tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872457203857567472024-03-19T00:30:32.436-04:00Silver's ReviewsElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.comBlogger3280125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-55727909065666018062024-03-19T00:30:00.001-04:002024-03-19T00:30:00.130-04:00Spotlight of Forgotten Sisters by Cynthia Pelayo<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1_Nhdbwrh-PAc-g0nQS1m0F6I-xs88JJpG-p5UKyuaZqYsVhP1M1YaM6LBgZGfzhaFneMU_ozlV8TYqRWS1YJbCK_T4-WX2mdTW6iGv0sjoWzxRzU-a18uNomPnA16AvhgV_fle47Rz390AaqLz0573cmf0sZKM4Zzn5hCTWfG18Xr5GNk9ebftZzwc/s2048/SPOTLIGHT1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1_Nhdbwrh-PAc-g0nQS1m0F6I-xs88JJpG-p5UKyuaZqYsVhP1M1YaM6LBgZGfzhaFneMU_ozlV8TYqRWS1YJbCK_T4-WX2mdTW6iGv0sjoWzxRzU-a18uNomPnA16AvhgV_fle47Rz390AaqLz0573cmf0sZKM4Zzn5hCTWfG18Xr5GNk9ebftZzwc/s320/SPOTLIGHT1.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span face=""><b>PHOTO SOURCE:</b></span></span><br /><span><span face=""><b>TYPORAMA</b></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b>***********<span> </span></b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>FORGOTTEN SISTERS<br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIQHaoqk2ii11DXyEtReSQeObQqW8qDRP9f3kMokryXtFWJS-Jav7Gce6DC0RM09SDvt8UV_kHgl02Iv7_8VRHYhG4Oj5KOHCnc2Y_PdDHgHOGok36T3tzAmlu4dWoSTHZDHcK_L7LvpPV9qtc12TltypN0yC7FefVxHiYzcgVarMr2y6bvxU47aBg4E/s1500/1.ForgottenSisterscover%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIQHaoqk2ii11DXyEtReSQeObQqW8qDRP9f3kMokryXtFWJS-Jav7Gce6DC0RM09SDvt8UV_kHgl02Iv7_8VRHYhG4Oj5KOHCnc2Y_PdDHgHOGok36T3tzAmlu4dWoSTHZDHcK_L7LvpPV9qtc12TltypN0yC7FefVxHiYzcgVarMr2y6bvxU47aBg4E/w133-h200/1.ForgottenSisterscover%20copy.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span><b><span face=""><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">CYNTHIA PELAYO<br /></span></span></span></b></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">************<br /></span></span></span></b></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #222222;"><b>ALL INFORMATION IN THIS POST IS <span style="color: black;">COURTESY</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: grey;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><b> O</b></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">F KAITLYN KENNEDY | PUBLICITY DIRECTOR | KAY PUBLICITY, INC.</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span> </span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>************</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This March Bram Stoker Award® winning author <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cynthiapelayoauthor/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FBohFzQBFO6E%2Fc%2F17968330297126899%2F%3F__coig_login%3D1"><span class="s1" style="color: #103cc0;">CynthiaPelayo</span></a> releases a dark modern-day retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s <i>The Little Mermaid </i>and proves to be an utterly addictive novel of psychological suspense centered around a city’s haunted history and fairy-tale horrors.</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Pelayo’s genre-blending fiction is inspired by folklore and delves into the rich history of Chicago while exploring concepts of grief, mourning, and cycles of violence. </span></b></p></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>************</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">March 19, 2024 </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>************ </b></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span id="m_3933080636833883388gmail-m_-2985361541936495390docs-internal-guid-cd2c0e34-7fff-53ae-6611-f65476ed8b40"><span><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">PRAISE FOR </span></span></span></span><b style="color: black; text-align: center;">FORGOTTEN SISTERS:</b></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="color: #0d0e0e;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;">“Spooky and sad with a constant sense of ambiguity at its core.” </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700;">―</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Kirkus Reviews</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />This compelling mystery within a unique haunted-house story is told in gorgeous prose, with sympathetic, complicated characters who feel as if they could materialize off the page. Pelayo has given readers another can’t-miss novel, marked by its pervasive unease and riveting storyline. For fans of ghost stories that mine memory, fairy tales, and mystery, such as the works of Simone St. James, Jennifer McMahon, and Helen Oyeyemi.” </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700;">―</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Library Journal</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700;"> (starred review)</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Bram Stoker Award and International Latino Book Award winner [Cynthia] Pelayo offers readers an almost lyrical experience that twists and turns until its unexpected end.” </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700;">―</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Booklist</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“A dreamlike modern fairy tale full of grief, longing, and murder, </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic;"><span class="il">Forgotten</span> <span class="il">Sisters</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"> is Cynthia Pelayo’s best yet. Like the best hauntings, this one will linger in my head for a long time.” </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700;">―Christopher Golden, </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">New York Times</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700;"> bestselling author of </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Road of Bones</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700;"> and </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">The House of Last Resort</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Aspects of </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic;"><span class="il">Forgotten</span> <span class="il">Sisters</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"> glide past each other like ghosts as Cynthia Pelayo adroitly juggles past and present, reality and the supernatural, in this elegiac gothic novel. You’ll be haunted long after you’ve finished turning the pages.” </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700;">―Alma Katsu, author of </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">The Fervor</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“A gritty murder mystery about a house that drips with haunted histories and a river that carries dark secrets and dead bodies in its current, </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic;"><span class="il">Forgotten</span> <span class="il">Sisters</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"> is a mesmerizing, propulsive read that doesn’t just bend genre, it transcends it.” </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700;">―Rachel Harrison, national bestselling author of </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Cackle</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700;"> and </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Black Sheep</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Personal, historical, and heart deep. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic;"><span class="il">Forgotten</span> <span class="il">Sisters</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"> captures the complicated sense of being stifled by home yet <span class="il">lost</span> without it. From the eerie start to the unforgettable ending, Pelayo brings the chill of crime stories, grim fairy tales, and the gothic into a haunting mystery that will drag you into dark waters and never let go.” </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700;">―Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award–winning author of </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Queen of Teeth</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700;"> and </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">A Light Most Hateful</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic;"><span class="il">Forgotten</span> <span class="il">Sisters</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"> is a haunting fairy tale, a haunted parable of loss and grief, a history of Chicago's tragedies, and a thrilling, page-turning, creepy who-done-it. Take me to the river….” </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700;">―Paul Tremblay, author of </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">A Head Full of Ghosts</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700;"> and </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">The Cabin at the End of the World</span></span></div></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>************</b></span></span><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span id="m_3933080636833883388gmail-m_-2985361541936495390docs-internal-guid-cd2c0e34-7fff-53ae-6611-f65476ed8b40"><span><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ABOUT </span></span></span></span><b style="color: black; text-align: center;">FORGOTTEN SISTERS:</b></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="il" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Sisters</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: collapse;"> Anna and Jennie live in a historic bungalow on the Chicago River.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: collapse;">They’re tethered to a disquieting past, and with nowhere else to go, nothing can part them from their family home.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Not the maddening creaks and disembodied voices that rattle the old walls.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Not the inexplicable drownings in the area, or the increasing number of bodies that float by Anna’s window.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: collapse;">To stave off loneliness, Anna has a podcast, spinning ghostly tales of Chicago’s tragic history.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: collapse;">But when Anna captures the attention of an ardent male listener, she awakens to the possibilities of a world outside.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: collapse;">As their relationship grows, so do Jennie’s fears. More and more people are going missing in the river.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: collapse;">And then two detectives come calling.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: collapse;">They’re looking for a link between the mysteries of the river and the girls’ home.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Even Anna and Jennie don’t understand how dreadful it is―and still can be―when the truth about their unsettled lives begins to surface.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: collapse;" /></span></span></span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>************</b></span></span></div><b style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">TALKING POINTS</span></b><ul style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The real history of Chicago’s tragedies depicted in the novel which range from serial killers to the SS Eastland disaster of 1915 <br /></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">As an author who was raised and still resides in Chicago, Pelayo can discuss the impact the Second City has on her writing and its crucial role in her new book<br /></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">How reading fairy tales inspired her work and the origin of ghost stories, why so many are based on historical facts and the creepy ghost stories depicted in the new book</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The little-known haunting history of the Chicago River and why there’s often a connection between water and the paranormal</span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>************</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLz8FaOC3EoS5zWNOTvTlUKBDx-iOJP57u-OXmarSH-i48k0pwXl1sCJA3zrXF9jCwrvrT5d6Sx_9OuiB_JQnQMI5rG1IO6MhnLI8UrKKKOHi-3MOdEc8QaVElkJJIvgEIWyvPp1zj67Y_heSXtXgFZunphUxNloTUcwn0qd_4amUviU0CLWgNCbxTuIw/s4000/Cynthia%20Pelayo%20headshot%20(preferred)%20CREDIT%20Magdalena%20Iskra%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0f1111;">a Bram Stoker Award® winning and International Latino Book Award winning author and poet</span><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3d3d3d;">.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0f1111;">She is the author of <i>Children of Chicago, The Shoemaker’s Magician,</i> <i>Loteria, Santa Muerte, The Missing</i>, and <i>Poems of My Night</i>, all of which have been nominated for International Latino Book Awards.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0f1111;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0f1111;"><i>Poems of My Night</i> was also nominated for an Elgin Award.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0f1111;">Her collection of poetry<i>, Into the Forest and All the Way Through</i> explores true crime, that of the epidemic of missing and murdered women in the United States. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span><span style="background-clip: initial; 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text-align: left;"><span><span><span><span style="background: white; color: #111111;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="187" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IG0nEfa1VF0/W1Ppag3TY7I/AAAAAAAAUgA/VsqXqMcXh-0AL5EiGc3vDnE5sqaCihXDACEwYBhgL/s1600/Elizabeth.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;" /></p></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-36849930542419632562024-03-18T02:00:00.002-04:002024-03-18T02:00:00.259-04:00Spotlight of The Day Tripper by James Goodhand<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2vytp6I9pnRaGIwHOIL0WHKqza_B4oKRg5tZy3orVBInyHtrSHUQ3-cMLbtWDONLXCP-sJcGI0WoHGOJK7dDsm6Cy09HIZ6HR7HW9KRYQyp64cxeFgVyeCj8KINALuDzCXCmmodpPYIXQ0rJ-PTFvGfi5aFjP4S0u9NMHbn-wfn1Fw3Ogi7hBF2jMmog/s3264/IMG_6959.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="3264" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2vytp6I9pnRaGIwHOIL0WHKqza_B4oKRg5tZy3orVBInyHtrSHUQ3-cMLbtWDONLXCP-sJcGI0WoHGOJK7dDsm6Cy09HIZ6HR7HW9KRYQyp64cxeFgVyeCj8KINALuDzCXCmmodpPYIXQ0rJ-PTFvGfi5aFjP4S0u9NMHbn-wfn1Fw3Ogi7hBF2jMmog/s320/IMG_6959.