Today is the final day of BookExpo…it was 2 and a half days on the floor and let me tell you, as much as I love this event, it’s exhausting! It’s very busy and non-stop, but in a good way. I always leave this event feeling energized and recharged about reading and blogging, and I’m so excited about all the new books coming up that I cannot wait to share…
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Title: Lock Every Door Author: Riley Sager Published: July 2019, Dutton Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich or famous or both. These are the only rules for Jules Larsen’s new job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan’s most high-profile and mysterious buildings. Recently heartbroken and…
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Today, the floor was open all day and I had quite a full day planned. I got to the Javits Center bright and early, grabbed the Publisher’s Weekly Show Daily as I walked in the building and as I was standing on line to drop off my suitcase at the baggage drop, noticed my name on the front page…my little interview from the day before made it into the article…
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Title: The Dead Girl in 2A Author: Carter Wilson Published: July 2019, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: ARC E-copy, 334 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Jake Buchannan knows the woman sitting next to him on his business flight to Denver—he just can’t figure out how he knows her. Clara Stowe isn’t in Jake’s line of work and didn’t go to college with him. They have nearly nothing in common apart from…
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Once again, BookExpo was changing things up! This year, the show was 2 and a half days, meaning the floor was opening on Wednesday at noon. It’s been different every year I’ve attended and so I never really know what to expect and I guess that’s part of the fun of it! But, I had my schedule ready to go, though of course, part of the fun of this show…
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The last week in May, I spent the week in NYC for BookExpo!!! It’s the one week I splurge a whole week in the city…and I love every minute of it! This was my 6thyear attending BookExpo – I went in 2014, 2015, skipped 2016 when it moved to Chicago, attended in 2017, 2018 and now was back to attend in 2019. I was once again rooming with my blogging…
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Title: Chase Author: James Patterson Series: Michael Patterson, #9.5 Published: August 2016, BookShots Format: Paperback, 115 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: “This was no suicide,” says Detective Michael Bennett. A man plunges to his death from the roof of a Manhattan hotel. It looks like a suicide–except the victim has someone else’s fingerprints and $10,000 in cash. Enter Detective Michael Bennett. ***Short & Sweet Reviews are short, quick reviews. These will…
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Title: This Is Home Author: Lisa Duffy Narrator: Renata Friedman, Emily Woo Zeller Published: June 2019, Simon & Schuster Audio Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: From the author of book club favorite The Salt House comes a deeply affecting novel about a teenage girl finding her voice and the military wife who moves in downstairs, united in their search for the true meaning of home. Sixteen-year-old…
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Title: Summer of ’69 Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Erin Bennett Published: June 2019, Hachette Audio / Little, Brown & Company Length: 13 hours 34 minutes / 432 pages Source: Audio – via Hachette Audio via Libro.fm / Print – via Little Brown & Company Summary: Follow New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand back in time and join a Nantucket family as they experience the drama, intrigue, and upheaval…
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Title: The Summer Country Author: Lauren Willig Narrator: Nicola Barber Published: June 2019, Harper Audio / William Morrow Length: 16 hours 21 minutes / 480 pages Source: Audio – Personal copy via Audible / Print – Hardcover via TLC Book Tours Summary: The New York Times bestselling historical novelist delivers her biggest, boldest, and most ambitious novel yet—a sweeping, dramatic Victorian epic of lost love, lies, jealousy, and rebellion set…
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Title: The Guest Book Author: Sarah Blake Published: May 2019, Flatiron Books Format: ARC Paperback, 496 pages Source: Publisher Summary: An unforgettable love story, a novel about past mistakes and betrayals that ripple throughout generations, The Guest Book examines not just a privileged American family, but a privileged America. It is a literary triumph. The Guest Book follows three generations of a powerful American family, a family that “used to…
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Title: The Favorite Daughter Author: Kaira Rouda Published: May 2019, Graydon House Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher via Wunderkind PR Summary: From the author of the page-turning domestic suspense Best Day Ever, comes another gripping novel of psychological suspense set in an upscale Southern California community, for fans of B.A. Paris and Shari Lapena. The perfect home. The perfect family. The perfect lie. Jane Harris lives in a…
