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. So, I’m back from BEA…what a fun time!!! I’ll be…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About So, I was in NYC Tuesday thru Saturday morning for BEA (Book Expo America). While I did quite a bit of walking around on the floor of the show each day, walking from one booth to the next and then back again later in the day for another signing or galley drop, the days with…
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Title: An Island Christmas Author: Nancy Thayer Narrator: Tanya Eby Published: October 2014, Brilliance Audio Length: 4 hours 39 minutes Source: Library In this enchanting holiday novel from New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer, family and friends gather on Nantucket for a gorgeous winter wedding with plenty of merry surprises in store. As Christmas draws near, Felicia returns to her family’s…
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Title: The Christmas Bouquet Author: Sherryl Woods Series: Chesapeake Shores, #11 Narrator: Christina Traister Published: October 2014, Brilliance Audio / Harlequin MIRA Length: 6 hours 33 minutes / 288 pages Source: Personal copy via Audible / Netgalley When it comes to family and Christmas, #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods always looks to the O’Briens for a little holiday magic… For the…
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Title: Cross Bones Author: Kathy Reichs Series: Temperance Bones, #8 Narrator: Michele Pawk Published: June 2005, Simon & Schuster Audio Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Source: Library When an Orthodox Jew is found shot to death in Montreal, Temperance Brennan is called in to examine the body and to figure out the puzzling damage to the corpse. Unexpectedly, a stranger slips her…
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Title: Cold Cold Heart Author: Tami Hoag Narrator: Julia Whelan Published: January 2015, Brilliance Audio Length: 12 hours 20 minutes Source: Publisher #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag delivers a shocking new thriller Dana Nolan was a promising young TV reporter until a notorious serial killer tried to add her to his list of victims. Nearly a year has passed since surviving…
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Title: Your Last Breath Author: Iris Johansen Series: Catherine Ling, #4 Published: April 2015, St. Martin’s Press 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 age of fourteen. If life has taught her…
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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 BEA week…I’m off to the city on…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About It was a crazy-busy week, work-wise, as I was trying to finish up some projects before starting my vacation on Friday. I started the week off strong, but then my back started acting up again, so I decided to take it easy the rest of the week. I’m heading into the city next week…
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Please join me in welcoming Kristy Woodson Harvey to Always With a Book. Kristy’s debut book, Dear Carolina, is now out and she’s been busy promoting it. You can read my review of the book here. Today, is Kristy talking about her blog tour. Hi, Always With a Book readers! I’m so excited to get to be here with all of you today. Thank you so much, Kristin for having…
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Title: A Small Indiscretion Author: Jan Ellison Narrator: Kathe Mazur Published: January 2015, Random House Audio / Random House Length: 10 hours 15 minutes / 336 pages Source: Personal copy via Audible / Netgalley Fans of Everything I Never Told You and The Girl on the Train will devour this page-turning literary debut about a harrowing coming-of-age and a marriage under siege from O.…
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Title: I Regret Nothing: A Memoir Author: Jen Lancaster Published: May 2015, NAL Format: Hardcover, 320 pages Source: Publisher New York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster has lived a life based on re-invention and self-improvement. From Bitter Is the New Black to The Tao of Martha, she’s managed to document her (and her generation’s) attempts to shape up, grow up, and have it…
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Title: Moonlight on Butternut Lake Author: Mary McNear Series: The Butternut Lake Trilogy, #3 Published: May 2015, William Morrow & Company Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Book Tours From the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Up at Butternut Lake comes the third novel in the Butternut Lake series—a dazzling story of two wounded souls seizing…
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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. Only one week of work left until BEA!!!…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About So, this week I gave myself the goal of getting 100,000 steps during the week (M-F)…and I did it!!! I basically made sure to get 20,000 steps each day and therefore I was able to reach the goal, but that did mean a lot of walking while watching tv towards the end of the…
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Please join me in welcoming Beth Albright to Always With a Book. Beth’s newest book, Daydreams in Dixie, part of her In Dixie series, is now out and she’s been busy promoting it. I’ll be reviewing this soon. Today, Beth is talking about an old-fashioned summer and she’s also provided a special giveaway for one lucky winner! Title: Daydreams in Dixie Author: Beth Albright Series: In…
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Title: The Bone Tree Author: Greg Iles Series: Penn Cage, #5 Narrator: Robert Petkoff Published: April 2015, Harper Audio / William & Morrow Company Length: 32 hours 25 minutes / 816 pages Source: Personal copy via Audible / Publisher Greg Iles continues the electrifying story begun in his smash New York Times bestseller Natchez Burning in this highly anticipated second installment of an epic trilogy of…
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I am pleased to welcome author Mary Ellen Taylor to Always With a Book. Her latest book, At the Corner of King Street, is now available. I’ll be reviewing the book here on the blog in a few weeks. Today Mary Ellen discusses her new book, which is the third in her Union Street Bakery series and then shares some recipes with us!!! Be sure to enter the giveaway at…
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Ten Most Memorable Moms in New Fiction What better time of year than Mother’s Day to showcase some of the most memorable fictional mothers in some of the best new novels? From loving, supportive mothers to complex, trailblazing mothers to selfish, vindictive mothers, this list has it all! 1) The Perfect Son by Barbara Claypole White (Lake Union, July 2015) Ella Fitzwilliam, the mom in THE PERFECT SON, quit…
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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. All my tv shows are slowing winding down,…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About While I didn’t make it to the gym this week, I definitely took advantage of the nice weather and took lots of walks with the dogs. My older dog, Maddie is great on walks, so she and I have been talking longer walks first thing in the morning. The puppy, Chloe, isn’t as great…
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Title: The Far End of Happy Author: Kathryn Craft Published: May 2015, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: Paperback, 432 pages Twelve tense hours, three women, and the suicide standoff that turns one family’s little piece of heaven into a scene from hell After enduring years of a struggling marriage, Ronnie Farnham has decided to divorce her husband and is beginning to hope for a happy future–until the…
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Title: Dear Carolina Author: Kristy Woodson Harvey Published: May 2015, Berkley Format: ARC E-copy, 320 pages Source: Author via Netgalley A moving debut novel about two mothers—one biological and one adoptive—from a compelling new voice in Southern women’s fiction. One baby girl. Two strong Southern women. And the most difficult decision they’ll ever make. Frances “Khaki” Mason has it all: a thriving interior…
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Title: A Desperate Fortune Author: Susanna Kearsley Published: April 2015, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: ARC Paperback, 528 pages Source: Publisher For nearly 300 years, the mysterious journal of Jacobite exile Mary Dundas has lain unread — its secrets safe from prying eyes. Now, amateur codebreaker Sara Thomas has been hired by a once-famous historian to crack the journal’s cipher. But when she arrives in…
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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 beautiful weekend we are having here!!!…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I decided to take it easy again this week…my back is still bothering me a bit. Moving around seems to help a little – I guess keeping everything loose and limber. I’ve found, though, that if I sit at my desk too long, it starts bothering me, so it’s making me take frequent breaks,…
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Here are my reading stats for April! Books read: 11 Books I read: Mrs. Grant & Madame Jule — Jennifer Chiaverini Crash & Burn — Lisa Gardner (audio book) An Island Christmas — Nancy Thayer (audio book) Last Night at the Blue Angel — Rebecca Rotert (print/audio book) A Desperate Fortune — Susanna Kearsley Cross Bones — Kathy Reichs (audio book) The Bookseller — Cynthia Swanson (audio book) Legacy: An…
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