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Instagram post 2199019713076586799_5563974836 ☃️ WooHoo Book Mail ☃️⁣ ⁣ So excited and thankful for this lovely #bookmail from @hbgcanada ⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣❥ The Third Rainbow Girl by Emma Copley Eisenberg (Hatchette Books - Jan. 2020)⁣ ⁣ ❥ Hannah’s War by Jan Eliasberg⁣ (Little, Brown and Company - Mar. 2020)⁣ ⁣ ❥ Lost Boy Found by Kirsten Alexander (Grand Central Publishing - Mar. 2020)⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Has anyone read any of these?⁣⁣ ⁣ ⁣ What are you excited to read this winter?⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ #bookstagram #bookblogger #reading #tbr #bookmail #bookstoread #books #historicalfiction #thriller #mystery #bookishlove #bookphotography #books #booksbooksbooks #bookishlife #ARC #bookstagrammer #lovetoread #readersofinstagram #bookworm #bookish #whatsbetterthanbooks⁣ #hbgcanada
Instagram post 2197366463570996097_5563974836 #𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 Time!⁣ ⁣ Today I’m featuring 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝗪𝐚𝐫 (Deverill Chronicles #1) by 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐞. The insightful, riveting, exquisitely written, and incredibly atmospheric first novel of a series that I absolutely loved.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐬:⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ The #1 international bestseller about the enduring bond between three women and the castle they will never forget.⁣ ⁣ Their lives were mapped out ahead of them. But love and war will change everything…⁣ ⁣ It’s the early 1900s and Castle Deverill stands staunchly untouched by time, hidden away in the rolling Irish hills. Within the castle walls, three friends have formed a close bond: affluent, flame-haired Kitty Deverill; Bridie Doyle, Kitty’s best friend and daughter of the castle’s cook; and Celia Deverill, Kitty’s flamboyant English cousin. They’ve grown up together, always sheltered from the conflict embroiling the rest of the country. But when Bridie learns of a secret Kitty has been keeping, their idyllic world is forever torn apart.⁣ ⁣ Later, the three women scatter to different parts of the globe. Kitty must salvage what she can before Castle Deverill and everything she has ever known is reduced to ash. Songs of Love and War is an epic generational saga about the lasting bonds of true friendship and the powerful ties we all have to the place we call home.⁣ Previously published in the US as The Girl in the Castle.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Have you read 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝗪𝐚𝐫 or anything else by 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐞?⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ 𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤?⁣⁣ 𝗪𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞?⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Thank you to Simon & Schuster Canada for providing me with a copy back in 2018 in exchange for an honest review.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #bookish #bookreview #bookhoarder #bookishlife #bookishlove #booklover #historicalfiction #bookobsessed #bookaholic #bookrecommendations #whatsbetterthanbooks⁣ #deverillchronicles #simonandschustercanada
Instagram post 2196760313636997199_5563974836 ⁣⁣ 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 is a sassy, spirited, cute role-reversal on the movie How to Lose a Guy in 10 days that’s just as fun.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣Have you had a chance to read 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲?⁣ What did you think?⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ What was the last book you read that you loved?⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #bookstagram #bookblogger #reading #tbr #bookstoread #books #contemporaryromance #bookishlove #bookphotography #books #booksbooksbooks #bookishlife #bookstagrammer #lovetoread #readersofinstagram #bookworm #bookish #whatsbetterthanbooks⁣ #bookish #bookreview #bookhoarder #bookishlife #booklover #bookobsessed #bookaholic #berkley #penguinrandomhouseca
Instagram post 2195886021361720690_5563974836 🎉 Review Time 🎉 ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Today I am honoured to be part of the blog tour and to share my 5 🌟 review for: ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫 by 𝐈𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐲!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Mesmerizing, enthralling, and incredibly moving!⁣ ⁣ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫 is set in London and the English countryside during 1925, as well as 1936, and is told from two different perspectives. Selina, a young woman in her prime who often finds herself and her friends gracing the pages of the gossip rags for their outrageous behaviour and antics, and Alice Carew, Selina’s nine-year-old daughter who after being relegated to her grandparents country home while her parents are abroad embarks on a treasure hunt to discover all her mother’s secrets.⁣ ⁣ The prose is eloquent and vivid. The characters are creative, intelligent, and rebellious. And the plot, including all the subplots, unravel and intertwine into a sweeping saga of life, loss, family, expectations, sacrifice, self-discovery, friendship, heartbreak, romance, forbidden love, and the special bonds shared between a mother and daughter.⁣ ⁣ Overall, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫 is a bittersweet, beautifully expressive, exceptionally affecting story by Grey that illuminates the enduring passion and power of unconditional love and reminds us that life should always be lived to the fullest. It’s immersive, vibrant, and utterly heartwrenching in spots, and is without a doubt one of my favourite reads of the year. ⁣ ⁣⁣ Thank you to @stmartinspress for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Have you had a chance to read 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫 or anything else by 𝐈𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐲?⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ What did you think?⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #bookstagram #bookblogger #reading #tbr #bookmail #bookstoread #books #historicalfiction #bookishlove #bookphotography #books #booksbooksbooks #bookishlife #ARC #bookstagrammer #lovetoread #readersofinstagram #bookworm #bookish #whatsbetterthanbooks⁣ #bookish #bookreview #bookhoarder #bookishlife #booklover #bookobsessed #bookaholic #blogtour #theglitteringhour #stmartinspress
