Review: The Winter Girl by Matt Marinovich (audio)

Title: The Winter Girl Author:Matt Marinovich Narrator:Quincy Dunn-Baker Published:January 2016, Recorded Books Length:6 hours 26 minutes Source:Publisher A scathing and exhilarating thriller that begins with a husband’s obsession with the seemingly vacant house next door. It’s wintertime in the Hamptons, where Scott and his wife, Elise, have come to be with her terminally ill father, Victor, to await the inevitable. As weeks turn to months, their daily routine—Elise at the…

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#FitReaders: Weekly Check-in May 27

#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog  and That’s What I’m Talking About I seem to have gotten off track with my yoga and need to fix that…while I haven’t actually made it to classes in a while, I had been doing some yoga at home and was feeling good about it – and could actually start to feel the difference. I found some really great yoga flows on…

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Book Spotlight: Appetite by Sheila Grinell

Title:Appetite Author:Sheila Grinell Published:May 2017, She Writes Press Format:Paperback, 328 pages When Jenn Adler returns from a year in India, she has a surprise for her parents: a young guru from Bangalore whom she intends to marry. Her father, Paul, is wary of this beggar Jenn has brought home who, he suspects, is conning his much-loved daughter while her mother, Maggie, is frightened that this alien stranger will steal away…

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Review: No One Knows by J.T. Ellison

Title: No One Knows Author:J.T. Ellison Published:March 2016, Gallery Books Format:ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source:Netgalley via Publisher In an obsessive mystery as thrilling as The Girl on the Train and The Husband’s Secret, New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison will make you question every twist in her page-turning novel—and wonder which of her vividly drawn characters you should trust. The day Aubrey Hamilton’s husband is declared dead by the…

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Review: Sweet Forgiveness by Lori Nelson Spielman (audio)

Title:Sweet Forgiveness Author:Lori Nelson Spielman Narrator:Tavia Gilbert Published:June 2015, Blackstone Audio / Plume Length:9 hours 50 minutes / 336 pages Source:Personal copy via Audible / Netgalley #1 international bestselling author Lori Nelson Spielman follows The Life List with Sweet Forgiveness, in which a woman’s receipt of two “forgiveness stones” sends her searching for atonement The Forgiveness Stones craze is sweeping the nation—instantly recognizable pouches of stones that come with a…

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#FitReaders: Weekly Check-in May 20

#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog  and That’s What I’m Talking About   This week was a little calmer than last week…that’s for sure! I ended up spending the day on Friday at the elementary school I used to teach at many years ago – they were having their “Mini-Marathon Day” where all the kids do a “fun” run, the distance dependent on the age of the kids.…

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Book Spotlight: The Assistants by Camille Perri

Title: The Assistants Author:Camille Perri Published:May 2016, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Format:Hardcover, 288 pages A wry and astute debut about a young Manhattanite whose embezzlement scam turns her into an unlikely advocate for the leagues of overeducated and underpaid assistants across the city. Tina Fontana is the hapless but brazen thirty-year-old executive assistant to Robert Barlow, the all-powerful and commanding CEO of Titan Corp., a multinational media conglomerate. She’s excellent at…

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Book Spotlight & Guest Post: A Perfumer’s Secret by Adria J. Cimino

Title: A Perfumer’s Secret  Author:Adria J. Cimino Published:May 2016, Velvet Morning Press Format:Paperback, 258 pages The quest for a stolen perfume formula awakens passion, rivalry and family secrets in the fragrant flower fields of the South of France…  Perfumer Zoe Flore travels to Grasse, perfume capital of the world, to collect a formula: her inheritance from the family she never knew existed. The scent matches the one worn by her…

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Review: Don’t You Cry by Mary Kubica

Title:Don’t You Cry Author:Mary Kubica Published:May 2016, MIRA Format:Hardcover, 320 pages Source:Publisher New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl, Mary Kubica returns with an electrifying and addictive tale of deceit and obsession  In downtown Chicago, a young woman named Esther Vaughan disappears from her apartment without a trace. A haunting letter addressed to My Dearest is found among her possessions, leaving her friend and roommate Quinn Collins to…