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">THE DAY TRIPPER</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLtfSNH3BeweK8px4v5ZbNb7S2VFAwsRrbwtz7XiktH0kuz3LAtDvn9iQlOlNDJJVRO56FUFcLA9ghJ9W4S9PFsxqlSgCQag1U-vdgekNt_EthGpCxjGUmYfIH4nX1oSeLt_WQuq8V4Nho0DqRq4P2sJiQhyciREsaR3o5qBN0vUjdHX85V8R9UMNGuOQ/s3700/1.The%20Day%20Tripper%20-%20Final%20cover%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3700" data-original-width="2438" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLtfSNH3BeweK8px4v5ZbNb7S2VFAwsRrbwtz7XiktH0kuz3LAtDvn9iQlOlNDJJVRO56FUFcLA9ghJ9W4S9PFsxqlSgCQag1U-vdgekNt_EthGpCxjGUmYfIH4nX1oSeLt_WQuq8V4Nho0DqRq4P2sJiQhyciREsaR3o5qBN0vUjdHX85V8R9UMNGuOQ/w132-h200/1.The%20Day%20Tripper%20-%20Final%20cover%20copy.jpg" width="132" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">JAMES GOODHAND</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>*************</b></span></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c5a19a9c-7fff-6cdd-b48b-5d543a0ce3fa"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0in 6pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span><span><font><font><span style="color: #222222;"><b>ALL INFORMATION IN THIS POST IS COURTESY </b></span></font></font></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: grey;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><b>OF KALI LUCKHEE| PUBLICITY INTERN |HARPER COLLINS</b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0in 6pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: grey; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: grey;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><b>*</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>************</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0in 6pt;"><span style="color: #0f1111; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>What if you lived your days out of order?</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0in 6pt;"><b style="color: black; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Named a Most Anticipated Title by Goodreads, Men’s Health, BookBub, and more</span></b></p></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">*************</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d5f63809-7fff-a18b-b992-200849176541" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><b><span id="docs-internal-guid-d477a143-7fff-87e9-1678-4fcb33d46221" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5adddb26-7fff-824a-ff53-56b0a251067c"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">March 19, 2024</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">MIRA - HARDCOVER</span></span></span></p></div></div><div><p id="docs-internal-guid-bbd0d605-7fff-6017-3e6d-823b6cc258ce" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">*************</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b>ABOUT </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b style="text-align: center;">THE DAY TRIPPER:</b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">It’s 1995, and twenty-year-old Alex Dean has it all: a spot at Cambridge University next year, the love of an amazing woman named Holly and all the time in the world ahead of him.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">That is until a brutal encounter with a ghost from his past sees him beaten, battered and almost drowning in the Thames.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He wakes the next day to find he’s in a messy, derelict room he’s never seen before, in grimy clothes he doesn’t recognize, with no idea of how he got there.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A glimpse in the mirror tells him he’s older—much older—and has been living a hard life, his features ravaged by time and poor decisions. He snatches a newspaper and finds it’s 2010—fifteen years since the fight.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0f1111; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0f1111; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After finally drifting off to sleep, Alex wakes the following morning to find it’s now 2019, another nine years later. But the next day, it’s 1999.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Never knowing which day is coming, he begins to piece together what happens in his life after that fateful night by the river.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0f1111; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0f1111; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why does his life look nothing like he thought it would? </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What about Cambridge, and Holly?</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In this page-turning adventure, Alex must navigate his way through the years to learn that small actions have untold impact, even in a life lived out of order.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And that might be all he needs to save the people he loves and, equally importantly, himself.</span></span></p></div><div><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">************</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b>PRAISE FOR </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b style="text-align: center;">THE DAY TRIPPER:</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Witty and wise, THE DAY TRIPPER had me pulling for Alex through all of his mixed up days. James Goodhand brings a fun, fresh voice to the time travel genre in this gem of a novel. I loved it!”</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">—Shelby Van Pelt, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">New York Times</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> bestselling author of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Remarkably Bright Creatures</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“A compelling look at the way decisions, good and bad, build up over time to create a life.” -</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Library Journal</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“A page-turner."</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> -BOOKLIST</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“James Goodhand takes the time-travel genre and reshapes it into something wonderful. A tender, compulsive, miracle of a love story.” </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">—Adam Simcox, author of The Dying Squad Trilogy </span></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #212529; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212529; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b>EXCERPT OF </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b style="text-align: center;">THE DAY TRIPPER:</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">SEPTEMBER 6, 1995 | AGE 20</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">It’s three-deep at the bar, and I get my order in seconds before they ring for time. I double up: a JD and Coke each and two beers to take with us. The lights are up and the music’s gone quiet as I weave the tray through the punters. Standing in the doorway out to the terrace, I am disorientated. There must be fifty tables outside between here and the river and it’s still packed out, darker and smokier than ever. I search the crowd but can’t see Holly.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I negotiate my way down to the water’s edge. She’s maybe ten tables away, oblivious, a ciggie poised skyward in her fingers like she’s posing for Vettriano. I smirk, enjoy my good fortune again.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“Excuse me, good gentlemen,” I say to a group of four in my path, voice cocky with booze and lust. They shuffle over, not breaking from their conversation. The resulting gap between their circle and the edge of the path isn’t wide enough—a careless elbow would send the tray of drinks into the river, possibly me with them.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“If you don’t mind, guys?” I lay a palm on the forearm of the bloke with his back to me. Their circle opens out and he turns side-on, ushering me past. “Nice one,” I say, glancing at him as I pass.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I look back at the ground. There’s a delay in my brain processing who it is I’m walking past. There’s a moment in which it seems that we’ll just carry on, pretend like we don’t know each other.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The air thickens. Time slows. I stop, a step past him. Look again. Razor-sharp short back and sides, hooded eyes, lopsided mouth. Preppy. It’s a face I catch myself imagining sometimes, never for long. A waking nightmare. Not that my imagination does it justice. Not even close, I now realize.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">His recognition of me unfolds in slow motion. Perhaps like me, alcohol has dulled his synapses, delayed the inevitable shift of mode.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Blake Benfield. There have been times in the past when just hearing that name in my head has stopped me dead, left me incapable.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How long since we last ran into each other? I was sixteen—best part of four years, then. Feels so recent. Our paths crossing has always been inevitable; we grew up barely a mile apart. He spat at me that last time, called me </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">faggot cunt</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The many times before that I’d just legged it, hidden from his fury and his hatred. But you get too old to do that.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This crowded place seems so quiet now. Like there’s cotton wool stuffed in my ears. The two bottles tip over on my trembling tray, foam splattering to the ground. One rolls over the edge and shatters on the concrete. People turn.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">How long have we stood here, him glaring at me, me unable to hold his stare? Saying nothing. A few seconds? Feels longer.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">There’s the smell of burned-out house in my nose. The sound of his whisper in my ears that I try to drown out.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don’t think about it. Do not think about </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">day.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Why do I shake? I’m a fucking grown man. Why am I shaking?</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">He takes a half step closer to me.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I once told him I was sorry. It was years ago—when I was still a kid. I </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">was </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sorry. Does he remember?</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I spin around. Where’s Holly? She must be watching this.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">There’s no more delay. There is, of course, nothing for me and this bloke to say to each other. We have ventured into each other’s space, and that brings with it a remembering. And, as we always have, we must deal with that in our own way.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">His knuckles graze my chin. I stumble backward and the tray falls to the ground. His swing is off, though; there is no pain. Not even surprise. We definitely have an audience now.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My response is pure instinct: palms raised, lean away. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Easy now.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I don’t want to fight this man. I want to go back thirty seconds, walk a different route, have this night back for myself.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Blake closes the gap, my weakness an invitation. His second punch crashes into my ear like a swinging girder. My brain slaps side to side in my skull. Vision sways. My head boils, a cool trickle from my eardrum.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Where is Holly? Panic grips. I can’t just stand here and take this.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">My eyes flit to our audience. He swings again, this time with his left. But I see it coming, dodge. He stumbles.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I drive my weight, shoulder first, into his ribs. He goes over, sprawled among the spilled drinks and shattered glass.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">On all fours, he stares up at me. I’m perfectly positioned. I could kick him square in the face. End this right now. Why don’t I do it? Why can’t I bring myself to do it? I’d rather turn my back and cry than kick his head in.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">He glares up at me. Why do I pity him? Why am I so uncomfortable towering over him like this? It’s like the positions we’ve always held have been reversed. The power is mine.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I let him find his feet.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He’s up and level with me again. He glares like a bloodthirsty dog, wipes his nose on the sleeve of his polo shirt. If we were alone, maybe I’d run. But with people watching, with </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Holly </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">watching, that’s no option.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">My punch lands perfectly. His jaws scissor against each other. For a second his head floats, eyes rolling.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I realize my error too late. I should’ve followed up when I had the chance. One punch is only enough in the movies, everyone knows that. His hands are on the collar of my shirt, cloth tearing as he holds firm. His forehead slams into the bridge of my nose like a sledgehammer. My face is suddenly and totally numb. I drop to the ground. A ruby-red stain spreads fast through the jewels of broken glass around me.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">He shouts above me. Every filthy word I’ve long come to expect. Something soft disperses against my head. Spit.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The neck of the Stella bottle I dropped lies on the ground. Inches away. Blood gurgles in my mouth as I take a deep breath. I launch like a sprinter. Leading with the dagger of green glass, I’m aiming straight at his face and closing fast.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Blake backs into a table, stumbles, hands slow to cover his face. His eyes widen, abject fear. But this is no time to be derailed.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I see it too late. No time to react. One of Blake’s friends windmilling a table ashtray. The side of my skull cracks like thunder.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The ground feels like a cushion, drawing me in and bouncing me back. My vision finds enough order in time to see the sole of boot accelerating toward me, like a cartoon piano from the sky.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">There is no pain. Just a sense of floating in space.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Time passes. More blows land.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The surface of the Thames billows like a black satin sheet as it rises toward me. There’s no fear. Is that Holly I can hear calling my name? It’s so distant, so hard to tell.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The river gathers me in like it’s here to take care of me.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Cool water spears my lungs like sharpened icicles. I sink forever.