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Daughter of Egypt by Marie Benedict #bookreview #audiobook

Daughter of Egypt by Marie Benedict #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of Daughter of Egypt in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: March 24, 2026   Summary: From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Marie Benedict comes an extraordinary story of the woman who helped uncover Tutankhamun’s tomb and the mystery behind Egypt’s first woman Pharaoh. 1920’s London was enthralled by…

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I’ll Watch Your Baby by Neena Viel #bookreview #audiobook

I’ll Watch Your Baby by Neena Viel #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of I’ll Watch Your Baby in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: May 26, 2026   Summary: A suffocating and sharp narrative horror novel for fans of Victor LaValle and The Reformatory, I’ll Watch Your Baby is a haunting reimagining of Linda Taylor -known as…

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I, Spy by L.M. Kemp #bookreview #audiobook #debut

I, Spy by L.M. Kemp #bookreview #audiobook #debut

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of I, Spy in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: May 5, 2026   Summary: Ex-spy Kendal was one of the best, but now she’s wearing the toughest disguise of her career: Mom. Kendal Carter is out in the cold and she wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s been…

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The Last Time We Drowned by Saratoga Schaefer #bookreview #audiobook

The Last Time We Drowned by Saratoga Schaefer #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Sourcebooks Audio for the ALC and Sourcebooks Landmark, #partner for the advanced copy of The Last Time We Drowned in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Cosmo Reads / Sourcebooks Audio Published: June 2, 2026   Summary: Six influencers. One luxury yacht. Nowhere to hide. Charlie Engels is broke and desperate when her bookstagram account lands her the offer of a lifetime: join Empress, a state-of-the-art yacht houseboat…

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The Anniversary by Alex Finlay #bookreview #audiobook

The Anniversary by Alex Finlay #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of The Anniversary in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: May 12, 2026   Summary: Every Year He Comes For Them. On one fateful night in 1992, the lives of two seventeen-year-olds are changed and intertwined forever. Quinn Riley, a boy from the wrong side of the tracks,…

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Night Objects by Eli Raphael #bookreview #audiobook

Night Objects by Eli Raphael #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you to Hachette Audio for the ALC and Grand Central Publishing, #partner, for the advanced copy of Night Objects in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing / Hachette Audio Published: May 26, 2026   Summary: In this “vivid and immersive” (Liz Moore) debut, Eli Raphael conjures the windswept coast of Washington State and a boarding school steeped in privilege and deadly secrets—a remarkable story of grief, power,…

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Caller Unknown by Gillian McAllister #bookreview #audiobook

Caller Unknown by Gillian McAllister #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / William Morrow for the ALC and William Morrow, #partner for the advanced e-copy of Caller Unknow in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow / William Morrow Published: May 5, 2026   Summary: How far would you go to rescue your child? A mother races against the clock—and finds herself on the wrong side of the law—in a desperate fight to save her teenage daughter…

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The Beheading Game by Rebecca Lehmann #bookreview #audiobook

The Beheading Game by Rebecca Lehmann #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC and Crown #partner, for the finished copy of The Beheading Game in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher:  Bantam / Random House Audio Published: March 24, 2026   Summary: Disgraced. Beheaded. And out for revenge . . . We all know what happened to Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn. But what if she woke up the day after her execution and took it upon…

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Dead Weight by Hildur Knutsdottir #bookreview #audiobook #translatedbook #novella

Dead Weight by Hildur Knutsdottir #bookreview #audiobook #translatedbook #novella

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC of Dead Weight in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: May 26, 2026   Summary: An Icelandic night may hide secrets and affairs—or even bodies—in this gruesomely cathartic horror thriller from the author of The Night Guest. Unnur was living a normal, if lonely, life until a black cat showed up at her door. Trying to do the right…

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Mini Reviews – Thriller Roundup #bookreviews #thrillers #audiobooks

Mini Reviews – Thriller Roundup #bookreviews #thrillers #audiobooks

Thank you Libro.fm and Macmillan Audio for the ALCs and Poisoned Pen Press, Minotaur Books, Flatiron Books/Pine & Cedar and Atria Books #partner for the physical copies in exchange for my honest reviews.      Thrillers will always be my go-to and these all hit the mark for me!   FINDERS KEEPERS by Natalie Barelli Published: February 24, 2026, Poisoned Pen Press   Summary:  Dear Diary. Today I’m going to…

