Title: Close To Home Author: Lisa Jackson Narrator: Joyce Bean Published: August 2014, Brilliance Audio Length: 15 hours 52 minutes Source: Publisher From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson comes an atmospheric and riveting novel of suspense that uncovers the horrifying secrets buried within a ramshackle house. . . Vowing to make a fresh start, Sarah McAdams has come home to…
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Title: The Ship of Brides Author: Jojo Moyes Published: Penguin Books, October 2014 Format: ARC e-book, 464 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher From the New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You and One Plus One, a post-WWII story of the war brides who crossed the seas by the thousands to face their unknown futures 1946. World War II has ended and all over…
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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. Whew…my crazy work project is finally done…YAY!!! Now…
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Hello November!!! Can’t believe there are only two months left in 2014…where is the time going? I think for these next two months, my reading plan is going to be to read my own books. I have a few review books that I need to read, but other than that, I’m going to pick books that have been sitting on my shelf – or at least that’s my plan at…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog My work project is finally done as of Thursday, so my schedule should go back to normal. That means that starting next week, I plan to be back at the gym. Plus, I will be signing up this week for my next 1/2 marathon (walking) that I will be doing once again with my mom! The 1/2 marathon is in…
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Title: Us Author: David Nicholls Published: September 2014, Harper Format: ARC Paperback, 416 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Book Tours David Nicholls brings the wit and intelligence that graced his New York Times bestseller one day to a compellingly human, deftly humorous new novel about what holds marriages and families together–and what happens when everything threatens to fall apart. Douglas Petersen may be…
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Title: The Whispers: A Whispers Story Author: Lisa Unger Series: The Whispers, #1 Published: October 2014, Simon & Schuster Format: ARC e-book, 66 pages Source: Netgalley Eloise Montgomery discovers her amazing gift in the wake of tragedy in this first of three captivating stories that make up an e-novella from award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger. It’s a day like…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog This past week was not the greatest…work is insane right now with our data deadline approaching at the end of the month. I’ve unfortunately been spending very long days at my computer and have only had time to take the dogs for quick walks – thank goodness, though, for the dogs because that is about the only think getting me…
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Title: The Tudor Vendetta Author: C.W. Gortner Series: The Spymaster Chronicles, #3 Published: October 2014, St. Martin’s Griffin Format: Paperback, 304 pages Source: Publisher via Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours Winter, 1558: Elizabeth I has ascended the throne but the first days of her reign are already fraught with turmoil, the kingdom weakened by strife and her ability to rule uncertain. Summoned from exile abroad…
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Title: Dear Daughter Author: Elizabeth Little Narrator: Tony Daniels & Bonnie Dennison Published: July 2014, Penguin Audio Length: 10 hours Source: Publisher Former “It Girl” Janie Jenkins is acerbic, whip smart, and fresh out of prison. Ten years ago, at the height of her glamour and fame, she was incarcerated for the murder of her mother, a philanthropist best known for her string of…
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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. Despite how busy and crazy this week turned…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog Another crazy week with an even crazier weekend, which is why this post is going up so late. One of these days life will slow down and get back to normal! Here’s how my week went: Oct 11: restOct 12: rest Oct 13: 30 minutes Oct 14: 30 minutesOct 15: 30 minutes Oct 16: 30 minutes Oct 17: 30…
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Title: A Nantucket Christmas Author: Nancy Thayer Narrator: Joyce Bean Published: October 2013, Brilliance Audio Length: 4 hours 26 minutes Source: Library Known for her heartwarming observations of family life, New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer showcases her beloved Nantucket’s snowy off-season in this emotionally gratifying and utterly entertaining story. Holidays on this Massachusetts island are nothing short of magical, from the jolly decorations…
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Title: Winter Street Author: Elin Hilderbrand Published: October 2014, Little, Brown & Company Format: ARC paperback, 256 pages Source: Publisher In bestseller Elin Hilderbrand’s first Christmas novel, a family gathers on Nantucket for a holiday filled with surprises. Kelley Quinn is the owner of Nantucket’s Winter Street Inn and the proud father of four, all of them grown and living in varying states of disarray.…
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Title: The Homecoming Author: Robyn Carr Series: Thunder Point, #6 Published: August 2014, Harlequin MIRA Format: ARC e-copy, 400 pages Source: Netgalley In a small town, reputation is everything. In her latest novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr explores the burden placed on a young man returning home to face his mistakes—the first step in claiming the life he…
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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. Another crazy week work-wise which means that…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog Unfortunately, due to a crazy work schedule this past week, I didn’t get to the gym at all. I did get my walks in and the dogs are really enjoying taking more walks during the day. Hopefully work will settle down and I can get back to my regular fitness routine. I really need to get back to doing some…
