I have a not-so-secret love of dystopian fiction and a good apocalypse. This sounded intriguing and I love the way that Kindle lets me get great books for pennies! 25 Perfect Days byMark Tullius: A totalitarian state doesn’t just happen overnight. It’s a slow, dangerous slide. 25 Perfect Days chronicles the path into a hellish future of food shortages, contaminated water,… Read more
Instead of reviews copies, this week I’ve got some books that I actually purchased! First up – The Seventh Child by Erik Valeur: On September 11, 2001, on a desolate beach on the outskirts of Copenhagen, police begin investigating the strange death of an unidentified woman. Surrounding the body are what appear to be offerings to the deceased: a book, a… Read more
Today, I’ve got another digital review copy – The Home Place by Carrie La Seur: The only Terrebonne who made it out, Alma thought she was done with Montana, with its bleak winters and stifling ways. But an unexpected call from the local police takes the successful lawyer back to her provincial hometown and pulls her into the family trouble she… Read more
Sometimes, I forget to put the review copies up here when they are digital, so I am going to put a few up that are waiting for me to get a little reading time. This one sounds really intriguing – One Hundred Names: A Novel by Cecelia Ahern: Scandal has derailed Journalist Kitty Logan’s career, a setback that is soon compounded… Read more
Okay, a little something from my personal library. I heard a lot of good buzz about this one and can’t wait to read it – all I need is a little time. This one is The House Girl by Tara Conklin: The House Girl, the historical fiction debut by Tara Conklin, is an unforgettable story of love, history, and a search for… Read more
And another terrific new title this week: Until You’re Mine by Samantha Hayes Claudia Morgan-Brown finally has it all. Pregnant with a much-wanted first baby of her own, she has a happily established family of two small step-sons and a loving husband with a great career. But she is also committed to her full-time job as a social worker, and her… Read more
Okay, I’ve been lazy about getting my new books up here, and I have a couple of new titles to share! First is Bittersweet: A Novel by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore: On scholarship at a prestigious East Coast college, ordinary Mabel Dagmar is surprised to befriend her roommate, the beautiful, wild, blue-blooded Genevra Winslow. Ev invites Mabel to spend the summer at Bittersweet, her cottage on… Read more
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. You know the rules: grab your current read, open to a random page and share a two sentence teaser with us (no spoilers!). Be sure to tell us about the book, so we can add it to our TBR list! This week, my teaser is from William… Read more
I don’t think this is one that I requested, but it sounds fascinating. I can’t wait to get a chance to dig into Above by Isla Morley: Blythe Hallowell is sixteen when she is abducted by a survivalist and locked away in an abandoned missile silo in Eudora, Kansas. At first, she focuses frantically on finding a way out, until the… Read more
It’s been almost 2 years since I reviewed Deborah Crombie’s No Mark Upon Her. I really liked the dynamic between the key characters, Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James, so I am really looking forward to reading another book in this series, The Sound of Broken Glass: Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James are on the case in Deborah Crombie’s The Sound… Read more