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A low hum builds in my ears. Lights fades to nothing.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">And I sleep.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">NOVEMBER 30, 2010 | AGE 35</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">My head throbs. It doesn’t matter if I open or close my eyes, the pain worsens either way. My mouth is like dust. Joints and muscles lie seized.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last night is a blank. I hate that. I look above me. Focusing is excruciating. The ceiling is browny cream, textured in spikes like a Christmas cake. An unshaded bulb swings in the draft, the filament shivering. It’s </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">really </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">cold in here.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #211d1e; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Where the fucking hell am I?</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1718; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">************</span></b></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Excerpted from </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">THE DAY TRIPPER by James Goodhand.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Copyright </span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">©</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> 2024 by James Goodhand. </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Published by MIRA Books, an imprint of HarperCollins.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">************</span></b></p></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODL59-_1B8q8XeCUw8bVwMLhL7zlEF-x4AkJb20ziLUunIKYiys5ENLvaJs3jzXhMErauwUpY93AijHMTkVKeEHIQ27Nr8w11ywZJFyi10qj-y5G4zGVot9DMdSFG1sKSNyTiXmcWsZy28BetHOClhQyS4Ljh0KHhyphenhyphenwFU1QD7nMAhfyOOjHZSMPLRvcU/s1992/1.James%20Goodhand%20author%20photo%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1992" data-original-width="1440" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODL59-_1B8q8XeCUw8bVwMLhL7zlEF-x4AkJb20ziLUunIKYiys5ENLvaJs3jzXhMErauwUpY93AijHMTkVKeEHIQ27Nr8w11ywZJFyi10qj-y5G4zGVot9DMdSFG1sKSNyTiXmcWsZy28BetHOClhQyS4Ljh0KHhyphenhyphenwFU1QD7nMAhfyOOjHZSMPLRvcU/w144-h200/1.James%20Goodhand%20author%20photo%20copy.jpg" width="144" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">James Goodhand has written two YA novels.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">His YA debut, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Last Lesson</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, was called "a powerfully charged study in empathy," by the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Financial Times</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. THE DAY TRIPPER is his adult debut. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">He lives in England with his wife and young son.</span></span></span></p><div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">************</span></span></span></b></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; 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font-size: medium;">BookShop</span></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-day-tripper-james-goodhand/1143567258" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Day-Tripper-Novel-James-Goodhand/dp/0778369641/ " target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Amazon</span></a></span></p></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>************</b><br /></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kX5d8XwXzW0pxU2nK-tT8xrRF1VQAiQrPE0X9F7yvHlRRZhR-4OfFUn_CZv2vpYK8mYHlcY2sYg1ygkbHbCTIjp1IGog_Am1-tr8DAbp4ifc0V14DzMgJmvRNt9RuUmuzpCsp2JgxMrvhrGlEm0q-IJUDf9OdfIIJoqnoq_BLDDMwD1EDx02z8lP/s187/1Elizabeth.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="187" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kX5d8XwXzW0pxU2nK-tT8xrRF1VQAiQrPE0X9F7yvHlRRZhR-4OfFUn_CZv2vpYK8mYHlcY2sYg1ygkbHbCTIjp1IGog_Am1-tr8DAbp4ifc0V14DzMgJmvRNt9RuUmuzpCsp2JgxMrvhrGlEm0q-IJUDf9OdfIIJoqnoq_BLDDMwD1EDx02z8lP/s1600/1Elizabeth.jpg" width="187" /></a></span></div></div></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-69612314845167429382024-03-18T01:00:00.001-04:002024-03-18T01:00:00.143-04:00Mailbox Monday - 3/18/2024<div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div><div><div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2;"><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="263" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9-FSVa0gBic/X3tiIj0FMyI/AAAAAAAActY/MWdPSGIMYuoSlkfM8PQUNVSBS3VhDNm6gCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="cursor: move;" width="197" /></span></p><div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><b style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week.</b></span></span></span></p></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><b>************</b></span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles, and humongous wish lists.</b></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>************</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Mailbox Monday, created by Marcia @A Girl and Her Books, has a permanent home now at MAILBOX MONDAY.</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>************</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Here is a shout out to the administrators:</b></span></span><br /><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Serena <a href="https://savvyverseandwit.com/" target="_blank">@ Savvy Verse and Wit</a></b></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Martha @ <a href="https://marthasbookshelf.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Reviews By Martha’s Bookshelf</a></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>************</b></span></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>THANKS to everyone for keeping Mailbox Monday alive.</b></span></span><br /></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>************</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>I hope you had a good mailbox.</b></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>************</b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>On Monday, March 11, I received:<br /></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>1. BEYOND SUMMERLAND by Jenny LeCoat - courtesy of Harlequin Trade Publishing, Grayden House, NetGalley, and The Hive.</b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>LOVE this author!!</b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1luTvJmjOdv01GedLvqcxV_VZDlNSSGOQcJ8cmNADVAfrvP8xiE9JbYwQk82htidC7s2Qtwv_jQSR_1KNBHNQlHoCW3HNy5bKNCFe5vU2veQHSxBIMUgU_z7k5YAB93M-FSeQtRqRGx1jzM-v0-FISoYZXeEnwsGyssjmOvChqB_85HZ7PLxx2AfBvbM/s1500/1.beyond%20summerland.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1luTvJmjOdv01GedLvqcxV_VZDlNSSGOQcJ8cmNADVAfrvP8xiE9JbYwQk82htidC7s2Qtwv_jQSR_1KNBHNQlHoCW3HNy5bKNCFe5vU2veQHSxBIMUgU_z7k5YAB93M-FSeQtRqRGx1jzM-v0-FISoYZXeEnwsGyssjmOvChqB_85HZ7PLxx2AfBvbM/w133-h200/1.beyond%20summerland.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">2. THE FINDERS KEEPERS LIBRARY by Annie Rains, courtesy of Caroline Green of Forever (Grand Central Publishing) and NetGalley.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">LOVE this author. And look at that adorable cover.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4JXRuYtRjfHJfwzJVHaRG8YGQ0Rx5jsPZMDoZwM4IWjlhybhVpnjm8jv_iYm9HdchB2FjdV2fVnysn4ZUj3NxoflVZ79vHSa5dviRHrzffyDjqjbYy3oz-pObqoaXx7erIRQqGTT9EvndWtQe6ZcE_fcess_bwbSy9UuHgZM2o9v5z1nblXfzDKpCwI/s2560/1.thefinderskeeperslibrary.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1680" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4JXRuYtRjfHJfwzJVHaRG8YGQ0Rx5jsPZMDoZwM4IWjlhybhVpnjm8jv_iYm9HdchB2FjdV2fVnysn4ZUj3NxoflVZ79vHSa5dviRHrzffyDjqjbYy3oz-pObqoaXx7erIRQqGTT9EvndWtQe6ZcE_fcess_bwbSy9UuHgZM2o9v5z1nblXfzDKpCwI/w131-h200/1.thefinderskeeperslibrary.jpeg" width="131" /></a></div></div></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span>On Tuesday, March 12, I received:</span></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span>1. THE PRESIDENT'S LAWYER by Lawrence Robbins, courtesy of Zakiya Jamal of Atria Books/Simon & Schuster and NetGalley.</span></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5ycLK8Sh6PJkhj1uf6GhHRrtM8CU6nsaL-Ql6u1fvnhVPRQ9mxp3eb4140hQKRbac0X5PlgVQExRwcRWbfwwGDRHy2GSraxptmryYPmrSPZvgCOLUcM0c1C9zGZIZc7lHRRVhWEOq5DDluFEIW6ckCipUlgoXPqy1ultneQGHyPZCyYRhMGdUzUb7kU/s385/1.thepresident's%20lawyer.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5ycLK8Sh6PJkhj1uf6GhHRrtM8CU6nsaL-Ql6u1fvnhVPRQ9mxp3eb4140hQKRbac0X5PlgVQExRwcRWbfwwGDRHy2GSraxptmryYPmrSPZvgCOLUcM0c1C9zGZIZc7lHRRVhWEOq5DDluFEIW6ckCipUlgoXPqy1ultneQGHyPZCyYRhMGdUzUb7kU/w133-h200/1.thepresident's%20lawyer.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">************</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">On Wednesday, March 13, I received:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">1. NONNA MARIA AND THE CASE OF THE LOST TREASURE by Lorenzo Carcaterra, courtesy of Emma Thomasch of Random House Publishing, Ballantine, Bantam, and NetGalley.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3MgFQCZlVsGygdYKV5eM5D_p39yy88btO8AgXYJuPouoyCt6Q3EK95CLhpLfTPStlUvTDyvmZ769ikGA7ivOclGYLdUCWX-cI5T4bZ9QVV3z5b4fF2ycXeFrTcIyq94oBkgl0x0YhQi7KOZjBaCjJG7VP5-fpZWe4oWF2PTWNkrSNdykRWoPTsS0D34/s2550/1.nonna%20maria%20.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1684" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3MgFQCZlVsGygdYKV5eM5D_p39yy88btO8AgXYJuPouoyCt6Q3EK95CLhpLfTPStlUvTDyvmZ769ikGA7ivOclGYLdUCWX-cI5T4bZ9QVV3z5b4fF2ycXeFrTcIyq94oBkgl0x0YhQi7KOZjBaCjJG7VP5-fpZWe4oWF2PTWNkrSNdykRWoPTsS0D34/w132-h200/1.nonna%20maria%20.jpeg" width="132" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2. THINGS DON'T BREAK ON THEIR OWN by Sarah Easter Collins, courtesy of Crown Publishing and NetGalley.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNsuZ-fd3MOQpkSBrEFPb7Rc8nE-d8cM-47wsUod2aQCBiWR_alvx7zIUvfsjlk8uwfRi17jDit0VC9DPcQgqAZglB07Les8KuKUyv8j-_KFGFvQGwynUh5VzfosbvckMeeFte2DchKPHsVtk4kigWHcWvjKgXJJovRGDKVjjvqQzXV9bTQhLvb-K-mLM/s2850/1.things%20don't%20break.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2850" data-original-width="1875" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNsuZ-fd3MOQpkSBrEFPb7Rc8nE-d8cM-47wsUod2aQCBiWR_alvx7zIUvfsjlk8uwfRi17jDit0VC9DPcQgqAZglB07Les8KuKUyv8j-_KFGFvQGwynUh5VzfosbvckMeeFte2DchKPHsVtk4kigWHcWvjKgXJJovRGDKVjjvqQzXV9bTQhLvb-K-mLM/w132-h200/1.things%20don't%20break.jpeg" width="132" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></div></div></span></div></span></div><p style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><div></div></div><p style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><p></p><p></p><p></p><div><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div><p></p><div><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWVRSkJd5IGYxor4OkigrQw1p8YA5hCdJzLcEzPwulaoSBs6xgyboSHHxqJWCKcic1O7RGI5xIDNDfCLHKvbdHrCfTtUuLux7BlmCA4qBq-bEGNcpdp_Coo_x8ZUHSBZ40hq85NV8AlrZ7LvT5tSJX-rL7bapc9vWHWFzWN-M43UXbg056NPaua-nZv4/s187/1Elizabeth.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="187" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWVRSkJd5IGYxor4OkigrQw1p8YA5hCdJzLcEzPwulaoSBs6xgyboSHHxqJWCKcic1O7RGI5xIDNDfCLHKvbdHrCfTtUuLux7BlmCA4qBq-bEGNcpdp_Coo_x8ZUHSBZ40hq85NV8AlrZ7LvT5tSJX-rL7bapc9vWHWFzWN-M43UXbg056NPaua-nZv4/s1600/1Elizabeth.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="187" /></a></div></span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div><div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div></div></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-32068847735164868852024-03-18T00:30:00.001-04:002024-03-18T00:30:00.128-04:00It's Monday!! What Are YOU Reading? - 3/18/2024<div style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;"><p style="font-family: Times; font-weight: 400;"> <a href="http://bookdate.blogspot.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="http://bookdate.blogspot.com/" border="0" height="289" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LVw9hARsZEg/ViPgUFg6DcI/AAAAAAAAKRk/6FDRiMu2SFk/s320/KathrynIt%2527sMonday.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><div style="font-family: Times; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""><b>******************** </b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""><b>I hope you had a great reading week.</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: small;"><span><b>********************</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""><span><span><b>This is a weekly meme hosted by Kathryn at <a href="https://thebookdate.wordpress.com/">BOOK DATE</a>!<br /></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span font-family:="" sans-serif="" style="font-size: small;" verdana=""><span><span><b>Post the books completed, the books you are currently reading, and the books you hope to finish<span> at some point</span>.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>************</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;">NOT SURE WHY THINGS ARE OFF KILTER - BLOGGER DOES THAT AT TIMES.<br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;">AND...THE TOP HALF OF THE POST SEEMS TO BE MISSING ON MOBILE DEVICES. <br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b>************</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-weight: 400;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face=""><span><span><span><span 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verdana;"><span face=""><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face=""><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><b><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><b><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><u>Books Completed:</u></span></span></span></b></span></b></b></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></b></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><b><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><b><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><b><span> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></b></b></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></b></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></b></b></span></span></span></span></span></b></b></b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""><span><span><span><b><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><b><b><div style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><div><div><div><div><b>THE HOUSE ON BISCAYNE BAY by Chanel Cleeton - review will be on April 9.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Excellent as always - a good mystery.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcGxmro9vNga2oiI5-1N64PhSS3gbi9X2LzgArp7bU44AK50WrA9uFjOuV4kl2ev86ekAWQxzdihiHHHQfgyACI5PUEeeW4T45ChguUBHcVRO2PsptM5WgJutcgLUDlrbhR0C24m-bwiKzF6dnN67YTz-vrfqP-sqJQFy3yBmAYAhcaiJmJucMACSGhY/s393/1.thehouseonbiscaynebay.