k2reader May 4, 2023

The Girls Who Disappeared by Claire Douglas #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Harper Audio /Netgalley, #partner for the ALC of The Girls Who Disappeared in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Harper Audio Published: January 10, 2023   Summary: A journalist’s life is threatened when she investigates the truth about a mysterious car crash that happened twenty years earlier in this gripping thriller from the internationally bestselling author of The Couple at Number 9 and Just Like the Other Girls. A car accident. Three…

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k2reader May 3, 2023

A Show of Faith by Greer Hendricks #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio, #partner for the ALC of A Show of Faith in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Brilliance Audio / Amazon Original Stories Published: April 13, 2o23   Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Wife Between Us comes a twisty short story about a chance encounter that tests the boundaries of a mother’s love. Blair Martin’s days rarely vary: she gets up, goes for a run,…

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k2reader April 30, 2023

Wonderland by Jennifer Hiller #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio /Netgalley, #partner for the ALC of Wonderland in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Macmillan Audio Published: April 11, 2023   Summary: From the bestselling author of the hugely popular thrillers Things We Do in the Dark, Little Secrets, and Jar of Hearts comes Wonderland, a roller coaster of a listen. Now in audio for the first time! After a personal tragedy and professional scandal forces homicide detective Vanessa Castro out of Seattle,…

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k2reader April 27, 2023

Zero Days by Ruth Ware #bookreview

Thank you Scout Press / Netgalley #partner, for the advanced copy of Zero Days in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Gallery / Scout Press Published: June 20, 2023   Summary: The New York Times bestselling “new Agatha Christie” (Air Mail) Ruth Ware returns with this adrenaline-fueled thriller that combines Mr. and Mrs. Smith with The Fugitive about a woman in a race against time to clear her name and find her husband’s murderer. Hired by…

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k2reader April 27, 2023

The Hook by Victoria Helen Stone #bookfeature #upcomingrelease

Today, I’m featuring a book that is coming out next month. I have been a fan of Victoria Helen Stone ever since reading her novel, Jane Doe, and this one sounds just as twisty and crazy! Get ready to add this to your summer tbr!!! Thank you #Thrillerbookloverspromotions for inviting me to help spread the word about this upcoming release!!!     The Hook by Victoria Helen Stone Publisher –…

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k2reader April 26, 2023

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano #bookreview #audiobook

I purchased this book and audiobook for my own personal collection. Publisher: The Dial Press / Random House Audio Published: March 14, 2023   Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Edward comes a poignant and engrossing family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole? William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love…

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k2reader April 20, 2023

Where Are the Children Now? by Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and @BookClubFavorites & Simon & Schuster #partner, for the finished copy of Where Are the Children Now? in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Simon & Schuster / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: April 18, 2023   Summary: The legacy of the “Queen of Suspense” continues with the highly anticipated follow-up to Mary Higgins Clark’s iconic novel Where Are The Children?, featuring the…

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k2reader April 19, 2023

Thicker Than Water by Megan Collins #bookfeature #upcomingrelease

Today, I’m featuring a book that is coming out this summer. I have been a fan of Megan Collins ever since reading her debut novel, The Winter Sister, and I am so excited for this upcoming book! Get ready to add this to your summer tbr!!! Thank you #Thrillerbookloverspromotions for inviting me to help spread the word about this upcoming release and thank you Atria Books for the gifted copy!!!  …

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k2reader April 18, 2023

The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani #bookfeature #paperbackrelease

Today, I’m featuring a book that is coming out in paperback today. I happened to read this book last year when it first came out in hardcover and absolutely loved it! Adriana Trigiani is one of my favorite authors and I just adore her books and this one was no exception. You can read my review here. Thank you MB Communications for inviting me to help spread the word about…

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k2reader April 11, 2023

The Only Survivors by Megan Miranda #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio, #partner for the ALC of The Only Survivors in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Published: April 11, 2023   Summary: A mystery about a group of former classmates who reunite to mark the tenth anniversary of a tragic accident—only to have one of the survivors disappear, casting fear and suspicion on the original tragedy. Seven hours in the past. Seven…

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k2reader April 7, 2023

Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild #bookfeature #paperbackrelease

Today, I’m featuring a book that is coming out in paperback next week. This book has been on my tbr since it first came out in hardcover last year and you better believe that I will be high-tailing it to the bookstore on Tuesday to grab a copy of it when the paperback copy hits the shelves! Thank you #Thrillerbookloverspromotions for inviting me to help spread the word about this…

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k2reader April 7, 2023

A Truth for a Truth by Carol Wyer #blogtour #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio for the ALC and #ZooloosBooktours, #partner, for the advanced copy of A Truth for a Truth in exchange for my honest review.      Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for A Truth for a Truth. Thank you ZooloosBooktours for inviting me to participate. I have long been a fan of Carol Wyer’s books and this is the latest…

