Today, I’m so pleased to have Beth Albright, author of the the Sassy Belles trilogy, stop by. She’s been busy promoting her latest novella, Saved by the Belles, which is on the top of my stacks just waiting to be read. I just adored her Sassy Belles trilogy – The Sassy Belles, Wedding Belles, & Sleigh Belles – and was quite bummed when I got to the end, but I’m…
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Title: The Trouble With Love Author: Beth Ciotta Series: Cupcake Lovers, #2 Published: March 2013, St. Martins Paperbacks Format: Paperback, 352 pages Source: Personal copy Rocky Monroe’s bad luck is legendary. So it stands to reason that during a quick trip to New York on behalf of the Cupcake Lovers’ forthcoming book, she winds up in the arms of the one man she never wants to see again. So…
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Yesterday, the February selection was announced for the She Reads book club and it is The Wife, The Maid and the Mistress by our own Ariel Lawhon, one of the co-founders of She Reads. I just started reading this book and am already hooked – look for my review of this book early next week. In the meantime, enjoy this book spotlight and be sure to read all the way…
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Title: Whiskey Beach Author: Nora Roberts Narrator: Peter Berkrot Published: April 2013, Brilliance Audio Length: 15 hours, 33 minutes Source: Library For more than three hundred years, Bluff House has sat above Whiskey Beach, guarding its shore – and its secrets. To summer tourists, it’s the crown jewel of the town’s stunning scenery. To the residents of Whiskey Beach, it’s landmark and legend. To Eli…
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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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Wow – first month of the new year has flown by!!! So far, it’s been a pretty good year, reading-wise, but weather-wise – not so much! It’s been really cold here in NY – lots of snow and below-normal temps. I don’t usually mind the winter, but this year, it’s really getting to me. Luckily my blogging buddy Felicia over at The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog has a year-long group…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog Can’t believe it’s the last week of January…what a month! I really hope February brings some warmer weather…I’m not talking much – just give me some consistent temps in the 30s and I’ll be happy! I really need to get some longer walks outdoors – my marathon is in a little over a month and a half!!! Here’s…
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Title: Sea of Love Author: Melissa Foster Series: Love in Bloom: Snow Sisters & The Bradens #7; Love in Bloom: The Bradens #4 Published: December 2013, World Literary Press Format: E-copy, 283 pages Source: Publicist Lacy Snow hadn’t been looking for love when she met strikingly handsome and seductive Dane Braden. But how could she ignore the six-foot-three darkly handsome God who tagged and researched sharks…
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Title: Big Girl Panties Author: Stephanie Evanovich Published: January 2014, William Morrow Format: Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Book Tours Holly didn’t expect to be a widow at thirty-two. She also didn’t expect to be so big. After her husband’s death, food was the one thing she could always count on. Then she meets Logan Montgomery, a personal trainer so hot that he makes her sweat in…
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Back in August, I read The Comfort of Lies by Randy Susan Meyers for the Book Lovers Unite Book Club, and I really enjoyed it! You can find my thoughts on the book here. The book has recently been released in paperback. “Sharp and biting, and sometimes wickedly funny…Meyers writes beautifully about a formerly good marriage.” —The Boston Globe “Meyers’ complex characters feel familiar yet flawed, and this sharply…
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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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Title: Halfway There Author: Susan Mallery Series: Fool’s Gold, #9.75 Published: May 2013, Harlequin Format: e-book, 52 pages Source: Personal copy Fayrene Hopkins may be only twenty-four years old, but she runs her own business and has big plans–plans that don’t involve falling in love yet. She’s determined to make her mark on the world before settling down. She thinks she’s got life all figured out–until she…
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#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog Happy to report I am over whatever I had last week – and just in time as my sister ended up having the baby last weekend – she was scheduled to have the baby today! Luckily I was able to go down on Sunday and get lots of cuddle time with my newest niece! It was definitely love at…