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#FitReaders: Weekly Check-in May 13

#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog  and That’s What I’m Talking About   So, this was a pretty crazy week, work-wise. We had our first-ever fundraiser, and while it was a success – YAY!!! – it was crazy right up til the start of the event with all the running around and last minute to-do’s that needed doing. But, as I said, the event was a success and…

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Book Spotlight: The House of Bradbury by Nicole Meier

Title:The House of Bradbury Author:Nicole Meier Published:May 2016, Sparkpress Format:Paperback, 280 pages Mia Gladwell s life is going nowhere. The media has skewered her debut novel, her fiance Carson, a successful Hollywood producer, has jumped ship, and now she s living in her sister s carriage house unattached, unemployed, and uninspired. Then she learns that the Los Angeles estate of iconic author Ray Bradbury is up for sale, and she…

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Book Spotlight & Giveaway: Don’t You Cry by Mary Kubica (Giveaway closed)

Next week, Don’t You Cry, Mary Kubica’s latest book comes out and I am so excited…I’m reading it now and it’s so good…twisty,crazy good! My review will be posted the date the book releases, May 17th. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Mary twice and I just adore her…she’s delightful and I have absolutely loved her previous books – The Good Girl and Pretty Baby. In anticipation of release day,…

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Review: I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh

Title:I Let You Go Author:Clare Mackintosh Published:May 2016, Berkley Format:ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source:Netgalley via Publisher In a split second, Jenna Gray’s world descends into a nightmare. Her only hope of moving on is to walk away from everything she knows to start afresh. Desperate to escape, Jenna moves to a remote cottage on the Welsh coast, but she is haunted by her fears, her grief and her memories of…

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#FitReaders: Weekly Check-in May 6

  #FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog  and That’s What I’m Talking About   It was a pretty good week. I ended up working from home because I had to keep an eye on my dog after her surgery – she’s ok, but has to wear a cone for 2 weeks. Boy is that getting old! But, we’ve been taking lots of walks – long walks just around…

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Book Spotlight: First Comes Love by Emily Giffin

Title:First Comes Love Author:Emily Giffin Published:June 2016, Ballantine Books Format:Hardcover, 400 pages In this dazzling new novel, Emily Giffin, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed, Where We Belong, and The One & Only introduces a pair of sisters who find themselves at a crossroads. Growing up, Josie and Meredith Garland shared a loving, if sometimes contentious relationship. Josie was impulsive, spirited, and outgoing; Meredith hardworking, thoughtful,…

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Review: Lost Among the Living by Simone St. James (audio)

Title:Lost Among the Living Author:Simone St. James Narrator:Justine Eyre Published:April 2016, Blackstone Audio / NAL Length:10 hours 23 minutes / 336 pages Source:Personal copy via Audible / Netgalley   England, 1921. Three years after her husband, Alex, disappeared, shot down over Germany, Jo Manders still mourns his loss. Working as a paid companion to Alex’s wealthy, condescending aunt, Dottie Forsyth, Jo travels to the family’s estate in the Sussex countryside.…

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Review: Best of My Love by Susan Mallery (audio)

Title:Best of My Love Author:Susan Mallery Series:Fool‘s Gold, #20 Narrator:Tanya Eby Published:April 2016, Brilliance Audio Length:8 hours 28 minutes Source:Publisher   An irresistible new love story from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fool’s Gold series, set in a town Library Journal calls “so appealing, readers will want to start scoping out real estate.”  To overcome her painful past, baker Shelby Gilmore goes on the hunt for…

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Month in Review: April 2016

Here are my reading stats for April! Books read: 14 Books I read:  Career of Evil — Robert Galbraith (audio book) Lies and Other Acts of Love — Kristy Woodson Harvey What We Find — Robyn Carr (e-book) Crooked Little Lies — Barbara Taylor Sissel (audio book) You — Caroline Kepnes (audio book) Sister Dear — Laura McNeill (e-book) Ana of California — Andi Teran (audio book) Sweet Forgiveness —…

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