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Special Feature: M.L. Longworth featured on NPR’s Crime in the City
When the seasons start to change from summer to fall….I find myself instinctively drawn to reading a good murder mystery. For me, fall means curling up by the fire with a pumpkin spice latte and reading a good who-dunnit! I was recently approached by Penguin to review M.L. Longworth’s latest novel Murder on the Île Sordou (Verlaque and Bonnet #4) and let me just say that this book is satisfying my urge to read a good mystery! I should finish it up tonight, I started reading it this weekend and haven’t put it down since! My review will be up later this month but in the mean time…..M.L. Longworth was recently featured…
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Special Feature: Harbor Island (Sharpe & Donovan #4) by Carla Neggers
I recently reviewed one of Carla Neggers’s Sharpe & Donovan novel, Declan’s Cross and though I didn’t read some of the other novels in the series, it was an interesting plot with with history, romance, and suspense. I am looking forward to the novel book in the series, Harbor Island. In this book, Emma Sharpe finds herself on a wild ride which takes her from Boston, to Ireland, and back across the pond to Maine. I am thrilled to be able to post this except from this thrilling novel! Please enjoy the excerpt and be sure to add it to your TBR list today!
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Special Feature: CASCADE by Maryanne O’Hara picked as book of the month
Here is a special feature for my follower on the east coast, especially in the Boston area! Last year I read and reviewed CASCADE by Maryanne O’Hara and absolutely loved it! I was thrilled to learn that it was selected as the book of the month for The Globe’s Book Club! Back in June, The Pulitzer-Prize winning Boston Globe announced that it has launched the Globe Book Club, a community forum that will enable book lovers across New England to read a novel together and dig into the book’s theme and origin story, through curated conversations online and at events. The first title, chosen in a public BostonGlobe.com poll, is ‘Cascade’ by Massachusetts author Maryanne O’Hara.
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Review: One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
I’ve been a fan of Jojo Moyes since I read Me Before You last year. Since then I’ve read two more of her novels, The Girl You Left Behind and Silver Bay. I love her storytelling style and her romances are usually unique, touching, and compelling. However, the last novel I read by her, Silver Bay, lacked some of her usual magic so needless to say I was hesitant to review One Plus One. The reviews I had seen online though made me decide to read One Plus One, in hopes of recapturing some of the magic from Moyes earlier novels. I was glad that I decided to give this one…
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Review: Silver Bay by JoJo Moyes
Liza McCullen lives in the small community of Silver Bay with it’s pristine beaches and secluded lifestyle, she feels completely at ease and safe in her life. Liza and her family run a small hotel there that features small exhibitions to see dolphins, whales, and all the beautiful sea creatures of the Australian coast. Running the whale watching tour is something extremely important to Liza, but not as important to her as raising her daughter Hannah. All of the women in Liza’s family have secrets…but none so big as Liza. Though she is the strong one in her little family, deep down she is as fragile as the delicate marine…
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Interview: The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joel Dicker
With the upcoming US release of this #1 international bestselling thriller, The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair A global phenomenon, with over 2 million copies sold in Europe, THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HARRY QUEBERT AFFAIR is a fast-paced, tightly plotted, cinematic literary thriller about the disappearance of a fifteen-year-old New Hampshire girl and, thirty years later, a young American writer’s determination to clear his mentor’s name. Please enjoy this conversation with Joel Dicker about his upcoming novel!
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Review: The Lincoln Myth (Cotton Malone #9) by Steve Berry
All is not as it seems. A simple phrase that could be dangerous in the wrong hands. Abraham Lincoln must make a choice, keep the secret or not. He could save thousands or have the country torn apart…..Lincoln alone holds the power. Retired agent, Cotton Malone is asked by his former boss to do a favor. It sounds relatively cut and dry, but as soon as he agrees he realizes this is a bit more involved than he originally expected. Unbeknownst to him, his girlfriend is also being recruited for this ‘favor’. This only complicates matters further as she is in deep cover.
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Special Feature: The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joel Dicker
I am thrilled to inform you all about the upcoming US release of the #1 international bestseller THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HARRY QUEBERT AFFAIR (A Penguin Books Original; On-sale: May 27, 2014; $18.00), a debut novel by 28-year-old Swiss author Joël Dicker. A global phenomenon, with over 2 million copies sold in Europe, THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HARRY QUEBERT AFFAIR is a fast-paced, tightly plotted, cinematic literary thriller about the disappearance of a fifteen-year-old New Hampshire girl and, thirty years later, a young American writer’s determination to clear his mentor’s name—and find the inspiration for his next bestseller. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly said, “Dicker makes his U.S. debut with an ambitious, multilayered novel of suspense…this…
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Review: The House at the End of Hope Street by Menna van Praag
Alba’s life is falling apart. Everything that she has been working for has literally come to a grinding halt, she has lost all hope. While working on her MPhil at Cambridge, she suddenly gets rejected and can no longer continue pursuing her passion–history. While wandering the streets of Cambridge one night, she suddenly finds herself in front of a house that she has never seen before. Mysteriously drawn to the house, Alba is met by the land lady, Peggy, who invites her into the house for some tea. As soon as Alba enters the house, she notices the hundreds of photos of famous women in British history–Beatrix Potter, George Eliot, Daphne…
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Announcement: Winner Steal the North by Heather Brittain Bergstrom
And the winner of Steal the North by Heather Brittain Bergstrom is…. Jessika (subscribes to blog) The winner will be notified via email. Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to the publisher for making this giveaway possible!