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    ๐Ÿ“š ๐…๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐–๐ซ๐š๐ฉ-๐”๐ฉ ๐Ÿ“š I blinked . . . & February w ๐Ÿ“š ๐…๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐–๐ซ๐š๐ฉ-๐”๐ฉ ๐Ÿ“š I blinked . . . & February was over.ย  Despite how demanding life has been, I again managed to read 8๏ธโƒฃย books in February, and what a stellar group they are! โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ๐Ÿ“– ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ by ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐Ÿ“– ๐€ ๐†๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  by ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ ๐˜’๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต ๐Ÿ“– ๐๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฒ ๐’๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ซ by ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐Ÿ“– ๐—ช๐š๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐ž by ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ž byย ๐˜•๐˜๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข ๐˜Œ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ by ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆย ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ ๐Ÿ“– ๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐›๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐—ช๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐Š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  by ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ขย ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆย  ๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ by ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ ๐˜‘. ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ด ษชแด› แด€สŸแดกแด€ส๊œฑ ๊œฑแด‡แด‡แด๊œฑ แด›สœแด€แด› ษช ษขแด‡แด› แดแด๊œฑแด› แด๊œฐ แดส ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข แด…แดษดแด‡ ส™แด‡แด›แดกแด‡แด‡ษด 10:00ย แด˜.แด. & 2:00 แด€.แด., แด€สŸแด›สœแดแดœษขสœ ษช แด˜ษชแด„แด‹ แดœแด˜ แด›สœแด‡ ส™แดแดแด‹ ษช'แด แด„แดœส€ส€แด‡ษดแด›สŸสย ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข แดกสœแด‡ษดแด‡แด แด‡ส€ ษช สœแด€แด แด‡ แด€ ๊œฐแด‡แดก ๊œฑแด˜แด€ส€แด‡ แดแดแดแด‡ษดแด›๊œฑ. แดกสœแด‡ษด แด…แด สแดแดœ ษขแด‡แด› แดแด๊œฑแด› แด๊œฐ สแดแดœส€ ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข แด…แดษดแด‡? #MonthlyWrapUp #Colloquium #BookReviewer #ThrillerBookLoversย #BookFriendsBookClub #TandemGlobalCOllective #TandemReadalongย #Seascraper #BenjaminWood #AGiftBeforeDying #MalcolmKemptย #PinkySwear #DanielleGirard #WaitForMe #AmyJoBurnsย #TheSevenDaughtersOfDupree #BlackHistoryMonth #NikeshaEliseWilliamsย #TheConfessionArtist #ChristineCarbo #SomebodyWorthKillingย #JessicaPayne #ThroneOfGlass #SarahJMaas
    ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐Ÿ“š Extending thanks & gratitude to @bl ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐Ÿ“š Extending thanks & gratitude to @blackstonepublishing! Getting book mail is so much fun, especially when it arrives in the form of a box filled with surprises! They sent 4๏ธโƒฃ books, all with fabulous, evocative covers! And some goodies to enjoy while reading.๐Ÿฟ ๐Ÿ“™ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ (part of the Dream Series) by ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐Ÿ“• ๐—ช๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐’๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐…๐ฅ๐ฒ by ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐Ÿ“˜ ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ” ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ by ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐Ÿ“— ๐”๐ง๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ by ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜บ Now I have to decide which book to read first. ๐Ÿค” ษชแด›'๊œฑ แด€สŸส€แด‡แด€แด…ส แดแด€ส€แด„สœ! โ˜˜๏ธ แดกสœแด€แด› ส™แดแดแด‹(๊œฑ) แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ แดแด๊œฑแด› แด‡xแด„ษชแด›แด‡แด… แด€ส™แดแดœแด› ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข แด›สœษช๊œฑ แดแดษดแด›สœ? #bookstagram #books #booklover #Colloquium #bookreviewer #Gift #BookMail #BookMailIsTheBestMail #BlackstonePublishing #BlackstoneInsiders #ShatteredDreams #NatashaMadison #WhenSparksFly #MonicaMurray #56Days #CatherineRyanHoward #Unbound #ChristyHealy
    ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐•Œ๐•ก๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ โ„๐•–๐•๐•–๐•’๐•ค๐•– ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐“๐š๐ซ๐š ๐†๐จ๐ž๐๐ฃ๐ž๐ง describes her a ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐•Œ๐•ก๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ โ„๐•–๐•๐•–๐•’๐•ค๐•– ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐“๐š๐ซ๐š ๐†๐จ๐ž๐๐ฃ๐ž๐ง describes her adult debut novel, ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ, as "a genre-bender born out of my lifelong fascination with both true crime & gothic novels.โ€ There's nothing better than a gripping murder mystery incorporating a glamorous castle where many people have died ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ possible supernatural elements. Goedjen wants readers to contemplate "how our lives are shaped by the stories we tell about the world, & about ourselves," likely fueled by the contemporary element of the podcast playing out with the centuries-old castle as a backdrop. ๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ. ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ: ๐˜–๐˜ค๐˜ต. ๐Ÿท๐Ÿน, ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿผ. Synopsis: ๐˜ˆ๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜Œ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ-๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ-๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด & ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด. When they were teenagers, Miaโ€™s beloved cousin was murdered during their stay at an infamous castle in the Austrian Alps. As the only witness, Miaโ€™s testimony put the killer behind bars, but it tore her life apart. The media accused her aunt, a controversial true crime author, of being involved. Now, a decade later, the murderer is appealing his conviction, & a popular true crime podcast covers the case, determined to exonerate him, & resurfacing lies about Miaโ€™s family in the process. Desperate to protect her aunt โ€” & what she knows to be the truth โ€” Mia returns to Austria. The castle is being revamped as a luxury hotel, & Mia lands a job as a nanny for the new owner, hiding in plain sight as she investigates, needing to set the story straight once & for all. But after someone mysteriously disappears on the property & sinister new evidence emerges regarding her cousinโ€™s death, she realizes she might have accused the wrong man . . . & put her own life in danger. แดกสœแด€แด› 3 ส™แดแดแด‹๊œฑ แด€ส€แด‡ แดษด แด›สœแด‡ แด›แดแด˜ แด๊œฐ สแดแดœส€ แด›ส™ส€ สŸษช๊œฑแด›/๊œฑแด›แด€แด„แด‹ ๊œฐแดส€ แดแด€ส€แด„สœ? #UpcomingRelease #ThrillerBookLoversThePulse #PleaseEnjoyYourStay #Tara Goedjen #Atria #EmilyBestlerBooks