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k2reader April 6, 2023

The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and @BookClubFavorites & Simon & Schuster #partner,  for the finished copy of The House is on Fire in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Simon & Schuster / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: April 4, 2023   Summary: The author of Florence Adler Swims Forever returns with a masterful work of historical fiction about an incendiary tragedy that shocked a young nation and…

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k2reader April 4, 2023

The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth #bookreview

Thank you St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of The Soulmate in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Published: April 4, 2023   Summary: Get ready for a thrilling, addictive novel about marriage, betrayal, and the secrets that push us to the edge in Sally Hepworth’s The Soulmate. There’s a cottage on a cliff. Gabe and Pippa’s dream home in a sleepy coastal town. But their…

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k2reader March 31, 2023

The London Seance Society by Sarah Penner #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you HTP Books & Park Row Books, #partner,  for the advanced copy of The London Seance Society in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Park Row Books / Harlequin Audio Published: March 7, 2023   Summary: From the author of the sensational bestseller The Lost Apothecary comes a spellbinding tale about two daring women who hunt for truth and justice in the perilous art…

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k2reader March 29, 2023

Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Netgalley / Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and Celadon Books, #partner for the advanced copy  of Beyond That, the Sea in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Celadon Books / Macmillan Audio Published: March 21, 2023   Summary: A sweeping, tenderhearted love story, Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash tells the story of two families living through World War II on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, and the…

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k2reader March 29, 2023

The Levee by William Kent Krueger #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio, #partner for the ALC of The Levee in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Published: February 28, 2023   Summary: An audio original novella from the bestselling author of Ordinary Grace and This Tender Land, The Levee is a powerful, captivating story of a family, a storm, a complicated rescue, and the true cost of survival. It’s 1927, and the…

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k2reader March 29, 2023

What Have We Done by Alex Finlay #bookreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of What Have We Done in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: March 7, 2023   Summary: In this thriller from Alex Finlay, What Have We Done is a tale about the lives we leave behind and the secrets we carry with us forever. A stay-at-home mom with a past. A has-been rock star with a habit. A…

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k2reader March 28, 2023

The Family Bones by Elle Marr #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio for the ALC and WunderKind PR , #partner, for the advanced copy of The Family Bones in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Audio Published: March 7, 2023   Summary: What makes a psychopath? A young woman delves into her family’s shadowy legacy in a terrifying novel by the #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of Strangers We Know. Psychology student Olivia Eriksen’s…

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k2reader March 25, 2023

Memoir Madness 2023: 4 mini-reviews #memoirs #bookreviews #audiobooks

This month I participated in MEMOIR MADNESS 2023  – a challenge over on Instagram where we focused on reading memoirs throughout the month of March. It’s a little play on March Madness and I have loved participating in this. I love reading memoirs – it’s one of my favorite forms of nonfiction that I try to read throughout the year. So far, I’ve read 3 this month, but you are…

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k2reader March 21, 2023

How I’ll Kill You by Ren DeStefano #bookreview

Thank you Berkley Books, #partner, for the finished copy of How I’ll Kill You in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Berkley Books Pub date: March 21, 2023   Summary: Your next stay-up-all-night thriller, about identical triplets who have a nasty habit of killing their boyfriends, and what happens when the youngest commits their worst crime yet: falling in love with her mark. Make him want you. Make him love you.…

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k2reader March 19, 2023

Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes #bookreview

Thank you BookClubFavorites & Avid Reader Press #partner, for the finished copy of Murder Your Employer in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Avider Reader Press Published: February 21, 2023   Summary: From the diabolical imagination of Edgar Award–winning novelist, playwright, and story-songwriter Rupert Holmes comes a devilish thriller with a killer concept: The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts, a luxurious, clandestine college dedicated to the fine art of…

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k2reader March 17, 2023

Hostage by Clare Mackintosh #bookreview #audiobook

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark / Penguin Random House Audio Published: June 22, 2021   Summary: You can save hundreds of lives. Or the one that matters most. A claustrophobic thriller set over twenty hours on one airplane flight, with the heart-stopping tension of The Last Flight and the wrenching emotional intensity of Room, Hostage takes us on board the inaugural…

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k2reader March 16, 2023

Red Queen by Juan Gomez-Jurado #bookreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Red Queen in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: March 14, 2023   Summary: Introducing Antonia Scott – the most compelling and original detective since Lisbeth Salander – in the international bestselling thriller that has taken the world by storm. Red Queen is the first book in a trilogy that has sold over 2 million copies in Spain, sold…

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k2reader March 13, 2023

A Likely Story by Leigh Abramson #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of A Likely Story in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: March 14, 2023   Summary: The only child of an iconic American novelist discovers a shocking tangle of family secrets that upends everything she thought she knew about her parents, her gilded childhood, and her…

