Happy June!!! It seems the weather has finally cooperated and it is finally warm – YAY!!! Now if we can only get some time to enjoy it before it gets too hot, I’ll be happy 🙂 Reading Stats: Read this month: 12 Year to date: 82 Books Read: The Way of Beauty — Camille Di Maio (audio book) Wicked River — Jenny Milchman (e-book) Our Kind of…
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Title: Private India: City on Fire Author: James Patterson Series: Private #8 Published: November 2014, Grand Central Publishing Format: Paperback, 384 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: When Santosh Wagh isn’t struggling out of a bottle of whisky he’s head of Private India, the Mumbai branch of the world’s finest PI agency. In a city of over thirteen million he has his work cut out at the best of times. But…
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Title: The Party Author: Robyn Harding Published: June 2017, Gallery/Scout Press Format: Hardcover, 352 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: In this stunning and provocative domestic drama about a sweet sixteen birthday party that goes horribly awry, a wealthy family in San Francisco finds their picture-perfect life unraveling, their darkest secrets revealed, and their friends turned to enemies. One invitation. A lifetime of regrets. Sweet sixteen. It’s an exciting coming of…
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Title: The Summer I Met Jack Author: Michelle Gable Published: May 2018, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 448 pages Source: Publisher Summary: New York Times bestselling author imagines the affair between JFK and Alicia Corning Clark – and the child they may have had. Based on a real story – in 1950, a young, beautiful Polish refugee arrives in Hyannisport, Massachusetts to work as a maid for one of…
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Title: The Death of Mrs. Westaway Author: Ruth Ware Published: May 2018, Gallery/Scout Press Format: ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, and The Lying Game comes Ruth Ware’s highly anticipated fourth novel. On a day that begins like any other, Hal receives a mysterious letter bequeathing her a…
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Title: What Lies Below Author: Barbara Taylor Sissel Narrator: Donna Postel Published: May 2018, Brilliance Audio Length: 11 hours, 12 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: Everyone has nightmares. One woman is living hers…Gilly O’Connell’s nightmares aren’t just bad dreams; they’re glimpses of terrifying realities to come. Gilly has spent her entire life trying to suppress the foreboding visions. So when a dismissed premonition leads to her husband’s murder, she buries the…
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Title: Dead Girl Running Author: Christina Dodd Series: Cape Charade, #1 Published: April 2018, HQN Format: Paperback, 368 pages Source: Harlequin Publicity Team Summary: I have three confessions to make: 1. I’ve got the scar of gunshot on my forehead. 2. I don’t remember an entire year of my life. 3. My name is Kellen Adams…and that’s half a lie. Girl running…from a year she can’t remember, from a husband…
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Title: Same Beach, Next Year Author: Dorothea Benton Frank Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Published: Audio – May 2017, Harper Audio / Paperback – April 2018, William Morrow Paperbacks Length: 9 hours 56 minutes / 400 pages Source: Audio – via Library / Paperback -Publisher via TLC Book Tours Summary: New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank returns to her magical Lowcountry of South Carolina in this bewitching story of marriage,…
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Title: Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After Author: Heather Harpham Published: August 2017, Henry Holt & Company Format: Hardcover, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary: A shirt-grabbing, page-turning love story that follows a one-of-a-kind family through twists of fate that require nearly unimaginable choices. Happiness begins with a charming courtship between hopelessly attracted opposites: Heather, a world-roaming California girl, and Brian, an intellectual, homebody writer, kind and slyly funny,…
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Title: The Good Twin Author: Marti Green Published: May 2018, Thomas & Mercer Format: ARC E-copy, 263 pages Source: Netgalley via Publicist Summary: In Marti Green’s twisting novel of psychological suspense, twin sisters become engaged in a dangerous deception… Mallory Holcolm is an unfulfilled waitress and aspiring artist living in a Queens boardinghouse when she learns something astonishing about her past: she has an identical twin sister named Charly she…
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Title: Every Single Secret Author: Emily Carpenter Narrator: Kate Orsini Published: May 2018, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: Emotionally guarded Daphne Amos always believed she’d found a kindred spirit in her fiancĂ©, Heath. Both very private people, they’ve kept their pasts hidden from the world, and each other, until Heath’s escalating nightmares begin to put an undeniable strain on their relationship. Determined to give their…
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Title: Then She Was Gone Author: Lisa Jewell Published: April 2018, Atria Books Format: ARC E-copy, 368 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Ten years after her teenage daughter goes missing, a woman connects with a charming single father, but she is still haunted by her child’s disappearance in this “deeply emotional and incredibly clever” (Mail Online) thriller from the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of I Found You. Ellie Mack was…