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Title: The Life List Author: Lori Nelson Spielman Published: July 2013, Bantam Format: Paperback, 368 pages Source: Personal copy In this utterly charming debut — one woman sets out to complete her old list of childhood goals, and finds that her lifelong dreams lead her down a path she never expects. 1. Go to Paris 2. Perform live, on a super big stage 3. Have a baby,…
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Title: The Splendour Falls Author: Susanna Kearsley Published: January 2014, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: ARC e-copy, 386 pages Source: Netgalley 1205 – the town of Chinon is beseiged by enemies of King John, and his young Queen calls upon a trusted servant to conceal her treasured jewels. Emily Braden is intrigued by the medieval story of Queen Isabelle, and cannot resist when her cousin Harry, a historian, suggests…
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Title: Friendship on Fire Author: Melissa Foster Series: Love in Bloom: Snow Sisters & The Bradens #6; Love in Bloom: The Bradens #3 Published: November 2013, World Literary Press Format: E-copy, 304 pages Source: Publicist Small-town overachiever Riley Banks has finally scored her big break—working in Manhattan as a fashion design assistant for her childhood crush, Josh Braden. She enters her new job hoping to make…
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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 hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog Well, this week certainly didn’t go as planned. I did an awesome training walk on Sunday, did an easy walk Monday morning and then nothing the rest of the week. Why, you ask? Because I got that dreaded flu bug…ughhhh! Luckily, I have a mild case, but needless to say, the week has been a wash. I’m so bummed,…
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Title: Fear Nothing Author: Lisa Gardner Series: Detective DD Warren #7 Published: January 2014, Dutton Books Format: Hardcover, 400 pages Source: Publisher In #1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner’s latest pulse-pounding thriller, Detective D. D. Warren must face a new fear as a serial killer terrorizes Boston. My name is Dr. Adeline Glen. Due to a genetic condition, I can’t feel pain. I never have. I never…
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Title: Destined for Love Author: Melissa Foster Series: Love in Bloom: Snow Sisters & The Bradens #5; Love in Bloom: The Bradens #2 Published: November 2013, World Literary Press Format: E-copy, 227 pages Source: Publicist Rex Braden is wealthy, hard working, and fiercely loyal. Sweat at his brow, he works the family ranch by day, then kicks back at night with part time lovers who require nothing more…
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Title: In the Blood Author: Lisa Unger Published: January 2014, Touchstone Format: ARC e-copy, 352 pages Source: Netgalley SOMEONE KNOWS LANA’S SECRET—AND HE’S DYING TO TELL. Lana Granger lives a life of lies. She has told so many lies about where she comes from and who she is that the truth is like a cloudy nightmare she can’t quite recall. About to graduate from college and…
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Title: Love Water Memory Author: Jennie Shortridge Published: January 2014, Gallery Books Format: Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher/She Reads If you could do it all over again, would you still choose him? At age thirty-nine, Lucie Walker has no choice but to start her life over when she comes to, up to her knees in the chilly San Francisco Bay, with no idea how she got there…
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My Goals: To read and listen as much as possible this week To finish at least 3 complete books, plus the 2 that I need to finish Write the reviews as I finish the books Be social each day and visit other blogs to cheer them on! What I accomplished: Fear Nothing by Lisa Gardner – finished In the Blood by Lisa Unger – completed Love Water Memory by…
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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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Title: Eggs in a Casket Author: Laura Childs Series: Cackleberry Club, #5 Published: January 2014, Berkley Hardcover Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Author The ladies of the Cackleberry Club are always ready to serve—whether they’re cooking up breakfast or sniffing out a bad egg. While Petra handles the breakfast rush at the Cackleberry Club, the café’s other two owners, Suzanne and Toni, head to Memorial Cemetery…
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Great news!!! Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog has decided to make #BookBlogWalkers a year-long monthly challenge!!! I’m so excited and pumped – what better way to stay motivated than with a great bunch of gals!!! Thank you Felicia for getting us moving! This week the weather was CRAZY here in NY. We went from the 40s to close to zero back up to near 50 degree temps, with…
