#30 Authors Day 30: Liza Klaussmann recommends A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories by Lucia Berlin

I’m so excited to be participating in a second day of this year’s #30Authors event and on the final day…what a great event this has been and I’m so honored to have been a part of it! Today I have Liza Klaussman here to discuss Lucia Berlin’s A Manual for Cleaning Women.  And don’t forget to check out the amazing giveaway below as well. But first, here’s a little bit…

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Review: Christmas in Mustang Creek by Linda Lael Miller

Title: Christmas in Mustang Creek  Author: Linda Lael Miller     Series: The Brides of Bliss County, #4      Published: September 2015, HQN Books   Format: ARC E-copy, 272 pages    Source: Netgalley via Little Bird Publicity    No one does the holidays like Linda Lael Miller, whose Christmas novels have warmed the hearts of millions of readers the world over! Charlotte Morgan grew up in Mustang Creek, Wyoming,…

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Review & Giveaway: A Perfect Heritage by Penny Vincenzi (Giveaway Closed!)

Title: A Perfect Heritage     Author: Penny Vincenzi       Published: October 2015, The Overlook Press   Format: Hardcover, 768 pages    Source: Publisher   The House of Farrell – home of The Cream, an iconic face product that has seen women flocking to its bijoux flagship store in the Berkeley Arcade since 1953. At Farrell, you can rely on the personal touch. The legendary Athina Farrell remains the…

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The Sunday Post #86

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.          Busy, busy, busy!!! That’s what it’s been…

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#FitReaders: Weekly Check-in September 25

#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog  and That’s What I’m Talking About     This was a tough week…it was hard getting in my 10k steps, but luckily my dogs help with that. They need their walks and so by default, I do, too! I didn’t make it to the gym this week, but did try to get up at least once an hour to move around for…

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Book Spotlight & Giveaway: The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks (Giveaway Closed!)

Title: The Secret Chord     Author: Geraldine Brooks        Published: October 2015, Viking   Format: Hardcover, 320 pages     A rich and utterly absorbing novel about the life of King David, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of People of the Book and March. With more than two million copies of her novels sold, New York Times bestselling author Geraldine Brooks has achieved both popular and critical acclaim. Now,…

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Book Spotlight & Giveaway: Laguna Nights by Kaira Rouda (Giveaway Closed!)

Title: Laguna Nights    Author: Kaira Rouda     Series: Laguna Beach, #1      Published: July 2015, Real You Publishing Group    Format: Paperback, 250 pages   Madison Alcott left her Laguna Beach childhood in the past as soon as she could, never imagining she’d be forced to return. Caring for her ill mother and holding down a high-pressure position at the best resort in town, Madison’s life is…

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Review: Everything I Never You by Celeste Ng

Title: Everything I Never Told You     Author: Celeste Ng           Published: May 2015, Penguin Books   Format: Paperback, 292 pages    Source: Publisher   Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet . . . So begins this debut novel about a mixed-race family living in 1970s Ohio and the tragedy that will either be their undoing or their salvation. Lydia is the favorite child…

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Book Spotlight & Giveaway: After You by Jojo Moyes (Giveaway Closed!)

Title: After You    Author: Jojo Moyes      Series: Me Before You, #2      Published: September 2015, Pamela Dorman Books Format: Hardcover, 368 pages     How do you move on after losing the person you loved? How do you build a life worth living? Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. After the transformative six months spent with Will Traynor, she is…

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The Sunday Post #85 (9.20.15)

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.          Wow, did this past week fly by!…

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#FitReaders: Weekly Check-in September 18

#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog  and That’s What I’m Talking About   It ended up being a crazier week than I anticipated due to work, which I have the feeling is going to be the case for a while now. Being involved in those FitBit weekly challenges does help motivate me to get my steps in which is a good thing, especially when I’m stuck on the…

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Short & Sweet Review: Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs (audio)

Title: Devil Bones    Author: Kathy Reichs     Series: Temperance Brennan, #11       Narrator: Linda Emond Published: August 2008, Simon & Schuster Audio   Length: 10 hours   Source: Library     Following her most successful book to date, Kathy Reichs — international number one bestselling author, forensic anthropologist, and producer of the Fox television hit Bones — returns to Charlotte, North Carolina, where Temperance Brennan encounters a deadly…

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Review & Giveaway: The Middle of Somewhere by Sonja Yoerg (Giveaway Closed!)

Title: The Middle of Somewhere    Author: Sonja Yoerg           Published: September 2015, NAL   Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages    Source: Publisher    A troubled, young widow hikes from Yosemite Valley deep into the wilderness on the John Muir Trail to elude her shameful past in this emotionally gripping story from the author of House Broken. With her thirtieth birthday looming, Liz Kroft is heading for…

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Review: The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams

Title: The Secret Life of Violet Grant    Author: Beatriz Williams        Published: May 2014, G.P Putnam’s Sons  Format: Hardcover, 448 pages     Source: Personal copy   Passion, redemption, and a battered suitcase full of secrets: the New York Times-bestselling author of A Hundred Summers returns with another engrossing tale. Manhattan, 1964. Vivian Schuyler, newly graduated from Bryn Mawr College, has recently defied the privilege of her storied old…

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Cover Reveal: Lies and Other Acts of Love by Kristy Woodson Harvey (with a Giveaway!!!)

