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⁣⁣⁣**Review Time**⁣ ⁣ Today I’m excite ⁣⁣⁣**Review Time**⁣ ⁣ Today I’m excited to share my ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review for: ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 by 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Creepy, twisty, and ominous!⁣ ⁣ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 is the start of a brand-new series by Engberg that sweeps you away to Copenhagen, Denmark where the prickly detective duo Kørner and Werner find themselves investigating a new complicated case involving a murder that seems to be plucked right off the pages of the landlord’s most recent manuscript, and a mutilated murder victim with a past full of secrets.⁣ ⁣ The prose is cunning and intense. The characters are secretive, flawed, and realistic. And the plot is a fast-paced, gritty tale full of twists, turns, intrigue, deception, revenge, suspicious personalities, terror, and murder.⁣ ⁣ Overall, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 is a tight, sinister, intricate tale by Engberg that’s not only a wonderful debut but an encouraging kickoff to the Kørner/Werner series with its well-drawn, quirky characters and darkly creative storylines.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣Thank you to @simonschusterca for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Have you had a chance to read 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭?⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ 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 #simonschusterca @BookSparks #BookSharks
✨ Happy Publication Day ✨⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Today I’m excited to share my ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 review for: ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧 by 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Mysterious, engaging, and thoroughly absorbing!⁣ ⁣ 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧 is a pensive, suspenseful tale that sweeps you away to Edenton, North Carolina during 1939, as well as 2018, and into the lives of Anna Dale and Morgan Christopher, two troubled, talented, young women whose strength, compassion, perseverance, and artistic abilities will be extremely tested by a small town with a history brimming with secrets, tension, prejudices, narrow-minded mentality, and violence.⁣ ⁣ The writing is seamless and descriptive. The characters are intelligent, multilayered, and creative. And the plot, alternating between timelines, unravels and intertwines into a sweeping saga of life, loss, family, self-discovery, expectations, friendship, heartbreak, addiction, mental illness, discrimination, jealousy, and the beautiful, intricate details involved in the process of creating and restoring artwork.⁣ ⁣ Overall, 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧 is thought-provoking, alluring, and incredibly intriguing and with its rich characterization and impeccably detailed storyline, it’s another stunning example of why Diane Chamberlain is one of my all-time favourite authors.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣Thank you to @stmartinspress for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Have you had a chance to read 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧 or any of 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧’𝐬 other titles?⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ What did you think?⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣#bookstagram #bookblogger #reading #tbr #bookmail #bookstoread #books #historicalfiction #mystery #womensfiction #bookishlove #bookphotography #books #booksbooksbooks #bookishlife #ARC #bookstagrammer #lovetoread #readersofinstagram #bookworm #bookish #whatsbetterthanbooks⁣ #bookish #bookreview #bookhoarder #bookishlife #booklover #bookobsessed #bookaholic #stmartinspress @BookSparks #BookSharks
Enjoying the first sunset in Mexico. So happy to h Enjoying the first sunset in Mexico. So happy to have left -30 for +30. Looking forward to enjoying some sun, sand, and lots of reading time this week! ⁣ 🌼⁣ 🌼⁣ ⁣⁣#bookstagram #bookblogger #reading #tbr #bookstoread #books #bookishlove #books #booksbooksbooks #bookishlife #bookstagrammer #lovetoread #readersofinstagram #bookworm #bookish #whatsbetterthanbooks⁣ #bookish #bookreview #bookhoarder #bookishlife #booklover #bookobsessed #bookaholic
So with temperatures hovering around -20 Celsius h So with temperatures hovering around -20 Celsius here today in Calgary. I’m staying warm and cozy inside with a fire, a cup of tea, and one of these heartwarming titles by @ReadForeverPub @GrandCentralPub What are you reading this weekend? ⁣⁣#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 #forever20
