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Book Review: Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum
Published in 2023 by Flatiron Books and Macmillan Audio, the book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook, as well as at your local library and through the Libby App. The audiobook, narrated by January LaVoy, explores infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue in the exclusive setting of Salcombe, Fire Island. Even in Continue reading
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Book Review: Call Me Maybe by Cara Bastone
An Audible original published in 2020, Call Me Maybe is available on Amazon in audiobook, Kindle, and paperback formats. Bastone wrote the book with dual perspectives from the female and male main characters, so it’s nice that the audiobook reflects that with its choice of narrators: Luci Christian and Neil Hellegers. The book has an Continue reading
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Book Review: The Love Potion by Becky Monson
Indie author Becky Monson’s book The Love Potion, first published in 2021, is available on Amazon in paperback, Kindle, or audiobook formats. The audiobook narrated by Holly Warren is approximately 3 hours of easy listening. Two weeks before Valentine’s Day, Ally Hawkin wants to be optimistic, but her success rate has her resorting to a Continue reading
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Book Review: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Published by Viking in 2016, the book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, or audiobook formats, as well as at your local library or through the Libby App. The audiobook, read by Nicolas Guy Smith, complements Towles’s writing style, which is more of a narration of life events. Set in Moscow, Russia, 1922, Continue reading
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Book Review: Cleopatra Fox # 9, Murder on the Brighton Express
In August 1900, Cleo is on a seaside holiday in Brighton with her aunt Lilian and cousin Flossy. Her uncle Ronald joined them for the first week but soon grew restless and returned to London. Floyd, responsible for an important guest’s wedding, stayed to oversee preparations. On the last day of her vacation, Cleo receives… Continue reading
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Book Review: Cleopatra Fox #3, Murder in the Drawing Room
The third book in the Cleopatra Fox mysteries by C.J. Archer, published in 2021, is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook. It is ideal for readers of historical cozy mysteries filled with scandals, secrets, and murder. Continue reading
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Book Review: Outlander #1, by Diana Gabaldon
Gabaldon’s Outlander series, book one, first published in 1991, is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, or audiobook formats, as well as your local library or through the Libby App. The book explores themes of sexual violence, sadism, and historical context that can be construed as domestic abuse now. Some readers may find scenes Continue reading
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Book Review: Blue Moon, Anita Blake Vampire Hunter #8 by Laurell K. Hamilton
Blue Moon is book 8 in the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series, and it’s available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook. The audiobook, read by Kimberly Alexis, is highly recommended. She captures Anita’s personality so accurately that listening to the book feels like spending an evening with friends, and the audio effects amplify Continue reading
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Cold Streets, Warm Drinks, and New Books to Read
A cinnamon latte to start the day. Snow-covered streets, cold winds blowing, yep, sounds like the perfect time to snuggle up with a book and a good latte. Good timing, my Libby app dinged, informing me that titles I’ve been waiting for are now obtainable, choices, choices. What are your plans on this snowy Saturday? Continue reading
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Book Review: Jason Bourne #2 The Bourne Supremacy, by Robert Ludlum
Time to reenter the shady world of Jason Bourne with the second book in the series, first published by Random House in 1986. The title is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as at your local library and through the Libby App. Continue reading
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