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Title: The Silent Girl Author: Tess Gerritsen Series: Rizzoli & Isles, #9 Narrator: Tanya Eby Published: July 2011, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours, 10 minutes Source: Library Every crime scene tells a story. Some keep you awake at night. Others haunt your dreams. The grisly display homicide cop Jane Rizzoli finds in Boston’s Chinatown will do both. In the murky shadows of an…
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Last night, I had the privilege of meeting Sue Monk Kidd, author of the newly released book The Invention of Wings. She is currently on tour for the book and the Greenwich Public Library in Connecticut was her first stop. I have not read any books by Sue Monk Kidd yet, but have heard a lot of good things about her new book. Plus, one of my goals for the…
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Title: Anybody’s Daughter Author: Pamela Samuels Young Series: Angela Evans, #2 Published: October, 2013; Goldman House Publishing Pages: 376 Is Anybody’s Daughter Ever Safe? Based on the real-life horrors faced by thousands of girls, award-winning author Pamela Samuels Young takes readers deep inside the disturbing world of child sex trafficking in a fast-paced thriller that educates as much as it entertains. The opening chapter of Anybody’s Daughter introduces readers…
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This week I will be participating in another round of Book of Books. This is a great, no-pressure read-a-thon. Here is some info about the read-a-thon from the founders: The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 6th and runs through Sunday, January 12th in whatever…
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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…
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Title: While We Were Watching Downton Abbey Author: Wendy Wax Published: April 2013, Berkley Trade Format: Paperback, 384 pages Source: Personal copy FROM THE AUTHOR OF TEN BEACH ROAD AND OCEAN BEACH, A NEW NOVEL OF FOUR FRIENDS—AND A SHARED PASSION THAT COULD CHANGE THEIR LIVES. When the concierge of The Alexander, a historic Atlanta apartment building, invites his fellow residents to join him for weekly screenings of…
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This is the second time I’ve joined the #BookBlogWalkers group that Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog has put together but this time around I’m going to post weekly check-ins. Part of staying motivated in a fitness regiment is writing it down, so I’m going to use these posts as a diary of sorts. With the cold winter we’ve been having here in the Northeast, getting out of the…
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***Congratulations to Petite, Susan @ Reading World & Kaley @ Books Etc, winners of the giveaway!!! Thanks to all who entered! I don’t know about you, but I have been counting the days until the return of Downton Abbey here in the States with the premiere of Season 4…and that countdown is slowly dwindling down to a mere few days! To help pass the time, I picked up Wendy Wax’s…
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WENDY WAX’S “ENGROSSING”* WHILE WE WERE WATCHING DOWNTON ABBEY, “THE FIRST NOVEL ABOUT FANS OF THE SHOW,”** IS NOW PUBLISHED AS A JOVE MASS MARKET PAPERBACK REPRINT First Mass Market Edition of Wax’s 2013 Trade Paperback Original Goes On Sale December 31st as America Prepares to Watch the PBS Debut of Downton Abbey Season 4 on January 5th “What do you get when you mix one dashing British concierge with…
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While looking into reading challenges for this year, I came across this challenge and thought it would be fun to join – it’s being hosted by Julie over at Smiling Shelves. Of course, this is not a challenge that will be completed in a year, but rather many years! And, according to Julie, we can start the counting anytime, so I am going to go back to when I started…
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The 2014 Audio Book Challenge is hosted by Teresa’s Reading Corner, and it goes from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. I love listening to audio books and have been doing this challenge for the past few years. I’m joining at the Married level, which means I need to listen to more than 25 audio books in 2014. I’ll keep track of them here. ***As of 7/31/14, I…
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The 2014 Nonfiction Reading Challenge is hosted by The Introverted Reader, and it goes from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. I have quite a few nonfiction book sitting on my bookshelves just waiting to be read and hope this reading challenge will be the perfect push to get me to read them! I’m joining at the Dilettante level, which means I need to read 5 nonfiction books in…