Instagram post 2193233924304412171_5563974836 More books on my ever growing #TBR waiting to be read. I just need a couple more hours added to each day and I think I could really make a dent in it! 😉 ⁣Has anyone read any of these?⁣ What was the last book you read that you loved? ⁣⁣⁣ #bookstagram #bookblogger #reading #tbr #bookstoread #books #contemporaryromance #mystery #thriller #womensfiction #bookishlove #bookphotography #books #booksbooksbooks #bookishlife #bookstagrammer #lovetoread #readersofinstagram #bookworm #bookish #whatsbetterthanbooks⁣ #historicalfiction
Instagram post 2192260970104126725_5563974836 Today for #𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 I’m featuring 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐫 by 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐝𝐢 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐬 a sophisticated, riveting, chillingly plausible novel that is highly suspenseful, gripping, and in my opinion a real page-turner!⁣ ⁣⁣ Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟💫⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐬:⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ SHE WAS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. AND NOW SHE’S MISSING.⁣ ⁣ She’s playing at the school fete with your children. You pull out your phone, scroll through Facebook, and look up again.⁣ ⁣ NOW YOU DON’T⁣ ⁣ Charlotte is looking after her best friend’s daughter the day she disappears. She thought the little girl was playing with her own children. She swears she only took her eyes off them for a second.⁣ ⁣ Now, Charlotte must do the unthinkable, tell her best friend Harriet that her only child is missing. The child she was meant to be watching.⁣ ⁣ Devastated, Harriet can no longer bear to see Charlotte. No one could expect her to trust her friend again.⁣ ⁣ Only now she needs to. Because two weeks later Harriet and Charlotte are both being questioned separately by the police. And secrets are about to surface.⁣ ⁣ HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO PUT THINGS RIGHT?⁣ ⁣⁣ 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐝𝐢 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐬?⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ 𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤?⁣⁣ 𝗪𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞?⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Thank you to Arrow Publishing for providing me with a copy back in 2018 in exchange for an honest review.⁣ ⁣ #bookish #bookreview #bookhoarder #bookishlife #bookishlove #booklover #mystery #thriller #bookobsessed #bookaholic #bookrecommendations #whatsbetterthanbooks⁣ #nowyouseeher #arrowpublishing
Instagram post 2191053936033660018_5563974836 📚 READ THE BOOKS & WATCH THE SERIES ON NETFLIX! 📺 ⁣ Today I’m so excited to feature VIRGIN RIVER by ROBYN CARR the first book in a 20-book series by Carr that is soon to be a 10-episode Netflix series on December 6th ⁣ Synopsis: Welcome back to Virgin River with the book that started it all… Wanted: Midwife/nurse practitioner in Virgin River, population six hundred. Make a difference against a backdrop of towering California redwoods and crystal clear rivers. Rent-free cabin included. When the recently widowed Melinda Monroe sees this ad, she quickly decides that the remote mountain town of Virgin River might be the perfect place to escape her heartache, and to reenergize the nursing career she loves. But her high hopes are dashed within an hour of arriving—the cabin is a dump, the roads are treacherous and the local doctor wants nothing to do with her. Realizing she’s made a huge mistake, Mel decides to leave town the following morning. But a tiny baby abandoned on a front porch changes her plans…and former marine Jack Sheridan cements them into place. ⁣ Virgin River is 𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝗪, so check it out and don’t forget to catch the series on Netflix! Visit Robyn Carr’s instagram page at @RobynCarrWriter and click on the link in her bio to find out more details on how to purchase the book. I know what I’ll be watching December 6th. How about you? ⁣ Thank you to @HarlequinBooks and the @HarlequinPublicityTeam for supplying me with a copy of #VirginRiver and introducing me to the @virginriverseries ⁣ #Sponsored #RobynCarr #VirginRiver #HarlequinPublicityTeam #MIRABooks #HarlequinBooks #Netflix #BookToTVShow #BookToMovie #RomCom #RomanticComedy #MartinHenderson #AlexandraBreckenridge #bookish #bookrecommendations #bookreview #bookhoarder #bookishlife #bookishlove #booklover #bookobsessed #bookaholic #whatsbetterthanbooks⁣
Instagram post 2190701046941147744_5563974836 🎉 Review Time 🎉 ⁣ ⁣ Today I am thrilled to be sharing my 🌟🌟🌟🌟💫 review for: ⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ 𝐀 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 by 𝐍𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡!⁣ ⁣ Atmospheric, gritty, and suspenseful!⁣ ⁣ 𝐀 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 is a sharp, compelling read that transports you to Golden Cove, New Zealand, a small coastal town where the sudden disappearance of a local young woman with a bright future unearths a lot of strong emotions, tragic memories, and more long-buried secrets and skeletons than anyone could have ever imagined.⁣ ⁣ The prose is vivid and precise. The characters are tormented, mistrusting, and diligent. And the plot, including all the subplots, intertwine and unravel subtly into an engrossing, investigative tale filled with life, loss, family, friendship, heartbreak, manipulation, abuse, violence, murder, and a sliver of romance.⁣ ⁣ Overall, 𝐀 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 is an absorbing, dark, ominous tale that does an exceptional job of reminding us that evil can live easily amongst us and is often hidden behind masks of normality. It’s surprisingly the first novel I’ve read by Singh, but it certainly won’t be the last.⁣ ⁣ Thank you to @penguinrandomca @berkleypub for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Have you had a chance to read 𝐀 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 or anything else by 𝐍𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡? ⁣ What did you think?⁣ ⁣ #bookstagram #bookblogger #reading #tbr #bookmail #bookstoread #books #mystery #thriller #bookishlove #bookphotography #books #booksbooksbooks #bookishlife #ARC #bookstagrammer #lovetoread #readersofinstagram #bookworm #bookish #whatsbetterthanbooks⁣ #bookish #bookreview #bookhoarder #bookishlife #booklover #bookobsessed #bookaholic #booksharks
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