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcGxmro9vNga2oiI5-1N64PhSS3gbi9X2LzgArp7bU44AK50WrA9uFjOuV4kl2ev86ekAWQxzdihiHHHQfgyACI5PUEeeW4T45ChguUBHcVRO2PsptM5WgJutcgLUDlrbhR0C24m-bwiKzF6dnN67YTz-vrfqP-sqJQFy3yBmAYAhcaiJmJucMACSGhY/w130-h200/1.thehouseonbiscaynebay.png" width="130" /></a></div>************</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div></div><div><b>ALL WE WERE PROMISED by Ashton Lattimore - review will be on April 4.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>EXCELLENT read....loved the characters.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYzGVGFSFNPMIcZbeWmHn5_QbdLL3POF4QWk8XsXMDTgSqd06Uk5HQCR3-NHQS2jhTzZWHV75_2C-cf2iKJpUkTkXyOewNnnLObphGL3KkSX1Jl2sYuYwph-xykEN41WeIY-_ElDwO6Q8bNCkjyeSPcHE6eZhKq8Ol6Fi9GJ1PGfZGQfgNOwLaEteDRc/s385/1.allwewerepromised.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYzGVGFSFNPMIcZbeWmHn5_QbdLL3POF4QWk8XsXMDTgSqd06Uk5HQCR3-NHQS2jhTzZWHV75_2C-cf2iKJpUkTkXyOewNnnLObphGL3KkSX1Jl2sYuYwph-xykEN41WeIY-_ElDwO6Q8bNCkjyeSPcHE6eZhKq8Ol6Fi9GJ1PGfZGQfgNOwLaEteDRc/w133-h200/1.allwewerepromised.png" width="133" /></a></div>************</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div></div><div><b>NOSY NEIGHBORS by Freya Sampson - review will be on April 3.</b></div><div><b> </b></div><div><b>LOVE her books and LOVED this one too. <br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div 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style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div></div><div><b>SHE'S NOT SORRY by Mary Kubica - review will be on April 2.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>A slow buildup, but worth the wait. A surprise you won't see coming.</b></div><div><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKh81Kg2Dv4cm5rnEW2qpO6-eoMkdpreUceyWoS11YdADp7WzJDZHXPVx2SR_gahZwd-7cTLtDxbBGCArvi6DHHlfW9h5U3uY8FqDuS6ajNXbcY_WlOoipZV6ecFHDxu_jWLxuMSaimbwz_C8qagyLkHB_I_GTY04tA1aUGhVl81v8D49-yESLJoVX-jY/s2560/1.she'snotsorry.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1686" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKh81Kg2Dv4cm5rnEW2qpO6-eoMkdpreUceyWoS11YdADp7WzJDZHXPVx2SR_gahZwd-7cTLtDxbBGCArvi6DHHlfW9h5U3uY8FqDuS6ajNXbcY_WlOoipZV6ecFHDxu_jWLxuMSaimbwz_C8qagyLkHB_I_GTY04tA1aUGhVl81v8D49-yESLJoVX-jY/w132-h200/1.she'snotsorry.jpg" width="132" /></a></div>************</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div></div><div><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>A LETTER FROM ITALY by Rose Alexander - review will be on March 29.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>LOVED IT!! Great storyline, great setting, loveable characters.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQKSPwXZvY1RlyaHKjtKA05a3q1Z8QDup8Ylft4zkzZZihZP7-7PCw26WuE4rHdq_cKe2axrIeI6TsniAGTPf_RBehS-tn8F3nYVJTIxo93UQmABVrgI8uQtjGFQ9uDXotMJh-YyXtw1kxkn3dES9SJ2qVToC_6HqMYz_WYtOo2O20bGbv5A8p2O84M8/s500/1.aletterfromitaly.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="327" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQKSPwXZvY1RlyaHKjtKA05a3q1Z8QDup8Ylft4zkzZZihZP7-7PCw26WuE4rHdq_cKe2axrIeI6TsniAGTPf_RBehS-tn8F3nYVJTIxo93UQmABVrgI8uQtjGFQ9uDXotMJh-YyXtw1kxkn3dES9SJ2qVToC_6HqMYz_WYtOo2O20bGbv5A8p2O84M8/w131-h200/1.aletterfromitaly.jpeg" width="131" /></a></div><b>************</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://silversolara.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-underground-library-by-jennifer-ryan.html" target="_blank">THE UNDERGROUND LIBRARY</a> by Jennifer Ryan - review is in the book's title.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Do NOT miss this one. FAB read!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><b><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1gHeaUUB9-MLSLIvEA4ezkcbq9vzexRIwQOftYCXk1RExXSn6sqDLcPslsdbzyAOD6NM_duB2A5qGHhnrpjffCHkMSALx7ilrfomM4Y7YxK5yWvYQbtbLiChcW4ZItXD7mEBstr_sQIyuAgfuufCi7WDnSyHxoLq3suPQbdj3PcqGfY5AatvgcCQ2qA/s456/1.theundergroundlibrary.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1gHeaUUB9-MLSLIvEA4ezkcbq9vzexRIwQOftYCXk1RExXSn6sqDLcPslsdbzyAOD6NM_duB2A5qGHhnrpjffCHkMSALx7ilrfomM4Y7YxK5yWvYQbtbLiChcW4ZItXD7mEBstr_sQIyuAgfuufCi7WDnSyHxoLq3suPQbdj3PcqGfY5AatvgcCQ2qA/w132-h200/1.theundergroundlibrary.jpg" width="132" /></a></div>************</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></b></b></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://silversolara.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-woman-with-no-name-by-audrey-blake.html" target="_blank">THE WOMAN WITH NO NAME</a> by Audrey Blake - review is in the book's title.</span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">An ok read - too much about planning the resistance maneuvers, but appreciated the brave men and women who risked their lives to save France and thwart the Germans.</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><b><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4dNApuER7laORTj2VGsZCPsijCzZJ_Y2A_u4ePF7bz6qgvfrKTo3upnkOxZLpdQnBG-zjgbXSLo6T1_J5X5e9vB8eAsYFn9FS6Gljwsf946rd3zOnNDDaxWxcmgBUnT6gIH97WbzzAiz1JRl9Y3UxVcbQjT0begWljVKnS7DhV39CxrTow-l83oQxUA/s2475/1.thewomanwithnoname.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2475" data-original-width="1650" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4dNApuER7laORTj2VGsZCPsijCzZJ_Y2A_u4ePF7bz6qgvfrKTo3upnkOxZLpdQnBG-zjgbXSLo6T1_J5X5e9vB8eAsYFn9FS6Gljwsf946rd3zOnNDDaxWxcmgBUnT6gIH97WbzzAiz1JRl9Y3UxVcbQjT0begWljVKnS7DhV39CxrTow-l83oQxUA/w133-h200/1.thewomanwithnoname.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">************</div></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></b></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://silversolara.blogspot.com/2024/03/murder-road-by-simone-st-james.html" target="_blank">MURDER ROAD</a> by Simone St. James - review is in the book's title.</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>Good storyline and mystery, but I forgot she uses paranormal in her books. </b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>It was good, though.</b></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7zJGApuIui_sfKB-dKb96EUKgORp8wRgGEQlXXoo1NWMDIkirqEGSzsoCcr0HLddOhAuH94EkKWQYAYhadKjLHL6vbqy5UolPsM8tfY8-Abk-kyWvEzfeNgVScFiYG83i4DXiGnA2Z5YpsgyXUntkSLMg_Q3ToLx4rOyFuUENFbUmEIxgnOS7os08P0/s3238/1.murderroad.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3238" data-original-width="2144" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7zJGApuIui_sfKB-dKb96EUKgORp8wRgGEQlXXoo1NWMDIkirqEGSzsoCcr0HLddOhAuH94EkKWQYAYhadKjLHL6vbqy5UolPsM8tfY8-Abk-kyWvEzfeNgVScFiYG83i4DXiGnA2Z5YpsgyXUntkSLMg_Q3ToLx4rOyFuUENFbUmEIxgnOS7os08P0/w133-h200/1.murderroad.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">************</div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div></div></b></b></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></b></b><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><a href="https://silversolara.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-girls-we-sent-away-by-meagan-church.html" target="_blank">THE GIRLS WE SENT AWAY </a>by Meagan Church - review is in the book's title.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this book - don't miss it!!</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaB3av4oj6j7bCHwGIBSRvvp9lewLJZ4E9Cbqh1_HpsoB8u9xrskijqXZcidRYYv08dgkXpJljwnGxIls1p1KEF8v-jfhIlLyxvBYVReheMNshg57m9lfSDLUsuXGZYwXmiP59C_GzdqvZzF7zfLMU9r9VFlHxWowkbXLXrwABoX8YDHOSQSc7IkuzNTY/s383/the%20girls%20we%20sent%20away.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaB3av4oj6j7bCHwGIBSRvvp9lewLJZ4E9Cbqh1_HpsoB8u9xrskijqXZcidRYYv08dgkXpJljwnGxIls1p1KEF8v-jfhIlLyxvBYVReheMNshg57m9lfSDLUsuXGZYwXmiP59C_GzdqvZzF7zfLMU9r9VFlHxWowkbXLXrwABoX8YDHOSQSc7IkuzNTY/w133-h200/the%20girls%20we%20sent%20away.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">************</div></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b><a href="https://silversolara.blogspot.com/2024/03/bye-baby-by-carola-lovering.html" target="_blank">BYE, BABY</a> by Carola Lovering - review is in the book's title.</b></div><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b>Not bad...I liked her other books a bit more.</b></div><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikweXFCQB6tNoGyanYR-dzh9-Um4ohhc3sEoyaTMBBPsr_M3bhMyMeey7TECF2RcEJbJ6ivAOWb9lDchcSqL69KuNmmrrw1Tyyj-714jO16xujVzaPfIM8Y--G627WxS2l7AuLBIsHYUtKgyPt4AYPaRADD-nbdBusaxtuCFxishAHKzME1PjvTkLG/s1172/IMG_4643.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1172" data-original-width="739" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikweXFCQB6tNoGyanYR-dzh9-Um4ohhc3sEoyaTMBBPsr_M3bhMyMeey7TECF2RcEJbJ6ivAOWb9lDchcSqL69KuNmmrrw1Tyyj-714jO16xujVzaPfIM8Y--G627WxS2l7AuLBIsHYUtKgyPt4AYPaRADD-nbdBusaxtuCFxishAHKzME1PjvTkLG/w126-h200/IMG_4643.jpg" width="126" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">************</div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b><a href="https://silversolara.blogspot.com/2024/03/her-daughter-by-jen-craven.html" target="_blank">HER DAUGHTER</a> by Jen Craven - review is in the book's title.</b><b style="text-align: center;"> </b></div><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b style="text-align: center;"><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b style="text-align: center;">Not bad but a lot of family drama.</b></div><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b style="text-align: center;"><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihR1lQxxnCvXtCjHecA4QArV3a6hs0TkHJq_StPv0B5NNdY1JJQZMVdIAH5LmI1Dmp6ebtMfNoFI3lbUU1aqWM_DTXvN46191ovFlbGe6helXnug_KHvwNHjjojWt9NCChAyzbaWjBJegqM2lIu3wCVxXrtjfimywjXoYZNXb1S03A1sQeOVLm0fBqdIY/s394/1.herdaughter.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihR1lQxxnCvXtCjHecA4QArV3a6hs0TkHJq_StPv0B5NNdY1JJQZMVdIAH5LmI1Dmp6ebtMfNoFI3lbUU1aqWM_DTXvN46191ovFlbGe6helXnug_KHvwNHjjojWt9NCChAyzbaWjBJegqM2lIu3wCVxXrtjfimywjXoYZNXb1S03A1sQeOVLm0fBqdIY/w129-h200/1.herdaughter.png" width="129" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">************</div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><a href="https://silversolara.blogspot.com/2024/02/sisters-of-belfast-by-melanie-maure.html" target="_blank">SISTERS OF BELFAST</a> by Melanie Maure - review is in the book's title.</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Ohhhhh....LOVED the characters in this book. </b><b>♥️</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWkNwGgN8zyiF2BSDqZnrBpby_U9c-6SU6Zvee-HV4NvFK72waJiaKGWFcW0hJdFaPjuSouBa-OGO9TbhIQGCnLY9cOqAr5prsLLrQ71YnfjdhDXMyHbJZ_AHH9buUWGT-GsMdhu0VRgky_mXZWxEHjr4KN54a3si8Y-7rfJehB8BKMVXhZKGJs4n_ys/s384/1.THESISTERSOFBELFAST.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWkNwGgN8zyiF2BSDqZnrBpby_U9c-6SU6Zvee-HV4NvFK72waJiaKGWFcW0hJdFaPjuSouBa-OGO9TbhIQGCnLY9cOqAr5prsLLrQ71YnfjdhDXMyHbJZ_AHH9buUWGT-GsMdhu0VRgky_mXZWxEHjr4KN54a3si8Y-7rfJehB8BKMVXhZKGJs4n_ys/w133-h200/1.THESISTERSOFBELFAST.png" width="133" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">************</div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; 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font-weight: 400;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b></b></b></span><div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><u><span><b>Book Currently Reading:</b></span></u></span></span></span></span><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span face="" style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><b><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><b><b><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>DAUGHTER OF MINE by Megan Miranda - review will be on April 10.</b></div><div style="font-size: medium; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>THE ROYAL LIBRARIAN by Daisy Wood - review will be on April 14.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIOBSaeBtRWlteOEQzoTDLl5qc104Vdkbza_Q6MaWYho3eHoBnXgot2yiwrOyDj3TdbEOp4k49EucRcGACgmmIQKZCdNqQFntEXJGRn3nMTB-fZybWkywWaLHJicOavGkI-oROXyAtYwhP4YzjwZIJBCXnpKzjmpAhqxEQBwdi638d4P9Jj-iyGC-jRc/s1500/1.theroyallibrarian.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="993" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIOBSaeBtRWlteOEQzoTDLl5qc104Vdkbza_Q6MaWYho3eHoBnXgot2yiwrOyDj3TdbEOp4k49EucRcGACgmmIQKZCdNqQFntEXJGRn3nMTB-fZybWkywWaLHJicOavGkI-oROXyAtYwhP4YzjwZIJBCXnpKzjmpAhqxEQBwdi638d4P9Jj-iyGC-jRc/w133-h200/1.theroyallibrarian.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE by Michelle Gable - review will be on April 16.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YKnRzI6VhsTj2YPonY5jVmhym2ifTbhU34uUfJAowE2w5vKmm8GJfjtnlwrkXXM0_ybnA0-oOpimBZWQ41ut9S4vpaTgTjnBYjrcLtAjeifhSBG4D5ucy_aApwjL-lJCZDar7dNfOJsTK6HT0H6VhtisdqaiL4Kv4U-lKsqqielx0SWt89CkcEF1JYc/s346/1.thebeautifulpeople.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="230" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YKnRzI6VhsTj2YPonY5jVmhym2ifTbhU34uUfJAowE2w5vKmm8GJfjtnlwrkXXM0_ybnA0-oOpimBZWQ41ut9S4vpaTgTjnBYjrcLtAjeifhSBG4D5ucy_aApwjL-lJCZDar7dNfOJsTK6HT0H6VhtisdqaiL4Kv4U-lKsqqielx0SWt89CkcEF1JYc/w133-h200/1.thebeautifulpeople.jpg" width="133" /></a></div>************<br /></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;">THE FINDERS KEEPERS LIBRARY by Annie Rains - review will be on April 22.</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;">LOVE her books.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9qx75R3nVAC2bVN6znkmp-2fRMwh4dWN-F3FxD6cN_17C90-9V2xMnffHVyQIuDwfpB03iUjYG6RLoAEmkkHsl2nlUQaU44NYLxs_79BfI37BXc5jNlrks34ehQithTxlDrE6tttPAsftEx9GOBowOyvaiwxeM34xcHBhR0o5GqAABQBUk_LCqkD8Kc/s385/1.theparisnovel.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9qx75R3nVAC2bVN6znkmp-2fRMwh4dWN-F3FxD6cN_17C90-9V2xMnffHVyQIuDwfpB03iUjYG6RLoAEmkkHsl2nlUQaU44NYLxs_79BfI37BXc5jNlrks34ehQithTxlDrE6tttPAsftEx9GOBowOyvaiwxeM34xcHBhR0o5GqAABQBUk_LCqkD8Kc/w133-h200/1.theparisnovel.png" width="133" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>THE GIRL FROM THE GRAND HOTEL by Camille Aubray - review will be on May 2.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVZKzeL9AemMthXj0a4fdqRUmCPtWY-cCGxb2d5i37YyMEFNLIj-tEISZDXTv98KpnUGdZnQzb55uZkSieTrWljEpEo8sCClv_SIeNFeT7-Y9-h1hgK_k6tB73ZAc8NYr5v5KK1yL0zsPq-0gSgEt798YTby0HGUOBYTBGirDDx8ONLYjXpiOZAFcZBk/s500/1.the%20girlfromthegrandhotel.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVZKzeL9AemMthXj0a4fdqRUmCPtWY-cCGxb2d5i37YyMEFNLIj-tEISZDXTv98KpnUGdZnQzb55uZkSieTrWljEpEo8sCClv_SIeNFeT7-Y9-h1hgK_k6tB73ZAc8NYr5v5KK1yL0zsPq-0gSgEt798YTby0HGUOBYTBGirDDx8ONLYjXpiOZAFcZBk/w125-h200/1.the%20girlfromthegrandhotel.jpeg" width="125" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>MISS MORGAN'S BOOK BRIGADE by Janet Skeslien Charles - review will be on May 7.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMduk5uVNXbpKhxLoi81uZuIAkFtyrgEevF9bQRXSvC6mFl76YP2_2Z396HvTOuya31yst_7i8vdS7I5HCx4EHM2SsTPWAtVobbBSayDzCYNtZZsPjzCefMa9IWBfV84N51i9l0R3N_MYV5ZNPNrGP3gf8TrGdUcNCmDzzGrawACIQ67JG3o06zDDddM/s453/1.missmorgan'sbookbrigade.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMduk5uVNXbpKhxLoi81uZuIAkFtyrgEevF9bQRXSvC6mFl76YP2_2Z396HvTOuya31yst_7i8vdS7I5HCx4EHM2SsTPWAtVobbBSayDzCYNtZZsPjzCefMa9IWBfV84N51i9l0R3N_MYV5ZNPNrGP3gf8TrGdUcNCmDzzGrawACIQ67JG3o06zDDddM/w133-h200/1.missmorgan'sbookbrigade.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b>THE RETURN OF ELLIE BLACK by Emiko Jean - review will be on May 8.