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Everything Lost Returns by Sarah Domet #bookreview #audiobook

Everything Lost Returns by Sarah Domet #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Dreamscape Media for the ALC and Lavender Public Relations/Flatiron Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Everything Lost Returns in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Flatiron Books / Dreamscape Media Published: February 17, 2026   Summary: The poignant, utterly original story of two women separated across time but united by the arrival of Halley’s comet, as blazing and as daring as their stories. 1986. The…

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The Murder at World’s End by Ross Montgomery #bookreview #audiobook #series

The Murder at World’s End by Ross Montgomery #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Libro.fm / William Morrow for the ALC and William Morrow, #partner, for the finished copy of The Murder at World’s End in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow / William Morrow Published: January 6, 2026   Summary: Secrets, murder, and mayhem collide as this unlikely sleuthing duo—an under-butler and a foul-mouthed octogenarian—hunt a killer in a manor sealed against the end of the world. Cornwall, 1910. On a…

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The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff #bookreview #audiobook

The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and SimonBooksBuddy, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Burning Side in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Simon Books / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: May 19, 2026   Summary: From the author of The Bright Years, the story of April and Leo, a couple on the brink of collapse. When their house goes up in flames, family secrets…

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The Library After Dark by Ande Pliego #bookreview #audiobook

The Library After Dark by Ande Pliego #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC and Bantam #partner, for the advanced and finished copies of The Library After Dark in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher:  Bantam / Random House Audio Published: May 5, 2026   Summary: A bookseller must escape the infamously haunted library that holds her darkest secrets, but with a murderer in her tour group, escaping alive is not as simple as it seems, in this…

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Dark Is When the Devil Comes by Daisy Pearce #bookreview #audiobook

Dark Is When the Devil Comes by Daisy Pearce #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of Dark Is When the Devil Comes in exchange for my honest review.   Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: April 28, 2026   Summary: Unrelentingly scary and thrilling, Dark Is When the Devil Comes is an ambitious and chilling novel from acclaimed horror author Daisy Pearce. The woods are known as the place to…

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Shaw Connolly Lives to Tell by Gillian French #bookreview #audiobook #series #backlistreview

Shaw Connolly Lives to Tell by Gillian French #bookreview #audiobook #series #backlistreview

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of Shaw Connolly Lives to Tell in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: June 17, 2025   Summary: A page-turning, compelling thriller about a woman who will stop at nothing to uncover the truth behind her sister’s disappearance. Shaw Connolly is no stranger to trauma. As a fingerprints analyst, she’s…

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A Gift Before Dying by Malcolm Kempt #bookreview #audiobook #debut

A Gift Before Dying by Malcolm Kempt #bookreview #audiobook #debut

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC and Crown #partner, for the finished copy of A Gift Before Dying in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher:  Dutton / Random House Audio Published: January 20, 2026   Summary: In a hauntingly atmospheric novel set against the unforgiving landscape of the Arctic Circle, a disgraced police investigator discovers that his path to redemption is paved with ice—and blood. After a botched high-profile murder…

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The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer #bookreview #audiobook

The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books, #partner for the advanced copy of The Caretaker in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books/Emily Bestler Books/12:01 Books / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: April 21, 2026   Summary: Follow the Rites… Nothing less than the survival of humanity is at stake. From Marcus Kliewer, a new “titan of the macabre and unsettling” (Erin…

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Nothing Tastes As Good by Luke Dumas #bookreview #audiobook

Nothing Tastes As Good by Luke Dumas #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books, #partner for the advanced e-copy of Nothing Tastes As Good in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: March 31, 2026   Summary: The acclaimed author of the “disorienting, creepy, paranoia-inducing” (Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World) A History of Fear returns with a spine-tingling new…

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Finlay Donovan Crosses the Line by Elle Cosimano #bookreview #audiobook #series

Finlay Donovan Crosses the Line by Elle Cosimano #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of Finlay Donovan Crossed the Line in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: March 17, 2026   Summary: Life hasn’t been easy for Finlay Donovan lately, but it just got a whole lot harder. Her nanny and partner-in-crime, Vero, has been extradited from Virginia to Maryland, where she’s…