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The 2014 Finish the Series Reading Challenge is hosted by Socrates’ Book Reviews, and it goes from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. I love reading series and have quite a few that I really need to catch up on. I’m joining at the Level 3, which means I need to complete three or more series (and hopefully I’ll be able to do more!). I’m going for 4, one…
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The 2014 E-Book Challenge is hosted by Workaday Reads and it goes from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. I’ve done this challenge for the past couple years and love seeing just how much I end up reading on the iPad at the end of the year. I’m joining at the DVD level, which means I need to read at least 25 e-books in 2014. I’ll keep track…
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The 2014 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge is hosted by Historical Tapestry, and it goes from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. I’ve participated in this challenge for the past few years and really enjoy it. I’m joining at the Ancient History level, which means I need to read at least 25 historical fiction books in 2014. I’ll keep track of them here. Honeymoon in Paris by Jojo Moyes (e-book)…
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The 2014 Quick Fix Reading Challenge is hosted by Jessie’s Book Place, and it goes from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. The goal of this reading challenge is to read books with less than 300 pages. I am going to join this challenge at the Paperclip level, where I hope to read 15 of the shorter books. ***As of 3/30/14, I completed this challenge. I’m going to keep…
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The 2014 Chunkster Reading Challenge is hosted by Vasilly, and it goes from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. The goal of this reading challenge is to read books with 450 pages or more. There is no set levels for this challenge – the goal is to challenge yourself to read those chunksters. I’m going to set a goal for myself to read at least 5. ***As of…
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The 2014 First Reads Reading Challenge is hosted by b00k r3vi3ws, and it goes from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. The goal of this reading challenge is to read new-to-you authors. I’m joining at the Lover level, which means that I need to read between 26-50 books from new-to-me authors. I’ll keep track of them here. I’ll also link my reviews to the list. ***As of 8/31/14,…
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The 2014 Review Pile Reading Challenge is hosted by Rachel @ Fiktshun and Reanna @ Phantasmic Reads, and it goes from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. This is a reading challenge where we are challenged to read all those review books that have piled up on our shelves that we just haven’t gotten to yet. I am going to join this challenge at the Aprrentice level, where…
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The 2014 Netgalley Reading Challenge is hosted by Ariel Avalon, and it goes from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. This goal of this challenge is to not only read all those books we’ve requested from Netgalley but to then review them so as to get our feedback ratio up to the recommended 80%. I’m joining at the Hard level, which means I need to read and review…
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The 2014 I Love Library Books Reading Challenge is hosted by Book Dragon’s Lair, and it goes from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. I love my local library and love doing this challenge. This is my fifth year participating in the library challenge! I’m joining at the Just Insert IV level, which means I need to borrow at least 50 books from the library in 2014. I’ll…
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The 2014 Mount TBR Reading Challenge is hosted by My Reader’s Block, and it goes from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. I participated in a similar challenge last year, but didn’t quite make my goal. I’m hoping to be successful this time around as at last count, I have about 200 books on my shelves that I have not read yet. I’m joining at the Mt. Vancouver level,…
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The 2014 You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge is hosted by Book Dragon’s Lair, and it goes from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. This is a reading challenge where we are challenged to read, read, read!!! I am going to join this challenge at Level 2, where I hope to read 150 books. While We Were Watching Downton Abbey by Wendy Wax Halfway There by Susan…
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I did this last year, and it helped me set myself up for the upcoming year. I think this will be a fixed feature on January 1 of each year I blog. One of my resolutions for 2014 is to be more organized – in life and in blogging. I need to get back to using my blogger planner. Between the holidays and the new puppy, that kind of fell…
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