

This week I will be participating in another round of Book of Books. This is a great, no-pressure read-a-thon. Here is some info about the read-a-thon from the founders: The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 6th and runs through Sunday, January 12th in whatever…

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k2reader January 5, 2014

The Sunday Post #6 (1.5.14)

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’ve decided to try a new weekly meme – a place where I can do both a weekly wrap up and share…

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k2reader January 4, 2014

Review: While We Were Watching Downton Abbey by Wendy Wax

Title: While We Were Watching Downton Abbey Author: Wendy Wax Published: April 2013, Berkley Trade Format: Paperback, 384 pages Source: Personal copy FROM THE AUTHOR OF TEN BEACH ROAD AND OCEAN BEACH, A NEW NOVEL OF FOUR FRIENDS—AND A SHARED PASSION THAT COULD CHANGE THEIR LIVES. When the concierge of The Alexander, a historic Atlanta apartment building, invites his fellow residents to join him for weekly screenings of…

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k2reader January 3, 2014

Book Blog Walkers: January Weekly Check-in Jan 3, 2014

This is the second time I’ve joined the #BookBlogWalkers group that Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog has put together but this time around I’m going to post weekly check-ins. Part of staying motivated in a fitness regiment is writing it down, so I’m going to use these posts as a diary of sorts. With the cold winter we’ve been having here in the Northeast, getting out of the…

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k2reader January 3, 2014

Guest Post: Wendy Wax (Plus Giveaway!!!) CLOSED

***Congratulations to Petite, Susan @ Reading World & Kaley @ Books Etc, winners of the giveaway!!! Thanks to all who entered! I don’t know about you, but I have been counting the days until the return of Downton Abbey here in the States with the premiere of Season 4…and that countdown is slowly dwindling down to a mere few days! To help pass the time, I picked up Wendy Wax’s…

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k2reader January 3, 2014

Book Spotlight/Press Release: While We Were Watching Downton Abbey by Wendy Wax

WENDY WAX’S “ENGROSSING”* WHILE WE WERE WATCHING DOWNTON ABBEY, “THE FIRST NOVEL ABOUT FANS OF THE SHOW,”** IS NOW PUBLISHED AS A JOVE MASS MARKET PAPERBACK REPRINT First Mass Market Edition of Wax’s 2013 Trade Paperback Original Goes On Sale December 31st as America Prepares to Watch the PBS Debut of Downton Abbey Season 4 on January 5th “What do you get when you mix one dashing British concierge with…

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k2reader January 3, 2014

Read a Million Pages – A Perpetual Challenge

While looking into reading challenges for this year, I came across this challenge and thought it would be fun to join – it’s being hosted by Julie over at Smiling Shelves. Of course, this is not a challenge that will be completed in a year, but rather many years! And, according to Julie, we can start the counting anytime, so I am going to go back to when I started…

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