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WWW Wednesday: December 30

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WWW Wednesday is a feature hosted by Sam over at  Taking On A World of Words .  My friend, Lori at  Palmer’s Page Turners  also posts this regularly and I want to give her a shout out too! The Three W’s are: What did you just finish reading? What are you currently reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Recently Finished This Is How I Lied 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Currently Reading   I am happy to report that I am finally into Anxious People and understand why so many folks love it!  With under 100 pages to go, I am hoping this will be my final book completed of 2020.   I am half-way through listening to Caught and boy is it getting interesting.  So many possibilities and I can't wait to find out what happened to Hayley.   I started reading The Woman Outside My Door last weekend.  It is creepy-good and I am hooked, I can't wait to find out if this "New Granny" is real or not, and if someone really is watching them?   On Deck ...

Review: This is How I Lied

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This Is How I Lied 332 Pages  May 12, 2020 Source: Library  Synopsis from GoodReads: Everyone has a secret they’ll do anything to hide… Twenty-five years ago, the body of sixteen-year-old Eve Knox was found in the caves near her home in small-town Grotto, Iowa—discovered by her best friend, Maggie, and her sister, Nola. There were a handful of suspects, including her boyfriend, Nick, but without sufficient evidence, the case ultimately went cold. For decades Maggie was haunted by Eve’s death and that horrible night. Now a detective in Grotto, and seven months pregnant, she is thrust back into the past when a new piece of evidence surfaces and the case is reopened. As Maggie investigates and reexamines the clues, secrets about what really happened begin to emerge. But someone in town knows more than they’re letting on, and they’ll stop at nothing to keep the truth buried deep. This is the first book I have read by Heather Gudenkauf and it won't be the last!  I loved every ...

WWW Wednesday: December 23

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WWW Wednesday is a feature hosted by Sam over at  Taking On A World of Words .  My friend, Lori at  Palmer’s Page Turners  also posts this regularly and I want to give her a shout out too! The Three W’s are: What did you just finish reading? What are you currently reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Recently Finished Nine Perfect Strangers was a 🌟🌟🌟🌟 and The Twins was a 🌟🌟🌟. Currently Reading   I've been reading Anxious People for a few weeks.  While I am enjoying it, I am having trouble getting into it.  I think it's more about me than the book.  I'm house-hunting and buying in my area feels like a full-time job and is taking up a lot of space in my brain.   I started listening to Caught on Audiobook yesterday and I'm intrigued to see where this story leads.  I started reading This is How I Lied last night before going to bed.   Reading before bed has always been a habit of mine.  I find it helps me r...

Bout of Books 30 is coming - I hope you will join me!

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  It's that time again!  Bout of Books 30 is coming January 4 -10, 2021!  Bout of Books 29 was the first time I participated in this readathon and I am hooked! I hope you will consider joining me, to sign up, go to the Bout of Books blog !  Don't know what Bout of Book is?  The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins at 12:01am Monday, January 4th, and runs through Sunday, January 10th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional.  For all Bout of Books 30 information and updates, be sure to visit the  Bout of Books  blog.  - From the Bout of Books team. Join us, you won't regret it! 

BOOK TOUR - Saving Grace by D.M. Barr

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    Saving Grace A Psychological Thriller by D.M. Barr on Tour October 12 - November 13, 2020 Synopsis: Grace Pierrepoint Rendell, the only child of an ailing billionaire, has been treated for paranoia since childhood. When she secretly quits her meds, she begins to suspect that once her father passes, her husband will murder her for her inheritance. Realizing that no one will believe the ravings of a supposed psychotic, she devises a creative way to save herself – she will write herself out of danger, authoring a novel with the heroine in exactly the same circumstances, thus subtly exposing her husband's scheme to the world. She hires acclaimed author Lynn Andrews to help edit her literary insurance policy, but when Lynn is murdered, Grace is discovered standing over the bloody remains. The clock is ticking: can she write and publish her manuscript before she is strapped into a straitjacket, accused of homicide, or lowered six feet under? With a cast of secon...

Review: The EX Boyfriend

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The EX Boyfriend By: Rona Halsall 297 Pages Published September 30, 2020 Bookouture Source: Net Galley Note:   I received this book directly from the publisher via  Net Galley  to facilitate my review. All opinions are my own and I received no other compensation.   Synopsis from GoodReads:   He promised to love her until her dying day… When Becca’s first love shows up on her social media feed, she can’t help but smile fondly. Once upon a time, Connor was the love of her life, and though it was over ten years ago, he’s always held a place in her heart. Then he sends her a message. He sounds happy – still kind and funny, still living across the world in Australia. But he wants to know everything about her life now. How can Becca tell him the truth? About her workaholic husband, her stressful job, and the challenges of caring for her elderly father and her longed-for, adorable but exhausting three-year-old daughter Mia? Becca hesitates, knowing she shouldn’t e...

WWW Wednesday: October 7

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  WWW Wednesday is a feature hosted by Sam over at Taking On A World of Words .  My friend, Lori at Palmer’s Page Turners also posts this regularly and I want to give her a shout out too! The Three W’s are: What did you just finish reading? What are you currently reading? What do you think you’ll read next?   Recently Finished All The Lies was a 🌟🌟🌟🌟 and The EX Boyfriend was a 🌟🌟🌟🌟.5.  Currently Reading I'm reading Won't Lose this Dream as part of a book circle for work.  I'm an administrator at a small, public liberal arts college in the PNW.   I'm enjoying The Silent Patient, The Other Mrs., and Small Great Things.  Sadly, I think I have figured out The Other Mrs. because I read the author's note.  Note to self - do not do that again! Small Great Things I like and was sidelined due to other reading. I plan to make some progress on it this weekend. On Deck Are Open Book , The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo , T...