</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7uUMBsUAvvmhl1rLgwZ8KXfC6eqcJh6apzx4Cggy45Co5c6nVaxAq0erEPLUn27AoDL7T5trPKlRQLLl3PUJKvN5s1SpmJf9_ZmlAFIdR_xQpqVk55oE-aRQFYODyCu9dHHJk-_KIZnhkGUXLXnOHutVyWDqggub0SGSJGG_cnSWBtyx99WJ3R-NFu1k/s780/1.thereturnofellieblack.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="520" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7uUMBsUAvvmhl1rLgwZ8KXfC6eqcJh6apzx4Cggy45Co5c6nVaxAq0erEPLUn27AoDL7T5trPKlRQLLl3PUJKvN5s1SpmJf9_ZmlAFIdR_xQpqVk55oE-aRQFYODyCu9dHHJk-_KIZnhkGUXLXnOHutVyWDqggub0SGSJGG_cnSWBtyx99WJ3R-NFu1k/w133-h200/1.thereturnofellieblack.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>SUMMERS AT THE SAINT by Mary Kay Andrews - review will be on May 9.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6uQytdMqc4kWBo-0_UuU9UnFXRmlHY4SXSlokUGliiStIsPz8r0Hktp08dKMMlu2evuGtXasPXiKNIJZA-M14p3ILxwVTRQX4yRcDA4GmfRxoFJrIkcAgVAeoMa1gpj6-eckKYtPA3XWGWlEA2_gyPLhJtO8nBN8r-F6SeDZcHmRlAb_1Pw37K7lW2s/s2560/1.SUMMERSATTHESAINT.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1684" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6uQytdMqc4kWBo-0_UuU9UnFXRmlHY4SXSlokUGliiStIsPz8r0Hktp08dKMMlu2evuGtXasPXiKNIJZA-M14p3ILxwVTRQX4yRcDA4GmfRxoFJrIkcAgVAeoMa1gpj6-eckKYtPA3XWGWlEA2_gyPLhJtO8nBN8r-F6SeDZcHmRlAb_1Pw37K7lW2s/w132-h200/1.SUMMERSATTHESAINT.jpeg" width="132" /></a></div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;">NONNA MARIA AND THE CASE OF THE LOST TREASURE by Lorenzo Carcaterra - review will be on May 13.</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ccuHHDKg31gnI1NfMesNiMeygOliIOhcrpg9mnI8-j0L9EEsyBR_nfbuDov-p4qfY4_w8P3_JKCltwrIsK1T-MlLLrq_Q6GTJOJ6sBVMVx-1_DFGUZfJdJheJZmXWZsx4LoeZKd8L4WBUpPxRYELrWNL2G99fOoMR3xsZ8IQgr0Y2S56qBTa4mBgTNc/s2550/1.nonna%20maria%20.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1684" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ccuHHDKg31gnI1NfMesNiMeygOliIOhcrpg9mnI8-j0L9EEsyBR_nfbuDov-p4qfY4_w8P3_JKCltwrIsK1T-MlLLrq_Q6GTJOJ6sBVMVx-1_DFGUZfJdJheJZmXWZsx4LoeZKd8L4WBUpPxRYELrWNL2G99fOoMR3xsZ8IQgr0Y2S56qBTa4mBgTNc/w132-h200/1.nonna%20maria%20.jpeg" width="132" /></a></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>THE LAST TIME SHE SAW HIM by Kate White - review will be on May 14.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkF8K6zQJPMIILIAjXJlvxkSLW11JH6pLQgIwhu_uR7OMTPdN6SXVmveXHbFvdguumisNNbfEuvgKsrpJpA_5XQNowrghg_afPb0A5T8OOdlXQ74fRbbRGHdSu_vY1L0rv5ed6v-qmZqKMhsw9Sx1l_vC4NBtwD-HdgljmDyygDT00gNP1X65OKVbKQNY/s522/1.THELASTTIMESHESAWHIM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="347" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkF8K6zQJPMIILIAjXJlvxkSLW11JH6pLQgIwhu_uR7OMTPdN6SXVmveXHbFvdguumisNNbfEuvgKsrpJpA_5XQNowrghg_afPb0A5T8OOdlXQ74fRbbRGHdSu_vY1L0rv5ed6v-qmZqKMhsw9Sx1l_vC4NBtwD-HdgljmDyygDT00gNP1X65OKVbKQNY/w133-h200/1.THELASTTIMESHESAWHIM.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>THE INCORRIGIBLES by Meredith Jaeger - review will be on May 21.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaueG563v31TkyoK8vVDS2jtrC4yvDqsQUbUXZQiFegqjO_xd_fdbwlUJLNyebxTJgNzCTCnGU2-1M-kCcALKVt0rSaHuuk13f-ZZIiUioWlVdTIxsg4hBLri2aUBThhoEea5X9eQc6EgTEorZwjXCpJ5mYDnOa627bu2YLhTCiwfmsYWeSQql9tamhg/s2800/1.THEINCORRIGIBLES.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2800" data-original-width="1859" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaueG563v31TkyoK8vVDS2jtrC4yvDqsQUbUXZQiFegqjO_xd_fdbwlUJLNyebxTJgNzCTCnGU2-1M-kCcALKVt0rSaHuuk13f-ZZIiUioWlVdTIxsg4hBLri2aUBThhoEea5X9eQc6EgTEorZwjXCpJ5mYDnOa627bu2YLhTCiwfmsYWeSQql9tamhg/w133-h200/1.THEINCORRIGIBLES.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>THE MAIN CHARACTER by Jaclyn Goldis - review will be on May 22.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYuLj3jFppiEmzXGKLHJzg8BQZry9DW50sCfLZsiDo20UMmW9OSRH24RwsuAxy_WWFyVZWzKGk8W_THXTKZFx8dO-GAzfsiBcP8rcOuANbtCRWRwcRL7htWgQa26X8boclqF0LJgFYU0jBwXF4Du9Enk2GZFJQ7x9txS4x5DsDZSmqRAEMDWD99_KcuE/s2113/1.themaincharacter.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2113" data-original-width="1400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYuLj3jFppiEmzXGKLHJzg8BQZry9DW50sCfLZsiDo20UMmW9OSRH24RwsuAxy_WWFyVZWzKGk8W_THXTKZFx8dO-GAzfsiBcP8rcOuANbtCRWRwcRL7htWgQa26X8boclqF0LJgFYU0jBwXF4Du9Enk2GZFJQ7x9txS4x5DsDZSmqRAEMDWD99_KcuE/w133-h200/1.themaincharacter.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>THE LAST TWELVE MILES by Erika Robuck - review will be on June 4.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; 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text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>HUSBANDS AND LOVERS by Beatriz Williams - review will be on June 25.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZbSUj0RmVnrUgdCUW8kAwL8T7MOOL5BfdSwbpv19cUfzFZqD4GuNxi43XSEbvxNrbn8zw6vlAyrOHrR0gzVe28Ogjms82n9EGfzcQLVuApg04te1TFFaEXJHLWKJrtHZPQVd3cnaoJV06IYA3t_4TVQuU1ScmoxdZggwsY4smbAAoCN1TDeoCiC0JzU/s2852/1.husbandsandlovers.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwMe7s_WOPNZd-5aQOMJvOdp6KVFj8XK1YEk9x18cnDlY5LVyPs4WeDQfqymGGuWArUbZf2Ta5SaGMs3jMwxIKg6oLKkdFpT9NDfmqx6vSgwy-agAFm3yI7967581GP-1lkrLFyWOEsN299RAbpN8tRT40WSYNtbutlNB3RVgkWLmooWi8VdQGrTShBM/s500/1.likemotherlikedaughter.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="336" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwMe7s_WOPNZd-5aQOMJvOdp6KVFj8XK1YEk9x18cnDlY5LVyPs4WeDQfqymGGuWArUbZf2Ta5SaGMs3jMwxIKg6oLKkdFpT9NDfmqx6vSgwy-agAFm3yI7967581GP-1lkrLFyWOEsN299RAbpN8tRT40WSYNtbutlNB3RVgkWLmooWi8VdQGrTShBM/w134-h200/1.likemotherlikedaughter.jpeg" width="134" /></a></div></span></b></span></span></span></b></b><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY by Jamie Day - review will be on July 16.</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDuYVGtRPR5JTYR6NGQ45RRntuwtSS5VNHQWT9pmLVimqBIdIdCpVwFD2nb_iDLX63AoxGih8abW3Bf18QViZ9H8tX-okN-VUd9z_0bUNY9hbJnnW6N8ksMADpHvlQMhx5-zEVH_e_d-WbtgnNhC9rTx_Y-rNymxIo65jImV7XAuVtqz4m74zqUQ1LJA/s388/1.onebighappyfamily.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDuYVGtRPR5JTYR6NGQ45RRntuwtSS5VNHQWT9pmLVimqBIdIdCpVwFD2nb_iDLX63AoxGih8abW3Bf18QViZ9H8tX-okN-VUd9z_0bUNY9hbJnnW6N8ksMADpHvlQMhx5-zEVH_e_d-WbtgnNhC9rTx_Y-rNymxIo65jImV7XAuVtqz4m74zqUQ1LJA/w131-h200/1.onebighappyfamily.png" width="131" /></a></div></span></b></span></span></span></b></b><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">ONLY ONE SURVIVES by Hannah Mary McKinnon - review will be on July 17.</span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRBwUYCreCqqzlrBxLXfU-EISh1TAGjo0u9734DVWjgpRnjflQwofxtY9LEP8Hf8AUyoLvCi9MUDIAaaJFMWs6j6-Lwiq6bwvPCL0Q6637Nir-EVljt2GpdCvOd7EHBUEBDbAQuOEew6Lxu4Y-WidKOH_aZbF8NBL_TfT1L9HDzcyyJJlVk78w3z65-g/s522/1.ONLYONESURVIVES.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="347" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRBwUYCreCqqzlrBxLXfU-EISh1TAGjo0u9734DVWjgpRnjflQwofxtY9LEP8Hf8AUyoLvCi9MUDIAaaJFMWs6j6-Lwiq6bwvPCL0Q6637Nir-EVljt2GpdCvOd7EHBUEBDbAQuOEew6Lxu4Y-WidKOH_aZbF8NBL_TfT1L9HDzcyyJJlVk78w3z65-g/w133-h200/1.ONLYONESURVIVES.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div></b></span></span></span></b></b><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b>THINGS DON'T BREAK ON THEIR OWN by Sarah Easter Collins - review will be on July 18.</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UqZJMSex4B5Y-Gw21R4MKNCTPvSNXuM20J3rQKk4WLxDACfo4J1tMiKPAx9-7laz2MlHPC1blZi66FsBwjq6dusMO29W5hdxtFWjJAQPLqzWZiNEJJIOPDQITy9j3q8JIC0aOkCs0eyrclZsu_qNU0yqiW9Qb8JAWQu7kuNzEkkAkScw6vQJa_FWb5k/s2850/1.things%20don't%20break.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2850" data-original-width="1875" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UqZJMSex4B5Y-Gw21R4MKNCTPvSNXuM20J3rQKk4WLxDACfo4J1tMiKPAx9-7laz2MlHPC1blZi66FsBwjq6dusMO29W5hdxtFWjJAQPLqzWZiNEJJIOPDQITy9j3q8JIC0aOkCs0eyrclZsu_qNU0yqiW9Qb8JAWQu7kuNzEkkAkScw6vQJa_FWb5k/w132-h200/1.things%20don't%20break.jpeg" width="132" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">HOUSE OF GLASS by Sarah Pekkanen - review will be on August 6.</span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwxkL2kHmzo7-NQ8Gl2yhZzXJ4Ixo3EtK7QF7PFsAIoMl1rJmLIhbDPgm97Gh-Shyphenhyphen1JPASvhbEwKmKvbjTKZYvEWhT82Z89TfiHzHzTGgiYe8rIisujCn1aKtObQgogKRXNKGKmU6GD_9Egp6g_tw8gz7tky0n8C1h1gxxDWGvTmiON9BrA6gjA2XDgE4/s2560/1.houseofglass.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1676" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwxkL2kHmzo7-NQ8Gl2yhZzXJ4Ixo3EtK7QF7PFsAIoMl1rJmLIhbDPgm97Gh-Shyphenhyphen1JPASvhbEwKmKvbjTKZYvEWhT82Z89TfiHzHzTGgiYe8rIisujCn1aKtObQgogKRXNKGKmU6GD_9Egp6g_tw8gz7tky0n8C1h1gxxDWGvTmiON9BrA6gjA2XDgE4/w131-h200/1.houseofglass.jpeg" width="131" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">************</span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><b style="font-size: medium;">THE THIRTEENTH HUSBAND by Greer MaCallister - review will be on August 7.</b></div><div style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><b style="font-size: medium;"><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOq6YE6es8ZtbPwVWjFSoTZM29_no_tAbz40eyHjIe3k9b9ZT4oGXUqVyspWVS0CGSHRBmA9Wc5N4Q5OIhIQ7ARxKft7l20ExWOZJM3ZaSuDPTN-C3oMucqPL7SJQwF59NvX-f7aYjaxHH5fp8wW-z36Xjxl3amIFv1Wkg0rwn8BYg4KZIro70sRFd4Lg/s1500/1:thethirteenthhusband.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOq6YE6es8ZtbPwVWjFSoTZM29_no_tAbz40eyHjIe3k9b9ZT4oGXUqVyspWVS0CGSHRBmA9Wc5N4Q5OIhIQ7ARxKft7l20ExWOZJM3ZaSuDPTN-C3oMucqPL7SJQwF59NvX-f7aYjaxHH5fp8wW-z36Xjxl3amIFv1Wkg0rwn8BYg4KZIro70sRFd4Lg/w133-h200/1:thethirteenthhusband.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div>************</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">THE BODY NEXT DOOR by Maia Chance - review will be on August 8.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0azx4mS0QgCgYJCAGuN6F3APprwCvjlvTX2HZU3CLitO2dj1q-Tb0xLYH3wVs5CBMPyElmA0Wvy83P3amQuvKZEPxAuL9xgPopsL8u1VZxuhg5I5dn6F7LB6AdrE8SrmVAiZV3fsCMBRae7ZX2rJnRmDa57q2pwMCd5R_6Ya2Y_ZdrB1QHTgViQXz1A/s386/1.thebodynextdoor.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0azx4mS0QgCgYJCAGuN6F3APprwCvjlvTX2HZU3CLitO2dj1q-Tb0xLYH3wVs5CBMPyElmA0Wvy83P3amQuvKZEPxAuL9xgPopsL8u1VZxuhg5I5dn6F7LB6AdrE8SrmVAiZV3fsCMBRae7ZX2rJnRmDa57q2pwMCd5R_6Ya2Y_ZdrB1QHTgViQXz1A/w132-h200/1.thebodynextdoor.png" width="132" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">************</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">ALL THE WAY GONE by Joanna Schaffhausen - review will be on August 13.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNXSIcW3Iez8_KBKzVLByA-Qlg2m3jjXVN2Jz1sjzr12v-DsyjXL2TWEFm1tewhoyjdN56Zlq5A_a2WL1M-bTxalQ0jPaeQguSbqf_Lk4pHQAKf0ZsDyMjeln86hcLp39L_KzmSEMh1Q3DetB_-Rev2ikO_FZWl4BsCflYmr2ISNYgJ56NeY3v78S9FFA/s2560/1.allthewaygone.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1677" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNXSIcW3Iez8_KBKzVLByA-Qlg2m3jjXVN2Jz1sjzr12v-DsyjXL2TWEFm1tewhoyjdN56Zlq5A_a2WL1M-bTxalQ0jPaeQguSbqf_Lk4pHQAKf0ZsDyMjeln86hcLp39L_KzmSEMh1Q3DetB_-Rev2ikO_FZWl4BsCflYmr2ISNYgJ56NeY3v78S9FFA/w131-h200/1.allthewaygone.jpeg" width="131" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PLACE TO HIDE by Ronald H. Balson - review will be on September 17.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYrHuUUU-wttuHuUb7y9QbGnfzBmKldQpVbRfMD-GXMLZUvrhI_LO-rjv6RRIZ6kb3-PTYSgbP-PziIY9gVylOrXtPjPPtWsiFnD9cmiFnVuxEjOcBYpyZSo5x17IVhjl_2gkQ69-CucEo1F2GvrlFO7VPcboqWd-k6e1bY31Ntdh2rBU2T_6wIFOIj4/s2866/1.APLACETOHIDE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2866" data-original-width="1872" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYrHuUUU-wttuHuUb7y9QbGnfzBmKldQpVbRfMD-GXMLZUvrhI_LO-rjv6RRIZ6kb3-PTYSgbP-PziIY9gVylOrXtPjPPtWsiFnD9cmiFnVuxEjOcBYpyZSo5x17IVhjl_2gkQ69-CucEo1F2GvrlFO7VPcboqWd-k6e1bY31Ntdh2rBU2T_6wIFOIj4/w131-h200/1.APLACETOHIDE.jpeg" width="131" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">************</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">THE LOVE ELIXIR OF AUGUSTA STERN by Lynda Cohen Logiman - review will be on October 8</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: 700;">.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2e71ydZfxZY6FztvQOqZMxSzdBUeFi2tCwyH2ZgGyWZN-gKHg3C25LH94WcPe-PoSW-Kklf_LKsbNWEoUhyKnYLTSSlqcq3q4knNpSZm8AkQq10YDJ67FtVg-6J2xcL1L9CPooyDbM4NbUDOyFizE5I7PfoWj-ivNTyIQ6i5Um_mvwSezx8vcmk24sc/s2830/1.theloveelixer.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2830" data-original-width="1875" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2e71ydZfxZY6FztvQOqZMxSzdBUeFi2tCwyH2ZgGyWZN-gKHg3C25LH94WcPe-PoSW-Kklf_LKsbNWEoUhyKnYLTSSlqcq3q4knNpSZm8AkQq10YDJ67FtVg-6J2xcL1L9CPooyDbM4NbUDOyFizE5I7PfoWj-ivNTyIQ6i5Um_mvwSezx8vcmk24sc/w133-h200/1.theloveelixer.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span>THE PRESIDENT'S LAWYER by Lawrence Robbins - review will be on October 9.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdBapqStRuSd7xXNf0-F8eX5Sqj_Pufr4bJP9XjwGoELnuhakmgOIyNYVtO8eeOQPs6xf0pD3VZPXvjiaUobica5eIYVYUS9S51ODIPSrxMuuNax5TRDkptQWyTX4KSWaPOjQKjgGUNX2b2QOSYtEnRyThx9dGya-1gCb8XgeCnS6JJHkizoKRzjFNh1w/s385/1.thepresident's%20lawyer.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="255" height="200" 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center;"></div></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-6820712793351665972024-03-17T01:00:00.001-04:002024-03-17T01:00:00.131-04:00Spotlight of MotherLove by Jean Trounstine<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJYgWS-bNjw1PJrzYO2_n5pZ_DA-h6T98YYBITM4-NuwSsHEZpfVoW_wDtCGHBgAcEnSA1GAPVOPevKERc5Y-ff8rdcadjduN6z-EApnK9PqQWeE1jvl-tb3lBar8F1xoJiQO00X7lPubzRJeFd1b4IK0fbKPjRppdTUspa5xChU8gEUKxGXccqMhtq8/s2048/SPOTLIGHT1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJYgWS-bNjw1PJrzYO2_n5pZ_DA-h6T98YYBITM4-NuwSsHEZpfVoW_wDtCGHBgAcEnSA1GAPVOPevKERc5Y-ff8rdcadjduN6z-EApnK9PqQWeE1jvl-tb3lBar8F1xoJiQO00X7lPubzRJeFd1b4IK0fbKPjRppdTUspa5xChU8gEUKxGXccqMhtq8/s320/SPOTLIGHT1.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span face=""><b>PHOTO SOURCE:</b></span></span><br /><span><span face=""><b>TYPORAMA</b></span></span></span><br /><font style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b>***********</b></span></span></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>MOTHERLOVE</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5Rkp6CgSkRVqo4B7A3GRK4-6d2RKlV5GS32Tu3aOxdqfsu8cCLbPCh8dVcWuy-cobCkTr3MS99q4cSmwry8raX7o4-zoEAM5D6Hb0W4WwI3YvuNtzMSS-9bVIEKmNwAWvhWNUwUPna-kXxbko3gKg_D71v-uv-3BVwczkE2MKcytdOi7kfEd3yYFs4U/s1199/1.motherlove.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="776" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5Rkp6CgSkRVqo4B7A3GRK4-6d2RKlV5GS32Tu3aOxdqfsu8cCLbPCh8dVcWuy-cobCkTr3MS99q4cSmwry8raX7o4-zoEAM5D6Hb0W4WwI3YvuNtzMSS-9bVIEKmNwAWvhWNUwUPna-kXxbko3gKg_D71v-uv-3BVwczkE2MKcytdOi7kfEd3yYFs4U/w129-h200/1.motherlove.jpeg" width="129" /></a></div><b></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">JEAN TROUNSTINE</span></b></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #222222;"><b><span face=""><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">************</span></span></span></b></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""><span><span><font><font><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><b>ALL INFORMATION IN THIS POST IS <span style="color: black;">COURTESY OF FRANCESCA FUENTES AND EMILY AFIFI OF WUNDERKIND PR</span></b></span></font></font></span></span></span><span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="color: black;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">************</span></span></span></b></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; white-space-collapse: preserve;">From acclaimed author and social justice activist Jean Trounstine comes a powerful short story collection about an often forgotten group: the </span><span class="il" style="color: black; white-space-collapse: preserve;">mothers</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> of children who kill.