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Title: Wicked River Author: Jenny Milchman Published: May 2018, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: ARC E-copy, 464 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: Six million acres of Adirondack forest separate Natalie and Doug Larson from civilization. For the newlyweds, an isolated, back country honeymoon seems ideal: a chance to start their lives together with an adventure, on their own. But just as Natalie and Doug begin to explore the dark interiors of their own…
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Title: I Liked My Life Author: Abby Fabiaschi Narrator: Susan Bennett, Dan Bittner, Therese Plummer Published: Audio – January 2017, Macmillan Audio / Print – May 2018, St. Martin’s Griffin Length: 9 hours, 47 minutes / 288 pages Source: Audio via library / Print – Paperback via GetRed PR Summary: Maddy is a devoted stay-at-home wife and mother, host of excellent parties, giver of thoughtful gifts, and bestower of a…
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Title: Our Kind of Cruelty Author: Araminta Hall Published: May 2018, MCD/Farrar, Straus & Giroux Format: ARC Paperback, 288 pages Source: Publisher Summary: This is a love story. Mike’s love story. Mike Hayes fought his way out of a brutal childhood and into a quiet, if lonely life, before he met Verity Metcalf. V taught him about love, and in return, Mike has dedicated his life to making her happy.…
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Last year, I listened to The Book of Summer by Michelle Gable when it was first released in hardcover, and I really enjoyed it! You can find my thoughts on the book here. Tomorrow the book is being released in paperback and to celebrate, I am helping the publishers get the word out. I also have 1 copy of the book to giveaway – be sure to read all the…
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Title: The Way of Beauty Author: Camille Di Maio Narrator: Meredith Starkman Published: May 2018, Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length: 11 hours 41 minutes / 384 pages Source: Audio – Brilliance Audio / Print – Lake Union Publishing via Get Red PR Summary: Hearts and dreams evolve in the shadow of the once-magnificent Penn Station. Vera Keller, the daughter of German immigrants in turn-of-the-century New York City, finds…
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Next week, Mary Kay Andrews’ latest novel, The High Tide Club, is being published and to celebrate, I am helping the publisher get the word out. I will be reading this book and sharing my review soon! For now, please enjoy this spotlight and let me know if you will be reading this book 🙂 Title: The High Tide Club Author: Mary Kay Andrews Published: May 2018, St. Martin’s Press…
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Happy April!!! Well, we’ve moved out of our house…and now are living in temporary housing as we wait for the short sale to get approved for the house we really want to buy! Can I just tell you how much I hate packing? Thank goodness for audio books – they certainly were my savior during all the hours of packing! Reading Stats: Read this month: 18 Year to date:…
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Title: The Girl I Used to Be Author: Mary Torjussen Published: April 2018, Berkley Format: ARC E-copy, 368 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: The acclaimed author of Gone Without a Trace returns with a new novel of twisting psychological suspense in which a woman is forced to face down her blackmailer. Someone’s been sending Gemma compromising photos. Photos she doesn’t remember. She can’t recall much about that night during a work…
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Title: You Author: Caroline Kepnes Series: You, #1 Narrator: Santino Fontana Published: September 2014, Simon & Schuster Audio Length: 11 hours 6 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible Summary: When a beautiful, aspiring writer strides into the East Village bookstore where Joe Goldberg works, he does what anyone would do: he Googles the name on her credit card. There is only one Guinevere Beck in New York City. She has…
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Title: The Elizas Author: Sara Shepard Published: April 2018, Atria Books Format: ARC E-copy via Netgalley Source: Publisher Summary: When debut novelist Eliza Fontaine is found at the bottom of a hotel pool, her family at first assumes that it’s just another failed suicide attempt. But Eliza swears she was pushed, and her rescuer is the only witness. Desperate to find out who attacked her, Eliza takes it upon herself…
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Title: The Family Gathering Author: Robyn Carr Series: Sullivan’s Crossing, #3 Published: April 2018, Mira Books Format: ARC Paperback, 288 pages Source: Publisher via Little Bird Publicity Summary: An exceptional storyteller, #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr beautifully captures the emotionally charged, complex dynamics that come with being part of any family. Readers will laugh and shed a few tears as they discover what it means to be…
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Title: All the Beautiful Lies Author: Peter Swanson Published: April 2018, William Morrow Format: Hardcover, 287 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Harry Ackerson has always considered his step-mother Alice to be sexy and beautiful, in an “other worldly” way. She has always been kind and attentive, if a little aloof in the last few years. Days before his college graduation, Alice calls with shocking news. His father is dead and the…
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Title: Somebody’s Daughter Author: Rochelle B. Weinstein Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Published: April 2018, Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length: 10 hours 59 minutes / 320 pages Source: Audio – Brilliance Audio / Print – Lake Union Publishing via GetRed PR Summary: From USA Today bestselling author Rochelle B. Weinstein comes an emotional novel for mothers, daughters, and anyone who has ever felt imperfect. Emma and Bobby Ross enjoy a…