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Last week, Gillian McAllister’s latest book, The Good Sister, was released. I was lucky enough to be sent 2 copies and so I am going to give away the finished copy to one lucky reader!!! I will be reading this book very soon and am so excited – this one sounds so good! But just take note…the Giveaway is happening on my Instagram page!!! Read on to see what others…
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Title: Your Life Is Mine Author: Nathan Ripley Published: June 2019, Atria Books Format: ARC Paperback, 304 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Instant national bestseller Nathan Ripley follows up the success of Find You in the Dark with another suspenseful page-turner—this time about a woman whose notorious father died when she was a child, but whose legacy comes back to haunt her. Blanche Potter never expected to face her past again—but…
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Title: Count to Ten Author: James Patterson Series: Private, #10 Published: November 2017, Grand Central Publishing Format: Paperback, 400 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: From the world’s #1 bestselling author comes the newest book in the blockbuster PRIVATE series… Santosh Wagh quit his job as head of Private India after harrowing events in Mumbai almost got him killed. But Jack Morgan, global head of the world’s finest investigation agency, needs…
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Title: I’ll Never Tell Author: Catherine McKenzie Narrator: Julia Whelan, Timothy Andres Pabon, Whitney Dykhouse Published: June 2019, Brilliance Audio Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: Deeply buried secrets make for a disturbing family reunion in bestselling author Catherine McKenzie’s tantalizing novel of psychological suspense. What happened to Amanda Holmes? Twenty years ago, she washed up on shore in a rowboat with a gash to the head after…
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Title: The Huntress Author: Kate Quinn Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Published: February 2019, Harper Audio / William Morrow Length: 18 hours 39 minutes / 551 pages Source: Audio – borrowed via Library / Print – ARC Paperback via William Morrow Summary: From the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel, THE ALICE NETWORK, comes another fascinating historical novel about a battle-haunted English journalist and a Russian female…
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Title: The First Mistake Author: Sandie Jones Published: June 2019, Minotaur Books Format: ARC Paperback, 304 pages Source: Publisher Summary: From Sandie Jones, the author of the Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller The Other Woman, comes an addictively readable new domestic suspense about a wife, her husband, and the woman who is supposedly her best friend. THE WIFE: For Alice, life has…
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Next month, Riley Sager’s latest book, Lock Every Door, will be released. I was fortunate to be sent an advanced copy and then I met him at BookExpo where I got a signed copy…so I am giving away my extra copy!!! I will be reading this book very soon and am so excited – I love Riley’s books and this one sounds so good! But just take note…the Giveaway it…
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Title: Queen Bee Author: Dorothea Benton Frank Series: Lowcountry Tales, #12 Published: May 2019, William Morrow Format: Hardcover, 432 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Book Tours Summary: Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank’s Carolina Lowcountry in this evocative tale that returns at long last to her beloved Sullivan’s Island. Beekeeper Holly McNee Kensen quietly lives in a world of her own…
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Title: The Island Author: Ragnar Jonasson Series: Hidden Iceland Published: May 2019, Minotaur Books Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Elliðaey is an isolated island off the coast of Iceland. It is has a beautiful, unforgiving terrain and is an easy place to vanish. The Island is the second thrilling book in Ragnar Jonasson’s Hidden Iceland trilogy. This time Hulda is at the peak of her career and…
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Title: The Royal Secret Author: Lucinda Riley Published: May 2019, Atria Books (first published July 2000) Format: ARC E-copy, 528 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Note to readers: In the UK, this book is published under the title The Love Letter. In this suspenseful and heart-pounding novel from New York Times bestselling author Lucinda Riley, an ambitious young journalist unravels a dangerous mystery that threatens to devastate the British…
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These months are just flying by!!! I had a good reading month, but it definitely was a bit slower because I just got back from BookExpo this week and I didn’t get any reading done at all while I was in NYC for the week…but I am 100% OK with that. I had a fantastic time meeting up with some old friends, meeting new friends, seeing the publishers and publicists…
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