So I have heard so many good things about this boo So I have heard so many good things about this book, and of course it’s not too often that a Colleen Hoover book is not everything you want it to be and more. Therefore, I am super excited to be #CurrentlyReading 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮!⁣ ⁣⁣ 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐬:⁣ ⁣ From #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us comes a poignant novel about family, first love, grief, and betrayal that will touch the hearts of both mothers and daughters.⁣ ⁣ Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike.⁣ ⁣ Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her own dreams on hold. Clara doesn’t want to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn’t have a spontaneous bone in her body.⁣ ⁣ With warring personalities and conflicting goals, Morgan and Clara find it increasingly difficult to coexist. The only person who can bring peace to the household is Chris—Morgan’s husband, Clara’s father, and the family anchor. But that peace is shattered when Chris is involved in a tragic and questionable accident. The heartbreaking and long-lasting consequences will reach far beyond just Morgan and Clara.⁣ ⁣ While struggling to rebuild everything that crashed around them, Morgan finds comfort in the last person she expects to, and Clara turns to the one boy she’s been forbidden to see. With each passing day, new secrets, resentment, and misunderstandings make mother and daughter fall further apart. So far apart, it might be impossible for them to ever fall back together.⁣ ⁣ Have you had a chance to read 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮 or any of 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫’s other titles?⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ What did you think?⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Which one is your favourite?⁣ ⁣⁣ What are you reading this weekend?⁣ ⁣ ⁣⁣#bookstagram #bookblogger #reading #tbr #bookstoread #books #contemporaryromance #bookishlove #bookphotography #books #booksbooksbooks #bookishlife #bookstagrammer #lovetoread #readersofinstagram #bookworm #bookish #whatsbetterthanbooks⁣ #bookish #bookhoarder #bookishlife #booklover #bookobsessed @booksparks #booksharks
Well as most of you know I have a tremendous numbe Well as most of you know I have a tremendous number of books bought and unread sitting on my bookshelves (at last count just over 400). So when I recently saw a post regarding the #20backlistin2020 challenge I knew I had to participate. ⁣ ⁣ So here are the 20 books I have picked to read in 2020 from a variety of genres and in no particular order for this fun challenge hosted by @jaylamm.reads @readingandsunshine and @cassidys.bookshelf ⁣ ⁣ 1. The Sunrise by Victoria Hislop⁣ 2. Mussolini’s Island by Sarah Day⁣ 3. Lighthouse Bay by Kimberley Freeman⁣ 4. The Finishing School by Joanna Goodman⁣ 5. Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid⁣ 6. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah⁣ 7. A Hopeless Romantic by Harriet Evans⁣ 8. Secrets of the Tulip Sisters by Susan Mallery⁣ 9. Summer at Tiffany’s by Karen Swan⁣ 10. The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson⁣ 11. Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers by Sara Ackerman⁣ 12. The Names of Dead Girls by Eric Rickstad⁣ 13. Redemption Road by John Hart⁣ 14. The Coincidence of Coconut Cake by Amy E. Reichert⁣ 15. Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter⁣ 16. The Dutch Wife by Ellen Keith⁣ 17. The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer⁣ 18. The Huntress by Kate Quinn⁣ 19. Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz⁣ 20. The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne⁣ ⁣ Have you had a chance to read any of these books?⁣ ⁣ What are you hoping to read this year off your bookshelves?⁣ ⁣ #bookstagram #bookblogger #reading #tbr #bookstoread #books #historicalfiction #mystery #womensfiction #bookishlove #bookphotography #books #booksbooksbooks #bookishlife #bookstagrammer #lovetoread #readersofinstagram #bookworm #bookish #whatsbetterthanbooks⁣ #bookish #bookhoarder #bookishlife #booklover #bookobsessed #bookaholic #readingchallenge #bookchallenge #2020tbr
✨ Happy Publication Day ✨⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Toda ✨ Happy Publication Day ✨⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Today I’m excited to share my ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 review for: ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝗪𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐨 by 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐎𝐚𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐲⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Pensive, fresh, and absolutely heart-wrenching!⁣ ⁣ 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝗪𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐨 is a moving, mysterious tale that takes us into the life of Mia Graydon, a young, married woman struggling with the recent move to a small-town, a marriage strained by multiple miscarriages and stressful careers, secrets, depression, and the sudden real-life appearance of the man of her dreams.