Month: March 2021

Books, Reading

Special Feature/Excerpt: A Captain for Caroline Gray by Julie Wright

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I have really enjoyed all of the titles I have read from Shadow Mountain Publishing! They put out proper historical romances and almost every single one I have read is full of romance and chemistry between the characters. This book sounds like it’s going to be no exception from the excerpt I just read. I plan on reading this one later this spring because it looks so good!

If you are a fan of historical romances but prefer them sweet over sultry, then anything from this publishing house promises to satisfy you! Author Julie Wright has written a number of books and has won awards for her romances which means she’s a seasoned writer with proved experience in the romance genre.

I am so excited to be part of this blog tour for her upcoming novel and like I said I plan on reading it this spring! Keep reading today for a sneak peak into this novel with an excerpt below. Also be sure to follow along on the blog tour as there are a few more excerpts to check out as well!

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Review: Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan

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This book has been on my radar for months—ever since I was part of the cover reveal I have been counting down the days until this one! I have read a couple of Patti Callahan’s books prior to this one and loved them! But this book sounded like it was going to be one of her best yet!

The cover is absolutely captivating and promises a wonderful historical fiction novel contained within, but as we all know, we can’t judge a book by it’s cover—however tempting it might be. Even with that thought in mind, my expectations were high for this one simply based on the cover.

But if reading Becoming Mrs Lewis taught me anything it’s that Callahan is a superb writer and does a wonderful job with her research. So naturally my expectations were high for this one—gorgeous cover or not. I sat down with this one on a quiet Sunday morning and it simply did not let me go for the next couple of days. I was lost in the story and adored it!

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Special Feature: Are We There Yet? By Kathleen West

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When I first saw the cover of this book, all I could think was that it must be a thriller. When I read the first line in the summary: Among fake Instagram pages, long-buried family secrets, and the horrors of middle school, one suburban mom searches to find herself. And all I could think was ok when does the murdering start? I kept reading the summary and I was like ok, come on where is the murder? So many novels that are set in the suburbs have a murder or thriller component to them that I just naturally expected this one to be the same but as I kept reading I was like oh wow ok this is something different!

I think this book is going to be a hit with suburban housewives and moms like me. I am so excited to check this one out and I think it’s going to be a wonderful and relevant read. It sounds clever and funny and I am so here for it! Getting a call from my sons school about his behavior is up there when it comes to parental fears and I would read this book just because I can sympathize with that part of the book!

This one has been getting rave reviews and I am so excited to share a bit about it with you guys today. This one is for all the moms out there who are trying to raise their kids in a social media driven world! Be sure to check it out, this one is out now and promises to be full of relatable content!

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Review: Ladies of the House by Lauren Edmondson

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Sense and Sensibility is one of my favorite Jane Austen novels! Whenever I see Austen re-tellings with a modern flair…..I try to be wary. Some are great but others miss the mark and but yet no matter how great or awful the re-tellings are, I still can’t resist them in any form! When I saw that Lauren Edmondson was writing a modern re-telling of Sense and Sensibility, for good or for bad, I was so excited to read it!

But I went into it knowing that nothing will ever live up to the original Sense and Sensibility—nor should it! Austen had her own unique voice and I expected Edmondson to have her own voice as well, but what I did hope was that Edmondson did justice to the Dashwood sisters and the spirit of the original novel.

It’s hard to do a good retelling which is why I have been wary but try and I might, I just can’t resist reading another and another and another to see how well or how poorly it was executed. This one however I think did a nice job at recreating the Dashwood sisters as modern women. While not with out some flaws, the story overall was fun, modern, and a cheeky nod to Sense and Sensibility!

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Re-Share Review: Horror Stories by Liz Phair

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If you have followed my blog for any length of time you will notice that one genre is particularly lacking and that’s memoirs! I don’t read lot of memoirs/autobiographies/biographies/non-fiction but occasionally one of two pop up on my radar, such as this one!

I read this book in Oct 2019 and really enjoyed it! Liz Phair is the soundtrack of my teenage years so reading her book was such a treat for me and I loved giving into her world and life for a few days of reading! Now her book, Horror Stories, is out in paperback and I thought it would be fun to re-share my original review with you guys!

Liz Phair is such a talented musician and I was thrilled to see that her talents didn’t just stop at music, but crossed over into writing. If you are a fan of her music or simply candid takes on important issues, I think you will really enjoy her story! It’s out in paper back now so be sure to snag yourself a copy!

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