September 2016 – Always With a Book

k2reader September 30, 2016

#FRC2016 Review: Everything We Keep by Kerry Lonsdale (audio)

Title:Everything We Keep Author:Kerry Lonsdale Narrator:Amy Landon Published:August 2016, Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length:9 hours, 9 minutes / 306 pages Source:Publisher / Netgalley Sous chef Aimee Tierney has the perfect recipe for the perfect life: marry her childhood sweetheart, raise a family, and buy out her parents’ restaurant. But when her fiancé, James Donato, vanishes in a boating accident, her well-baked future is swept out to sea.…

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k2reader September 29, 2016

Review: The Vanishing Year by Kate Moretti

Title:The Vanishing Year Author:Kate Moretti Published:September 2016, Atria Books Format:ARC E-book, 304 pages Source:Netgalley Zoe Whittaker is living a charmed life. She is the beautiful young wife to handsome, charming Wall Street tycoon Henry Whittaker. She is a member of Manhattan’s social elite. She is on the board of one of the city’s most prestigious philanthropic organizations. She has a perfect Tribeca penthouse in the city and a gorgeous…

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k2reader September 26, 2016

Review: The Night Stalker by Robert Bryndza (audio)

Title:The Night Stalker Author:Robert Bryndza Series:DCI Erika Foster, #2 Narrator:Jan Cramer Published:June 2016, Bookouture Length:9 hours 38 minutes Source:Personal copy via Audible If the Night Stalker is watching, you’re already dead… In the dead of a swelteringly hot summer’s night, Detective Erika Foster is called to a murder scene. The victim, a doctor, is found suffocated in bed. His wrists are bound and his eyes bulging through a clear…

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k2reader September 25, 2016

#FitReaders: Weekly Check September 23

#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About This is a really crazy time at work and I am definitely feeling all types of stress…so, I put my training on hold until for the time being. The last thing I need is to wind up really sick – and I know me, I definitely will if I push myself to do it…

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k2reader September 23, 2016

#FRC2016 Book Spotlight: Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris (Plus link to Review!)

Title:Behind Closed Doors Author:B.A. Paris Published:August 2016, St. Martin’s Press Format:Hardcover, 304 pages My review The 2016 debut bloggers can’t stop raving about. Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train and The Ice Twins Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You might not want to like them, but you do. Though, you’d like to get to…

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k2reader September 22, 2016

Review: Triple Love Score by Brandi Megan Granett

Title:Triple Love Score Author:Brandi Megan Granett Published:September 2016, Wyatt-MacKensie Publishing Format:Paperback, 304 pages Source:Author via the Publicist What happens when you stop playing games? Miranda Shane lives a quiet life among books and letters as a professor in a small upstate town. When the playing-by-the-rules poet throws out convention and begins to use a Scrabble board instead of paper to write, she sets off a chain of events that…

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k2reader September 21, 2016

Book Spotlight & Giveaway: The Real Liddy James by Anne-Marie Casey

Yesterday, Anne-Marie Casey’s novel, The Real Liddy James came out…another book with a striking cover!!! I’ll be reviewing this book in the coming weeks, but for now, please enjoy this spotlight and be sure to enter the giveaway below!!! Title:The Real Liddy James Author:Anne-Marie Casey Published:September 2016, G.P Putnam’s Sons Format:Hardcover, 336 pages Forty-four, fit, and fabulous, Liddy James is one of New York’s top divorce attorneys, a bestselling author,…

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k2reader September 20, 2016

Book Spotlight: The Confectioner’s Tale by Laura Madeleine

Today Laura Madeleine‘s debut novel, The Confectioner’s Tale, comes out!!! I’m really excited about this book – plus isn’t the cover just so stunning? I’ll be reviewing this book in the coming weeks, but for now, please enjoy this spotlight on the book and do let me know if you plan on reading it 🙂 Title:The Confectioner’s Tale Author:Laura Madeleine Published:September 2016, Thomas Dunne Books Format:Hardcover, 336 pages What…

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k2reader September 18, 2016

#FitReaders: Weekly Check-in September 16

#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About This week, of course, things didn’t quite go according to plan…I ended up with some crazy stomach bug so I didn’t quite get in a full week of training. But, the good news is that I’m finally feeling like myself again! Hopefully this coming week I can get in a full week of…

