Thoughts on : The Girl and the Stars by Mark Lawrence

Thoughts on : The Girl and the Stars by Mark Lawrence

The Girl and the Stars by Mark Lawrence Genre : Fantasy Series : Book of the Ice, book 1 About the Book  : On Abeth the vastness of the ice holds no room for individuals. Survival together is barely possible. No one survives alone. To resist the cold, to endure the months of night when even the air itself begins to freeze, requires a special breed. Variation is dangerous, difference is fatal. And Yaz is not the same. Yaz is torn from the only...

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Thoughts on : A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Thoughts on : A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness Narration : Jennifer Ikeda Genre : Paranormal Romance Series : A Discovery of Witches About the Book  : Deep in the stacks of Oxford’s Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research. Descended from an old and distinguished line of witches, Diana wants nothing to do with sorcery; so after a furtive glance and a...

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Thoughts on : Jackal by Erin E. Adams

Thoughts on : Jackal by Erin E. Adams

Jackal by Erin E. Adams Genre : Thriller, Horror Stand alone About the Book  : It’s watching. As a Black woman, Liz doesn’t exactly have fond memories of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a predominantly white town. But her best friend is getting married, so she braces herself for a weekend of awkward and passive-aggressive reunions. On the day of the wedding, somewhere between dancing and dessert, the bride’s daughter, Caroline, goes...

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Thoughts on : Please Join Us by Catherine McKenzie

Thoughts on : Please Join Us by Catherine McKenzie

Please Join Us by Catherine McKenzie Genre : Thriller Stand alone About the Book  : At thirty-nine, Nicole Mueller’s life is on the rocks. Her once brilliant law career is falling apart. She and her husband, Dan, are soon to be forced out of the apartment they love. After a warning from her firm’s senior partners, she receives an invitation from an exclusive women’s networking group, Panthera Leo. Membership is anonymous, but every member...

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3 audiobooks : The Stand-In by Lily Chu – Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon – The Unsinkiable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith

3 audiobooks : The Stand-In by Lily Chu – Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon – The Unsinkiable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith

* * * The Stand-In by Lily Chu Narration : Philippa Soo Genre : Contemporary Romance Stand alone About the Book  : Gracie Reed is doing just fine. Sure, she was fired by her overly “friendly” boss, and yes she still hasn’t gotten her mother into the nursing home of their dreams, but she’s healthy, she’s (somewhat) happy, and she’s (mostly) holding it all together. But when a mysterious SUV pulls up beside...

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Thoughts on 3 YA novels : You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao – Once and For All by Sarah Dessen – The Fashion Committee by Susan Juby

Thoughts on 3 YA novels : You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao – Once and For All by Sarah Dessen – The Fashion Committee by Susan Juby

  * * * You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin ThaoGenre : Contemporary YAStand alone About the Book  : Seventeen-year-old Julie has her future all planned out—move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city, spend a summer in Japan. But then Sam dies. And everything changes. Heartbroken, Julie skips his funeral, throws out his things, and tries everything to forget him and the tragic way he died. But a message...

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Thoughts on : Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

Thoughts on : Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

Every Summer After by Carley Fortune Genre : Contemporary Romance Stand alone About the Book  : They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser that has felt too true for the last decade, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life. Instead of glittering summers on the lakeshore of her childhood, she spends them in the city, keeping everyone a safe distance from her heart. Until the day she gets a call that sends her...

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3 audiobooks : These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant – A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham – The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf

3 audiobooks : These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant – A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham – The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf

* * * These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant Narration : Bronson Pinchot, Stephanie Willis Genre : Thriller Stand alone About the Book  : No electricity, no family, no connection to the outside world. For eight years, Cooper and his young daughter, Finch, have lived in isolation in a remote cabin in the northern Appalachian woods. And that’s exactly the way Cooper wants it, because he’s got a lot to hide. The only people who...

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