I wasn’t familiar with the podcast, but I couldn’t resist reading the Rabbits book as soon as I read the synopsis. As a bit of a conspiracy nut, I can’t help but love a compulsive read like this one. This story was like Stranger Things, Ready Player One, The Adjustment Bureau, and Conspiracy Theory (Mel…
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The Four Winds – Review
I hate to say, one of my most anticipated reads for the year by one of my favorite authors was a gigantic disappointment. Within most modern books (and movies) lately, the political messages saturating the pages are about as subtle as a gun to the head. Kristin Hannah, unfortunately, decided to venture deep into the…
Cover Reveal – Little White Christmas
Preorder LITTLE WHITE CHRISTMAS for just $1.99 Links for preorder: iBooks: https://apple.co/32BxUCzKobo: https://bit.ly/3eBQbEyNook: Coming Soon LITTLE WHITE CHRISTMASBLURB: HIM When Shane Sawyer returns to Dillon Creek after an injury at the National Finals Rodeo, most of his town is thrilled to have him back. But he’s hell-bent on getting healed as soon as possible and back on…
The Long Walk – Review
BLURB: In the near future, when America has become a police state, 100 boys are selected to enter an annual contest where the winner will be awarded whatever he wants for the rest of his life. Among them is 16-year-old Ray Garraty, and he knows the rules – keep a steady walking pace of four…
The Daughters of Foxcote Manor – Review
BLURB: Outside a remote manor house in an idyllic wood, a baby girl is found. The Harrington family takes her in and disbelief quickly turns to joy. They’re grieving a terrible tragedy of their own and the beautiful baby fills them with hope, lighting up the house’s dark, dusty corners. Desperate not to lose her…
Home Before Dark – Review
BLURB: What was it like? Living in that house. Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later…
A Breath of Snow and Ashes – Review
BLURB: A Breath of Snow and Ashes continues the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his 20th-century wife, Claire. The year is 1772, and on the eve of the American Revolution, the long fuse of rebellion has already been lit. Men lie dead in the streets of Boston, and in the backwoods of North…
The Letter – Review
BLURB: Tina Craig longs to escape her violent husband. She works all the hours God sends to save up enough money to leave him, also volunteering in a charity shop to avoid her unhappy home. Whilst going through the pockets of a second-hand suit, she comes across an old letter, the envelope firmly sealed and…
The Dilemma – Review
Many thanks to St. Martin’s Press and Netgalley for the chance to read this book early. BLURB: It’s Livia’s fortieth birthday and tonight she’s having a party, a party she’s been planning for a long time. The only person missing will be her daughter, Marnie. But Livia has a secret, a secret she’s been keeping…
Normal People – Review
BLURB: At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star of the school soccer team while she is lonely, proud, and intensely private. But when Connell comes to pick his mother up from her housekeeping job at Marianne’s house, a strange and indelible connection grows between the two…
Book Festival Book Tag
Tagged by: Bookmark Your Thoughts. Thank you, Jenna!! The Creator & the Rules The creators of this tag are Mandy and Sha @ Book Princess Reviews. As for the rules: ↠ Pingback to the creator of this tag, Book Princess Reviews! ↠ Tag the person who tagged you. ↠ Find an answer to match each prompt — and…
Happiness for Beginners – Review
BLURB: A year after getting divorced, Helen Carpenter, thirty-two, lets her annoying, ten years younger brother talk her into signing up for a wilderness survival course. It’s supposed to be a chance for her to pull herself together again, but when she discovers that her brother’s even-more-annoying best friend is also coming on the trip,…
More than Words – Review
BLURB: The moment she met Callen Hayes, eleven-year-old Jessica Creswell knew he was a broken prince. Her prince. They became each other’s refuge, a safe and magical place far from their troubled lives. Until the day Callen kissed her—Jessica’s first real, dreamy kiss—and then disappeared from her life without a word. Years later, everyone knows who Callen…
Love the One You Hate – Release Day & Review
R.S. Grey’s new standalone romance, Love the One You Hate is out now! Check it out and grab your copy today! About R.S. Grey: R.S. Grey is the USA Today bestselling author of over twenty novels. She lives in Texas with her husband and daughter, and can be found reading, binge-watching reality TV, or…
Kyland – Review
BLURB: Dirt poor. Hillbilly. Backwoods hick. Mountain folk. Tenleigh Falyn struggles each day to survive in a small, poverty-stricken, coal mining town where she lives with her sister and mentally ill mother. Her dream of winning the college scholarship given to one student by the local coal company and escaping the harshness of her life,…
The Outsider – Review
BLURB: An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand has never been stronger, he has delivered one of his most unsettling and compulsively readable stories. An eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City’s most popular citizens. He…
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue – Review
Many thanks to Netgalley and Tor Books for the chance to read this book early. Prior to The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, I’d never read a V.E. Schwab book, but as soon as I came across this blurb I couldn’t resist! And my goodness, V.E. Schwab can WRITE! I absolutely wanted to absorb every…
The Love Story of Missy Carmichael – Review
Many thanks to Netgalley and G.P. Putnam’s Sons for the chance to read this novel. These types of character-driven novels are my absolute favorites. This was like a mix of A Man Called Ove and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, which was right up my alley. I adore curmudgeonly characters who struggle to find their…
March Recap + April TBR
Hi, friends! I hope you’re all hanging in there. Our world has been turned upside down in such a short time – it’s truly mind-boggling. Despite the obvious difficulties, I hope you’re able to find the good in this bad situation – whatever that may be for you. I’m grateful to have my husband home…
My Brilliant Friend – Review
BLURB: A modern masterpiece from one of Italy’s most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense and generous hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante’s inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and a touching meditation on…
Ashes Books & Bobs 