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Title: The House We Grew Up In Author: Lisa Jewell Narrator: Karina Fernandez Published: September 2013, Whole Story Audiobooks (audio)/August 2014, Atria Books (print) Length: 13 hours, 25 minutes Source: Audio copy via Audible / Netgalley via She Reads Meet the Bird family. They live in a honey-colored house in a picture-perfect Cotswolds village, with rambling, unkempt gardens stretching beyond. Pragmatic Meg, dreamy Beth, and tow-headed twins…
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Last February, I read The Wife, The Maid & The Mistress by Ariel Lawhorn when it was selected as the monthly book club pick for She Reads and I really enjoyed it! You can find my thoughts on the book here as well as see what the hardcover edition looked like. Yesterday the book was released in paperback with a sassy new cover. I don’t know about you, but I…
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Title: Gutenberg’s Apprentice Author: Alix Christie Narrator: Robert Petkoff Published: September 2014, Harper Audio Length: 14 hours, 14 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible An enthralling literary debut that evokes one of the most momentous events in history, the birth of printing in medieval Germany – a story of invention, intrigue, and betrayal. Youthful, ambitious Peter Schoeffer is on the verge of professional success…
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Title: Truth Be Told Author: Hank Phillippi Ryan Series: Jane Ryland/Jake Brogan #3 Published: October 2014, Forge Books Format: ARC E-book, 400 pages Source: Publisher Truth Be Told, part of the bestselling Jane Ryland and Jake Brogan series by Agatha, Anthony, Mary Higgins Clark, and Macavity Award-winning author Hank Phillippi Ryan, begins with tragedy: a middle-class family evicted from their suburban home.…
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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 weekend I helped my sister move.…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog So, I went back to the gym this week and did 2 days of treadmill walking and then took a yoga class. While I’ve been doing some yoga here and there at home, I haven’t taken an actual class in a while and am planning to work it back into my schedule. It’s nice to mix it up a bit.…
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***Congratulations to Melanie Backus, winner of the giveaway!!! Thanks to all who entered! Title: In Your Dreams Author: Kristan Higgins Series: Blue Heron, # 4 Published: September 2014, Harlequin HQN Format: ARC E-book, 480 pages Source: Netgalley via Little Bird Publicity Everyone loves Jack Holland, but Emmaline Neal needs him. Her ex-fiancé is getting married in Malibu and, obviously, she can’t go…
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It’s hard to believe it’s already October! This year is flying by…and I really wish it would slow down just a bit. I’ve got way too many books to read and just not enough time to read them all. Now, though, all the Fall TV shows are back, so that’s competing for my reading time. Luckily, I can crochet while I watch TV and I have quite a few projects…
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Title: Perfect Together Author: Carly Phillips Series: Serendipity’s Finest, #3 Narrator: David Barker Published: 2014, Recorded Books Length: 8.5 hours Source: Publisher In the picturesque town of Serendipity, New York, three siblings have grown up in the shadow of their proud and respected police chief father. But what do love, fate, and fortune have in store for the next generation of Serendipity’s…
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Title: Burn Author: James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge Series: Michael Bennett, #7 Published: September 2014, Little, Brown & Company Format: ARC Paperback, 401 pages Source: Publisher Detective Michael Bennett finally returns to New York City – and to the most unsettling, horrific case of his career. At last, Detective Michael Bennett and his family are coming home to New York City. Thanks…
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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. Usually my weekends are a time for…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog Today I went and renewed my membership at the gym. I haven’t really been there since the early spring, but now that it’s getting lighter out later in the mornings, I think I will go back to going to the gym first thing in the mornings to walk on the treadmill a few days a week. Plus, I desperately need…
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Title: The Cuckoo’s Calling Author: Robert Galbraith Series: Cormoran Strike, #1 Narrator: Robert Glenister Published: May 2013, Hachette Audio Length: 16 hours Source: Library A brilliant debut mystery in a classic vein: Detective Cormoran Strike investigates a supermodel’s suicide. After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to…
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Title: Angel Killer Author: Andrew Mayne Series: Jessica Blackwood, #1 Published: September 2014, Bourbon Street Books Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Book Tours FBI agent Jessica Blackwood believes she has successfully left her complicated life as a gifted magician behind her . . . until a killer with seemingly supernatural powers puts her talents to the ultimate…
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Title: Barefoot in the Rain Author: Roxanne St. Claire Series: Barefoot Bay, #2 Published: October 2012, Forever Format: Paperback, Source: Personal copy They say you can never go home again . . . When “Life Coach to the Stars” Jocelyn Bloom is embroiled in scandal, the only place she can hide is the one place she wishes she could forget. She…
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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. Fall is almost here and while we’ve had…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog I was doing really good this week until I woke up Thursday with a nasty head cold! And it came out of no where…I was in the city on Wednesday and felt totally fine. I walked around all afternoon – managing to get in over 20,000 steps, even!!! It was a great day, just wandering around. Then Thursday morning…