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The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis #bookreview #audiobook

The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC and KCCPR, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Stolen Queen in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Dutton / PRH Audio Published: January 7, 2025   Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis, an utterly addictive new novel that will transport you from New York City’s most glamorous party to the labyrinth streets of Cairo and back. Egypt, 1936: When anthropology student…

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A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James #bookreview #audiobook

A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you PRH Audio, #partner, for the ALC of A Box Full of Darkness in exchange for my honest review. I received the print copy from a friend. Publisher: Berkley / Penguin Audio Published: January 20, 2026   Summary: Siblings return to the house they fled eighteen years before, called back by the ghost of their long-missing brother and his haunting request to come home. Strange things happen in Fell,…

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Strangers in the Villa by Robyn Harding #bookreview #audiobook

Strangers in the Villa by Robyn Harding #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you to Hachette Audio for the ALC and Grand Central Publishing , #partner, for the advanced copy of Strangers in the Villa in exchange for my honest review.   Publisher: Grand Central Publishing / Hachette Audio Published: March 3, 2026   Summary: From the international bestselling author of The Drowning Woman, a psychological thriller about a couple rocked by infidelity who moves to a villa in Spain’s Costa Brava to rebuild…

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The Bone Queen by Will Shindler #bookreview #audiobook #debut

The Bone Queen by Will Shindler #bookreview #audiobook #debut

Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of The Bone Queen in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: February 3, 2026   Summary: A chilling horror-thriller debut where a mother’s search for her missing daughter battles against the shadows of a historic, dangerous legend. Single mother Jenna arrives on the tranquil shores of Athelsea fueled…

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Circle of Days by Ken Follett #bookreview #audiobook

Circle of Days by Ken Follett #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and Grand Central Publishing, #partner, for the finished copy of Circle of Days in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing / Hachette Audio Published: September 23, 2025   Summary: From a bestselling author of epic fiction comes the deeply human story of one of the world’s greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge. A FLINT MINER WITH A GIFT Seft, a…

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The Fourth Princess by Janie Chang #bookreview #audiobook

The Fourth Princess by Janie Chang #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / HarperAudio for the ALC and Angela Books PR, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Fourth Princess in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow / Harper Audio Published: February 10, 2026   Summary: From the internationally bestselling author of The Porcelain Moon comes a haunting Gothic novel set in 1911 China. Two young women living in a crumbling, once-grand Shanghai mansion face danger as…

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You’ll Never Know by Caleb Stephens #bookreview #audiobook

You’ll Never Know by Caleb Stephens #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon Maverick, #partner, for the ALC of You’ll Never Know in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Simon Maverick Audio Published: November 18, 2025   Summary: When his wife and unborn child are abducted, Grant Wilson races against the clock in this pulse-pounding thriller packed with riddles, danger, and the desperate fight to save his family, perfect for fans of Adrian McKinty’s The Chain. They took his wife. They…

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If You Lie by Caleb Stephens #bookreview #audiobook

If You Lie by Caleb Stephens #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon Maverick, #partner, for the ALC of If You Lie in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Simon Maverick Audio Published: October 21, 2025   Summary: A buried past. A new-age cult. A floating prison with no way off. Seven years ago, Olivia woke up in the trunk of a stranger’s car—and barely escaped with her life. She’s been looking over her shoulder ever since. Now, Olivia is a…

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Good Intentions by Marisa Waltz #bookreview #audiobook #debut

Good Intentions by Marisa Waltz #bookreview #audiobook #debut

Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of Good Intentions in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: February 3, 2026   Summary: A deft and immersive psychological suspense debut about a luxury party planner who becomes obsessed with a woman she encounters in a hospital waiting room. Cady has worked hard to have…

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The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave #bookreview #audiobook #sequel

The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave #bookreview #audiobook #sequel

Thank you Libro.fm / Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Scribner Books #partner, for the finished copy of The First Time I Saw Him in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Scribner Books / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: January 6, 2026   Summary: Laura Dave continues Hannah Hall’s pulse-pounding journey in the riveting and deeply moving sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling blockbuster and Apple TV+ show, The…