    ๐“ฃ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ถ ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ญ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฐ This is Day 2 of the ๐“๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ฆ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ ๐“ฃ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ถ ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ญ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฐ This is Day 2 of the ๐“๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ฆ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  of ๐€ ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ by ๐’๐ก๐š๐ง๐š ๐€๐›๐ž. I was instantly intrigued by the setting. There have been countless books written about the Titanic, but this is my first opportunity to read historical fiction concerning the RMS Lusitania. I'm reading, annotating, & taking notes on my Kindle Scribe Colorsoft to which I recently treated myself. ๐Ÿ˜Š Love it! ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด: In turn of the century England, the Jolivet family lives a charmed existence. The vivacious daughter of a wealthy vineyard owner & a French pianist, Marguerite, the eldest of 3, surprises no one when she announces, at 18, her intent to become an actress. Her sister, Inez, a virtuosa violinist, moves to London with her & they're celebrated in the highest social circles. Under her stage name, Rita quickly draws the attention of theater producer Charles Frohman. From the West End to Broadway, & then in silent films, Rita becomes known for her โ€œsultry eyes, her mystic smile." Filming in Italy, sheโ€™s courted by a charismatic aristocrat & feels on the verge of a dream life. Inez has found love & is traveling the world with her husband. War soon rages across Europe. Rita, in New York, learns their brother is enlisting. Hoping to see him before he departs, Rita books passage on the fastest steamer: RMS Lusitania. The ship sails under a British flag. The German government warns that all such vessels are fair game. But would Germany risk attacking such a swift, imposing ship carrying Americans? Aboard, Rita finds Charles & her brother-in-law are passengers. Parties & luxury ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต calm Ritaโ€™s unease. But as the ship nearsย Liverpool, Rita, her family, & theย world are changed forever by the voyageโ€™s infamous &ย catastrophic end. แดกสœแด€แด›ย ส™แดแดแด‹-ส€แด‡สŸแด€แด›แด‡แด… แดแด‡ส€แด„สœแด€ษดแด…ษช๊œฑแด‡ แด…ษชแด… สแดแดœ แดแด๊œฑแด› ส€แด‡แด„แด‡ษดแด›สŸส แด›ส€แด‡แด€แด› สแดแดœส€๊œฑแด‡สŸ๊œฐ แด›แด? #Bookstagram #BookReviewer #Colloquium #TandemReadalongย #TandemCollectiveGlobal #ShanaAbe #KensingtonPublishingย #HistoricalFiction
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐”—๐”ž๐”ซ๐”ก๐”ข๐”ช โ„œ๐”ข๐”ž๐”ก๐”ž๐”ฉ๐”ฌ๐”ซ๐”ค ๐ŸŽน I am really enjoying ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ“– ๐”—๐”ž๐”ซ๐”ก๐”ข๐”ช โ„œ๐”ข๐”ž๐”ก๐”ž๐”ฉ๐”ฌ๐”ซ๐”ค ๐ŸŽน I am really enjoying ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ by ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐‰. ๐Œ๐š๐š๐ฌ! It's a fast-paced, intriguing fantasy at the center of which is eighteen-year-old Celaena Sardothien, the enslaved assassin who has been selected by Crown Prince Damian to compete for her freedom. I was surprised when, in one scene, Celaena discovers a pianoforte in the castle. "She used to play -- oh, she'd loved to play, loved music, the way music could break and heal and make everything seem possible and heroic." She approaches the instrument tentatively, but then the "notes burst from her fingers, staggering at first, but then more confidently as the emotion of the music took over." Later in the story, Dorian requests that she play for him, asking, "Why do you like music so much?" A lifelong musician (piano is my primary instrument), her response resonates with me: ๐˜ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ต, ๐˜ . . . ๐˜ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง, ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜'๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต . . . ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜'๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. ๐˜'๐˜ฎ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. . . . ๐˜ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ. . . . ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. แด…แด สแดแดœ ๊œฐษชษดแด… แด„แด‡สŸแด€แด‡ษดแด€'๊œฑ แด€ษด๊œฑแดกแด‡ส€ ส€แด‡สŸแด€แด›แด€ส™สŸแด‡? ษช๊œฑ แด›สœแด‡ส€แด‡ ๊œฑแดแดแด‡แด›สœษชษดษข แดแด›สœแด‡ส€ แด›สœแด€ษด แดแดœ๊œฑษชแด„ สแดแดœ แด‡ษดแดŠแดส แด…แดษชษดษข แด›สœแด€แด› ษขษชแด แด‡๊œฑ สแดแดœ แด›สœแด€แด› ๊œฑแด€แดแด‡ ๊œฑแด‡ษด๊œฑแด‡ แด๊œฐ แด„ส€แด‡แด€แด›ษชษดษข ๊œฑแดแดแด‡แด›สœษชษดษข แด แด€สŸแดœแด€ส™สŸแด‡, แดแด‡แด€ษดษชษดษข๊œฐแดœสŸ, แด€ษดแด…/แดส€ สœแด‡แด€สŸษชษดษข? #Bookstagram #BookReviewer #Colloquium #ThroneOfGlassQuest #Quest5 #TandemReadalong #TandemCollectiveGlobal #Fantasy #Romantasy #SarahJMaas #BloomsburyBooksUS
