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  • jhsiess

    Musician | Book Reviewer | Retired Attorney
    Absolutely thrilled with the way the Hickok Homest Absolutely thrilled with the way the Hickok Homestead renovation has turned out! Still waiting on blinds for the sliding glass door & shutters for the picture window in the living room. Getting everything tidied up (so much dust everywhere) & organized. I'm confident my parents would approve. My mother would love all the counter space in the kitchen!
    This is a sight no one has seen since 1982! The r This is a sight no one has seen since 1982! The renovation of my beloved childhood home is underway! #1Son, Robert, is working hard, prepping for the contractor to work some magic. He's ripping out carpets, tack strips, & baseboards, and peeling off wallpaper. Not to mention cleaning out closets & cupboards. Lots of purging taking place. Look at those gorgeous hardwood floors! But no, I'm not going to leave them exposed, in part because, as is visible in the last photo, they aren't in all of the rooms. My parents added about 675 square feet to the house 43 years ago. In the family room, you can see the outline of where my bedroom used to be before it was converted. It's going to be beautiful again when this project is complete. I think Kenny & Ethel, the parental unit, would be proud. I know they'd be tickled about Robert's involvement! I still have to decide what colors to paint the exterior. ๐Ÿค” The dreadful beige & green have to go. Now, if I could just get those pesky home flippers to stop calling, texting, emailing, & snailmailing me with ridiculous lowball offers to buy the house, I'd be a happy woman. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ It's not for sale! Not now & not ever . . . at least as long as I'm sucking air into my lungs! #HickokHomestead #Family #HomeRenovation #HomeImprovement
    I didn't intentionally abandon this account. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ I didn't intentionally abandon this account. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ But my energy is usually focused on @jhscolloquium, where I post about books & authors. And life just happens . . . sometimes lobbing totally unexpected plot developments at us. More about that to follow. In the photo, I'm with some of my favorite people on the planet -- my boys & my grandnieces. Quinn is 10 & Raven will be 7 in September! They're headed to 5th & 1st grade this week. Matthew is still an Accountant with the State of California, Department of Social Services, & Robert is assisting me with a total renovation of the Hickok Homestead on Crescent Avenue. More about that in subsequent posts, too. ๐Ÿ“ธ: Nephew #1, Paul McKelvey #GrandauntieJanie #QuinnEileen #RavenMaxine #Family #FavoritePeople #MissingJudyMcKelvey #HickokHomestead
    ๐ŸŽ„ Delta Drama Peeps Annual Christmas Party๐ŸŽ„ It wa ๐ŸŽ„ Delta Drama Peeps Annual Christmas Party๐ŸŽ„ It was epic, but we missed Michael Grenie so we had a video call with him! Hope to see him soon. โค๏ธ #Friendship ##Priceless #Christmas2023 #DeltaDramaPeeps
    ๐ŸŽ„Whine Club ๐ŸŽ Our monthly Whine Club with our ann ๐ŸŽ„Whine Club ๐ŸŽ Our monthly Whine Club with our annual gift exchange fell on my birthday this year! ๐Ÿ“ธ: @jea955 & @linda.sunday.hansen #WhineClub #Christmas2023 #Friendship #Priceless
    ๐ŸŽ„Christmas 2023๐ŸŽ… Some things old (my mother's ani ๐ŸŽ„Christmas 2023๐ŸŽ… Some things old (my mother's animated carolers & her silly little elf atop her clock) & something new (my tree -- because I gave Matthew my tree for his new house). We got in the spirit right after Thanksgiving this year! #Christmas2023 #Retired #TisTheSeason๐ŸŽ„
    Enjoyed a cozy evening with Matthew at Boo Manor w Enjoyed a cozy evening with Matthew at Boo Manor watching @breakingbad again. He has decorated for Christmas and it's very cozy & homey. He loves Christmas and is enjoying his first holiday season in his first home! ๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ #Christmas2023 #HappyHolidays #BooManor #Matthew #Family #Retired #RetirementDoesNotSuck #SavorTheMoments #Priceless #BreakingBad #BingeWatching
    Their new single has been released to raise funds Their new single has been released to raise funds to help the people of #LahainaTown. #MauiStrong #LahainaStrong #Maui #DoobieBrothers #MichaelMcDonald #MickFleetwood https://youtu.be/PXdWmNjWFbg?si=0TuXgOwLNECRBsGU
    Relaxing afternoons & spectacular sunsets. ๐ŸŒด๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ˜Ž # Relaxing afternoons & spectacular sunsets. ๐ŸŒด๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ˜Ž #Vacation2023 #Maui #MauiStrong #LahainaStrong #Retirement #RetirementDoesNotSuck
    There's no place I'd rather be to cheer on our @49 There's no place I'd rather be to cheer on our @49ers! ๐Ÿ’›โค๏ธ๐Ÿˆโค๏ธ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿ’›โค๏ธ๐Ÿˆโค๏ธ๐Ÿ’› Maui nล ka สปoi! ๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒด๐ŸŒŠ #Maui #Vacation2023 #LahainaStrong #MauiStrong #Retirement #RetirementDoesNotSuck
    Matthew and I had a great time when we stayed in M Matthew and I had a great time when we stayed in Makena last month. But I'm so happy to be back at my favorite spot again. I'm staying on the 12th floor, as I have numerous times, enjoying this panoramic view from the lanai. Yes, it is different now as those of us visiting are sharing space with a large number of employees & Lahaina residents for whom this resort is their home for the time being. And it was heartbreaking to drive through Lahaina Town for the first time since the fire, especially when I got to the area along the Bypass where almost 100 crosses stand, one for each victim. I just passed through, but this transformed Maui is the everyday reality for its people. I can't help contemplating why such a beautiful, spiritual place & its citizens have to endure such destruction & tragedy. Of course, there are no answers. But aloha is more than a word; it is a belief & way of life. The word has been coopted commercially & socially, & gets thrown around casually, but it means presence (alo) & breath (ha). It is a profound concept when you ponder it. Aloha will carry Maui & its people through this time of grief, mourning, & manifesting a different future than was contemplated, just as everyone I have encountered has welcomed me with warmth & appreciation. In this ever-changing yet unchanging view from my lanai, I see & feel Maui's unbreakable spirit, & am grateful to be able to savor it & this indescribable beauty yet again. Maui nล ka สปoi! ๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒด๐ŸŒŠ #Maui #Vacation2023 #Kaanapali #LahainaStrong #MauiStrong
