#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About So, last week I was in Washington DC with my mom and we did a ton of walking! Friday was the better day, weather-wise, so that’s why you’ll see the higher step amounts, but we still did a fair bit of walking even in the rain on Saturday. The rest of the week, work was insane,…
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Title: Bare Bones Author: Kathy Reichs Series: Temperance Brennan, #6 Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat Published: 2006, Recorded Books Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Source: Library She works with the dead, but she works for the living. “Down time” is not a phrase in Tempe Brennan’s vocabulary. A string of disturbing cases has put her vacation plans on hold; instead, she heads to…
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Title: Left for Dead Author: Jane Casey Series: Maeve Kerrigan, #0.5 Published: March 2014, Minotaur Books Format: E-book, 104 pages Source: Personal copy ‘Two women died every week in the UK at the hands of a partner or ex-partner. On average, women endured thirty-five incidents of domestic abuse before contacting the police. And then I showed up the thirty-sixth time and stumbled through…
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Title: A Memory of Violets: A Novel of London’s Flower Sellers Author: Hazel Gaynor Narrator: Nicola Barber Published: February 2015, Harper Audio / William Morrow Paperbacks Length: 10 hours 29 minutes /Paperback 400 pages Source: Personal copy via Audible / Print via publisher In 1912, twenty-year-old Tilly Harper leaves the peace and beauty of her native Lake District for London, to become assistant housemother at Mr. Shaw’s…
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Title: Dog Crazy Author: Meg Donohue Published: March 2015, William Morrow & Company Format: ARC Paperback, 288 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Book Tours The USA Today bestselling author of How to Eat a Cupcake and All the Summer Girls returns with an unforgettably poignant and funny tale of love and loss, confronting our fears, and moving on . . . with the help…
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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. This week I met up with my mom…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I’m posting this with a day short of my weekly activity because I’m on my way to Washington DC for the weekend to meet up with my mom. We were supposed to be walking the DC Rock-n-Roll 1/2 marathon this weekend, but since the weather isn’t looking like it’s going to cooperate, we’re just going…
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Title: Dust to Dust Author: Tami Hoag Series: Kovak & Liska, #2 Narrator: David Colacci Published: December 2014, Brilliance Audio (re-release) Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible Sorry. The single word is written on a mirror. In front of it hangs a Minneapolis Internal Affairs cop. Was it suicide? Or a kinky act turned tragic? Either way, it wasn’t…
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Title: First Time in Forever Author: Sarah Morgan Series: Puffin Island, #1 Published: February 2015, HQN Books Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publicist Windswept, isolated and ruggedly beautiful, Puffin Island is a haven for day-trippers and daydreamers alike. But this charming community has a way of bringing people together in the most unexpected ways… It’s been a summer of firsts for Emily Donovan.…
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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. Oh, the dreaded Spring Forward…what a love/hate relationship…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About What a crazy week! I got a great training walk in on Saturday – 12 miles in 3 hours. Boy, I felt great after that!!! Then, work was crazy, we had more snow and the rest of the week seemed to get away from me. I have to say, this is the first time that…
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Title: The Girl on the Train Author: Paula Hawkins Published: January 2015, Riverhead Books Format: Hardcover, 336 pages Source: Library A debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people’s lives. Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the…
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Title: One Step Too Far Author: Tina Seskis Published: January 2015, William Morrow & Company Format: Hardcover, 304 pages Source: Library An intricately plotted, thoroughly addictive thriller from a major new voice in suspense fiction–a mesmerizing and powerful novel that will keep you guessing to the very end It’s funny how easy it is, when it really comes down to it, to get up…
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Title: One Wish Author: Robyn Carr Series: Thunder Point, # Published: February 2015, MIRA Format: ARC e-copy, 400 pages Source: Netgalley via Little Bird Publicity Grace Dillon was a champion figure skater until she moved to Thunder Point to escape the ruthless world of fame and competition. And though she’s proud of the quiet, self-sufficient life she’s created running a successful flower shop, she…
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Title: The Girls of Mischief Bay Author: Susan Mallery Series: Mischief Bay, #1 Published: February 2015, MIRA Format: ARC E-copy, 409 pages Source: Netgalley via TLC Book Tours Nicole Lord wants to be a good wife, but there’s a difference between being supportive and supporting her husband, who quit his job to write a screenplay she’s never seen. He won’t even help…
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Here are my reading stats for February! Books read: 12 Books I read: Crazy Love You — Lisa Unger Dust to Dust — Tami Hoag (audio book) The Forgotten Girls — Sara Blaedel The Girl on the Train — Paula Hawkins First Frost — Sarah Addison Allen (audio book) One Step Too Far — Tina Seskis A Memory of Violets: A Novel of London’s Flower Sellers — Hazel Gaynor (audio…