</span></span></b></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Trounstine explores the stories of ten <span class="il">mothers</span>, each struggling with the aftermath of murder, with deft writing and deep empathy</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">.</span></span></b></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="il">MOTHERLOVE</span> is the first fiction work from Trounstine, author of six other books—from poetry to nonfiction—including </span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Boy with a Knife: A Story of Murder, Remorse, and a Prisoner’s Fight for Justice.</span></span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="markedContent" id="page2R_mcid21"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 20px; left: 289.515px; top: 1240.5px; transform: scaleX(1.00444);"></span></span><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span><br /></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">March 21, 2024</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Concord Free Press</span></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: grey;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Concord Free Press is an all-volunteer press that gives its books to readers in exchange for their generosity. To date, the press has inspired more than $6 million in diverse donations to causes and people in need.</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></p></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><b>PRAISE FOR MOTHERLOVE:</b></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><div style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“In these gritty, moving, revealing stories, all of which are like jolts of electricity, Trounstine shows the human cost by revealing <span class="il">mothers</span> who are brave, fierce, stubborn, full of hope and sometimes delusional. So incredibly moving, you’ll rethink everything you ever thought about our justice system.”</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">– Caroline Leavitt, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">New York Times</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> bestselling author of </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Pictures of You</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> and </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Days of Wonder</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“RAW! The stories beyond the headlines. An unabated glimpse at the pain borne of a <span class="il">mother</span>’s <span class="il">love</span> for her child.” </span><span style="font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">– Shawn Fisher, prisoner, activist, and author</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“Jean Trounstine’s unflinching collection of short stories, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="il">Motherlove</span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, invites us into the travails of ten women, inescapably, bound to their children, often willfully self-destructive, absent husbands and communities hounded by dire circumstances, some of their own making and others that conspire against their better impulses. Each woman carries her own demons, but in Jean Trounstine’s deft portrayals… they remain indefatigable in their determination to persist.” </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">–</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Wesley Brown, author of </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Dance of the Infidels</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> and </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Blue in Green</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“In her extraordinary collection of short stories, Jean Trounstine gives voice to the women who dwell in the background of the criminal justice system—the <span class="il">mothers</span> of criminal defendants who have taken another’s life. With each story, she uncovers the hope, strength and resilience of these women whose lives and dreams have been shattered by her child’s actions. Each character’s tenacity to simply go on in spite of challenging obstacles is inspiring. A touching and compelling read.”</span><span style="font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">– Richard A. Simons, First Justice, Berkshire MA Probate and Family Court</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“How brilliantly, and how heartbreakingly, Trounstine makes real the articles we read too often in our local newspapers. Her stories capture, in ways I’ve never seen before, the passionate and profound truth; every murder involves the loss of two lives. As soon as you open </span><span style="color: #222222; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="il">Motherlove</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, you’ll know that nothing is more important than to keep reading.”</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">–</span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Margo Livesey, author of </span><span style="color: #222222; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Road from Belhaven</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><p class="p1" style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“How brilliantly, and how heartbreakingly, Trounstine makes real the articles we read too often in our local newspapers. Her stories capture, in ways I’ve never seen before, the passionate and profound truth; every murder involves the loss of two lives. As soon as you open Motherlove, you’ll know that nothing is more important than to keep reading.” </span><b>–Margo Livesey, author of The Road from Belhaven<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Jean Trounstine is the rare artist who is equal parts activist, and her new book Motherlove is as heartbreaking as it is empowering! This is essential reading for anyone who has ever imagined what it might be like to have a child charged with homicide, not to mention a book for anyone who has been frustrated by the criminal justice system. Trounstine offers ten meticulously-drawn portraits that are testaments to true empathy, an empathy only richer for its complications. It's astounding that this is her first fiction, but we're so lucky that she has applied decades of indispensable advocacy to this too-often-ignored subject. Unforgettable in every way." </span><b>–Porochista Khakpour, author of Brown Album: Essay on Exile & Identity<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The hardest job in the world is being a mother, and Trounstine’s collection of mothers have the added burden of losing their sons to the criminal legal system’s stranglehold. These mothers themselves are trapped behind glass partitions, court officers, and parole boards. Their strength and courage are driven by their stubborn loyalty to the sons that handed them hardship in a world already full of it, but Trounstine imbues each story with love and forgiveness. Motherlove is a necessary addition to prison literature at a time when reform can only start with empathy and understanding.” </span><b>–David Moloney, author of Barker House<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Jean Trounstine has coined the word "Motherlove." Is it a noun, verb, adjective? All of the above. This work makes a great contribution to prison literature: the untold stories of those mothers who find themselves in horror and desperation in an instant. And still they must operate as if life goes on. Though diverse, all Trounstine’s mothers, with (mostly) sons in prison for murder, are heartbroken. They inescapably wait for the other shoe to drop. I call it a haunting, a perpetual haunting." </span><b>–Donna M. Bright, PhD, a mother whose son was paroled on a life sentence<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Jean Trounstine has written a powerful and evocative testament to the unseen and un-talked about side of criminal justice—mothers who’ve lost their sons not as the victims of violence, but the perpetrators of it. These stories are poignant, visceral glimpses into the trauma and tragedy these mothers are forced to face with little sympathy and less understanding." </span><b>–Karter Reed, husband, father, son and subject of Boy With A Knife<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“In writing that is deft, assured, and heartfelt, Jean Trounstine tells it slant in these moving stories that show the intertwining of grief, pain, and love in life’s ordinary but important moments. Her gift is to let us know these resilient, lively women as much more than mothers of sons who have murdered and to see their sons as boys— lost, angry, in the wrong place at the wrong time—as deserving of love. Brava!” </span><b>–Karen Propp, author of In Sickness & In Health: A Love Story and The Pregnancy Project: Encounters With Reproductive Therapy<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“In Motherlove, Jean Trounstine has crafted narratives which poignantly and evocatively illuminate the realities faced by women drawn into the criminal legal system when their children are accused of murder. Trounstine’s characters face seemingly insurmountable stress and trauma but must carry on for their families and loved ones. In one of the most moving sections of the book, mothers who have known each other since childhood face each other during a parole hearing–one is the parent of the person seeking release, the other is the parent of the victim. Trounstine insightfully explores issues that are important to us all—the need for connection, compassion and the actual nature of our so-called ‘justice’ system. </span><b>–Jay Blitzman, First Justice, Middlesex County Division of the MA Juvenile Court (Retired)</b></p></span></div></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span class="m_1132187268822935131s2"><i>************ </i></span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></span></span></div><p class="m_-4067360587214401768MsoNoSpacing" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>ABOUT MOTHERLOVE:</b></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In MOTHERLOVE, acclaimed writer and social justice advocate Jean Trounstine turns her sharp eye on an often forgotten group–mothers of children who kill. </span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">With deft writing and deep empathy, Trounstine explores the stories of ten mothers, each struggling with the aftermath of murder.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">While fictional, her characters are drawn from Trounstine’s decades of experience with prisoners and their families, making these stories all the more real, resonant, and unforgettable.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>************</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll white; color: #111111;"><span><span><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll white; color: #111111;"><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll white; color: #111111;"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgj-d8dALU5BkJkiSHqfApjoc_JraqhZ7LKLAoUOcEHczy11RicJT0OHX7amEyjipGuLdyDO_XgNP4QAh7Iec64-Jb6JyMgW5nH7P_tA3GllcjXjsgksLC5a-GoQQNda048PpUoCdzUvnKC49i46l2ldXPP5H-gLUtfR1DZQwRENyGnWVgcunQZiyueoA/s3217/1.justineRP20231219_007_MedRez%20Cropped%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3217" data-original-width="2761" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgj-d8dALU5BkJkiSHqfApjoc_JraqhZ7LKLAoUOcEHczy11RicJT0OHX7amEyjipGuLdyDO_XgNP4QAh7Iec64-Jb6JyMgW5nH7P_tA3GllcjXjsgksLC5a-GoQQNda048PpUoCdzUvnKC49i46l2ldXPP5H-gLUtfR1DZQwRENyGnWVgcunQZiyueoA/w172-h200/1.justineRP20231219_007_MedRez%20Cropped%20copy.jpg" width="172" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></div><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Jean Trounstine is an author, activist, and educator who has written extensively about the criminal legal system in America.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">She worked at Framingham Women’s Prison for a decade, where she directed eight plays for prisoners—resulting in her highly praised book, </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Shakespeare Behind Bars: The Power of Drama in a Women’s Prison.</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Her groundbreaking work is considered the first Shakespeare program launched in the U.S.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll white; color: #111111;"><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Trounstine has spoken throughout the world about women in prison, and co-founded the women’s branch of Changing Lives Through Literature (CLTL), an innovative alternative sentencing program. In 2018, she was invited to Italy and awarded the Gramsci International Award for Theatre in Prison for her 30 years of work in literature and theater. </span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">MOTHERLOVE is the first fiction work from Trounstine, author of six other books—from poetry to nonfiction—including </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Boy with a Knife: A Story of Murder, Remorse, and a Prisoner’s Fight for Justice.</span></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">************</span></span></span></b></div><div><span id="m_3073805451302995491m_7115974195755119019gmail-docs-internal-guid-a37beac3-7fff-d991-996a-8d45cd4f64a1" style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #9900ff;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span><span><span style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll white; color: #111111;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="187" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IG0nEfa1VF0/W1Ppag3TY7I/AAAAAAAAUgA/VsqXqMcXh-0AL5EiGc3vDnE5sqaCihXDACEwYBhgL/s1600/Elizabeth.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;" /></p></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-38339118750366749352024-03-17T00:30:00.001-04:002024-03-17T00:30:00.144-04:00This Week At Silver's Reviews<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVmnRfezhPXufzNcopsmAuAoYouAXej_7Idi7NiwlxeKQDwyw80GqdZHlGOnD1My7GzmWa7JwI5iRuSHs7586fAkk_HDMDHwKYe2JWinnJSN_yBQe6IQwkB7HDHTHIhOpUqvhrd4kZqAK_5Qrog2v4h2QC5JuEJjTW6X7TCiGX7NZ052DfjnWrRfsVQY/s3264/IMG_7066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="3264" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVmnRfezhPXufzNcopsmAuAoYouAXej_7Idi7NiwlxeKQDwyw80GqdZHlGOnD1My7GzmWa7JwI5iRuSHs7586fAkk_HDMDHwKYe2JWinnJSN_yBQe6IQwkB7HDHTHIhOpUqvhrd4kZqAK_5Qrog2v4h2QC5JuEJjTW6X7TCiGX7NZ052DfjnWrRfsVQY/s320/IMG_7066.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">As March continues to speed along, I hope you can stop by this week for spotlights and showcases.</span></b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21C6QvXRM-PN-uZxkE3OXRMbcdPd3_Lhl-__8C_V5_MUHrQcscbZDWiCBXK6nV3Y2KerLyk9bXEjvey1GYv77NOLStIxSUZHNnTJfP1xWmd3AOiCG2B3uHrGkS53XFOkb2v_ryo5q_VU2R3HePOio9aGJwcTjI5ew99rnGaIyqxYl_cUcqpMI3vf2MBw/s187/1Elizabeth.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="187" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21C6QvXRM-PN-uZxkE3OXRMbcdPd3_Lhl-__8C_V5_MUHrQcscbZDWiCBXK6nV3Y2KerLyk9bXEjvey1GYv77NOLStIxSUZHNnTJfP1xWmd3AOiCG2B3uHrGkS53XFOkb2v_ryo5q_VU2R3HePOio9aGJwcTjI5ew99rnGaIyqxYl_cUcqpMI3vf2MBw/s1600/1Elizabeth.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-26752775255010767272024-03-16T00:30:00.041-04:002024-03-16T08:03:25.923-04:00Showcase of Never Fall Again and a Giveaway of the Book, a DIY tray, and a $25 Gift Card to Bookshop.org. <div style="text-align: center;">