    It's a great time to visit Maui because local busi It's a great time to visit Maui because local businesses need tourism to survive! And every business owner & employee thanked us for proceeding with our trip & supporting their efforts to help not just themselves, but their ohana, many of whom are now residing with them & looking for jobs. The aloha spirit at the Kula Lodge & Restaurant is amazing. They do not yet have clearance to use the water, but did that stop them from serving delicious food? Nope! The loco moco was outstanding, served in a paper bowl with plastic utensils and an ice cold bottle of water! They are bringing in barrels of fresh water to cook the items on a limited menu, & wash pots and pans. They even put big water bottles with pumps in the restrooms for guests to wash their hands & are offering stays in their quaint, charming lodge at steeply discounted rates for guests who don't mind a sponge bath! The staff are all upbeat, friendly, delighted to be working . . . and making it work. Over at the Maui Tropical Plantation, the Mill House is now Cafe O'Lei. The Maui onion soup is delicious & the setting beautiful, although this photo of the hillside & fields shows the effect of the ongoing drought on Maui. My photos from previous visits feature a lush, green hillside & crops growing in the fields. But as Californians know, the rain returns -- eventually -- and the grass & vegetation turn green again. I asked Matthew to snap a photo as I was driving of just one of the many fields around the Kahului airport where a total of approximately 10,000 rental cars are sitting idle that would normally be navigated all over the island by happy tourists. The cars have been sitting in what were once pineapple and sugar cane fields, but those industries are long gone. Now Maui relies on tourism & construction to keep its economy running. We stayed in south Maui & never ventured to the west side out of respect for Lahaina town & her people. Maui nล ka สปoi! ๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒด I can't wait to get back to the island. My body lives in Lodi most of the time .. . . but my soul resides on Maui. #Maui #MauiStrong #MauiTropicalPlantation #Vacation #Vacation2023 #Iโค๏ธHawaii #KulaLodgeAndRestaurant #Retirement #CafeOlei
    We usually get takeout from Miso Phat in Kahana, b We usually get takeout from Miso Phat in Kahana, but we're staying in Wailea this time & not venturing to the west side. There was no wait at the Kihei location, which we had never visited before!! The sushi was just as yummy!! And had a glass of Lodi wine -- Michael David -- with it. ๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿท๐Ÿฅข๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿก๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฆ€ #Vacation #Vacation2023 #Maui #MauiStrong #Iโค๏ธHawaii #Retirement #RetirementDoesNotSuck #IDeserveIt #IEarnedIt #Sushi #MisoPhat #MisoPhatKihei #NoFilter
    The view from our table at Mama's Fish House. Spec The view from our table at Mama's Fish House. Spectacular! And Matthew enjoying it after the meal. #Vacation #Vacation2023 #Maui #MauiStrong #Iโค๏ธHawaii #Retirement #RetirementDoesNotSuck #IDeserveIt #IEarnedIt #RetirementCelebration #PromotionCelebration #MamasFishHouse #NoFilter
    We finally celebrated my retirement, as well as Ma We finally celebrated my retirement, as well as Matthew's two promotions and purchase of his first home, at Mama's Fish House! We used the generous gift certificate presented to me at my retirement party on 10/29/21. Mahalo to my wonderful staff & colleagues! ๐ŸŒด๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒŠ #Maui #MauiStrong #Vacation #Vacation2023 #Retirement #RetirementDoesNotSuck #RetirementCelebration #Iโค๏ธHawaii #IDeserveIt #IEarnedIt #MamasFishHouse #PromotionCelebration #NoFilter
    Last night, we enjoyed a delicious, fun dinner at Last night, we enjoyed a delicious, fun dinner at Monkey Pod! The squash ravioli appetizer melted in my mouth. Then I relaxed on the comfy lanai for another dazzling sunset. #Maui #MauiStrong #Vacation #Vacation2023 #Iโค๏ธHawaii #Retirement #RetirementDoesNotSuck #IEarnedIt #IDeserveIt #NoFilter
    We had a lovely brunch at Nalu's where Poke served We had a lovely brunch at Nalu's where Poke served as our host! He is apparently 28 years old & quite a talker. It was not crowded at all, & the food was yummy! #Maui #MauiStrong #Vacation2023 #Vacation #Retirement #RetirementDoesNotSuck #IDeserveIt #IEarnedIt #NoFilter
    Perfection. #Maui #MauiStrong #Iโค๏ธHawaii #Vacatio Perfection. #Maui #MauiStrong #Iโค๏ธHawaii #Vacation2023 #Retirement #RetirementDoesNotSuck #IDeserveIt #IEarnedIt #NoFilter
    Aloha kakahiaka! @49ers football in paradise! #P Aloha kakahiaka! @49ers football in paradise! #Priceless! #Maui #MauiStrong #Vacation #Vacation2023 #Iโค๏ธHawaii #Retirement #RetirementDoesNotSuck #IDeserveIt #IEarnedIt #NinerGang #Niners #49ers #49erfaithful #FTTB๐Ÿˆ #NoFilter
    Sunset. #Maui #MauiStrong #Iโค๏ธHawaii #Vacation202 Sunset. #Maui #MauiStrong #Iโค๏ธHawaii #Vacation2023 #Retirement #RetirementDoesNotSuck #IDeserveIt #IEarnedIt #NoFilter
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  • jhscolloquium

    Book Reviews | Guest Authors
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐—ช๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐—ช๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐„๐ƒ๐“ | ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š.๐ฆ. ๐๐ƒ๐“ ๐€ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐Š๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ was not just one of my favorite books of 2025. It's one of my ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ-๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ favorite books. The moving story is one that stays with readers long after reading the last page. So I thrilled that author ๐๐ข๐œ๐ค๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ will be chatting with me to talk his other books, as well, including ๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐…๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ก & ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ž๐ง, & much more. And he has generously offered to give 1๏ธโƒฃ0๏ธโƒฃ -- yes, 1๏ธโƒฃ0๏ธโƒฃ -- copies of ๐€ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐Š๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ to viewers of our discussion, whether you join us during the IGLive broadcast or watch the recording later! Details about how to enter will be revealed during the broadcast & posted immediately after. ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ! #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #NickolasButler #AFortyYearKiss #LittleFaith #ContemporaryFiction #ContemporaryRomance #MatureRomanticFiction
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ‘:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐„๐ƒ๐“ | ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐๐ƒ๐“ I discovered author ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ'sย writing in 2011 when I read ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž, anย enchanting and thought-provoking story about a woman whoย discovers her alternate life. The book challenges readers toย aske themselves what their life would be like today if theyย had made different decisions and choices. What kind ofย relationships would you have? Would the composition of yourย family be different? In her irreverent, yet poignant style, she probesย the darkest corners of a suburban marriage in a relatableย story about โ€œa happily married woman who wants to kill herย husband.โ€ ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฌ๐›๐š๐ง๐ was inspired during theย COVID-19 lockdown when Ellen's husband interrupted her writingย session to announce heโ€™d heard a rumor that a local store hadย a supply of toilet paper and she realized the tale wouldย resonate with anyone who had been trapped "in close quartersย with a significant other.โ€ And her most recent book, ๐‰๐จ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž, about anย Uber drive who wants to be a life coach & her relationshipย with her problematic father, is a charmingly entertaining,ย riveting, & touching ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ of witty dialogueย & funny situations.ย  I hope you'll join us during the IGLive broadcastย or watch the recording later! #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #EllenMeisterย #Joyride #TheOtherLife #TakeMyHusband #ContemporaryFictionย #WomensFiction #RomanticFiction #MagicalRealism
    ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐Ÿ“š Thanks & appreciation go to the pub ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐Ÿ“š Thanks & appreciation go to the publishers who sent me these wonderful books written by some of my favorite authors! ๐Ÿ“™ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ by ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ป -- the new Orphan X Novella (Thomas & Mercer) ๐Ÿ“• ๐†๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐†๐จ๐จ๐๐›๐ฒ๐ž by ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ and ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ (Grand Central Publishing) ๐Ÿ“˜ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ฅ by ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต (Atria Books) ๐Ÿ“— ๐ƒ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐จ๐จ๐ง by ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ (Scribner) -- my in-person book club will be reading & discussing this historical fiction in July สœแด€แด˜แด˜ส ๊œฐส€ษชแด…แด€ส! สœแดแดก ษช๊œฑ สแดแดœส€ ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข ษขแดษชษดษข ๊œฑแด ๊œฐแด€ส€ ษชษด แดŠแดœษดแด‡? แดกสœแด€แด› ส™แดแดแด‹(๊œฑ) แดกษชสŸสŸ สแดแดœ ส™แด‡ ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข แด›สœษช๊œฑ แดกแด‡แด‡แด‹แด‡ษดแด…? #Colloquium #bookreviewer #Gift #BookMail #BookMailIsTheBestMail #TheDelivery #OrphanX #GreggHurwitz #ThomasAndMercer #GoneBeforeGoodbye #HarlanCoben #ReeseWitherspoon #GrandCentralPublishing #TheSilentAppeal #JaniceHallett #AtriaBooks #DaughtersOfTheSunAndMoon #LisaSee #Scribner
    ๏ผญ๏ฝ๏ฝ™ ๏ผท๏ฝ’๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ผ๏ผต๏ฝ In May, I wrapped up my 22nd consecut ๏ผญ๏ฝ๏ฝ™ ๏ผท๏ฝ’๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ผ๏ผต๏ฝ In May, I wrapped up my 22nd consecutive season performing with the Stockton Concert Band (rehearsals resume in August) with an excellent Cinco de Mayo-themed concert. ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿ’ƒ I enjoyed two weeks at my Happy Place -- Ka'anapali, Maui. During the first week, the trade winds were pretty strong & we had light nightly rain. There was a 6.0 earthquake -- the epicenter was on Hawaii, the Big Island -- but we felt it in our 8th floor condo! ๐Ÿ˜ณ We're Californians & used to earthquakes, but that was the first one we experienced in Hawaii. And, of course, there were stunning rainbows & we watched two seals playing right in front of the unit. We see turtles all the time, but seeing seals in that location was a first! ๐Ÿข We also visited all 3 Maui Friends of the Library used bookstores. The one in Puunene definitely has the most character & the largest selection of books! And like on all of Maui, lots of wild chickens roam the grounds. ๐Ÿ“ I read 9๏ธโƒฃ excellent books! ๐Ÿ“– ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐†๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ by ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช ๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง by ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐Ÿ“– ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ by ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐š๐œ๐ฌ by ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐Ÿ“– ๐—ช๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐๐จ ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐„๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž ๐—ช๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ by ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข ๐˜š๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐Ÿ“– ๐€ ๐…๐š๐ซ-๐…๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž by ๐˜”.๐˜“. ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐Ÿ“– ๐†๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ by ๐˜‘๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ข ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข ๐Ÿ“– ๐ƒ๐š๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ by ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ป ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ป๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ข๐๐ž by ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง แด€ษดแด… สœแด‡ส€แด‡ แดกแด‡ ษขแด . . . ษชแด› แดกแด€๊œฑ 106 แด…แด‡ษขส€แด‡แด‡๊œฑ สœแด‡ส€แด‡ ษชษด สŸแดแด…ษช สแด‡๊œฑแด›แด‡ส€แด…แด€ส!๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ ๊œฑแดœแดแดแด‡ส€ ษช๊œฑ แด…แด‡๊œฐษชษดษชแด›แด‡สŸส สœแด‡ส€แด‡.๐ŸŒž แดกสœแด€แด› ษช๊œฑ ๊œฑแดœแดแดแด‡ส€ แดกแด‡แด€แด›สœแด‡ส€ สŸษชแด‹แด‡ แดกสœแด‡ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ สŸษชแด แด‡? แด…แด สแดแดœ สœแด€แด แด‡ แด€ษดส แด›ส€ษชแด˜๊œฑ แด˜สŸแด€ษดษดแด‡แด… แด›สœษช๊œฑ ๊œฑแดœแดแดแด‡ส€? #MonthlyWrapUp #Colloquium #BookReviewer #ThrillerBookLovers #BookBrowse #NetGalley #BookMailIsTheBestMail #ItGirl #AllisonPataki #TheDoorman #ChrisPavone #BookSparks #Staged #CaitlinRother #TheInsomniacs #AllisonWinnScotch #WhenNoOneElseWill #AmandaSkenandore #AFarFlungLife #MLStedman #GoneInThreeSeconds #JimDeLaVega #DawnBeforeDarkness #LizLazarus #TheBurningSide #SarahDamoff
    ๐Ÿ“– โ–‘Aโ–‘uโ–‘tโ–‘hโ–‘oโ–‘rโ–‘ โ–‘Cโ–‘hโ–‘aโ–‘tโ–‘ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผด๏ฝˆ๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‹ ๏ฝ™๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผŒ ๏ผฒ๏ฝ๏ฝ‚๏ฝ…๏ฝ’๏ฝ” ๏ผ ๐Ÿ“– โ–‘Aโ–‘uโ–‘tโ–‘hโ–‘oโ–‘rโ–‘ โ–‘Cโ–‘hโ–‘aโ–‘tโ–‘ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผด๏ฝˆ๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‹ ๏ฝ™๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผŒ ๏ผฒ๏ฝ๏ฝ‚๏ฝ…๏ฝ’๏ฝ” ๏ผ Talking with ๐‘๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐, aka ๐€๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ, author of ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค, was just delightful! We covered lots of topics, including his journey to publication, writing style, inspiration for the book, & much more! Yes, we agree that The Rock, starring Sean Connery, Ed Harris, & Nicolas Cage (and the late, much-missed John Spencer -- how could I have forgotten he is one of the leads?) is a fabulous movie, as is the score by Hans Zimmer, Nick Glennie-Smith, and Harry Gregson-Williams! (But Stockton's own Chris Isaak wasn't in the film. I was mistaken. It was The Silence of the Lambs in which he played a SWAT commander.) What is the author reading? Robert recommends ๐€ ๐•๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐œ๐ž by @jordan_harper_yo/, as well as ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐›๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ (also one of my favorite books), & ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ by @alexfinlay. He's also currently reading ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐Œ๐š๐›๐ž๐ฅ by @sallyhepworth. ษช ส€แด‡แด€สŸสŸส แด‡ษดแดŠแดส แด„สœแด€แด›แด›ษชษดษข แดกษชแด›สœ แด€แดœแด›สœแดส€๊œฑ! แด…แด สแดแดœ สœแด€แด แด‡ แด€ ๊œฐแด€แด แดส€ษชแด›แด‡ แด€แดœแด›สœแดส€ สแดแดœ แด›สœษชษดแด‹ ษช ๊œฑสœแดแดœสŸแด… แด„สœแด€แด› แดกษชแด›สœ? #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #Thriller #PsychologicalThriller #PsychologicalSuspense #AveryBishop #TheGirlsInTheDark #RobertSwartwood #Bookouture #GrandCentralPublishing #ThrillerBookLoversAThePulse