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Mini Reviews – Thriller Edition #bookreviews #audiobooks #thrillers

Mini Reviews – Thriller Edition #bookreviews #audiobooks #thrillers

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALCs and Viking Books #partner for the physical copies in exchange for my honest reviews.  The new year is off to an amazing start when it comes to thrilling, twisted reads. And these authors, both of who I have read before have solidified their place on my must-read list! While I listened to both, print would work just as well.⁣ ⁣ ANATOMY OF AN…

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The Briars by Sarah Crouch #bookreview #audiobook

The Briars by Sarah Crouch #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books #partner, for the advanced copy of The Briars in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: January 13, 2026   Summary: The USA TODAY bestselling author of Middletide returns with a lush and atmospheric novel of suspense following a young woman whose job as a game warden puts her in the path of a…

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Workhorse by Caroline Palmer #bookreview #audiobook #debut

Workhorse by Caroline Palmer #bookreview #audiobook #debut

Thank you Libro.fm/Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Flatiron Books, #partner for the finished copy of Workhorse in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Flatiron Books / Macmillan Audio Published: October 14, 2025   Summary: A richly drawn, unsettling, and wickedly funny story of envy and ambition set against the glamor and privilege of media and high society in New York City at its height. At the turn of the…

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The Future Saints by Ashley Winstead #bookreview #audiobook

The Future Saints by Ashley Winstead #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you LibroFm / Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Future Saints in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: January 20, 2026   Summary: Perfect for fans of Daisy Jones and the Six and In Five Years—a beautiful, powerful, and transportive new novel about a music executive desperately trying to bring a rock band back…

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Inside Man by John McMahon #bookreview #audiobook #series

Inside Man by John McMahon #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of Inside Man in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: January 13, 2026   Summary: In this sequel to McMahon’s electrifying series debut, Head Cases, Gardner Camden and the PAR team return to investigate potentially connected cases. FBI Agent Gardner Camden is an analytical genius with an affinity for puzzles.…

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Wreck Your Heart by Lori Rader-Day #bookreview #audiobook

Wreck Your Heart by Lori Rader-Day #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of Wreck Your Heart in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: January 6, 2026   Summary: Dahlia “Doll” Devine had the kind of hardscrabble beginning that could launch a thousand broken-hearted country songs, but now she’s the star of her own stage at McPhee’s Tavern. As part of Chicago’s—yes, Chicago’s—country…

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My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney #bookreview #audiobook

My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm/Macmillan Audio, #partner for the ALC of My Husband’s Wife in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Macmillan Audio Published: January 20, 2026   Summary: The New York Times bestselling Queen of Twists is back with a psychological masterpiece that will leave you questioning everything you know about love, identity, and revenge. Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her first…

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The Storm by Rachel Hawkins #bookreview #audiobook

The Storm by Rachel Hawkins #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of The Storm in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: January 6, 2026   Summary: St. Medard’s Bay, Alabama is famous for three things: the deadly hurricanes that regularly sweep into town, the Rosalie Inn, a century-old hotel that’s survived every one of those storms, and Lo…

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The Goldens by Lauren Wilson #bookreview #audiobook

The Goldens by Lauren Wilson #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Flatiron Books / Pine and Cedar Books, #partner for the advanced copy of The Goldens in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Pine and Cedar / Macmillan Audio Published: July 15, 2025   Summary: A dark, intoxicating and unputdownable thriller, simmering with atmosphere Chloe has always dreamed of becoming a bestselling writer. Then she meets enigmatic influencer Clara Holland, and at last, Chloe…

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The Accidental Favorite by Fran Littlewood #bookreview #audiobook

The Accidental Favorite by Fran Littlewood #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm/Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Henry Holt, #partner for the advanced copy of The Accidental Favorite in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Henry Holt / Macmillan Audio Published: June 24, 2025   Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Amazing Grace Adams comes a wryly resonant and deeply moving family dramedy investigating the question so many of us have asked ourselves: do my parents have a favorite? Vivienne…

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Sharp Force by Patricia Cornwell #bookreview #audiobook #series