<h2><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Never Fall Again</span></i></h2>
<h3><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">by Lynn H Blackburn</span></h3>
<h4><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">March 4-29, 2024 </span></h4><h4><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Virtual Book Tour</span></h4>
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<h2>SYNOPSIS:</h2>
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<p>Landry Hutton has spent three years rebuilding her life behind the secure gates of The Haven, an exclusive resort on the outskirts of Gossamer Falls, North Carolina. As the artist-in-residence, and with her pottery prized by The Haven's guests, Landry is finally ready to settle in permanently. She wants to give her daughter, Eliza, a safe home to grow up in and hires former Marine Callum Shaw to handle the construction.</p><div style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; width: 225px;"><img alt="Never Fall Again by Lynn H Blackburn" border="0" height="300" src="https://partnersincrimetours.com/wp-content/uploads/forminator/13997_115b15d08b2c7bb7da2712949e71a2f7/uploads/9UxKIvPqe343-Never-Fall-Again.png" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin: 5px 15px 5px 0px;" width="200" /></div><p></p>
<p>Cal grew up in Gossamer Falls and always knew he would someday join his family's business. He longs for a family of his own but has almost given up on that ever happening. Landry is funny, gifted, and everything Cal could ever want in a partner, but he vows to keep his distance. Landry has a daughter and a past. Cal has been down that road before and barely survived when the woman he loved left, taking her two sons with her. He can't bear to lose like that again.</p>
<p>Before construction on the house can begin, Landry's pottery is destroyed in a suspicious fire. It soon becomes clear that Landry and Eliza are in grave danger--but because of whom? But, after losing one relationship, he is hesitant to try again.</p>
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<h3>PRAISE FOR NEVER FALL AGAIN:</h3>
<p>"What a fabulous story with characters who will live in your head--and heart--long after the last word." <br /><span style="color: #c3ba2a; margin-left: 40px;">~ Lynette Eason, award-winning, bestselling author of the Lake City Heroes series</span></p>
<p>"Lynn Blackburn's voice is unrivaled! A must-read." <br /><span style="color: #c3ba2a; margin-left: 40px;">~ Elizabeth Goddard, bestselling author of <em><a href="https://partnersincrimetours.com/cold-light-of-day-by-elizabeth-goddard/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Cold Light of Day</a></em></span></p>
<p>"This book had it all--a delicious romance, obsession, found family, redemption and reconciliation, edge-of-your-seat suspense, and the kind of ending we all root for!" <br /><span style="color: #c3ba2a; margin-left: 40px;">~ Susan May Warren, USA Today bestselling and RITA Award-winning author</span></p>
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<h3>BOOK DETAILS:</h3>
<p><b>Genre:</b> Romantic Suspense <br />
<b>Published by:</b> Revell<br />
<b>Publication Date:</b> March 12, 2024 <br />
<b>Number of Pages:</b> 352<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> 9780800745363 (ISBN10: 0800745361)<br />
<b>Series:</b> Gossamer Falls, Book 1 <br />
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<p>They passed several offices before they reached an open door. </p>
<p>“Maisy. Stay.” That same deep voice from the intercom floated to the hallway. </p>
<p>“Oooh! A dog!” Eliza dashed into the room. </p>
<p>Her little sprite was fast and already halfway across the office before Landry realized what was happening. “Eliza, wait!” Fortunately, she stopped at Landry’s words. </p>
<p>“I know, Mommy. Never touch a dog without permission. I just want to see.” </p>
<p>Eliza turned her big brown eyes toward the man who had come around his desk and knelt beside a dog now quivering with excitement. </p>
<p>The man—Callum Shaw, she assumed—met her daughter’s eyes and said, “Your mom’s right. You can’t ever rush at a dog, even dogs as gentle as this big baby. But if it’s okay with your mom . . .” </p>
<p>His eyes, which were as blue as the Carolina sky, now met hers. There was humor and gentleness. And shadows. Something dark flitted across his gaze. But then he blinked and it was gone. </p>
<p>Landry nodded her permission, and he turned all his attention back to her daughter. “This is Maisy. She’s a golden retriever. She’s three years old. She loves long walks in the woods, sunbathing, peanut butter, and belly rubs.” He demonstrated the belly rub. Maisy melted under his touch, and Eliza crept closer. “You can pet her. Maisy doesn’t bite my friends.” </p>
<p>Eliza dropped to her knees beside Callum and held out her hand toward Maisy’s nose. </p>
<p>Maisy took a quick sniff and rewarded Eliza’s good behavior with a lick. Callum stayed where he was until it was clear to everyone that Eliza and Maisy were set, then he rose to his feet and extended a hand. “Ms. Hutton.” </p>
<p>“Landry. Please.” </p>
<p>“Landry. A pleasure.”</p>
<p>Landry kept the contact brief. “Sorry, my hands are rough.” She turned them palms up. “Hazards of the job.” </p>
<p>Why had she said that? What did it matter if her hands were a bit on the crispy side? She didn’t have to prove anything to this man. Embarrassment crept across her and burst through her pores, heating her neck and face, and now she had no idea what to do with her hands. Should she put them down? Tuck them behind her back?</p>
<p>Callum glanced at her hands and turned his own up. “Same here.” He heaved a dramatic sigh. “It’s to my eternal despair that I’ll never land that hand modeling contract I’ve always hoped for.” </p>
<p>His easy humor made it automatic to tease him back. “Well, there’s always ditch digging.” </p>
<p>“Good point. If this construction gig doesn’t work out, I’ll have something to fall back on.” Callum turned his attention to Eliza. “And I gather your name is Eliza?” </p>
<p>She giggled with the abandon unique to happy children. “That’s right, but sometimes Mommy calls me Liza or ZaZa, but never Lizzy because that’s too close to Landry, and it gets confusing.” </p>
<p>Landry tried to keep a straight face as Eliza parroted what she’d heard Landry say too many times to count. </p>
<p>“It’s a pleasure, Ms. Eliza.” Callum pressed a hand to his chest. “I’m Cal Shaw. I’ll answer to Callum, but not LumLum because”— he dropped his voice to a stage whisper—“that’s just not dignified.”</p>
<p>Eliza’s laughter filled the room. Bronwyn hadn’t been wrong about Cal Shaw. He was very good with children. Even now, he kept his attention on Eliza. “Are you good here with Maisy while your mom and I talk?” </p>
<p>“Yes, sir.” </p>
<p>Cal grabbed a legal pad and pen from his desk and took the chair opposite the one he directed Landry to sit in. From their seats, they could both see Eliza and Maisy. </p>
<p>She waited for him to start the conversation, but maybe she was supposed to go first? </p>
<p>“She’s a beau—” </p>
<p>“Land—” </p>
<p>They both stopped talking, and his smile seemed genuine as he nodded to her. “Please. Go ahead.”</p>
<p>“I was going to say your dog is beautiful.” She willed her body to stop flushing scarlet, but it refused to cooperate. She didn’t have to see herself to know that her face, neck, chest, and even her feet were on fire. This was why she did best behind the walls of The Haven. She could interact with the patrons there with minimal difficulty. But put her out in public, and she became a tongue-tied, socially inept disaster. </p>
<p>Cal’s grin held mischief, and he leaned toward her. “If all goes as planned, she’ll be pregnant soon. I bet Eliza would love a puppy for Christmas.” His voice was cajoling and teasing, but at least he had the good sense to keep it too low for Eliza to hear. </p>
<p>He winked in a way that was friendly and not flirtatious, and Landry understood why Bronwyn liked him so much. He leaned back and in a normal voice said, “I gathered from your conversation with Carla that you’re going to build nearby.” </p>
<p>“Yes. I have three acres on the edge of Pierce land.” She watched him carefully as she spoke and was unsurprised when his grip tightened on the pen at her words. </p>
<p>“How long have you lived in Gossamer Falls?” </p>
<p>“Long enough to know the Pierce and Quinn families don’t get along.”</p>
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<p>Lynn H. Blackburn is the award-winning author of <em>Unknown Threat</em>, <em>Malicious Intent</em>, and <em>Under Fire</em>, as well as the Dive Team Investigations series. She loves writing swoon-worthy Southern suspense because her childhood fantasy was to become a spy, but her grown-up reality is that she's a huge chicken and would have been caught on her first mission. She prefers to live vicariously through her characters by putting them into terrifying situations while she sits at home in her pajamas. She lives in Simpsonville, South Carolina, with her true love, Brian, and their three children.</p>
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Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-83224414591480019062024-03-15T02:00:00.001-04:002024-03-15T02:00:00.153-04:00Spotlight of A Grave Robbery by Deanna Raybourn<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheEBex21J8_b2-2RTg_ujsDmVKwRHGCaSXMBfU8tkP2xnNfraByQJPXSJU2vdXWCB5GKaLteYjK5xQwfEoHOed1dSnMX6jhwDYNjflt9ZDmjbI3qAlZaOrnAzEtz39je29L51s8TbIAs0Pa3_SzZ-IRaYLXRMf9_2f3H40szPgX1sM97DwGfrxk7vcaHw/s2048/SPOTLIGHT1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheEBex21J8_b2-2RTg_ujsDmVKwRHGCaSXMBfU8tkP2xnNfraByQJPXSJU2vdXWCB5GKaLteYjK5xQwfEoHOed1dSnMX6jhwDYNjflt9ZDmjbI3qAlZaOrnAzEtz39je29L51s8TbIAs0Pa3_SzZ-IRaYLXRMf9_2f3H40szPgX1sM97DwGfrxk7vcaHw/s320/SPOTLIGHT1.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span face=""><b>PHOTO SOURCE:</b></span></span><br /><span><span face=""><b>TYPORAMA</b></span></span></span><br /><font style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b>***********<span> </span></b></span></span></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="il">A</span> <span class="il">GRAVE</span> <span class="il">ROBBERY</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Gr8ZrGowZMtxNfO3si5wlyFY0yc8W6LCb5CeXC5f0nRve6LTS6Zr2YdRr0WXzuxY2ZsXHkki0AuEx1BC6fef07kq4xrLVS5IxP6MR5l1iWpwjRNyrzifF7kOTwRtTut88o9b1HeGv4tyOtt0PKZB3-ZTnx9ENBVkYVwZUhgjsJX5tKXgRgD9imlXRME/s335/1.agraverobbert.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="222" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Gr8ZrGowZMtxNfO3si5wlyFY0yc8W6LCb5CeXC5f0nRve6LTS6Zr2YdRr0WXzuxY2ZsXHkki0AuEx1BC6fef07kq4xrLVS5IxP6MR5l1iWpwjRNyrzifF7kOTwRtTut88o9b1HeGv4tyOtt0PKZB3-ZTnx9ENBVkYVwZUhgjsJX5tKXgRgD9imlXRME/w133-h200/1.agraverobbert.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">DEANNA RAYBOURN<br /></span></span></span></b></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">************</span></span></span></b></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""><span><span><font><font><span style="color: #222222;"><b>ALL INFORMATION IN THIS POST IS <span style="color: black;">COURTESY</span></b></span></font></font></span></span></span><span style="color: grey;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><b> OF TARA O'CONNOR | SENIOR PUBLICIST | BERKLEY, AN IMPRINT OF PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE.</b></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;"></span></b><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> ************</b></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Fans of Deanna Raybourn’s mysteries will be thrilled for the next installment of her award-winning, bestselling Veronica Speedwell series: </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="il">A</span> <span class="il">GRAVE</span> <span class="il">ROBBERY</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></span></b></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">In their latest adventure, Veronica and Stoker discover that </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white;">a</span><span style="background-color: white;"> wax figure of </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white;">a</span><span style="background-color: white;"> woman that ends up in their possession isn’t wax at all – but rather </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white;">a</span><span style="background-color: white;"> damsel who has met </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white;">a</span><span style="background-color: white;"> sinister end. </span></span></b></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">The crime-solving duo must figure out who killed the maiden before anyone else meets </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white;">a</span><span style="background-color: white;"> similar fate.</span></span></b></p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>************</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">For those who may not be familiar: the Veronica Speedwell novels are told from the point-of-view of lepidopterist (just fancy word for “butterfly enthusiast”) Veronica, </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white;">a</span><span style="background-color: white;"> spunky young aristocratic woman living in 1880s England and constantly thirsting for adventure. </span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">She is joined in her escapades by her natural historian beau Stoker; their smoldering chemistry, along with the adventures, keeps bringing readers back to the books time and time again.