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐”น๐• ๐• ๐•œ โ„๐•–๐•ง๐•š๐•–๐•จ ๐Ÿš Imagine you wake up one morning, ๐Ÿ“– ๐”น๐• ๐• ๐•œ โ„๐•–๐•ง๐•š๐•–๐•จ ๐Ÿš Imagine you wake up one morning, look at your wrist & discover a tattoo that you have no memory of acquiring. It consists of numbers arranged in a countdown formation, followed by one word: BOOM. Unbelievably, the numbers are ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. They appear to be counting down. ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ is that even ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ? Tattoos can't be ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ? Would you think you were dreaming, hallucinating, or having a psychotic break? Or that a friend has pranked you in an elaborate fashion? Would you try to wash the tattoo off? (Note: It cannot be removed.) Assuredly, you'd be frightened for several reasons, not that least being the fact that a tattoo was placed on your body without your knowledge or consent. And likely desperate to find out what will happen when the countdown clock reaches 0 because "BOOM" implies . . . ๐Ÿช€ That's the terrifying premise of ๐†๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ, the first book in ๐‰๐ข๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐ž ๐‹๐š ๐•๐ž๐ ๐š's Mind Hunter Series. It's a unique, inventive, fast-paced story at the center of which is Cassidy Chord, a forensic psychologist working as a profiler with the FBI. The hunter for a terrorist is on & an FBI task force works relentlessly to find & stop the bomber before he/she claims more seemingly random, helpless victims. Cassidy is a former Blackhawk pilot who lost both the man she loved & one of her legs in the Middle East. She's suffering from PTSD & phantom limb pain, & receiving vanishing messages from the perpetrator. Can she and her fellow task force members find & stop the bomber? Don't start reading this one late in the evening . . . you won't sleep at all! 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‡สŸสŸ แดœ๊œฑ แด€ส™แดแดœแด› แด›สœแด‡ สŸแด€๊œฑแด› ส™แดแดแด‹ แด›สœแด€แด› แด‹แด‡แด˜แด› สแดแดœ ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข แดกแด‡สŸสŸ แด˜แด€๊œฑแด› สแดแดœส€ ษดแดส€แดแด€สŸ ส™แด‡แด…แด›ษชแดแด‡ ส™แด‡แด„แด€แดœ๊œฑแด‡ สแดแดœ แดŠแดœ๊œฑแด› แด„แดแดœสŸแด…ษด'แด› แด˜แดœแด› ษชแด› แด…แดแดกษด! #Colloquium #BookReviewer #Thriller #ThrillerBookLoversThePulse #JimDeLaVega #GoneInThreeSeconds #MindHunterSeries #TulePublishing
    ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐Ÿ“š So many books arrived at my home wh ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐Ÿ“š So many books arrived at my home while I was spending two glorious weeks on Maui! This is just a few of them . . . I'll share more soon. I'm very grateful for every single book I receive! ๐Ÿ“™ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ by ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ป ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ป๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด (Mitchell Cove Publishing LLC) ๐Ÿ“• ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ by ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ (Blackstone) ๐Ÿ“˜ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐š๐ฎ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ by ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, translated by ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด (Blackstone) ๐Ÿ“— ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ by ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜™. ๐˜š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ (Blackstone) ๐Ÿ“” ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ค'๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ by ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ (Blackstone) สœแด€แด แด‡ สแดแดœ ส€แด‡แด„แด‡ษชแด แด‡แด… แด€ษดส ส™แดแดแด‹แดแด€ษชสŸ แด›สœแด€แด› สแดแดœ'ส€แด‡ แด‡xแด„ษชแด›แด‡แด… แด€ส™แดแดœแด› ส€แด‡แด„แด‡ษดแด›สŸส? ษช๊œฐ ๊œฑแด, แดกสœแด€แด› ส™แดแดแด‹(๊œฑ) แด€ส€ส€ษชแด แด‡แด… แด›สœแด€แด› สแดแดœ'ส€แด‡ แด€ษดxษชแดแดœ๊œฑ แด›แด ส€แด‡แด€แด…? #bookstagram #books #booklover #Colloquium #bookreviewer #Gift #BookMail #BookMailIsTheBestMail #DawnBeforeDarkenss #LizLazarus #MitchallCovePublishingLLC #TheSecretsOfFlowers #SallyPage #TheStoryOfMarceauMiller #MarceauMiller #HowardCurtis #TheSilentPathsOfNight #DavidRSlayton #TheMonksMindset #SamYo #BlackstonePublishing
    ๐Ÿ“– โ–‘Aโ–‘uโ–‘tโ–‘hโ–‘oโ–‘rโ–‘ โ–‘Cโ–‘hโ–‘aโ–‘tโ–‘ ๐Ÿ“– & ๐”พ๐•€๐•๐”ผ๐”ธ๐•Ž๐”ธ๐• ๏ผด๏ฝˆ๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‹ ๏ฝ™๏ฝ๏ฝ• ๐Ÿ“– โ–‘Aโ–‘uโ–‘tโ–‘hโ–‘oโ–‘rโ–‘ โ–‘Cโ–‘hโ–‘aโ–‘tโ–‘ ๐Ÿ“– & ๐”พ๐•€๐•๐”ผ๐”ธ๐•Ž๐”ธ๐• ๏ผด๏ฝˆ๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‹ ๏ฝ™๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผŒ ๏ผฌ๏ฝ‰๏ฝš๏ผ What a great discussion I had with author ๐‹๐ข๐ณ ๐‹๐š๐ณ๐š๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ about her background, motivations to become a novelist, & journey to publication. We discussed all 4 of her books -- ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž, and ๐’๐ก๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, as well as her latest, ๐ƒ๐š๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, which was inspired, in part, by personal experience. ๐ƒ๐š๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ is a fast-paced, "relentless" thriller about a young woman fighting monumental battles. She is the story of a woman dealing with a frightening, ruthless stalker. The attorney she retains to protect her interests, as well as those of her vulnerable mother, fails her, as does the legal system. It's a contemporary, riveting, and fully plausible story. What is the author reading? Liz recommends the audio version of It's Not Her by Mary Kubica. Liz is graciously offering an audio version of one of her books to a lucky reader! How to Enter: 1. Watch the video of our discussion & decide which of Liz's four books -- ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐’๐ก๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž or ๐ƒ๐š๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ -- you'd like to read. 2. Post a comment stating the book you're choosing & ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ that's the one you most want to read. 3. Follow @authorlizlazurus ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ @jhscolloquium. Extra Entries: 4. Tag friends! One extra extra for each friend you tag (one per comment). 5. Share this reel as a story (tag @authorlizlazarus & @jhscolloquium) for two extra entries. ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ & ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐Ÿท๐Ÿน, ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿผ! If not entering the giveaway: สŸษชแดข สŸแด€แดขแด€ส€แดœ๊œฑ ษช๊œฑ แด€ ษดแด‡แดก-แด›แด-แดแด‡ แด€แดœแด›สœแดส€ & ษช'แด ๊œฑแด สœแด€แด˜แด˜ส แด›แด สœแด€แด แด‡ แด…ษช๊œฑแด„แดแด แด‡ส€แด‡แด… สœแด‡ส€ แดกส€ษชแด›ษชษดษข. แดกสœแด€แด› ษดแด‡แดก-แด›แด-สแดแดœ แด€แดœแด›สœแดส€(๊œฑ) สœแด€แด แด‡ สแดแดœ แด€แด…แด…แด‡แด… แด›แด สแดแดœส€ แด€แดœแด›แด-ส€แด‡แด€แด… สŸษช๊œฑแด› ส€แด‡แด„แด‡ษดแด›สŸส? #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #LizLazarus #DawnBeforeDarkness #MitchellCovePublishingLLC #Thriller #PsychologicalThriller #PsychologicalSuspense
