Books that Came My Way in June 2016
Starting this week, I can finally see what I was hoping my Summer would look like. My days are no longer jam-packed with meetings or places I need to be. I started the summer traveling to Canada with our high school band, then after we returned I had a lot to catch up on at…
Read More Books that Came My Way in May 2016
I wasn’t expecting May to be as busy as it turned out to be. Out of twenty days that we had school, I subbed fourteen of those days, when at the end of April I was only scheduled for five. The end of the school year is also busy with concerts, track meets, banquets, and…
Read More Book Review: The Widow By Fiona Barton
THE WIDOW: A Novel By: Fiona Baron Published: February 16, 2016 Publisher: Berkley NAL Fiction/Mystery/Suspense Jean Taylor is the widow. She was the wife of Glen Taylor who happened to step off the curb right into a bus and was killed instantly. But that isn’t the story. The story is who Glen Taylor was before…
Read More Book Review: The Newsmakers By Lis Wiehl
THE NEWSMAKERS By: Lis Wiehl with Sebastian Stuart Published: January 19, 2016 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Fiction/Suspense Fans of Fox News know that Lis Wiehl doesn’t shy away from hard-hitting news and isn’t afraid to ask the questions the viewers want to hear the answers to. In THE NEWSMAKERS, she has created a reporter with the…
Read More Book Review: Secret Sisters By Jayne Ann Krentz
SECRET SISTERS By: Jayne Ann Krentz Published: December 8, 2015 Publisher: Berkley Fiction/Romance/Mystery Jayne Ann Krentz has written over 50 New York Times Best-Selling novels and this is the first one that I have read. I don’t usually read the romance/suspense genre, but the synopsis intrigued me so I gave it a try. Madeline and…
Read More Books that Came My Way in November
November ended up being even busier than I expected. Of the 18 days school was in session, I subbed 12 of them. Then I also had other commitments on my free days and traveled a couple times as well. I had very little reading time over the last month and it has continually frustrated me.…
Read More Books that Came My Way in September
I have no business accepting all these great books for review. My schedule is beyond crazy and I went a whole week without even turning a page in a book because I subbed every day and had meetings and kids’ activities in the evening as well as a busy weekend. I have fallen behind on…
Read More Book Review: Remember Mia By Alexandra Burt
REMEMBER MIA By: Alexandra Burt Published: July 7, 2015 Publisher: Berkley Fiction/Suspense/Thriller If you have been part of the craze reading books like GONE GIRL and THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, you will definitely like Burt’s take on this gripping and suspenseful story of a mother and her baby. It’s not quite fair to say…
Read More Books That Came My Way in June 2015
I haven’t accepted many books this summer because I’m trying to catch up on all the great books I received this spring. I’m planning on taking a blogging break here in a few weeks so I can just focus on my family and of course, on reading! As always, if I am choosing to read…
Read More 14 Books to Read This Summer – Fiction and Non-Fiction
There are some amazing books coming out this summer that I wanted to be sure to share with my readers. Some of these are sitting on my own shelf waiting to be read, others I’ll be buying like the rest of you as soon as they are available. Most of these are authors I don’t…
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