    ๐Ÿ“š๏ผข๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ‹ ๏ผญ๏ฝ๏ฝ‰๏ฝŒ๐Ÿ“ฌ It's a new week . . . & I've received ๐Ÿ“š๏ผข๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ‹ ๏ผญ๏ฝ๏ฝ‰๏ฝŒ๐Ÿ“ฌ It's a new week . . . & I've received sooooooo many excellent books to read! As always, I'm grateful to the generous publishers who send me wonderful books to enjoy & learn from. And there are so many new-to-me authors included whose work I am going to experience for the first time! It's exciting to discover talented writers, but my auto-read list of authors continues expanding along with my TBR list/stacks. ๐Ÿ“— ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž by ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต (Crown Publishing) ๐Ÿ“™ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐š๐ฆ by ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ณ (Algonquin Books) ๐Ÿ“• ๐†๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ๐š by ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ (Blackstone Publishing) ๐Ÿ“” ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ by ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜›๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ (Scribner) ๐Ÿ“˜ ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  by ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช (Henry Holt & Company) ๐Ÿ“— ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž by ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ข (Scribner) ๐Ÿ“• ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ by ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ช (Kensington Publishing) แดกสœแด€แด› ส™แดแดแด‹(๊œฑ) สœแด€แด แด‡ สแดแดœ แด€แด…แด…แด‡แด… แด›แด สแดแดœส€ สœแดแดแด‡ สŸษชส™ส€แด€ส€ส ส€แด‡แด„แด‡ษดแด›สŸส แด›สœแด€แด› สแดแดœ แด€ส€แด‡ แด‡๊œฑแด˜แด‡แด„ษชแด€สŸสŸส แด‡xแด„ษชแด›แด‡แด… แด€ส™แดแดœแด› ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข? #bookstagram #books #booklover #Colloquium #bookreviewer #Gift #BookMail #BookMailIsTheBestMail #RunOnRed #NoelleWIhli #GoodPeople #PatmeenaSabit #MissingSam #ThrityUmrigar #GhostsOfHiroshima #CharlesPelligrino #MajesticHills #DawnTurner #MassMothering #SarahBruni #AllThatIsLeftOfLife #RobertaRecchia #CrownPublishing #BlackstonePublishing #Scribner #HenryHoltandCompany #KensingtonPublishing
    ๐•ฎ๐–”๐–’๐–Š ๐–”๐–“ ๐–† ๐––๐–š๐–Š๐–˜๐–™ ๐–œ๐–Ž๐–™๐– ๐–’๐–Š! I'm reading ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ฅ ๐•ฎ๐–”๐–’๐–Š ๐–”๐–“ ๐–† ๐––๐–š๐–Š๐–˜๐–™ ๐–œ๐–Ž๐–™๐– ๐–’๐–Š! I'm reading ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ and ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ข๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ by ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐‰. ๐Œ๐š๐š๐ฌ! แด…แด สแดแดœ ส€แด‡แด€แด… ๊œฐแด€ษดแด›แด€๊œฑส แด€ษดแด…/แดส€ ส€แดแดแด€ษดแด›แด€๊œฑส? ษช๊œฐ ๊œฑแด, สœแด€แด แด‡ สแดแดœ ส€แด‡แด€แด… แดษดแด‡ แดส€ ส™แดแด›สœ แด๊œฐ แด›สœแด‡๊œฑแด‡ ส™แดแดแด‹๊œฑ? แด›แด‡สŸสŸ แดแด‡ แดกสœแด€แด› สแดแดœ สŸแดแด แด‡แด… แด€ส™แดแดœแด› แด›สœแด‡แด! ษช๊œฐ สแดแดœ'ส€แด‡ ษดแดแด› แด€ ๊œฐแด€ษดแด›แด€๊œฑส แด€ษดแด…/แดส€ ส€แดแดแด€ษดแด›แด€๊œฑส ส€แด‡แด€แด…แด‡ส€, แด…แด สแดแดœ แด‡ษดแดŠแดส ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข ษดแด‡แดก-แด›แด-สแดแดœ ษขแด‡ษดส€แด‡๊œฑ? แดกแดแดœสŸแด… สแดแดœ ษขษชแด แด‡ ๊œฐแด€ษดแด›แด€๊œฑส แด€ษดแด…/แดส€ ส€แดแดแด€ษดแด›แด€๊œฑส แด€ แด›ส€ส? แดŠแดœ๊œฑแด› ษดแดแด› สแดแดœส€ แดŠแด€แด? แด›สœแด€แด›'๊œฑ แดแด‹. แดกสœแด€แด› แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœส€ ๊œฐแด€แด แดส€ษชแด›แด‡ ษขแด‡ษดส€แด‡๊œฑ? #ThroneOfGlassQuest #TandemReadalong #TandemCollectiveGlobal #Fantasy #Romantasy #Colloquium #BookReviewer #SarahJMaas #ReadNewGenres
    THANK YOU SO MUCH, @malcolmkempt & @crownpublishin THANK YOU SO MUCH, @malcolmkempt & @crownpublishing! This was a wonderful, informative discussion about A GIFT BEFORE DYING! โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Malcolm, you are gracious & delightful, & I look forward to talking with you again about your next book! #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #AGiftBeforeDying #MalcolmKempt #CrownPublishing #CrimeThriller
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐“พ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“’๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„๏ผ๐Ÿ“จ I'll be in conv ๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐“พ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“’๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„๏ผ๐Ÿ“จ I'll be in conversation with author ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐Š๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ aboutย his riveting debut novel, ๐€ ๐†๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  liveย on this page! ๐—ช๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐…๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐„๐’๐“ | ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š.๐ฆ. ๐๐’๐“ ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด: ๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญย ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จย ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ขย ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณย ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐย ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ โ€” ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅย ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ. After a botched high-profile murder investigation, Corporal Elderickย Cole is exiled to the remote, rugged landscape of Nunavut, a vastย territory in the Arctic Circle known for its untamed beauty, frigidย temperatures, and endless winter nights. With his family havingย severed all ties, Cole waits out the result of a civil lawsuit aloneย โ€” the wrong verdict could end whatโ€™s left of his flailing career. His bleak existence takes a sinister turn when he discovers theย hanging body of Pitseolala, a troubled Inuit girl whom he had swornย to protect. Her death dredges up demons he thought heโ€™d buried alongย with the scars of a fractured marriage and the aching divide betweenย him and his estranged daughter. As Coleโ€™s life unravels โ€” and with it, the fragile thread of hisย investigation, he turns to Pitseolalaโ€™s younger brother, Maliktu, aย fellow outsider. Itโ€™s then that Cole uncovers what binds them โ€” aย singular mission to find her killer. Against fierce backlash, Coleโ€™s overriding desire to redeem just oneย aspect of his otherwise failed life becomes an obsession โ€” and heโ€™sย willing to break every rule in his unyielding pursuit of justice andย the smallest shred of redemption. ษช สœแดแด˜แด‡ สแดแดœ'สŸสŸ แดŠแดษชษด แดœ๊œฑ แด›แด สŸแด‡แด€ส€ษด แดแดส€แด‡ แด€ส™แดแดœแด› แดแด€สŸแด„แดสŸแด & สœษช๊œฑ แดกส€ษชแด›ษชษดษข! สœแด€แด แด‡ สแดแดœ แด…ษช๊œฑแด„แดแด แด‡ส€แด‡แด… แด€ แด…แด‡ส™แดœแด› แด€แดœแด›สœแดส€ แดกสœแด๊œฑแด‡ แดกแดส€แด‹ สแดแดœ แด‡ษดแดŠแดสแด‡แด… ส€แด‡แด„แด‡ษดแด›สŸส? #Colloquium #AuthorChat #DebutFiction #AGiftBeforeDyingย #MalcolmKempt #CrownPublishing