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐„๐ƒ๐“ | 1๐ŸŽ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š.๐ฆ. ๐๐ƒ๐“ Author ๐‹๐ข๐ณ ๐‹๐š๐ณ๐š๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ pens psychological, legal thrillers dealing with contemporary issues. Her goal is to both educate and entertain. In ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž, and ๐’๐ก๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž she has addressed the criminal justice system, PTSD, responsible gun ownership, self-defense, and female empowerment. Her latest novel, ๐ƒ๐š๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, is the story of a woman dealing with a frightening and ruthless stalker; the failures of counsel retained to protect her interests, as well as those of her vulnerable mother, not to mention the legal system itself; and the unimaginable struggles she faces as she seeks to care for and protect her mother. It is a decidedly timely and riveting thriller. I hope you will join us during the IGLive broadcast or watch the recording of our conversation! #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #LizLazarus #DawnBeforeDarkness #MitchellCovePublishingLLC
    โ–‘Aโ–‘uโ–‘tโ–‘hโ–‘oโ–‘rโ–‘ โ–‘Cโ–‘hโ–‘aโ–‘tโ–‘ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผด๏ฝˆ๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‹ ๏ฝ™๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผŒ ๏ผฃ๏ฝ๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝŒ๏ฝ‰๏ฝŽ๏ผ Au โ–‘Aโ–‘uโ–‘tโ–‘hโ–‘oโ–‘rโ–‘ โ–‘Cโ–‘hโ–‘aโ–‘tโ–‘ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผด๏ฝˆ๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‹ ๏ฝ™๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผŒ ๏ผฃ๏ฝ๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝŒ๏ฝ‰๏ฝŽ๏ผ Author ๐‚๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ and I had an informative and candid conversation about the publishing industry, the state of journalism in the U.S. today, and, of course, her excellent books! ๐๐š๐ค๐ž๐ ๐€๐๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, her first volume of crime fiction, is the prequel to her ๐Š๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐š & ๐†๐จ๐จ๐๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ. The first installment, ๐‡๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐, is available now and ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ will be published on June 16, 2026. Once you start reading, you'll be ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ on the complex, tightly constructed mysteries populated by fascinating, fully-formed characters. Ken Goode is a San Diego police detective who has achieved his career goal of being assigned to the homicide division under the supervision of the man he considers his brother. Katrina Chopin is new to San Diego, but not investigative journalism. She is determined to get the story, but committed to doing so within the bounds of journalistic integrity and ethical guidelines. She has a very personal connection to one case . . . and a strong mutual attraction to Goode. Caitlin is also the author of a dozen compelling true crime books and we talked about three of my favorites: ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ค๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ง๐ž, and ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ. Her journey from investigative reporter to true crime author to crime novelist is an amazing story in and of itself! Her perseverance and tenacity brought her dream to fruition. You can read her account at www.jhsiess.com. What is the author reading? Caitlin recommends the 3rd book in @ericbeetner's Carter McCay trilogy. แดกสœแด€แด› ส™แดแดแด‹(๊œฑ) แดกษชสŸสŸ สแดแดœ ส™แด‡ ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข แด›สœษช๊œฑ แดกแด‡แด‡แด‹แด‡ษดแด…? #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #CaitlinRother #NakedAddiction #Hooked #Staged #KatrinaAndGoodeSeries #DeadReckoning #DownToTheBone #BodyParts #ThomasAndMercer #TrueCrime #CrimeFiction #UpcomingRelease
    ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐•Œ๐•ก๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ โ„๐•–๐•๐•–๐•’๐•ค๐•– ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฅ๐š ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ is a Canadian ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐•Œ๐•ก๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ โ„๐•–๐•๐•–๐•’๐•ค๐•– ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฅ๐š ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ is a Canadian authorย whose debut psychological thriller, ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ, wasย recognized by the Crime Writers of Canada Excellence Awards,ย Canadian Book Club Awards, Pen Craft Awards, & National Indieย Excellence Awards. Her second novel, ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ, will beย published ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐Ÿท๐Ÿป, ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿผ, & it sounds likeย a tense, engrossing tale that will keep me reading well into theย night! After reading the synopsis, I can't wait to see how the story unfolds. ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด: Professor Karla Dobbs has everything: literary acclaim, aย bestselling novel, & a film adaptation on the horizon. Until aย former student accuses her of plagiarism.ย ย  Natalie Silva claims that the novel in question is based on a realย tragedy & insists that the film be stopped . . . or there willย be consequences. Certain that she has done nothing wrong, Karlaย dismisses her. At first.ย  But as the world slips into lockdown, the truth begins to unravel,ย & the people behind the real story emerge, demanding answers.ย Threats & public scrutiny follow. Then come the submissions. Through a desperate attempt to stay afloat, her online mentorshipย program, Karla receives work from an anonymous writer known onlyย as The Protegรฉ. Each excerpt is disturbingly personal. Intimateย & predictive, with chilling precision. Someone is watching her. Someone is writing her. And as people around her begin to die, Karla realizes ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆย ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณย ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ . . . ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ดย ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด. ษชแด›'๊œฑ แด€สŸแดสœแด€ ๊œฐส€ษชแด…แด€ส! แด€ษดแด… แด€ แด›สœส€แด‡แด‡-แด…แด€ส แดกแด‡แด‡แด‹แด‡ษดแด… ษชษด แด›สœแด‡ แดœ.๊œฑ. แดกสœแด€แด› แด…แด สแดแดœย สœแด€แด แด‡ แด˜สŸแด€ษดษดแด‡แด…? ๐‘จ๐’๐’๐’‰๐’‚! ๐‘ฐ'๐’Ž ๐’‚๐’• ๐’Ž๐’š ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’š ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†, ๐’†๐’๐’‹๐’๐’š๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’๐’‡๐’• ๐’•๐’“๐’๐’‘๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’›๐’†๐’”, ๐’”๐’–๐’, & ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’–๐’๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’”๐’๐’†๐’†๐’‘ ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’“๐’‚๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’—๐’†๐’” . . . ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’๐’ ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’๐’” ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’•๐’”๐’๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“. ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒด๐ŸŒบ๐Ÿ˜Ž #UpcomingRelease #Colloquium #BookReviewerย #ThrillerBookLoversThePulse #TheMentor #AngelaDouglasย #PsychologicalThriller #UpcomingRelease #DreamscapeMedia
    ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐•Œ๐•ก๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ โ„๐•–๐•๐•–๐•’๐•ค๐•– ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐Š๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ž has long been ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐•Œ๐•ก๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ โ„๐•–๐•๐•–๐•’๐•ค๐•– ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐Š๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ž has long been an auto-read author forย me. Have you read her fabulous Everything Series --ย ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐—ช๐ž ๐Š๐ž๐ž๐ฉ, ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐—ช๐žย ๐‹๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐, & ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐—ช๐ž ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ž?ย If not, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ becauseย she has written the fourth & final book in the series,ย ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐—ช๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐. And it's a second chanceย story! I can't wait to read it because I ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ the firstย three books. Pre-order your copy now. It will be published onย ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐Ÿน, ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿผ! ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด: On the outside, Nadia Jacobs is a cool, confident architect at theย top of her game. But for the past decade, sheโ€™s been quietlyย building walls to keep the people she loves most at armโ€™s length.ย All because of him. Thomas Donato sacrificed everything when he forced Nadia to keep aย dangerous secret from everyone they knew. He did it to protect hisย family. But it cost him the woman heโ€™s secretly loved since theyย were kids. Now he wants back into Nadiaโ€™s life. Nadiaโ€™s heart does a familiarย skip-and-stumble when met with his hesitant smile, but she seesย through his bravado. Thomas is achingly alone. And letting him inย risks losing everyone & everything she holds dear. When his past abruptly crashes into their present, they are bothย suddenly on the run. Not only are they forced to confront theย price of a secret theyโ€™ve kept for a decade, but a truth even moreย treacherous: their feelings for each other. With time running out & nowhere to hide, will their love healย what darkness broke in them all those years ago, or will itย shatter them forever? ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐—ช๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ is a heart-pounding &ย suspenseful romance full of longing & a second chance at loveย against the odds. ษช'แด ษดแดแด› แด€ ส™ษชษข ส€แดแดแด€ษดแด„แด‡ ส€แด‡แด€แด…แด‡ส€, ส™แดœแด› ษช แด…แด สŸแดแด แด‡ ๊œฑแด‡แด„แดษดแด… แด„สœแด€ษดแด„แด‡ ๊œฑแด›แดส€ษชแด‡๊œฑ.ย ษช๊œฑ แด›สœแด‡ส€แด‡ แด€ ๊œฑแด‡แด„แดษดแด… แด„สœแด€ษดแด„แด‡ ๊œฑแด›แดส€ส แด›สœแด€แด› สแดแดœ สœแด€แด แด‡ สŸแดแด แด‡แด… &ย ส€แด‡แด„แดแดแดแด‡ษดแด…? #UpcomingRelease #Colloquium #BookReviewer #KerryLonsdaleย #EverythingSeries #EverythingWeKeep #EverythingWeGiveย #EverythingWeLeftBehind #EverythingWeFound #UpcomingReleaseย #SecondChanceRomance #Bookouture
    ๐Ÿ“š ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“œ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ต ๐Ÿ“ฌ I love to read big, messy, dramatic ๐Ÿ“š ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“œ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ต ๐Ÿ“ฌ I love to read big, messy, dramatic stories, as well as mysteries, thrillers, & lots of historical fiction. But sometimes I just want to curl up with a book that will remind of all the truly good people in the world & reassure me that things always ultimately work out. Thanks to @bibliolifestyle & @harperperennial for a copy of ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐—ช๐ข๐ฌ๐ก by ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ, author of ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฎ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ & ๐‚๐ข๐ฅ๐ค๐š'๐ฌ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ, two works of historical fiction that I loved. ๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ May 5, 2026, it is a decidedly contemporary story of courage, family, resilience, & hope, which is something I think we can all agree we need right now. ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด: Jesse is 15 years old. She loves her friends, her little brother, & her parents, even when theyโ€™re arguing, which feels constant these days. Most of all, she loves playing video games. Even from her hospital bed. Alex is 29. He doesn't love a lot of things & isnโ€™t really sure he knows ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ to. He's a virtual reality games designer with a desk that is completely empty except for his computer . . . much like his life sometimes feels. Jesse makes a wish. A simple one. She wants a video experience made of her life. Something tangible that will be there, just in case ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ isnโ€™t. One loving teenager. One lonely adult. Which one will get the happy ending? แดกสœแด€แด› ส™แดแดแด‹(๊œฑ) แด…แด สแดแดœ ส€แด‡แด„แดแดแดแด‡ษดแด… แดกสœแด‡ษด ๊œฑแดแดแด‡แดษดแด‡ แด›แด‡สŸสŸ๊œฑ สแดแดœ แด›สœแด‡ส แดกแด€ษดแด› แด›แด ส€แด‡แด€แด… แด€ ส™แดแดแด‹ แด›สœแด€แด› แดกษชสŸสŸ แดœแด˜สŸษช๊œฐแด› แด›สœแด‡แด & แดแด€แด‹แด‡ แด›สœแด‡แด สœแดแด˜แด‡๊œฐแดœสŸ แด…แด‡๊œฑแด˜ษชแด›แด‡ แด€สŸสŸ แด›สœแด‡ แด›แดœส€แดแดษชสŸ ษชษด แด›สœแด‡ แดกแดส€สŸแด… แด€ษดแด…/แดส€ แด›สœแด‡ษชส€ แด˜แด‡ส€๊œฑแดษดแด€สŸ สŸษช๊œฐแด‡? #BookMail #Bookstagram #Gift #bookreviewer #Colloquium #Bibliolifestyle #HarperPerennial #HeatherMorris #TheWish
    ๐Ÿ“šโ–‘Aโ–‘pโ–‘rโ–‘iโ–‘lโ–‘ โ–‘Wโ–‘rโ–‘aโ–‘pโ–‘-โ–‘Uโ–‘pโ–‘๐Ÿ“š April was a month o ๐Ÿ“šโ–‘Aโ–‘pโ–‘rโ–‘iโ–‘lโ–‘ โ–‘Wโ–‘rโ–‘aโ–‘pโ–‘-โ–‘Uโ–‘pโ–‘๐Ÿ“š April was a month of extraordinarily good books! And I discovered new authors whose work I enjoyed & have added them to my exceedingly long & never completed list of auto-buy authors. I read 1๏ธโƒฃ1๏ธโƒฃ books & 1๏ธโƒฃnovella in April. โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ๐Ÿ“– ๐—ช๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐”๐ฉ๐จ๐ง ๐€ ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ž by ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฃ๐˜บ (Writing as Eliza Gordon) ๐Ÿ“– ๐—ช๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐‹๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ by ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜”๐˜ค๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐Ÿ“– ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐—ช๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ž by ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜”๐˜ค๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ by ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ ๐Ÿ“– ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ by ๐˜Œ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐Ÿ“– ๐Š๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž by ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜Œ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐Ÿ“– ๐—ช๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฐ by ๐˜Œ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐Ÿ“– ๐˜๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ by ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ๐Ÿ“– ๐—ช๐ž ๐—ช๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ by ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ-๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ ๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐‹๐š๐ค๐ž by ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜”๐˜ค๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค by ๐˜ˆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐Ÿ“– ๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž by ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ข แด€แด˜ส€ษชสŸ 30 แดแด€ส€แด‹แด‡แด… แด›สœแด‡ แด‡ษดแด… แด๊œฐ แด›สœแด‡ 1๊œฑแด› 1/3 แด๊œฐ 2026. สœแดแดก ษช๊œฑ สแดแดœส€ ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข ษขแดษชษดษข ๊œฑแด ๊œฐแด€ส€ แด›สœษช๊œฑ สแด‡แด€ส€? แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ แดษด แด›ส€แด€แด„แด‹ แด›แด แดแด‡แด‡แด› แด€ษดส ษขแดแด€สŸ(๊œฑ) สแดแดœ สœแด€แด แด‡ ๊œฑแด‡แด› ๊œฐแดส€ สแดแดœส€๊œฑแด‡สŸ๊œฐ? #MonthlyWrapUp #Colloquium #BookReviewer #ThrillerBookLovers #BookBrowse #WishUponARosie #JennSommersby #WhatLiesInDarkness #ChristinaMcDonald #AllTheLiesWeSee #TheStrangerAtBlackLake #TheAstralLibrary #KateQuinn #InvasiveSpecies #EllerAdams #KeepThemClose #DavidEllis #WontBeLongNow #ElizabethHardinger #Yesterear #CaroClaireBurke #Putnam #WilliamMorrow #WeWouldNeverTell #PenguinRandomHouse #AnneSophieJouhanneau #TheGirlsInTheDark #AverBishop #InHerDefense #PhilippaMalicka
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž 5๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž 5๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ‘:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐„๐ƒ๐“ | ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐๐ƒ๐“ I discovered ๐‚๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ's true crime books many years ago via Pump Up Your Book, a virtual book tour group. That was well before Instagram, TikTok, etc. when my reviews were only published on my website. I was eager to read that first book because the story fascinated me, but it also had a slight connection to my career. I've read every successive book she has published since then. So of course I was enthusiastic when I heard she was pivoting to crime ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. Unsurprisingly, she is just as adept at creating engrossing, twisty novels as she is at relating the thoroughly researched details of actual crimes in her signature riveting style. She introduced San Diego police detective Ken Goode in ๐๐š๐ค๐ž๐ ๐€๐๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. (That was actually the first book she ever wrote.) His story continues in ๐‡๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐, set a year later in 2015, and ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž๐, which will be released on June 16, 2026. In those installments, he is joined by reporter Katrina Goode as he struggles to solve baffling crimes . . . and maintain his professionalism when he is tempted to cross ethical boundaries. Reading Caitlin's superbly-crafted novels, you would never suspect that her journey from being a true crime writer to fulfilling her dream of being a crime novelist was an onerous one spanning 17 years. We'll talk about how her determination & perseverance has paid off, challenges presented by a changing publishing industry, whether she'll write more true crime books, the additional novels in the series she has already completed, what she is writing now . . . and more! I hope you can join us during the IGLive broadcast. If you can't, but have questions you would like to ask Caitlin, submit them in a comment & watch the recording later to hear her responses. #Colloquium #AuthorChat #BookReviewer #TrueCrime #CrimeFiction #CaitlinRother #NakedAddiction #Hooked #Staged #ThomasAndMercer #PumpUpYourBook
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐—ช๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐—ช๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ“:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐„๐ƒ๐“ | ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐๐ƒ๐“ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค is a fast-paced, gripping thriller about 15-year-old twins who are kidnapped near their home & held captive for 147 days. But the more interesting aspect of the story is what happens when only one of them escapes. Related through two narratives, Megan's first-person account of present-day events & her emotional struggles, alternating with a third-person account of the girls' captivity which advances incrementally from the day of the kidnapping up to the escape. The book kept me up way too late because I couldn't stop reading the engrossing & surprisingly thought-provoking mystery. It made me an ๐€๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ fan & he has graciously agreed to chat with me about writing thrillers, publishing, "hint fiction" (his invention), & why Robert Swartwood, a bestselling & award-winning author, decided to start publishing books under a pseudonym! If you are able to join us during the IGLive broadcast, you can ask your burning questions. Or submit them in a comment & watch the recording later to hear his answers! #Colloquium #AuthorChat #BookReviewer #ThrillerBookLoversThePulse #TheGirlsInTheDark #AveryBishop #RobertSwarthood #Bookouture #Thriller #PsycholgicalThriller #Mystery
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ‘:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐„๐ƒ๐“ | ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐๐ƒ๐“ Even if you haven't read ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ ๐—ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง's novels yet, if you're a fan of TV dramas, including Homicide, Law & Order, House, JAG, Judging Amy, & Medium, you've seen his work. His long love of psychological thrillers & a desire to write alone, rather than in a collaborative TV writers' room, inspired him to pen his first novel, ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž, which he followed up with ๐Š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ. Recently, ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ% was released & he is adapting it as a pilot for NBC. Set just 20 years in the future, the United States is ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ privatized. The Big Six syndicates own schools, roads, police departments . . . even human beings. The murder of one of them sends an NYPD detective with an old-school sense of justice on a quest to find her killer, & a battle against the syndicates & the most ruthless, powerful AI in the world. I hope you will join us during the IGLive broadcast or watch the recording of what is sure to be a fascinating discussion! #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #MattWitten #TheNecklace #KillerStory #51PercentBook #OceanviewPublishing #LevelBestBooks #DystopianFiction #Thriller