I am so excited to be part of the big cover reveal today of Kristy Woodsen Harvey’s second book, Lies and Other Acts of Love, due out April 4, 2016. I absolutely loved her debut novel, Dear Carolina, and am looking forward to reading this new book. Here’s what’s already being said about this book: “We loved everything about LIES AND OTHER ACTS OF LOVE. From the strong plot about…

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Book Spotlight & Giveaway: Dark Waters by Chris Goff (Giveaway Closed!)

Title: Dark Waters    Author: Chris Goff     Series: Raisa Jordan Thriller, #1      Published: September 2015, Crooked Lane Books   Format: Hardcover, 352 pages      Raisa “Rae” Jordan, an agent for the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service, isn’t in Israel for more than a day before her predecessor is gunned down in a Tel Aviv square by a sniper. Assigned to investigate the assassination of one of her…

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Review: The Paris Key by Juliet Blackwell

Title: The Paris Key    Author: Juliet Blackwell        Published: September 2015, NAL   Format: ARC E-copy, 384 pages    Source: Netgalley via Publicist   An American in Paris navigates her family’s secret past and unlocks her own future, in this emotionally evocative novel by New York Times bestselling author Juliet Blackwell. As a girl, Genevieve Martin spent the happiest summer of her life in Paris, learning the delicate…

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The Sunday Post #84 (9.13.15)

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 busy week, but…

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#FitReaders: Weekly Check-in September 11

#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog  and That’s What I’m Talking About   This week, I set a goal for myself to get at least 12k steps Monday thru Friday and I was successful. I like setting little goals like that – it really motivates me to keep moving. I think I am going to do the same thing for this week coming up. Work is starting to…

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#30 Authors Day 11: Mary Kubica recommends Come Away With Me by Karma Brown

I’m so excited to be participating in this year’s #30Authors event. I have the lovely Mary Kubica here to discuss Karma Brown’s debut novel, Come Away With Me. I actually just read this book myself and loved it. I’m so glad Mary is reviewing this book here today!  And don’t forget to check out the amazing giveaway below as well. But first, here’s a little bit about the #30Authors event…

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Blog Tour, Review & Giveaway: Come Away With Me by Karma Brown (Giveaway Closed)

Title: Come Away With Me     Author: Karma Brown        Published: August 2015, MIRA   Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages     Source: Publisher   One minute, Tegan Lawson has everything she could hope for: an adoring husband, Gabe, and a baby on the way. The next, a patch of black ice causes a devastating accident that will change her life in ways she never could have imagined. Tegan…

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Review: Love and Miss Communication by Elyssa Friedland

Title: Love and Miss Communication    Author: Elyssa Friedland          Published: May 2015, William Morrow Paperbacks    Format: Paperback, 400 pages     Source: Publicist   This unforgettable debut novel asks us to look up from our screens and out at the world . . . and to imagine what life would be like with no searches, no status updates, no texts, no Tweets, no pins, and no posts…

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Book Spotlights: The She Reads’ Books of Fall Selections

Last week, the gals at She Reads announced the four ‘Books of Fall’ selections. I’ll be reading/listening to some of these, so be sure to keep an eye out here for my reviews. So without further ado…here are the Books of Fall:   Title: The Admissions    Author: Meg Mitchell Moore          Published: August 2015, Doubleday       The Admissions brilliantly captures the frazzled pressure cooker of modern…

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The Sunday Post #83 (9.6.15)

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 quiet week, for…

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#FitReaders: Weekly Check-in September 4

#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog  and That’s What I’m Talking About   I am back home and no have no more traveling planned for a while! I didn’t do anything the week I was at my mom’s and I was ok with that and this past week I decided I would just aim for getting in my 10k steps each day (M-F), which I did. It was…

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Review: If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins

Title: If You Only Knew    Author: Kristan Higgins         Published: August 2015, HQN Books   Format: ARC Paperback, 416 pages    Source: Publisher   Sisterhood in all its drama, hilarity and tears is at the heart of New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins’s thoroughly captivating new novel, featuring the wit and romance that readers have come to expect from the much-loved creator of the Blue Heron…

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Review: Wildest Dreams by Robyn Carr

Title: Wildest Dreams    Author: Robyn Carr     Series: Thunder Point, #9       Published: August 2015, MIRA   Format: ARC E-copy, 384 pages    Source: Netgalley via Publicist   Blake Smiley searched the country for just the right place to call home. The professional triathlete has traveled the world, but Thunder Point has what he needs to put down the roots he’s never had. In the quiet coastal…

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Review & Giveaway: The Gates of Evangeline by Hester Young (Giveaway Closed)

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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Review: The Sparrow Sisters by Ellen Herrick

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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Month in Review: August 2015

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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