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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 hard to believe today is March…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About So, my 1/2 marathon is in 2 weeks and I’m not even stressing about it. Last year at this time I was a total wreck – I think because it was my first one. I guess because this will be the 3rd 1/2 marathon I’m walking, it’s not as stressful, though I do…
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Title: First Frost Author: Sarah Addison Allen Series: Waverly Family, #2 Narrator: Susan Ericksen Published: January 2015, Brilliance Audio Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Source: Publisher From the New York Times bestselling author of Garden Spells comes a story of the Waverley family, in a novel as sparkling as the first dusting of frost on new-fallen leaves… It’s October in Bascom, North Carolina,…
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Last Spring, at BEA, I had the pleasure of meeting Mary Kubica and picking up her debut novel, The Good Girl. So of course, I was ecstatic when I heard it was one of the She Reads ‘Books of Winter’ selections. I read it over the summer and found it to be one of those books that I just couldn’t stop thinking about. I’ve since recommended it to everyone I…
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Title: Ashes to Ashes Author: Tami Hoag Series: Kovac & Liska, #1 Narrator: David Colacci Published: November 2014, Brilliance Audio (re-release) Length: 18 hours 26 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible He performs his profane ceremony in a wooded Minneapolis park, anointing his victims, then setting the bodies ablaze. He has already claimed three lives, and he won’t stop there. Only this time…
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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. Oh winter, you certainly are digging your…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About This wasn’t the greatest week – my work schedule was very hectic, so instead of working from home most of the week, like I usually do, I was out at meetings and then helping with testing all week. Needless to say, it really screwed up my schedule and so I didn’t get as…
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Title: The Perfect Witness Author: Iris Johansen Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers Published: September 2014, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours, 34 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible She had the perfect life. She had the perfect cover. She was the perfect witness. Until they found her. When Teresa Casali was young she discovered she had a strange gift: the ability to read people’s memories. But the…
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Title: Anything But Love Author: Beth Ciotta Series: Cupcake Lovers, #3 Published: October 2013, St. Martin’s Press Format: E-book, 304 pages Source: Personal copy LOVE IS SWEET… For Reagan Deveraux, Sugar Creek, Vermont, and the Cupcake Lovers are a dream come true: A cozy little town where family and friends come before everything else. She’s never experienced anything like it—especially not growing up…
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Title: The Violets of March Author: Sarah Jio Published: April 2011, Plume Books Format: Paperback, 296 pages Source: Personal copy A heartbroken woman stumbled upon a diary and steps into the life of its anonymous author. In her twenties, Emily Wilson was on top of the world: she had a bestselling novel, a husband plucked from the pages of GQ, and a one-way ticket…
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Title: Mercy Snow Author: Tiffany Baker Narrator: Christine Lakin Published: January 2014, Hachette Audio Length: 11 hours, 23 minutes Source: Library In the tiny town of Titan Falls, New Hampshire, the paper mill dictates a quiet, steady rhythm of life. But one day a tragic bus accident sets two families on a course toward destruction, irrevocably altering the lives of everyone in their wake.…
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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. Brrr…it’s downright frigid today! We got some…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I finally made it to the gym this week – 2 days in a row!!! And boy did that feel good! The 1/2 marathon I’m training for (that I’ll be walking not running) is in 4 weeks, so it’s now crunch time…but I’m feeling pretty good about it. Now if I can just keep up…
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Title: The Forgotten Girls Author: Sara Blaedel Series: Louise Rick/Camilla Lind (not sure what #) Published: February 2015, Grand Central Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 312 pages Source: Publisher In a forest in Denmark, a ranger discovers the fresh corpse of an unidentified woman. A large scar on one side of her face should make the identification easy, but nobody has reported her…
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Today, I’m excited to share with you an excerpt from Susan Mallery’s upcoming book, The Girls of Mischief Bay, the first book in her new series. There is also an amazing ‘California Dreamin’ Prize Package’ up for grabs so be check out the giveaway at the bottom of this post. I am stop #12 on the excerpt tour, so if you haven’t been following along, be sure to go back…
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Title: Crazy Love You Author: Lisa Unger Published: February 2015, Touchstone Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Author Love hurts … Sometimes it even kills. Darkness has a way of creeping up when Ian is with Priss. Even when they were kids, playing in the woods of their small Upstate New York town, he could feel it. Still, Priss was his best friend, his…
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Title: The Magician’s Lie Author: Greer MacAllister Published: January 2015, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher Water for Elephants meets The Night Circus in The Magician’s Lie, a debut novel in which the country’s most notorious female illusionist stands accused of her husband’s murder –and she has only one night to convince a small-town policeman of her innocence. The Amazing…