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k2reader September 16, 2016

#FRC2016 Book Spotlight: The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter

Title:The Kept Woman Author:Karin Slaughter Series:Will Trent, #8 Published:September 2016, William Morrow Format:Hardcover, 480 pages Husbands and wives. Mothers and daughters. The past and the future. Secrets bind them. And secrets can destroy them. The author of the acclaimed standalone Pretty Girls returns with this long-awaited new novel in her bestselling Will Trent series—an electrifying, emotionally complex thriller that plunges the Georgia detective into the darkest depths of a case…

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k2reader September 13, 2016

Review: Since She Went Away by David Bell

Title:Since She Went Away Author:David Bell Published:June 2016, NAL Format:Paperback, 432 pages Source:Personal Copy Three months earlier, Jenna Barton was supposed to meet her lifelong best friend Celia. But when Jenna arrived late, she found that Celia had disappeared—and hasn’t been seen again. Jenna has blamed herself for her friend’s disappearance every single day since then. The only piece of evidence is a lone diamond earring found where Celia and…

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k2reader September 12, 2016

Review: Good as Gone by Amy Gentry

Title:Good as Gone Author:Amy Gentry Narrator:Karen Peakes Published:July 2016, Brilliance Audio Length:7 hours 40 minutes Source:Publisher Thirteen-year-old Julie Whitaker was kidnapped from her bedroom in the middle of the night, witnessed only by her younger sister. Her family was shattered, but managed to stick together, hoping against hope that Julie is still alive. And then one night: the doorbell rings. A young woman who appears to be Julie is finally,…

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k2reader September 11, 2016

#FitReaders: Weekly Check-in September 9

#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About So now that we’re into September, I have begun my training for the big walk I will be doing in March – the Challenge Walk MS in Savannah, GA…it’s a 3-day, 50 mile walk, where you walk 22 miles the first day, 18 the second and 10 the third. So, I definitely need to…

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k2reader September 9, 2016

Book Spotlight: Triple Love Score by Brandi Megan Granett

Title:Triple Love Score Author:Brandi Megan Granett Published:September 2016, Wyatt-MacKensie Publishing Format:Paperback, 304 pages What happens when you stop playing games? Miranda Shane lives a quiet life among books and letters as a professor in a small upstate town. When the playing-by-the-rules poet throws out convention and begins to use a Scrabble board instead of paper to write, she sets off a chain of events that rattles her carefully planned world. …

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k2reader September 7, 2016

#30 Authors: Laura McNeill recommends One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

I’m so excited to be participating again in this year’s #30Authors event. I have the lovely Laura McNeill here to discuss Taylor Jenkins Reid novel, One True Loves, a book I have sitting on my shelf just waiting to be read! I’m so glad Laura is reviewing this book here today! But first, here’s a little bit about the #30Authors event itself: #30Authors is an event started by The Book…

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k2reader September 6, 2016

Review: Always a Cowboy by Linda Lael Miller

Title:Always a Cowboy Author:Linda Lael Miller Series:The Carsons of Mustang Creek, #2 Published:August 2016, HQN Books Format:ARC E-book, 384 pages Source:Netgalley via Little Bird Publicity He’s the middle of the three Carson brothers and is as stubborn as they come—and he won’t thank a beautiful stranger for getting in his way! Drake Carson is the quintessential cowboy. In charge of the family ranch, he knows the realities of this…

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k2reader September 4, 2016

#FitReaders: Weekly Check-in September 2

#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About What a stressful week!!! My older dog, Maddie, was sick at the beginning of the week and at first, we weren’t sure what it was from. It started with vomiting and her face was all swollen, and then the next morning, she had a seizure…boy oh boy was that ever scary! Luckily she only…

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k2reader September 1, 2016

Month in Review: August 2016

Here are my reading stats for August! Books read: 15 Books I read: After Anna — Alex Lake It Ends With Us — Colleen Hoover (audio book) The Ice Princess — Camilla Lackberg (audio book) Behind Closed Doors — B.A. Paris Nowhere Girl — Susan Strecker (e-book) Modern Girls — Jennifer S. Brown Since She Went Away — David Bell Watching Edie — Camilla Way (audio book) The Opposite of…

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