Sharp Force by Patricia Cornwell #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC of Sharp Force in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the print copy for my collection. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing / Hachette Audio Published: October 7, 2025   Summary: A serial killer terrorizes Northern Virginia, his ability to come and go baffling those pursuing him with zero success. He disables the victims’ WIFI, attacking them in bed, the cause of death exsanguination…

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Heartwood by Amity Gaige #bookreview #audiobook

Heartwood by Amity Gaige #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and SimonBooksBuddy, #partner, for the finished copy of Heartwood in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Simon Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: April 1, 2025   Summary: Heartwood takes you on a journey as a search and rescue team race against time when an experienced hiker mysteriously disappears on the Appalachian Trail in Maine. In the heart of the Maine woods,…

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Needle Lake by Justine Champine #bookreview #audiobook

Needle Lake by Justine Champine #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC and Random House #partner, for the e-copy of Needle Lake in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher:  The Dial Press / Random House Audio Published: December 2, 2025   Summary: Two cousins on very different sides of adolescent girlhood spend one winter together that changes both of their lives forever. And once, after Elna came to stay, I watched a man drown there on Christmas…

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The Italian Secret by Tara Moss #bookreview #audiobook #series

The Italian Secret by Tara Moss #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC and Dutton #partner, for the finished copy of The Italian Secret in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher:  Dutton / Penguin Audio Published: December 2, 2025   Summary: #1 internationally bestselling author Tara Moss returns with an immersive post-war mystery as glamorous investigator Billie Walker follows a trail of secrets to Italy’s sun-drenched Neapolitan coast Naples, 1943. Deep within a secret network of underground…

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Mini Reviews – More Thrillers #bookreviews #thrillers #audiobooks

Mini Reviews – More Thrillers #bookreviews #thrillers #audiobooks

Thank you Libro.fm and Macmillan Audio for the ALCs and William Morrow, Minotaur Books, Simon Element and St. Martin’s Press #partner for the physical copies in exchange for my honest reviews.      Thrillers are definitely my jam…and these are all ones I highly recommend for one reason or another!   KILL YOUR DARLINGS by Peter Swanson Published: June 10, 2025, Willam Morrow / Harper Audio   Summary: From the New…

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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones #bookreview #audiobook

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones #bookreview #audiobook

I purchased the book for my own collection and borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: S&S/Saga Press / Simon and Schuster Audio Published: March 18, 2025   Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians comes a tale of the American West, writ in blood. This chilling historical novel is set in the nascent days of the state of Montana, following a Blackfeet Indian named Good Stab as…

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Death and Dinuguan by Mia P. Manansala #bookreview #audiobook #series

Death and Dinuguan by Mia P. Manansala #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC of Death and Dinuguan in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Penguin Audio Published: November 25, 2025   Summary: Love is in the air for the citizens of Shady Palms, but Cupid’s arrow isn’t the only thing striking the town—not with another killer on the loose. Things are looking up for the Brew-ha Cafe, and Lila Macapagal can’t think of anything that could break…

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Mini Reviews – Historical Fiction Edition #bookreview #historicalfiction #audiobooks

Mini Reviews – Historical Fiction Edition #bookreview #historicalfiction #audiobooks

Thank you William Morrow, #partner for the finished copies of The World’s Fair Quilt and Where the Rivers Merge and MBC Books, #partner for the finished copy of The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club, in exchange for my honest reviews. Thank you also to Libro.fm and PRH Audio for the gifted ALCs.     These are some historical fiction books I actually read over the summer and while I…

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Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite #bookreview #audiobook

Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC and Doubleday #partner,  for the advanced copy of Cursed Daughters in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher:  Doubleday / Random House Audio Published: November 4, 2025   Summary: A young woman must shake off a family curse and the widely held belief that she is the reincarnation of her dead cousin in this wickedly funny, brilliantly perceptive novel about love, female rivalry, and superstition from the…

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Parents Weekend by Alex Finlay #bookreview #audiobook

Parents Weekend by Alex Finlay #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm /Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of Parents Weekend in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: May 6, 2025   Summary: From the bestselling author of If Something Happens to Me, comes one of the year’s most anticipated thrillers. In the glow of their children’s exciting first year of college at a small private school in…

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