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Cape May by Chip Creek
Published: April 30, 2019 by Celadon Books Dates Read: May 6 – May 8, 2019 Genre/Category: General Fiction (Adult), Women’s Fiction Read For: ARC /NetGalley Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars 1950’s Shades of Cape May. That’s it, review over. Go home. No, seriously, I can‘t say that, there is some depth to this book and it’s certainly worth the read. Book Synopsis from Amazon: A mesmerizing debut novel by Chip Cheek, Cape May explores the social and sexual mores of 1950s America through the eyes of a newly married couple from the genteel south corrupted by sophisticated New England urbanites. Late
Not Quite Dead by Dawn Harris Sherling
Published: December 10, 2018 by Dawn Harris Sherling/Independent Book Publishers Association Dates Read: May 4 – May 6, 2019 Genre/Category: Medical Fiction, Medical Thrillers Read For: NetGalley Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars I’m a sucker for a good medical mystery. Heck, I could be considered a sucker for a bad medical mystery as well. Not Quite Dead made it onto one of those lists, and with 4 stars I bet you can guess which one. Book synopsis from Amazon: Doctor Autumn Johnson is convinced that someone wants the promising young researcher, Jay Abrams, dead. And as a newly minted
Little Darlings by Melanie Golding
Published: April 30, 2019 by Crooked Lane Books Dates Read: April 30 – May 3, 2019 Genre/Category: Horror, Mystery & Thrillers Read For: ARC / NetGalley Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 4 1/2 stars Little Darlings. Oh, what did I just read? My head is still spinning. I need to talk to Melanie Golding ASAP and pick her brain! Book synopsis from Amazon: Everyone says Lauren Tranter is exhausted, that she needs rest. And they’re right; with newborn twins, Morgan and Riley, she’s never been more tired in her life. But she knows what she saw: that night, in her hospital room,
Better Off Divorced by Marianne Hansen
Published: April 20, 2019 by Simon Watson Publishing Dates Read: April 17, – April 21, 2019 Genre/Category: Women’s Fiction / Women’s Humor Read For: Free copy for Review / Marianne Hansen & KateRockBookTour ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars Do you like Chic-Lit? Well, this is chic-lit at its finest. A quirky new book about love, friendship, and starting over, truly some laugh out loud enjoyable reading. Book synopsis: She’s about to go down the aisle again. But her ex-husband could end up much more than an objection. Grace just wants what’s best for her kids. Now happily engaged and ready
City of Flickering Light by Juliette Fay
Published: April 16, 2019 by Gallery Books Dates Read: April 15 – 16, 2019 Genre/Category: Historical Fiction Read For: Gallery books/Goodreads ARC ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 3.5 stars City of Flickering Light is a tantalizing ride back to the 1920’s Hollywood and the booming silent film industry. It follows 3 characters as they escape a moving train and their stagnant careers in a burlesque show, finding their way to Hollywood in hopes of making it big. Irene, Millie and Henry are bright eyed and optimistic when they land at their destination, but they are not prepared for the hardship, destitution, starvation
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
Published: April 16, 2019 by Sarah Crichton Books Dates Read: April 13 – 14, 2019 Genre/Category: General Fiction/Literary Fiction Read For: NetGalley ARC ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 stars Big Little Lies meets the courtroom thriller mystery in Angie Kim’s debut novel Miracle Creek. DO NOT pass this one up. Easily earns 5 stars. Miracle Creek, a town in rural Virginia. Young and Pak Yoo, immigrants from Korea who live in Miracle Creek and run a privately owned medical device, a chamber for hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) treating off label/experimental conditions that hospitals won’t. An explosion. 2 deaths. A murder investigation. A
My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
Published: March 26, 2019 by Berkley Dates Read: April 7 – 10, 2019 Genre/Category: Psychological Thriller/Suspense Read For: Personal Read /TBR List ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 4.5 stars This is where you put strong emphasis on the word PSYCHO in psychological thriller. To use her own words, the author (Samantha Downing) has a very “disturbed” mind. Truth be told, I am outright JEALOUS. Where in the world does one come up with these things????? My Lovely Wife is the story of a married couple who live the good life, with a beautiful home, satisfying jobs, exceptional children, first-rate friends in a
Book Review: Beautiful Bad by Annie Ward
Published: March 5, 2019 by Harlequin – Trade Publishing Dates Read: April 7 – 10, 2019 Genre/Category: Psychological Thriller/Suspense / Psychological Fiction Read For: NetGalley Free Copy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 stars Stop the presses! Psychological thrillers have a new contender! Every author always strives to write the next best psychological thriller. We’ve been inundated with so many that the plots have become expected and outcomes predictable. As readers we almost certainly experience burnout, but we are dedicated and we keep on reading. Beautiful Bad by Annie Ward is absolutely not your typical psychological thriller, there is a different type
Book Review: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green Published: September 25, 2018 by Dutton/Penguin Random House Genre/Category: Speculative Fiction Dates Read: March 27 – 29, 2019 Read For: Book Club and Personal ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 stars You know when I close a book and say WOW that I am going to give it 5 stars. WOW So I chose this book for the book club I have been running for 6 years now. Most of us don’t really like SciFi or Fantasy, so I wasn’t sure how some of the theme of this one was going to go over, but it had
Book Review: I’m Fine and Neither are You
I’m Fine and Neither Are You by: Camille Pagan Published: April 1, 2019 by Lake Union Publishing Genre/Category: Literary Fiction Dates Read: March 22 – 24, 2019 Read For: March Amazon First Read Pick ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Stars 3 Initially I feel like I was duped. The synopsis about this book led me to believe it was a bit more Chic Lit and lighthearted than it was, but it didn’t start out that way. In the beginning I couldn’t put it down, I felt like I was about to read an amazing story about a horribly relevant topic. Yeah, no. My
Book Review: Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss
Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss A Novel by Rajeev Balasubramanyam Published: March 26, 2019 by Penguin Random House Genre/Category: Literary Fiction Dates Read: March 19 – 22, 2019 Read for: NetGalley ARC Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 4.5 stars I really struggled with writing this review because I had so many mixed emotions about this book, that’s why it took me so long to get it up and available. The best way to start is to dive in. I was given an ARC by NetGalley to review shortly before the book was to be published. I thought it would be a fairly quick
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