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€ย ๐Ÿ’ป ๐˜๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ by ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐จ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ค๐ž i ๐Ÿ“– ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€ย ๐Ÿ’ป ๐˜๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ by ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐จ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ค๐ž is not justย a bestseller. It is the current "you have to read it" book becauseย of readers' myriad reactions to the characters and story. The main character, Natalie Heller Mills, is a social mediaย influencer. She has developed a "lifestyle brand" centered aroundย her role as a "trad wife." With her husband and children, she livesย on a farm and every aspect of their life that she projects to theย world is carefully curated to present an ideally stylized existence.ย She sells related merchandise, naturally, and has become extremelyย wealthy. Behind the staged imagery, the family is far from perfect, ofย course. ๐˜๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ is fast-paced and engrossing. It is aย completely unique and creative tale, unlike any I've ever readย before. It is extremely well-written, with each character fullyย formed.ย  I have convinced my in-person book club to read ๐˜๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซย because I can't think of a book that is better suited to discussionย of its multi-layered, nuanced themes. Burke has constructed aย searingly astute and insightful story about life in the age ofย social media, with contemporary political and religious overtones.ย It is the most impressive debut novel I have read in some time &ย I can't wait to read more of her work. โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ สœแด€แด แด‡ สแดแดœ ส€แด‡แด€แด… สแด‡๊œฑแด›แด‡ส€สแด‡แด€ส€? ษช๊œฐ ๊œฑแด, ๊œฑสœแด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœส€ ษชแดแด˜ส€แด‡๊œฑ๊œฑษชแดษด๊œฑ แด€ษดแด… แดแด˜ษชษดษชแดษด.ย ษช๊œฐ ษดแดแด›, แด…แด สแดแดœ แด˜สŸแด€ษด แด›แด? #Colloquium #BookReview #Yesteryear #CaroClaireBurkeย #BookClubFiction #GMABookClub #KnopfPublishing #NetGalley
    โ–‘Aโ–‘uโ–‘tโ–‘hโ–‘oโ–‘rโ–‘ โ–‘Cโ–‘hโ–‘aโ–‘tโ–‘ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผด๏ฝˆ๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‹ ๏ฝ™๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผŒ ๏ผช๏ฝ‰๏ฝ๏ผ I had โ–‘Aโ–‘uโ–‘tโ–‘hโ–‘oโ–‘rโ–‘ โ–‘Cโ–‘hโ–‘aโ–‘tโ–‘ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผด๏ฝˆ๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‹ ๏ฝ™๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผŒ ๏ผช๏ฝ‰๏ฝ๏ผ I had a wonderful time chatting with award-winning author ๐‰๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‹'๐„๐ญ๐จ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž about his background in law enforcement and unique childhood experiences; how, after retiring, he was inspired to become a novelist; his writing approach & style; busy role as a volunteer and mentor to up-and-coming authors; and, of course, his excellent books. The Detective Nathan Parker series, set in Arizona, consists of four volumes so far: ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ, ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐—ช๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง, ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐, and ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ. This is a great time to start reading and get caught up on the series, because the fifth book, ๐—ช๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ, will be released in August 2026. I can't wait to read it. Set in Sacramento, there are three installments in the Detective Emily Hunter series: ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐, ๐‘๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ข๐ž๐ฌ (which was just nominated for an Anthony Award), and ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก. A fourth volume is in the works. Every one of Jim's books is fast-paced, populated by fully developed and fascinating characters, and sprinkled with humor. Additionally, he confronts contemporary social issues from multiple vantage points. That makes the books excellent choices for book clubs because there are plenty of aspects to discuss and debate. แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ แด€ ๊œฐแด€ษด แด๊œฐ แด€ษดส ส™แดแดแด‹ ๊œฑแด‡ส€ษชแด‡๊œฑ? ษขษชแด แด‡ แดแด‡ สแดแดœส€ ส€แด‡แด„แดแดแดแด‡ษดแด…แด€แด›ษชแดษด๊œฑ! #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #JamesLEtoile #DetectiveNathanParkerSeries #DetectiveEmilyHunterSeries #DeadDrop #DevilWithin #ServedCold #SinsOfTheFather #FaceOfGreed #RiverOfLies #IllusionOfTruth #Thriller #Mystery #PartnersInCrimeVirtualBookTours #LevelBestBooks #OceanviewPublishing
    โ–‘Aโ–‘uโ–‘tโ–‘hโ–‘oโ–‘rโ–‘ โ–‘Cโ–‘hโ–‘aโ–‘tโ–‘ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผด๏ฝˆ๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‹ ๏ฝ™๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผŒ ๏ผค๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‰๏ฝ…๏ฝŒ๏ฝŒ๏ฝ…๏ผ B โ–‘Aโ–‘uโ–‘tโ–‘hโ–‘oโ–‘rโ–‘ โ–‘Cโ–‘hโ–‘aโ–‘tโ–‘ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผด๏ฝˆ๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‹ ๏ฝ™๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผŒ ๏ผค๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‰๏ฝ…๏ฝŒ๏ฝŒ๏ฝ…๏ผ Bestselling, award-winning author ๐ƒ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž ๐†๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ graciously joined me to talk about her background, writing style, and latest novel, ๐๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฒ ๐’๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ซ. โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ She is commemorating her 25 years as a published author -- the Rookie Club, Rookie Club, Dr. Schwartzman, and Badland Series, as well as four other standalone novels. ๐๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฒ ๐’๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ซ is an excellent selection for books clubs. Danielle describes it as a literary thriller and, through her fascinating, fully developed characters, she explores multiple themes, including forgiveness, deciding whether or not to have children, fertility, and marital partners who disagree about the future they envision for themselves. At the heart of the story is a friendship developed in adolescence between Lexi, Mara, and Cate (Danielle says they really became sisters), a tragedy, and a reunion 16 years later. When Mara disappears just days before the baby she has agreed to carry for Lexi is due, Lexi begins searching for her. Twists, turns, surprising revelations, and questions about how well the friends ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ know each other figure into the fast-paced, action-packed, & clever mystery. แดกสœแด€แด› ส™แดแดแด‹(๊œฑ) แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ แด„แดœส€ส€แด‡ษดแด›สŸส ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข แด€ษดแด…/แดส€ สŸษช๊œฑแด›แด‡ษดษชษดษข แด›แด? #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #DanielleGirard #PinkySwear #AtriaBooks #EmilyBestlerBooks #Thriller #Mystery #LiteraryThriller
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