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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. We are due to get another snow storm…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About So, I got back to doing some yoga this week…nothing crazy. I didn’t make it to any classes, but just did some yoga flows at home. And it felt so good!!! I really need to continue this. Now I just need to add some strength training – I’m thinking about doing yoga one day and then…
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Title: Vanished Author: Elizabeth Heiter Series: The Profiler, #2 Published: December 2014, MIRA Sometimes the past can haunt you… Eighteen years ago, FBI profiler Evelyn Baine’s best friend, Cassie Byers, disappeared, the third in a series of unsolved abductions. Only a macabre nursery rhyme was left at the scene, a nursery rhyme that claimed Evelyn was also an intended victim. Now, after all these…
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Title: Her Author: Harriet Lane Published: January 2015, Little, Brown & Company Format: ARC Paperback, 272 pages Source: Publisher You don’t remember her–but she remembers you. On the face of it, Emma and Nina have very little in common. Isolated and exhausted by early motherhood, Emma finds her confidence is fading fast. Nina–sophisticated, generous, effortlessly in control–seems to have all the answers. It’s easy…
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Here are my reading stats for January! Books read: 12 Books I read: The Violets of March — Sarah Jio House Broken — Sonja Yoerg (e-book) The Dress Shop of Dreams — Menna van Praag (audio book) Her — Harriet Lane The Headmaster’s Wife — Thomas Christopher Greene (audio book) The Three Sisters: A Whispers Story — Lisa Unger The Magician’s Lie — Greer MacAllister Monday Mourning –Kathy Reichs (audio…
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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 been another exciting week here – I…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About Winter sure is making it tough to get outside and walk lately!!! We had 2 snowstorms this past week and it definitely doesn’t make me very anxious to go outdoors. We’re due for more snow this coming week, plus really cold temps, but I must make myself get to the gym at least 3 times –…
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Title: The Marriage Charm Author: Linda Lael Miller Series: The Brides of Bliss County, #2 Published: January 2015, HQN Books Format: ARC e-book, 304 pages Source: Netgalley via Little Bird Publicity The women of Bliss County have a pact—to find husbands. The right husbands. One already has: Hadleigh Stevens, who married rancher Tripp Galloway a few months ago. Now Melody Nolan thinks it’s…
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Title: Leaving Time Author: Jodi Picoult Published: October 2014, Ballantine Books Format: Hardcover, 398 pages Source: Library #1 bestselling author Jodi Picoult returns with her compulsive new novel – about the lengths we go to for those who have left us behind; about the staying power of love; and about how three broken souls might have just the right pieces to mend each…
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Title: The Three Sisters: A Whispers Story Author: Lisa Unger Series: The Whispers, #3 Published: January 2015, Gallery Books Format: ARC e-books, 76 pages Source: Netgalley The third and final story in a thrilling e-novella about a psychic medium, from award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger. When Eloise’s granddaughter, twenty-year-old Finley, comes to live with her, Eloise’s abilities…
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Title: Unbecoming Author: Rebecca Scherm Published: January 2015, Viking Adult Format: Hardcover, 320 pages Source: Publicist A major debut novel of psychological suspense about a daring art heist, a cat-and-mouse waiting game, and a small-town girl’s mesmerizing transformation On the grubby outskirts of Paris, Grace restores bric-a-brac, mends teapots, re-sets gems. She calls herself Julie, says she’s from California, and slips back to a…
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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. Well, winter has finally made it’s appearance around…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About So, while the week didn’t start off too great, it sure did end great. I realized that I have only 7 weeks until my 1/2 marathon…EEK!!! Yes, I’ve been walking all along, but I haven’t really done any distance walks and I desperately needed to get a new pairs of kicks! I did my first…
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Title: Perdita Author: Hilary Scharper Published: January 2015, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: ARC E-book, 448 pages Source: Netgalley In this haunting tale of past and present, Garth uncovers the secret to longevity, and the mystical power of love On assignment to interview the oldest people on the planet, historian Garth Hellyer meets Marged Brice, a spirited woman who claims to be 134 years old.…
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Perdita By Hilary Scharper Sourcebooks Landmark January 20, 2015 $16.99 Trade Paperback “Stunning… richly complex and unpredictable.” —Historical Novel Review Marged Brice is 134 years old. She’d be ready to go, if it weren’t for Perdita . . . The Georgian Bay lighthouse’s single eye keeps watch over storm and calm, and Marged grew up in its shadow, learning the language of the wind and the trees. There’s blustery beauty…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About Another week that didn’t quite go as planned. I started off pretty good. I was babysitting my 2 month old niece over the weekend, so I did pretty well with my steps as she likes to be held and walked around. Then the first half of the week was fine, and I managed to reach…
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Title: The Dress Shop of Dreams Author: Menna van Praag Narrator: Jennifer Carr Published: Recorded Books Length: 9 hours, 10 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible For fans of Alice Hoffman, Sarah Addison Allen, and Adriana Trigiani, The Dress Shop of Dreams is a captivating novel of enduring hopes, second chances, and the life-changing magic of true love. Since her parents’ mysterious deaths…
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