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐”น๐• ๐• ๐•œ โ„๐•–๐•ง๐•š๐•–๐•จ ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ง I hope ๐‰๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ง๐ž is wri ๐Ÿ“– ๐”น๐• ๐• ๐•œ โ„๐•–๐•ง๐•š๐•–๐•จ ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ง I hope ๐‰๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ง๐ž is writing a sequel toย ๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐›๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐—ช๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐Š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ! ๐Ÿ˜ณ Nadia's story isย fast-paced, engrossing, entertaining, & sneakilyย thought-provoking. She's self-aware. She knows she's a psychopathย who needs to kill to keep the monster inside her satiated. But she'sย ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต a sociopath. "I do feel things. Sometimes. For some people," primarily her daughters & husband, Brian, with whom she has a happyย life. She just wishes he'd help out a bit more. She has a career, too. She assassinates bad people.ย ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ bad people. She's firm about that. Infuriated that misogyny is hindering herย career, she advocates for herself & lands a big assignment. .butย she ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต kill her own husband! Can she? He's not a bad guy! Or is he? This tale of marriage, family,ย & trust is full of shocking twists. I pondered - along withย Nadia - how important it is to know ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ about aย life partner & have ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต. And what I would do if I found they were harboring hugelyย significant secrets from me. ๐Ÿค” There's more to this story. . .& Iย want to read it!ย  ย  ย  ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด: Nadia Davis is living the dream as a successful working mom with aย career she loves, 2 adorable little girls, & a devoted husbandย who has no idea that sheโ€™s secretly a hired assassin - aย self-admitted psychopath who ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ kills bad guys. Nadia findsย out sheโ€™s been โ€œmommy trackedโ€ by her agency & is not gettingย the high profile, most lucrative jobs & she demands an importantย mark. Somebody ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ killing. She's stunned when that big kills turns out to be . . . ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณย ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ. Brian, the sweet, teller-of-dad jokes,ย devoted father & husband is a ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜บ whoย needs to be taken out? Has their whole life together been a ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆย not just because of ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ omissions?ย  Nadia is faced with a horrible choice between the career that keepsย her sane ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ the husband she thought she knew. แดกสœแด€แด› '๊œฑ แด›สœแด‡ สŸแด€๊œฑแด› ส™แดแดแด‹ สแดแดœ ส€แด‡แด€แด… แด›สœแด€แด› แด›ส€แดœสŸส ๊œฑสœแดแด„แด‹แด‡แด… สแดแดœ? #Colloquium #bookreviewย #UpcomingRelease #SomebodyWorthKilling #ThrillerBookLoversThePulseย #JessicaPayne #BerkleyPublishing
    ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐”น๐• ๐• ๐•œ โ„๐•–๐•ง๐•š๐•–๐•จ ๐Ÿ‘  ๐๐š๐ค๐ž๐ ๐€๐๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง by Caitlin Rother ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐”น๐• ๐• ๐•œ โ„๐•–๐•ง๐•š๐•–๐•จ ๐Ÿ‘  ๐๐š๐ค๐ž๐ ๐€๐๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง by Caitlin Rother is both a gripping thriller & study of characters who use their various addictions to escape the emptiness that permeates their lives. Drug dealing & use, sex, obsession, suicide, greed, & treachery all figure into the ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, suspenseful, & thought-provoking story. Rother immediately enlists readers in Detective Ken Goode's journey as he navigates his addictions to his career, caffeine, & the wrong women. He's drawn to the ones with "baggage" because his "picker" is "broken." Now a beautiful young woman who bears a striking resemblance to the mother he lost at age 6 has been murdered & he has a chance to prove he's ready to be a permanent member of the San Diego PD's homicide division. ๐˜๐˜ง he can avoid crossing ethical boundaries. You'll cheer for Goode & hapless Norman Klein who has just been promoted to night cops reporter & is determined to get the story right. ๐๐š๐ค๐ž๐ ๐€๐๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง is a ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ, thought-provoking crime novel. ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด Tired of working undercover narcotics, San Diego Detective Ken Goode wants to transfer to homicide. He gets the chance when a surfer finds the body of a beautiful young woman, & Goode is tapped to lead the investigation. Goode explores the underbelly of affluent La Jolla, CA, & hipster Pacific Beach, clashing with real estate agents & beauty school students who frequent a local bar & have possible ties to an escort service & drug ring, & keep turning up dead. The disappearance of Goodeโ€™s sister is a worrisome distraction as he chases suspects & Norman Klein, a just-promoted cub reporter chases ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ & the story. ๐๐š๐ค๐ž๐ ๐€๐๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง is an intricately layered mystery with characters who use addictions to fill the empty spaces within themselves. Their drugs of choice include sex, alcohol, cocaine, cigarettes, caffeine, & psychologically damaged women. Goode must uncover the gritty secrets of a wealthy California enclave. ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏย ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ.๐Ÿ‘†โฃ What book(s) will you be reading this weekend? โฃ #Colloquium #bookreview #CaitlinRother #NakedAddiction