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k2reader March 11, 2023

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix #bookreview #audiobook

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher:Berkley / Penguin Audio Published: January 17, 2023   Summary: Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—and your family—can haunt you like nothing else. When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. She doesn’t want to leave her daughter…

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k2reader March 8, 2023

Weyward by Emilia Hart #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy  of Weyward in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: March 7, 2023   Summary: I am a Weyward, and wild inside. 2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from a great aunt she barely remembers. With its tumbling ivy and…

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k2reader March 7, 2023

The Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson #bookreview

Thank you Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Kind Worth Saving in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: William Morrow Published: March 7, 2023     Summary: In this spectacularly devious novel by New York Times bestselling author Peter Swanson—featuring the smart and complex Lily Kintner from his acclaimed novel, The Kind Worth Killing—a private eye starts to follow a possibly adulterous husband, but little does he know that the twisted…

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k2reader March 6, 2023

Goodnight From Paris by Jane Healey #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio for the ALC and Get Red PR , #partner, for the advanced copy of Goodnight From Paris in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Lake Union Publishing / Brilliance Audio Published: March 7, 2023   Summary: In Nazi-occupied France, an American film star takes on the most dangerous role of her life in a gripping novel about loyalty and resistance, inspired by a true story, from the Washington…

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k2reader March 5, 2023

The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books, #partner,  for the advanced copy of The Golden Spoon in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: March 7, 2023   Summary: A killer is on the loose when someone turns up dead on the set of a hit TV baking competition in this darkly beguiling debut mystery that is perfect…

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k2reader March 4, 2023

Night Flight to Paris by Cara Black #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Netgalley / RB Media , for the ALC and Soho Crime, #partner for the advanced copy  of Night Flight to Paris in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Soho Crime / Recorded Books Published: March 7, 2023   Summary: It is once again up to American markswoman Kate Rees to take the shot that just might win—or lose—World War II, in the followup to national bestseller Three Hours in Paris.…

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k2reader February 27, 2023

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Penguin Random House Audio, for the ALC and Viking Books, #partner for the finished copy  of I Have Some Questions for You in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Viking Books / Penguin Random House Audio Published: February 21, 2023   Summary: The riveting new novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist The Great Believers A successful film professor and podcaster,…

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k2reader February 27, 2023

Cold-Blooded Liar by Karen Rose #blogtour #bookfeature

Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Cold-Blooded Liar. Thank you Berkley Books for inviting me to participate. I have a book spotlight and excerpt for you today. Publisher: Berkley Books Published: February 28, 2023   Summary: Brace yourself for a scorching new series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Karen Rose, where San Diego means sun, surf, sand…and serial killers. Sam Reeves is…

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k2reader February 27, 2023

The House Guest by Hank Phillippi Ryan #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio /Netgalley for the ALC and Forge Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The House Guest in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Forge Books / Macmillan Audio Published: February 7, 2023   Summary: The House Guest is another diabolical cat-and-mouse thriller from USA Today bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan—but which character is the cat, and which character is the mouse? After every divorce, one spouse gets all the friends.…

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k2reader February 25, 2023

None of This is True by Lisa Jewell #bookreview

Thank you Atria Books, #partner for the advanced copy of None of This is True in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books Published: August 8, 2023   Summary: Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself the subject of her own popular true crime podcast. Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an…

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k2reader February 23, 2023

Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Viking Books, #partner for the finished copy of Someone Else’s Shoes in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my own collection. Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books / Penguin Random House Audio Published: February 7, 2023   Summary: A story of mix-ups, mess-ups and making the most of second chances, this is the new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jojo Moyes, author of Me Before You and The…

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k2reader February 21, 2023

Sea Castle by Andrew Mayne #bookreview #series

Thank you Thomas & Mercer, #partner for the finished copy of Sea Castle in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: February 21, 2023   Summary: When a young woman washes ashore on a Fort Lauderdale beach, Sloan McPherson of the Underwater Investigation Unit is called in to consult. Sloan’s instinct says murder, but even then, there are too many questions. For answers she reaches out to Gwen…

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k2reader February 19, 2023

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Penguin Random House Audio, #partner for the ALC  of Age of Vice in exchange for my honest review. I purchased a print copy for my own collection. Publisher: Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House Audio Published: January 3, 2023   Summary: This is the age of vice, where money, pleasure, and power are everything, and the family ties that bind can also kill. New Delhi, 3 a.m.…

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k2reader February 15, 2023

Someone Else’s Life by Lyn Liao Butler #bookreview #bookclub

Thank you  Get Red PR , #partner, for the finished copy of Someone Else’s Life in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: February 1, 2023   Summary: A new life in paradise should have healed her wounds. But for a woman struggling to hold on to her family and her sanity, one stormy night could change everything. Blow by blow, Annie Lin’s life crumbles. Her dance…