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Title: The Secret Room Author: Sandra Block Series: Zoe Goldman, #3 Narrator: Jennifer Nittoso Published: April 2017, Hachette Audio Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: Her patients are dying. Some are apparent suicides and others possible accidents, but rumors are flying that Dr. Zoe Goldman is an angel of death-intentionally helping hopeless cases go to a “better place”-or, worse yet, a dangerously incompetent doctor. As a new psychiatry…
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Title: The Good Liar Author: Catherine McKenzie Narrator: Teri Clark Lindon, Kate Rudd, Whitney Dykhouse, JD Jackson Published: April 2018, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: Can you hide a secret with the whole world watching?When an explosion rips apart a Chicago building, the lives of three women are forever altered. A year later, Cecily is in mourning. She was supposed to be in the building…
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Title: Our Little Secret Author: Roz Nay Published: April 2018, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 272 pages Source: Publisher Summary: “A cracking read…Our Little Secret builds to a deliciously dark conclusion.” —Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in Cabin 10 Our Little Secret is a twisted tale of love, pain, and revenge that will stay with the reader long after they turn the last…
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Next week, April 17th, Roz Nay’s debut novel, Our Little Secret, comes out, and because I ended up with an extra copy, I’m going to give that copy away – and it’s a finished copy! I’ve just finished reading this book – it’s amazing!!! – and will be posting my review later on today. You can see what others have to say below and then be sure to enter the…
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Title: The New Neighbors Author: Simon Lelic Published: April 2018, Berkley Format: ARC E-copy, 328 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: The Girl Before meets The Couple Next Door in a Hitchcockian thriller about a couple who moves into their dream neighborhood only to discover nothing is as it seems… The perfect couple. The perfect house. The perfect crime. Londoners Jack and Syd found their dream home: lots of space,…
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Title: Before I Let You In Author: Jenny Blackhurst Published: April 2018, Atria/Emily Bestler Books Format: ARC E-copy, 352 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: The next gripping psychological thriller by the author of How I Lost You, Jenny Blackhurst’s #1 international bestseller, about a psychiatrist and patient relationship that turns not only toxic…but deadly. Karen, Eleanor, and Bea have been best friends since childhood. They know everything about each…
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Title: Crazy Easy Vegan Desserts Author: Heather Saffer Published: April 2018, Sterling Epicure Format: Hardcover, 128 pages Source: Publisher via Get Red PR Summary: Reboot dessert with these 75 gluten-free and vegan treats! Just because you’re vegan and gluten-free doesn’t mean you can’t indulge! With these 75 recipes, Heather Saffer reinvents your favorite desserts—and they’re super-simple to make and irresistibly delicious. You’ll find treats that take less than 20 minutes…
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Title: The Secret to Southern Charm Author: Kristy Woodson Harvey Series: The Peachtree Bluff series, #2 Published: April 2018, Gallery Books Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Author Summary: Leaving fans “practically [begging] for a sequel” (Bookpage), critically acclaimed author Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with the second novel in her beloved Peachtree Bluff series, featuring a trio of sisters and their mother who discover a truth that will change not…
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Title: The Next Girl Author: Carla Kovach Series: Detective Gina Harte, #1 Published: April 2018, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 300 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: She thought he’d come to save her. She was wrong. Deborah Jenkins pulls her coat around her as she sets out on her short walk home in the pouring rain. But she never makes it home that night. And she is never seen again…
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Title: The Forgotten Ones Author: Steena Holmes Narrator: Angela Dawe, Arthur Morey Published: April 2018, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours 42 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: In this novel from a New York Times bestselling author, the search for truth is defined by secrets and lies.Elle is a survivor. She’s managed to piece together a solid life from a childhood of broken memories and fairy tales her mom told her to…
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Happy April!!! As much as I want to say this is an April Fool’s joke, we are once again expecting more snow…WHY Mother Nature, WHY? The flowers are trying so desperately to start blooming…I have buds on my trees that are going to die and you can’t seem to make up your mind what season you want to be in!?! UGGGGHHHH! So annoying! Oh well…such is life, I guess. At…
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Title: All the Missing Girls Author: Megan Miranda Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Published: June 2016, Simon & Schuster Audio / Simon & Schuster Length: 10 hours 4 minutes / 384 pages Source: Audio – Borrowed via Library / Print – ARC E-copy via Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Like the spellbinding psychological suspense in The Girl on the Train and Luckiest Girl Alive, Megan Miranda’s novel is a nail-biting, breathtaking story about…