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Title: Winter of the World Author: Ken Follett Series: The Century Trilogy, #2 Published: September 2012, Dutton Adult Format: Hardcover, 940 pages Source: Personal copy Picking up where Fall of Giants, the first novel in the extraordinary Century Trilogy, left off, Winter of the World follows its five interrelated families—American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh—through a time of enormous social, political, and…
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Title: Fatal Voyage Author: Kathy Reichs Series: Temperance Brennan, #4 Narrator: Kate Harper Published: August 2001, Simon & Schuster Audio Length: 11 hours 47 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible A plane crashes high in the mountains of North Carolina. But a severed foot is discovered a good distance from the crash site. Forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan is first on…
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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 past week was so busy at work…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog This past week was crazy busy at work. I work mainly from home, occasionally going into the office for meetings or trainings. This week, though, I had be in the office every day to cover the phones due to sick leave and vacation coverage, so it really messed up my regular schedule. I got in short walks each day, but…
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Title: The Other Girl Author: Pam Jenoff Published: September 2014, Harlequin MIRA Format: E-book, 21 pages Source: Netgalley One woman’s determination to protect a child from the dangers of war will force her to face those lurking closer to home… Life in rural Poland during WWII brings a new set of challenges to Maria, estranged from her own family and left alone with…
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Title: Fall of Giants Author: Ken Follett Series: Century Trilogy, #1 Published: September 2010, Dutton Adult Format: Hardcover, 985 pages Source: Personal copy Ken Follett’s magnificent new historical epic begins, as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage. A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in…
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Title: Accidents of Marriage Author: Randy Susan Meyers Published: September 2014, Atria Books Format: Hardcover, 368 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Book Tours Accidents of Marriage examines the effect of a husband—and father’s—verbal rage and the aftermath of a serious accident caused by his unchecked anger. For Madeline Illica, her husband Ben is her greatest blessing and biggest curse. Brilliant and caring, he turns into a raging bull…
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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. I spent this past weekend at my sister’s…
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Title: Sight Unseen Author: Iris Johansen & Roy Johansen Series: Kendra Michaels, #2 Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers Published: July 2014, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible The #1 New York Times bestselling author and the Edgar Award winning author are back with a new a new novel featuring Kendra Michaels—hired gun for both the CIA and FBI A deadly…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog I’m slowly getting myself back on a regular schedule with my walking. I always feel so much better when I get my walking in each day. Plus, I’m determined that for this month, in addition to doing my regular fitness walks (which I list below) I get an overall 10,000 steps in a day 5 days a week and 5,000…
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Title: Conversion Author: Katherine Howe Narrator: Khristine Hvam Published: July 2014, Penguin Audio Length: 13 hours 30 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible From the New York Times bestselling author of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane comes a chilling mystery—Prep meets The Crucible. It’s senior year at St. Joan’s Academy, and school is a pressure cooker. College applications, the battle for valedictorian, deciphering boys’ texts:…
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Publication Date: March 24, 2015 Touchstone Publishing Formats: eBook, Hardcover Pages: 390 Genre: Historical Mystery Series: Joanna Stafford, Book Three In THE CROWN, Sister Joanna Stafford searched for a Dark Ages relic that could save her priory from Cromwell’s advancing army of destruction. In THE CHALICE, Joanna was drawn into an international conspiracy against Henry VIII himself as she struggled to learn the truth behind a prophecy of his destruction.…
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How is it September already? I feel like the summer was just starting the other day and yet fall will be here before we know it…I do have to say, I love the fall – the crisp, cool days, the changing leaves – I just hope we have a fall season before we move into winter! There are a ton of books coming out this fall and I’m hoping my…
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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’ve decided to try a new weekly meme – a place where I can do both a weekly wrap up and share what…
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#BookBlogWalkers is being hosted by Jen @ That’s What I’m Talking About for the month of August Last weekend we went to the beach and had a great time. I even convinced my hubby to take a walk with me Sunday morning – it was so nice!!! The rest of the week consisted of me taking lots of short walks with a sick dog…luckily she’s finally feeling better! Here’s…
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Today, I am pleased to welcome Lori Foster to Always With a Book. Her latest book, No Limits, is the first book in her Ultimate series. It is now available. You can read my review of the book here. Please enjoy this Q&A and be sure to enter the giveaway for a chance to win a copy of No Limits below! Can you tell us a little bit about your…
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