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k2reader February 13, 2023

On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel #bookreview

Thank you to Knopf Books, #partner, for an advanced copy of On the Savage Side in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group Published: February 14, 2023   Summary: Six women—mothers, daughters, sisters–gone missing. When the first is found floating dead in the river, it reveals the disturbing truth of a small Ohio town. Inspired by the unsolved murders of the Chillicothe Six, this harrowing and haunting novel tells…

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k2reader February 13, 2023

Three Widows by Patricia Gibney #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Bookouture for the audiobook and Bookouture & Netgalley, #partner,  for the advanced copy of The Guilty Girl in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Bookouture Published: February 10, 2023   Summary: She kissed her daughter, turned out the light and entered her own room. Too late to run, she stood frozen as a figure stepped out from behind the door and a hand covered her mouth. Fear was a…

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k2reader February 10, 2023

The Blackhouse by Carole Johnstone #bookreview

Thank you BookClubFavorites & Scribner Books #partner, for the finished copy of The Blackhouse in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Scriber Books Published: January 3, 2023   Summary: From the author of the “dark and devious…beautifully written” (Stephen King) Mirrorland comes a richly atmospheric thriller set on an isolated Scottish island where nothing is as it seems and shocking twists lie around every corner. A remote village. A deadly secret. An…

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k2reader February 9, 2023

The Last Grudge by Max Seeck #bookreview #series #translatedbook #blogtour

Thank you Berkley Books, #partner, for the finished copy of The Last Grudge in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Berkley Books Pub date: February 7, 2023   Summary: While her colleagues investigate the brutal murder of a prominent businessman, Jessica Niemi must battle demons from her past in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Witch Hunter. Powerful executive Eliel Zetterborg has been found murdered in his…

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k2reader February 8, 2023

Exiles by Jane Harper #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Macmillan Audio /Netgalley, #partner for the ALC of Exiles in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Macmillan Audio Published: January 31, 2023   Summary: Federal Investigator Aaron Falk is on his way to a small town deep in Southern Australian wine country for the christening of an old friend’s baby. But mystery follows him, even on vacation. This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of Kim Gillespie’s disappearance. One year…

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k2reader February 3, 2023

The Fires by Sigridur Hagalin Bjornsdottir #bookreview #translatedbook

Thank you MB Communications & Amazon Crossing #partner, for the advanced copy of The Fires in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Amazon Crossing Published: February 1, 2023   Summary: From Icelandic author Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir comes a heart-wrenching thriller about a woman’s desperate quest to save the people she loves from a natural disaster. After an eight-hundred-year slumber, the volcanoes in Iceland’s most populated region are showing signs of…

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k2reader February 1, 2023

If a Poem Could Live and Breathe by Mary Calvi #bookreview

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press, #partner, for an advanced copy of If a Poem Could Live and Breathe in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Published: February 14, 2023   SUMMARY: A fact-based romantic speculative novel about Teddy Roosevelt’s first love, by Mary Calvi, author of Dear George, Dear Mary. Studded with the real love letters between a young Theodore Roosevelt and Boston beauty Alice Lee—many of them never…

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k2reader January 30, 2023

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Macmillan Audio /Netgalley for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: January 31, 2023   Summary: Author and single mom Finlay Donovan has been in messes before―after all, she’s a pro at removing bloodstains for various unexpected reasons―but none quite like this. When Finlay and her nanny/partner-in-crime Vero accidentally destroyed a…

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k2reader January 26, 2023

Sam by Allegra Goodman #bookreview

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Dial Press Published: January 3, 2023   Summary: What happens to a girl’s exuberance and wonder as she becomes a woman? This unforgettable portrait of coming-of-age offers a powerful reflection on class, addiction, parenthood, longing, and ambition. There is a girl, and her name is Sam. She adores her father, though he isn’t around much. Her mother, Courtney, struggles to…

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k2reader January 23, 2023

Devil’s Way by Robert Bryndza #bookreview #audiobook #netgalley #series

Thank you Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of Devil’s Way in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Raven Street Publishing Published: January 12, 2023   Summary: THE TRUTH HIDES IN THE DARK Kate Marshall’s investigation into a young boy’s disappearance sends her down an unexpectedly twisted path in a riveting thriller by multi-million bestselling author, Robert Bryndza.  When Private Investigator Kate Marshall is rushed to hospital after being pulled into…

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k2reader January 17, 2023

What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio /Netgalley for the ALC and Flatiron Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of What Lies in the Woods in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Flatiron Books / Macmillan Audio Published: January 17, 2023   Summary: They were eleven when they sent a killer to prison . . . They were heroes . . . but they were liars. Naomi Shaw used to believe in magic. Twenty-two…

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