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Title: Look Behind You Author: Iris Johansen & Roy Johansen Series: Kendra Michaels, #5 Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers Published: July 2017, Recorded Books Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen and Edgar Award-winning author Roy Johansen are back with Look Behind You, a novel featuring Kendra Michaels—hired gun for both the CIA and FBI. A serial killer is on…
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Title: Before I Let You Go Author: Kelly Rimmer Published: April 2018, Graydon House Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher via Little Bird Publicity Summary: The 2:00 a.m. call is the first time Lexie Vidler has heard her sister’s voice in years. Annie is a drug addict, a thief, a liar—and in trouble, again. Lexie has always bailed Annie out, given her money, a place to sleep, sent her…
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Next week, April 3rd, Kelly Rimmer’s latest novel, Before I Let You Go, comes out, and because I ended up with an extra copy, I’m going to give that copy away – and it’s a finished copy! I’ve already read the book – it’s amazing!!! – and will be posting my review later on today. You can see what others have to say below and then be sure to enter…
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Title: Deadly Recall Author: T.R. Ragan Series: Jessie Cole, #2 Narrator: Kate Rudd Published: March 2018, Brilliance Audio / Thomas Mercer Length: 7 hours 47 minutes / 281 pages Source: Audio via Publisher / Print – ARC E-copy via Publisher via Netgalley Summary: PI Jessie Cole is about to discover that there’s no revenge too wicked as New York Times bestselling author T.R. Ragan’s gripping series continues. When you search…
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Title: If I Die Tonight Author: Alison Gaylin Published: March 2018, William Morrow Paperbacks Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Late one night in the quiet Hudson Valley town of Havenkill, a distraught woman stumbles into the police station—and lives are changed forever. Aimee En, once a darling of the ’80s pop music scene, claims that a teenage boy stole her car, then ran over another young man…
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Title: Private Down Under Author: James Patterson Series: Private #7 Published: May 2013, Century Format: Paperback, 368 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: The world’s most exclusive detective agency opens a new office – in Australia! With the best detectives in the business, cutting edge technology and offices around the globe, there is no investigation company quite like Private. Now, at a glittering launch party overlooking the iconic Opera House, Private…
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Title: No Safe Place Author: Patricia Gibney Series: Detective Lottie Parker, #4 Published: March 2018, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 488 pages Source: Publisher via Netgalley Summary: There’s nothing more dangerous than a familiar face…As funeral mourners stand in silence at Ragmullin cemetery, a deafening cry cuts through the air. Lying crumpled at the bottom of an open grave is the bloodied body of a young woman, and Detective Lottie Parker…
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Title: The Friend Author: Teresa Driscoll Narrator: Henrietta Meire Published: March 2018, Brilliance Audio Length: 7 hours 20 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: The chilling new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of I Am Watching You.On a train with her husband, miles from home and their four-year-old son, Ben, Sophie receives a chilling phone call. Two boys are in hospital after a tragic accident. One of them is Ben. She…
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In just a little less than 2 weeks, The Secret to Southern Charm, the latest book by Kristy Woodson Harvey comes out and I’m super excited about this one. This is the sequel to her book, Slightly South of Simple – which I loved!!! I’ll be reading this book in the coming days and then posting my review on publication day, April 3rd! Because this book is sequel, and you…
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Title: The Italian Party Author: Christina Lynch Published: March 2018, St. Martin’s Press Format: Hardcover, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary: A delicious and sharply funny page-turner about “innocent” Americans abroad in 1950s Siena, Italy. Newly married, Scottie and Michael are seduced by Tuscany’s famous beauty. But the secrets they are keeping from each other force them beneath the splendid surface to a more complex view of ltaly, America and each…
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Title: The Broken Girls Author: Simone St. James Published: March 2018, Berkley Books Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary: A breakout suspense novel from the award-winning author of The Haunting of Maddy Clare. Vermont, 1950. There’s a place for the girls whom no one wants–the troublemakers, the illegitimate, the too smart for their own good. It’s called Idlewild Hall. And in the small town where it’s located, there…
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Title: Lie in Wait Author: Eric Rickstad Series: Canaan Crime series, #1 Narrator: Amy Landon Published: September 2015, Harper Audio Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Source: Library Summary: From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Silent Girls comes another unforgettable thriller set in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, featuring Detective Sonja Test Even in a quiet Vermont town, unspeakable acts of the past can destroy the…
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Yesterday, Never Let You by Chevy Stevens, was released in paperback – it was first released in hardcover last year. I am a big fan of Chevy’s books and tend to listen to them on audio – in fact I had listened to this one a few months back but just hadn’t gotten around to writing my review, so here it is. Let me know if you have read this…
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