    ๐Ÿ“š ๐‘ฎ๐’–๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐Ÿ“š I love to hear authors' stories ๐Ÿ“š ๐‘ฎ๐’–๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐Ÿ“š I love to hear authors' stories about how they succeeded in their quest to have their books published. They usually relate tales of chasing a dream, despite adversity, disillusionment, and numerous rejections. Some authors actually save all of the rejection letters they received from agents and publishers over the years as they were striving to launch their careers, insisting that they inspire them to keep writing as they feel challenged by the next looming deadline. Bestselling, acclaimed author and investigative journalist ๐‚๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ is again my special guest at ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ. And readers familiar with her true crime books may be surprised to learn that the very first book she wrote was ๐๐š๐ค๐ž๐ ๐€๐๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, a ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ crime story. That book actually serves as a prequel to ๐‡๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐, published February 1, 2026. ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ books are riveting, superbly crafted fictional tales. Reading them, you would never guess that, as she details, both are the result of multiple rewrites; unflinching critiques from other authors, beta readers, & agents; and separate, grueling ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ-๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ journeys to publication! Caitlin's is a story of sheer determination & acknowledgment that she "didn't know what [she] didn't know" when she set out to become a crime novelist. But her willingness to learn and perseverance paid off! She now has ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ published crime novels worthy of โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ with a third book in the series, ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž๐, publishing on June 16, 2016. ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ'๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ.๐Ÿ‘†โฃ สœแด€แด แด‡ สแดแดœ แด‡แด แด‡ส€ แด„สœแด€๊œฑแด‡แด… แด€ แด…ส€แด‡แด€แด แด…แด‡๊œฑแด˜ษชแด›แด‡ แด‡ษดแด„แดแดœษดแด›แด‡ส€ษชษดษข แด€แด…แด แด‡ส€๊œฑษชแด›ส & ส€แดแด€แด…ส™สŸแดแด„แด‹๊œฑ? ษช๊œฐ ๊œฑแด, แดกสœแด€แด› แดกแด€๊œฑ สแดแดœส€ แด…ส€แด‡แด€แด แด€ษดแด… แด…ษชแด… สแดแดœ แด‡แด แด‡ษดแด›แดœแด€สŸสŸส แด€แด„สœษชแด‡แด แด‡ สแดแดœส€ ษขแดแด€สŸ? โฃ #books #booklover #bookreader #Colloquium #bookreviews #GuestAuthor #CaitlinRother #NakedAddiction #WildBluePress #Hooked #ThomasAndMercer #CrimeFiction #CrimeNovelist
    ๐Ÿ“š ๐“™๐“ช๐“ท๐“พ๐“ช๐“ป๐”‚ ๐“ฆ๐“ป๐“ช๐“น-๐“ค๐“น ๐Ÿ“š Time refuses to ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ & l ๐Ÿ“š ๐“™๐“ช๐“ท๐“พ๐“ช๐“ป๐”‚ ๐“ฆ๐“ป๐“ช๐“น-๐“ค๐“น ๐Ÿ“š Time refuses to ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ & life is busy. I spent 19ย days on Maui in January & can't wait to be back there. While Iย was gone, the renovation of my beloved family home was wrapping upย -- swipe to see how cozy the new kitchen is in the evenings! Iย ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ the updated Hickok Homestead & am confident my parents,ย who built the home in 1959, would approve. Band rehearsals resumedย when I returned, & I've been buying furniture & helping my son get moved backย into the house, even as we've both battled really nasty, lingeringย colds! ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ! I enjoyed 8๏ธโƒฃ excellent books in January! โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ๐Ÿ“– ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก by ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜“'๐˜Œ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐Ÿ“– ๐’๐ค๐ฒ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ค by ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข ๐˜”๐˜ค๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐Ÿ“– ๐๐š๐ค๐ž๐ ๐€๐๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง by ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐Ÿ“– ๐‡๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ by ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ๐Ÿ“– ๐—ช๐ž ๐—ช๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ by ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข ๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž by ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ขn ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‹๐ข๐ž by ๐˜Œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅย  ๐Ÿ“– ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ˆ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ by ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ แด›สœแด‡ส€แด‡ ษช๊œฑ ๊œฑแด แดแดœแด„สœ ษขแดษชษดษข แดษด ษชษด แด›สœแด‡ แดกแดส€สŸแด… ส€ษชษขสœแด› ษดแดแดก แด›สœแด€แด› ษช๊œฑ แด…ษช๊œฑแด›ส€แด€แด„แด›ษชษดษข & แดœแด˜๊œฑแด‡แด›แด›ษชษดษข. ษช๊œฑ ษชแด› ษชแดแด˜แด€แด„แด›ษชษดษข สแดแดœส€ ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข? ษช๊œฐ ษดแดแด›, แดกสœแด€แด› แด›แด‡แด„สœษดษชQแดœแด‡๊œฑ แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ แดœ๊œฑษชษดษข แด›แด ๊œฑแด›แด€ส แดษด แด›ส€แด€แด„แด‹? #MonthlyWrapUp #Colloquium #BookReviewer #ThrillerBookLoversย #BookFriendsBookClub #IllusionOfTruth #JamesLEtoile #Skylarkย #PaulaMcLain #NakedAddition #Hooked #CaitlinRotherย #WeWereNeverFriends #KairaRouda #TheSharkHouse #SaraAckermanย #ReasonsToLie #EmilyListfield #BeforeIForget #ToryHenwoodHoenย #OceanviewPublishing #PartnersInCrimeVirtualBookTours #ThomasAndMercerย #PoisonedPenPress #HarperMuse #AtriaBooks
    ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€ "Confession is good for the soul." Fo ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€ "Confession is good for the soul." For Crosbie Mitchell, it may be the only way to save her own life. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ by ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐›๐จ is a tense, action-packed thriller that addresses serious topics, including workplace sexual harassment, sexual assault, & trauma. The reverberations from Crosbie's poor choices have been far-reaching & tragic, leaving her tormented by guilt, regret, & an obsessive need to protect her younger sister & nephew to atone for past mistakes. Only a couple of people know the ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ truth & one has a compelling motive to keep it hidden. So is it possible that she ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต the woman depicted in the latest sketch released by a serial killer, demanding a full confession? Is she strong enough to bear the severe repercussions? The thought-provoking story will keep you guessing right up to the shocking conclusion. Available June 1, ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿผ! ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด: A killer dubbed the Confession Artist posts sketches of potential victims on social media. Paranoia spreads as strangers across the nation admit to their sins, fearing the consequences: You have 6 days to confess or die. Former cop & PI Crosbie Mitchell bears a striking resemblance to a sketch containing an unmistakable detail. The FBI is convinced she ๐˜ช๐˜ด the next target. So is she. Crosbie has 6 days left to confess to actions plaguing her conscience. But she has more than 1 secret. If she reveals them, the truth will destroy her. Thatโ€™s exactly what the Confession Artist wants. สŸษช๊œฐแด‡ แดœแด˜แด…แด€แด›แด‡: แด›สœแด‡ ส€แด‡ษดแดแด แด€แด›ษชแดษด แด๊œฐ แดส ๊œฐแด€แดษชสŸส สœแดแดแด‡ ษช๊œฑ แด„แดแดแด˜สŸแด‡แด›แด‡ & ษชย สœแด€แด แด‡ ส™แด‡แด‡ษด ส™แดœ๊œฑส สœแด‡สŸแด˜ษชษดษข แดส ๊œฑแดษด ษขแด‡แด› แดแดแด แด‡แด… ส™แด€แด„แด‹ ษชษด!ย  แดแด›สœแด‡ส€ แด›สœแด€ษด ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข, แดกสœแด€แด› ษช๊œฑ แด„แดษด๊œฑแดœแดษชษดษข สแดแดœส€ แด›ษชแดแด‡ แด›สœแด‡๊œฑแด‡ แด…แด€ส๊œฑ? #bookstagram #books #booklover #Colloquium #bookreviewย #ThrillerBookLoversThePulse #TheConfessionArtist #ChristineCarboย #ThomasAndMercer #Thriller #Mystery
    ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐Ÿ“š This is more of the book mail that ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐Ÿ“š This is more of the book mail that was delivered to my home while my oldest son & I were spending time on the Valley Isle (Maui)! ๐ŸŒด๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿณ Thanks go to the very generous publishers who consistently keep me reading into the wee small hours . . . & living a sleep-deprived life! ๐Ÿ˜ด ๐Ÿ“” ๐€ ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ by ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฃรฉ (Kensington Publishing | BookBrowse) ๐Ÿ“• ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ by ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž. ๐˜๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ช (Kensington Publishing) ๐Ÿ“— ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐œ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ by ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜‹๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ (Blackstone Publishing) ๐Ÿ“˜ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ by ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ง (Blackstone Publishing) ๐Ÿ“™ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ by ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ (William Morrow) ๐Ÿ“— ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐จ by ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ป (St. Martin's Press) แด›สœแด‡ แด˜แดแด˜แดœสŸแด€ส€ษชแด›ส แด๊œฐ แดแด€๊œฑ๊œฑ แดแด€ส€แด‹แด‡แด› แด˜แด€แด˜แด‡ส€ส™แด€แด„แด‹๊œฑ สœแด€๊œฑ ส™แด‡แด‡ษด แด…แด‡แด„สŸษชษดษชษดษข ๊œฐแดส€ แดแด€ษดส สแด‡แด€ส€๊œฑ, ๊œฑแด แด…ษช๊œฑแด›ส€ษชส™แดœแด›ษชแดษด แด๊œฐ แด›สœแด‡แด แดกแด€๊œฑ แด…ษช๊œฑแด„แดษดแด›ษชษดแดœแด‡แด… แด€แด› แด›สœแด‡ แด‡ษดแด… แด๊œฐ 2025. แดกสœแด€แด›'๊œฑ สแดแดœส€ แดแด˜ษชษดษชแดษด? ~ แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ แดแดแดœส€ษดษชษดษข แด›สœแด‡ แด…แด‡แดษช๊œฑแด‡ แด๊œฐ แดแด€๊œฑ๊œฑ แดแด€ส€แด‹แด‡แด› แด˜แด€แด˜แด‡ส€ส™แด€แด„แด‹๊œฑ? ~ แดส€ แด…ษชแด… สแดแดœ แด…ษช๊œฑสŸษชแด‹แด‡ แด›สœแด‡แด & ส€แด‡แด€แด… แดแด›สœแด‡ส€ ๊œฐแดส€แดแด€แด›(๊œฑ), ๊œฑแด สแดแดœ แดกแดษด'แด› แดษช๊œฑ๊œฑ แด›สœแด‡แด แด€แด› แด€สŸสŸ? #bookstagram #books #booklover #Colloquium #bookreviewer #Gift #BookMail #BookMailIsTheBestMail #ACrownOfStars #ShanaAbe #RunOnRed #NoelleWIhli #MurdersAndAcquisitions #ThomasDunne #Inharmonious #TammyHuf #TheMethod #MatthewQuirk #Antihero #GreggHurwitz
    ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“œ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ต ๐Ÿ“š The pain of having to leave beautifu ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“œ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ต ๐Ÿ“š The pain of having to leave beautiful Maui (for now) & return to cold, foggy, dreary Lodi was lessened by arriving at home to find book mail! It included a package from @celadonbooks containing copies of ๐—ช๐š๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐ž by ๐€๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐‰๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ for my book club! Did you read & love ๐Œ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ last year? I sure did & if you haven't read it, I highly recommend it. I'm very excited to read more from the very talented & delightful Ms. Burns! ๐—ช๐š๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐ž will be published on ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐Ÿน, ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿผ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ, @celadonbooks! We truly appreciate your generosity! ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด: Young folk singer Elle Harlow reaches the height of her prowess in 1973, with 2 wildly beloved albums to her name & a hidden history of impossible heartbreak. When she sets foot on the famed Grand Ole Opry stage, a far cry from the mountain that raised her, Elle gives the biggest performance of her life. Then, to the dismay of shocked fans, her producer, & the man who still loves her, she vanishes. Almost 2 decades later, 18-year-old Marijohn Shaw is spending her summer pumping gas, writing songs on her broken mandolin, & longing for a mother. Her father, Abe, has always sworn he was the last person to see Elle Harlow alive, but when a meteor strikes the woods of their sleepy Pennsylvania town & a piece of Elleโ€™s past emerges from the wreckage, the truth of her disappearance sets fire to everything Marijohn believes about herself, her music, & her ability to love with abandon. Exalting the lush hills of Appalachia & the bright lights of Nashville, ๐—ช๐š๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐ž reveals the legacy of Elle Harlow, the bold voice that defined her, the intimate betrayal that undid her, & the unexpected faith of another young woman determined to resurrect her. แด›แด‡สŸสŸ แดแด‡ แด€ส™แดแดœแด› แด›สœแด‡ สŸแด€๊œฑแด› ส™แดแดแด‹ สแดแดœ ส€แด‡แด€แด… แด›สœแด€แด› สแดแดœ'แด แด‡ ส™แด‡แด‡ษด ส€แด€แด ษชษดษข แด€ส™แดแดœแด› & ส€แด‡แด„แดแดแดแด‡ษดแด…ษชษดษข แด›แด แด€สŸสŸ แด๊œฐ สแดแดœส€ ๊œฐแด‡สŸสŸแดแดก ส€แด‡แด€แด…แด‡ส€๊œฑ! #bookstagram #books #booklover #Colloquium #bookreviewer #Gift #BookMail #BookMailIsTheBestMail #WaitForMe #CeladonBooks #AmyJoBurns #UpcomingRelease #BookClubFiction
    ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐”น๐• ๐• ๐•œ ๐•„๐•’๐•š๐• ๐Ÿ“š This is just ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ of the book mail ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐”น๐• ๐• ๐•œ ๐•„๐•’๐•š๐• ๐Ÿ“š This is just ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ of the book mail that has arrived at my home recently! So I will be sharing more wonderful titles soon. I'm ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ appreciative of the generosity shown by the publishers noted below who have gifted me ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด that I am reading . . . & enjoying! ๐Ÿ“” ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ by ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ (Grand Central Publishing) ๐Ÿ“• ๐“๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ by ๐˜Œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ (Scribner) ๐Ÿ“— ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก by ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜“'๐˜Œ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ (Oceanview Publishing) ๐Ÿ“˜ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ & ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ by ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜”๐˜ค๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ (Crown Publishing) ๐Ÿ“™ ๐†๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ง by ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ข (Scribner) ๐Ÿ“— ๐๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฒ ๐’๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ซ by ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ (Atria | Emily Bestler Books) ๐Ÿ“” ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐š๐ง ๐€๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐—ช๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ by ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜–๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ (Berkley Publishing | Book Browse) ๐Ÿ“• ๐€ ๐†๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  by ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ ๐˜’๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต (Crown Publishing) ๐Ÿ“˜ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐•๐ข๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ by Brad Meltzer (William Morrow) แดกสœแด€แด› ส™แดแดแด‹(๊œฑ) สœแด€แด แด‡ สแดแดœ แดแด๊œฑแด› ส€แด‡แด„แด‡ษดแด›สŸส แด€แด…แด…แด‡แด… แด›แด สแดแดœส€ สœแดแดแด‡ สŸษชส™ส€แด€ส€ส? #bookstagram #books #booklover #Colloquium #bookreviewer #Gift #BookMail #BookMailIsTheBestMail #RunAway #HarlanCoben #Tilt #EmmaPattee #IllusionOfTruth #JamesLEtoile #PoemsAndPrayers #MatthewMcConaughey #GhostTown #TomPerrotta #PinkySwear #DanielleGirard #JaneAndDanAtTheEndOfTheWorld #ColleenOakley #AGiftBeforeDying #MalcolmKempt #TheViper #BradMeltzer
    ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿซ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿซ ๏ผข๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ‹ ๏ผฒ๏ฝ…๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ…๏ฝ—โฃ๐Ÿ”Ž โฃ Author ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ says ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿซ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿซ ๏ผข๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ‹ ๏ผฒ๏ฝ…๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ…๏ฝ—โฃ๐Ÿ”Ž โฃ Author ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ says that "at the heart of this novel - & the lives of so many women - are friendship & motherhood." ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฒ examines the destructive power of secrecy & how, when tragedy strikes, past deceptions fuel current suspicion. Nearly every character has kept details about their life & who they ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ under wraps. As the truth seeps out amid the investigation into the suspicious death of a high school student during a supervised retreat, fingers are pointed & assumptions made. But the reality of the characters' histories & relationships is more complex than it initially seems. It's an engrossing story with a cast of fully developed, flawed but mostly empathetic & believable characters. Numerous twists will keep you guessing. It's also a consideration of class structure, wealth, & the misuse of power. Available 2/24/26.โฃ โฃ ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด:โฃ โฃ In the privileged world of Manhattanโ€™s elite Dearborn Academy, 3 mothers form an unlikely bond. But a student dies on a class trip & every parent has something to hide.โฃ โฃ Artistic single mom Abby & career-challenged Kara have always felt like outsiders among the school's rich, powerful families. When glamorous, enigmatic Hollis enrolls her son, they take her under their wing, despite nagging doubts about her family's past.โฃ โฃ Their friendship deepens when a school retreat ends tragically. But as a determined detective edges closer to the truth about happened in the woods that night, cracks begin to appear in their stories, alliances, & trust.โฃ โฃ Each woman is keeping secrets. So are their children.โฃ โฃ Abby, Kara, & Hollis must decide how far theyโ€™ll go to protect their families . . . even if it means turning on one another.โฃ โฃ ๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ.โฃ โฃ Someone will stop at nothing to keep the truth from being revealed.โฃ โฃ แด€ ษดแด‡แดก สแด‡แด€ส€ ส™ส€ษชษดษข๊œฑ ษดแด‡แดก ส™แดแดแด‹๊œฑ. สœแด€แด แด‡ สแดแดœ แด€แด„qแดœษชส€แด‡แด… แด€ สŸแดแด› แด๊œฐ ษดแด‡แดก & แดœแด˜แด„แดแดษชษดษข ส™แดแดแด‹๊œฑ ส€แด‡แด„แด‡ษดแด›สŸส? แดกสœษชแด„สœ ส™แดแดแด‹(๊œฑ) แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ แดแด๊œฑแด› แด‡xแด„ษชแด›แด‡แด… แด›แด ส€แด‡แด€แด…?โฃ โฃ #BookReviewย #EmilyListfield #ReasonsToLie #ThrillerBookLovers #ThomasAndMercer
    ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€โฃ โฃ Debut novelist ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฒ was ins ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€โฃ โฃ Debut novelist ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฒ was inspired by the idea of remaining true to oneself when people lie so readily. ๐ƒ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ โ€œopened up in my mind like a wildflower.โ€ The unique, imaginative story about surviving loss, grieving, & finding happiness again in a world that a loved one no longer inhabits explores the complex & mysterious relationship of 2 sisters with vastly distinct personalities. The charming, deeply touching โ€œwill they or wonโ€™t theyโ€ tale features flawed, empathetic, at times unlikable, believable characters who are damaged & adrift. The foundations of their lives were ripped away from them, & they are searching for new happiness & satisfaction. It's a poignant story about ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ.โฃ โฃ Synopsis: โฃ ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต 1 ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ. ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ.โฃ โฃ Poppy finds unanswered messages from a charming stranger in her late sisterโ€™s dating app & impulsively decides sheโ€™ll meet him ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ on what would have been Dandelionโ€™s 40th birthday. Itโ€™s the kind of adventure her vivacious sister would have pushed her toward.โฃ โฃ Jake is ready to find real love, not least because his ex-wifeโ€™s 20-something boyfriend has moved into their family home. When he meets Dandelion, their connection is undeniable.โฃ โฃ Their relationship deepens & Poppy is trapped in a double life she never intended to create. Every moment she spends with Jake feels genuine, electric, & right, as though their connection was meant to be. But theyโ€™re tangled in a web of deceit.โฃ โฃ The lines between grief & love blur. Poppy must choose to keep her sisterโ€™s memory alive through her lies or risk everything for a chance at happiness.โฃ โฃ It's a contemporary love story about the courage it takes to live fully again after loss & finding hope in the most unexpected places.โฃ โฃ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ.๐Ÿ‘†โฃ โฃ แด›สœษช๊œฑ แดกแด‡แด‡แด‹แด‡ษดแด… แด›สœแด‡ส€แด‡ แดกษชสŸสŸ ส™แด‡ 4 แด…ษชแด ษช๊œฑษชแดษดแด€สŸ แด„สœแด€แดแด˜ษชแดษด๊œฑสœษชแด˜ ๊œฐแดแดแด›ส™แด€สŸสŸ ษขแด€แดแด‡๊œฑ! แดกษชสŸสŸ สแดแดœ ส™แด‡ แดกแด€แด›แด„สœษชษดษข? แดกสœแด แดกษชสŸสŸ สแดแดœ ส™แด‡ แด„สœแด‡แด‡ส€ษชษดษข ๊œฐแดส€?โฃ โฃ #Colloquium #bookreview #RosieStorey #DandelionIsDead ย #BerkleyPublishing #BookBrowse
    ๐Ÿ”Ž๐”น๐• ๐• ๐•œ โ„๐•–๐•ง๐•š๐•–๐•จ๐Ÿ‘ซ ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก begins with a ban ๐Ÿ”Ž๐”น๐• ๐• ๐•œ โ„๐•–๐•ง๐•š๐•–๐•จ๐Ÿ‘ซ ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก begins with a bang. ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ. Sacramento police officers respond to a reported disturbance to find that they have been lured to the location. A bomb is detonated & several officers are seriously injured, including Sergeant Brian Conner, the man Detective Emily Hunter loves. The 3rd book in ๐‰๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‹'๐„๐ญ๐จ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž's outstanding series is his most impressive to date. The cleverly conceived, flawlessly executed thriller keeps you guessing with his complex & imaginative plots, deftly balancing mystery & human interest. The relationship between Emily & her partner, Javier, continues to grow, with their humorous banter providing respites from the dramatic tension. Fascinating supporting characters provide context, purpose, & motivations for the evenly paced investigative details & exam of contemporary issues: gang violence, integrity in law enforcement, & the risks that officers encounter every day. The tug-of-war between police leadership & the capitol cityโ€™s politicians is never-ending. L'Etoile compassionately explores Emilyโ€™s emotional juggling of her demanding career & caring for her Alzheimer's-stricken mother. Brian was ready to take their romance to the next level, but she had reservations. Now he's fighting for his life & she is his designated surrogate decision-maker. ๐˜๐˜ง Brian survives, he may not be the man he was before the attack. How will that impact their future together? A darker aspect of Emilyโ€™s turmoil revolves around an incident years earlier. Is it connected to the currentย case? Was any aspect covered up? If so, who hid the truth? She hopes to find that Brian bore no responsibility for or knowledge of anyย wrongdoing, but ponders what she will do if sheย learns that she doesnโ€™t know Brian as well as sheย ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, prior to the attack, she did. Emily discoversย that ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ depends on whoโ€™s left to tell the story. ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ.๐Ÿ‘†โฃ แด…แด สแดแดœ แด‡ษดแดŠแดส ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข ๊œฑแด‡ส€ษชแด‡๊œฑ? ษช๊œฐ ๊œฑแด, แดกสœแด€แด› แด€ส€แด‡ ๊œฑแดแดแด‡ แด๊œฐ สแดแดœส€ย ๊œฐแด€แด แดส€ษชแด›แด‡๊œฑ? โฃ #Colloquium #bookreviewย #JamesLEtoile #IllusionOfTruth #PartnersInCrimeVirtualBookTours #OceanviewPublishing
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