⁣ ⁣ The prose is heartfelt and immersive. The characters are flawed, troubled, and genuine. And the multi-layered, unpredictable plot is an absorbing tale about life, loss, love, grief, friendship, relationship dynamics, forgiveness, hope, happiness, and romance all interwoven with a thread of the paranormal.⁣ ⁣ Overall, 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝗪𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐨 is a compelling, heartbreaking, thought-provoking novel that reminds us that life is complicated and messy, the choices we make often have far-reaching consequences, and sometimes, perhaps, things are truly just destined to happen.⁣ ⁣ ⁣⁣Thank you to @penguinrandomca @berkleypub for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Have you had a chance to read 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝗪𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐨 or any of 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐎𝐚𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐲’𝐬 other titles?⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ What did you think?⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ ⁣⁣#bookstagram #bookblogger #reading #tbr #bookmail #bookstoread #books #mystery #contemporaryromance #womensfiction #bookishlove #bookphotography #books #booksbooksbooks #bookishlife #ARC #bookstagrammer #lovetoread #readersofinstagram #bookworm #bookish #whatsbetterthanbooks⁣ #bookish #bookreview #bookhoarder #bookishlife #booklover #bookobsessed #bookaholic @BookSparks #booksharks
🌼 Review Time 🌼⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ 🌼 Review Time 🌼⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣Today I’m happy to share my 4 ⭐️ review for: ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 by 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬!⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Gripping, propulsive, and chillingly informative!⁣ ⁣ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 is an eerie, suspenseful thriller that takes us into the life of Kate, a middle-aged single mum who after the sudden death of her inquisitive daughter endeavours to seek justice and discover once and for all whether her daughter’s death was purely accidental or altogether something entirely more sinister.⁣ ⁣ The writing is sharp and intense. The characters are passionate, persistent, and consumed. And the plot told in alternating points-of-view is a pacey, dramatic tale of determination, courage, corruption, power, greed, suspicion, violence, reckless endangerment, and murder.⁣ ⁣ Overall, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 is an engrossing, perilous, timely novel by Frances that reminds of the unconditional, powerful love shared between a mother and her child and the sometimes ruthless lengths big business will go to keep turning a profit.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Thank you to @pgcbooks for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Have you had a chance to read 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 or anything else by 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬?⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ 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 #thedaughter #michellefrances #pgcbooks
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Mister O
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Mister O
by Lauren Blakely
This is a steamy, contemporary romance novel. The characters are quirky, charming, and engaging. And the story is smart, sexy, and at times laugh-out-loud funny. This is truly a hot rom com, that mixes interesting characters, a comic b...
Property of a Noblewoman
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Property of a Noblewoman
by Danielle Steel
Danielle Steel is an icon in the contemporary romance genre. And although this wasn't my favourite, it was a good read. This is, ultimately, a story about discovery. The discovery of not only priceless jewels, but also family secrets, l...
Miller's Valley
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Miller's Valley
by Anna Quindlen
This is a very interesting and intriguing story. It is a sobering novel that reminds us that life is short and precious, and that everyone and everything that enters our life shapes us in some way and makes us who we are today. It touc...
Friction
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Friction
by Sandra Brown
I would give this 4.5 stars! This is a great mystery. In fact, it is one of my favourite reads, in this genre, so far this year. It is a riveting, intense, suspenseful story, with a side of romance, that starts with a murder in a court...
Wrong Place, Right Time
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Wrong Place, Right Time
by Elle Casey
Elle Casey writes great contemporary romance. I really enjoyed the first book in the Bourbon Street Boys series and this one was just as good. It has everything you want, and more, in a romance novel. It is flirty, fun, and packed full ...

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