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>************</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><b>March 12, 2024</b></span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Berkley Hardcover</b></span><br /></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>************</b></span></span><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span id="m_3933080636833883388gmail-m_-2985361541936495390docs-internal-guid-cd2c0e34-7fff-53ae-6611-f65476ed8b40"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ABOUT </span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="il">A</span> <span class="il">GRAVE</span> <span class="il">ROBBERY:</span></span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="hq gt" id=":9cy" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 15px 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><p></p><div class="ii gt" id=":9dc" jslog="20277; u014N:xr6bB; 1:WyIjdGhyZWFkLWY6MTc4NzU2MjAyNzkxMDg1MTQ2M3xtc2ctZjoxNzg3NTYyMDI3OTEwODUxNDYzIl0.; 4:WyIjbXNnLWY6MTc4NzU2MjAyNzkxMDg1MTQ2MyJd" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; direction: ltr; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 8px 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-x: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="a3s aiL msg2241305275019353821" id=":9dd" style="direction: initial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: auto hidden; position: relative;"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_2241305275019353821WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Lord Rosemorran has purchased a wax figure of a beautiful reclining woman and asks Stoker to incorporate a clockwork mechanism to give the Rosemorran Collection its own Sleeping Beauty in the style of Madame Tussaud’s. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">But when Stoker goes to cut the mannequin open to insert the mechanism, he makes <span class="il">a</span> gruesome discovery: this is no wax figure. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The mannequin is the beautifully preserved body of <span class="il">a</span> young woman who was once very much alive. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">But who would do such <span class="il">a</span> dreadful thing, and why? <br /><br />Sleuthing out the answer to this question sets Veronica and Stoker on their wildest adventure yet. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">From the underground laboratories of scientists experimenting with electricity to resurrect the dead in the vein of Frankenstein to the traveling show where Stoker once toured as an attraction, the gaslit atmosphere of London in October is the perfect setting for this investigation into the unknown.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Through it all, the intrepid pair is always one step behind the latest villain—<span class="il">a</span> man who has killed once and will stop at nothing to recover the body of the woman he loved. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Will they unmask him in time to save his next victim? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Or will they become the latest figures to be immortalized in his collection of horrors?</span></p><div class="yj6qo" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></div><div class="adL" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></div></div><div class="adL" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></div></div><div class="adL" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></div></div></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><b>************ </b></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="background: white; color: #111111;"><span><span><b><span style="color: black;"></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="background: white; color: #111111;"><span><span><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll white; color: #111111;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQbiw9fFpAZBXzKCAXUkcmc7jJvYPlcRS2ikc7SSnVNA-T8etMxxVfA2oAnYQE5JanWQMj9kRaFfqoJUYlRG1AHE8wjxAbHA8PHpdrTF9QcxiMYh-RMZcbWOoN8oyL7o6fN-7QC_anjCfKcHQO53IqOFaqvgYPIsx-htVtd-gHl6gH1GJTzSUiziZ/s600/1.deanna.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQbiw9fFpAZBXzKCAXUkcmc7jJvYPlcRS2ikc7SSnVNA-T8etMxxVfA2oAnYQE5JanWQMj9kRaFfqoJUYlRG1AHE8wjxAbHA8PHpdrTF9QcxiMYh-RMZcbWOoN8oyL7o6fN-7QC_anjCfKcHQO53IqOFaqvgYPIsx-htVtd-gHl6gH1GJTzSUiziZ/w200-h200/1.deanna.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></div><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist Deanna Raybourn is a 6th-generation native Texan. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She graduated with a double major in English and history from the University of Texas at San Antonio.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold">Deanna Raybourn</span><span> is the </span><span class="a-text-italic">New York Times </span><span>bestselling and Edgar® Award–nominated author of the Veronica Speedwell Mysteries, the Lady Julia Grey series, and several standalone novels including KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE.</span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Her novels have been nominated for numerous awards including the Edgar, two RT Reviewers’ Choice awards, the Agatha, two Dilys Winns, and a Last Laugh. She launched a new Victorian mystery series with the 2015 release of A CURIOUS BEGINNING, featuring intrepid butterfly-hunter and amateur sleuth, Veronica Speedwell. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Veronica’s second adventure is A PERILOUS UNDERTAKING (January 2017), and book three, A TREACHEROUS CURSE, was published in 2018 and nominated for the Edgar Award. A DANGEROUS COLLABORATION was released in 2019, and A MURDEROUS RELATION appeared in 2020 and AN UNEXPECTED PERIL published in March 2021. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Married to her college sweetheart and the mother of one, Raybourn makes her home in Virginia.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="background: white; color: #111111;"><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Visit her online at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.deannaraybourn.com/&source=gmail&ust=1643485356090000&usg=AOvVaw12ZgLY7hLGs7wcLWFWiuTG" href="http://www.deannaraybourn.com/" target="_blank">www.deannaraybourn.com</a>, on Facebook at DeannaRaybournAuthor, and on Twitter @deannaraybourn.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">**Photo and Author Information Taken from Her Amazon Page**</b></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="background: white; color: #111111;"><span><b></b></span></span></span></span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>************</b></span></span><span><span><span><span style="background: white; color: #111111;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="187" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IG0nEfa1VF0/W1Ppag3TY7I/AAAAAAAAUgA/VsqXqMcXh-0AL5EiGc3vDnE5sqaCihXDACEwYBhgL/s1600/Elizabeth.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;" /></p></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-40205383830236742952024-03-15T01:00:00.000-04:002024-03-15T01:00:00.174-04:00Book Blogger Hop - 3/15 - 3/21<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><img height="168" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tX-L8TSAkzM/YCmqasoCHsI/AAAAAAAAe_0/Nfn4uUXhN3MWnaCcBNx2fQXmg8SSl7McwCLcBGAsYHQ/w200-h168/BBH%2B2021.png" style="border: 1px solid gray; height: px; text-align: center; width: px;" width="200" /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Question of the Week<span>:</span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2e2e2e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s;">On average, how long do you spend writing a review? </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2e2e2e; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s;"><span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s;">(submitted by Billy @</span><a href="https://www.coffeeaddictedwriter.com/" style="color: #441300; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank"> Coffee Addicted Writer</a><span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s;">)</span></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><b>My Answer<span>:</span></b></span></span></span></div><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I write my review as I am reading and then edit and "clean it up" when I have completed the book so I'd say at least an hour or so in total.</span></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Zgfqpf_ogASAT5ruTGUcMxkY0Nmi0mOIr0C20KNty29GtMv60G361aZqRAZKpb2Xy2xTpVK7j6nTY8t964WkIFdKJj_mdxnF_bvnf2StTjuCo7okCHTrQJgR7cUS6xJT6Rybvg-lvJRo3GcGXcYKyvaoeI9tYQXHfnM5By88xaXdfJb-JQWgdP_i/s187/1Elizabeth.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="187" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Zgfqpf_ogASAT5ruTGUcMxkY0Nmi0mOIr0C20KNty29GtMv60G361aZqRAZKpb2Xy2xTpVK7j6nTY8t964WkIFdKJj_mdxnF_bvnf2StTjuCo7okCHTrQJgR7cUS6xJT6Rybvg-lvJRo3GcGXcYKyvaoeI9tYQXHfnM5By88xaXdfJb-JQWgdP_i/s1600/1Elizabeth.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-22523550709016947652024-03-15T00:30:00.003-04:002024-03-15T00:30:00.151-04:00Friendly Fill-Ins - 3/15/2024<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh8jInhsAb_h4Evk4Hx8nYn5IAMZvv_6hvSGBIGY8ibjmzGHIbOrC1vDlps9Gw0cVlRryfXpAOiN4mWFK_j4UF2WHRQUwKxZdQkNpxrzYoX2SfSNWWveHA0DiviGYIfcBMru7ZVVShL_qMGDBOwe5u13lh6nVIuY-jM2tBRL3cqEBSTtEtszjBkNpm4Ig/s320/friendly%20fill-ins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="320" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh8jInhsAb_h4Evk4Hx8nYn5IAMZvv_6hvSGBIGY8ibjmzGHIbOrC1vDlps9Gw0cVlRryfXpAOiN4mWFK_j4UF2WHRQUwKxZdQkNpxrzYoX2SfSNWWveHA0DiviGYIfcBMru7ZVVShL_qMGDBOwe5u13lh6nVIuY-jM2tBRL3cqEBSTtEtszjBkNpm4Ig/s1600/friendly%20fill-ins.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">************</span></b></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">FRIENDLY FILL-INS:</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div><div dir="ltr" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">1. I enjoy watching _______.</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br clear="none" /></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">2. I __________ on St. Patrick's Day.</span></b></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div><div id="m_-348361929188583718ydpe56d0d8yiv8388305251ydp8e852445yiv6488269185"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">3. Others come to me when they need help with _______.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br clear="none" /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">4. ______ is my lucky charm.</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><div id="m_556033397472800683ydp8e0352a0yiv1803725330ydp1ddd2813yiv2416789688ydp2be85d3ayiv6549418578"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div dir="ltr" style="color: black;"><div dir="ltr"><div class="yj6qo" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"></span></b></span></div><div> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">MY ANSWERS</span></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>:<br /></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>1. I enjoy watching snow fall, but am glad winter is almost over for now.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>2. I will wear green on St. Patrick's Day.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>3. Others come to me when they need help with their techonology questions.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>4. A book is my lucky charm.</b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5kFHLY10a0VRDMGjtx0-HFJuYOwVkWYmYS1BiUhe7IHNivC-9RXHY-Jfo1vgpofMY9Dxr12eVKYFId-lGpHb8QHP5kzpnycwy_rp2-3b6e41a4auIXfZAcqe6rz9EKzKrsC3qBL9d0vWarEa8x6HHv96f3Hkf3mjk-DawhzbmLOCdU1I4Ywu9wY_/s187/1Elizabeth.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="187" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5kFHLY10a0VRDMGjtx0-HFJuYOwVkWYmYS1BiUhe7IHNivC-9RXHY-Jfo1vgpofMY9Dxr12eVKYFId-lGpHb8QHP5kzpnycwy_rp2-3b6e41a4auIXfZAcqe6rz9EKzKrsC3qBL9d0vWarEa8x6HHv96f3Hkf3mjk-DawhzbmLOCdU1I4Ywu9wY_/s1600/1Elizabeth.jpg" width="187" /></a></div></span></b></span></span></div></div></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-54691046907163242942024-03-14T00:30:00.001-04:002024-03-14T00:30:00.143-04:00The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3ZL5UTr0godhBIZs-snwklayQavFocBYcLmYGC5AI9IA8XzOeKKkbhgvhUdngBCkiBFKz8pxiC0MP-_UeLgXLAqs58p0Qzy3wTiR83xZh9pc8WP6I1gfVioiLso3JeUZ-dn2s5W8DMkI-w7wQLhI5nAGaNWYWXGZxOIDDJmhgP1KMnftv62Nq9ooV2s/s456/1.theundergroundlibrary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3ZL5UTr0godhBIZs-snwklayQavFocBYcLmYGC5AI9IA8XzOeKKkbhgvhUdngBCkiBFKz8pxiC0MP-_UeLgXLAqs58p0Qzy3wTiR83xZh9pc8WP6I1gfVioiLso3JeUZ-dn2s5W8DMkI-w7wQLhI5nAGaNWYWXGZxOIDDJmhgP1KMnftv62Nq9ooV2s/s320/1.theundergroundlibrary.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">London is being bombed, and we meet three women with troubles of their own who want to save the library and its beloved books.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Juliet is in charge of the library.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Katie works in the library and has a secret.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Sophie is a refugee employed as a housekeeper in the home of an awful man, finds solace in the library, and is trying to find out information about her family left behind.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Books are a comfort for all three women, and they make books the comfort of those who are sheltering during the bombings by moving the books from the bombed Bethnal Green Library to the Underground. </span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">What a wonderful way to use the Undergrounds - this is based on a true event.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">THE UNDERGROUND LIBRARY is another lovely, heartwarming read by Ms. Ryan as we follow the three women and see that books are the saving grace for many during these dark times.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The book also focused more on the library and its importance to keep up morale and friendships instead of the war.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">You will love the characters and will miss them when the book ends. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">They all helped and supported each other and were characters you would have loved to be with. 5/5</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Thank you to the publisher for a copy of this book. All opinions are my own</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkQcQZD4LM8XHszXllfpJkiGW30PV88Mz0tEepfcw5DTn0ncM2TfVcvyEWMlumItR4kGiR-k1nIDz8CbI-E3unbqZ4ySw_vSdbHRZdc4nWDLz5Q9gyd2YrTZXFN98eSTAy3d0Xb4jDQsuAV31UZeC0wbciCc8_jrDsVjiH2MqPKqsjjQRJnpHqGXcBp8/s187/1Elizabeth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="187" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkQcQZD4LM8XHszXllfpJkiGW30PV88Mz0tEepfcw5DTn0ncM2TfVcvyEWMlumItR4kGiR-k1nIDz8CbI-E3unbqZ4ySw_vSdbHRZdc4nWDLz5Q9gyd2YrTZXFN98eSTAy3d0Xb4jDQsuAV31UZeC0wbciCc8_jrDsVjiH2MqPKqsjjQRJnpHqGXcBp8/s1600/1Elizabeth.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><br /><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><br /></p>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-5169639054338751642024-03-13T00:30:00.002-04:002024-03-13T07:11:59.426-04:00Fiction or Non-Fiction?<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijX6BQGagV030hEnwRBXnpYi0qz4UT7qcEDv4riXpxiwT6v8s_CyKvJRMJoJwreY5gt9cFkqcDuGB8fOjM8HHFwcMF5twwyxp96_3wwzTDbEOJqWOsfA2YYShXY4BNE96gnvWwU2WSfjs3644iNGDGVITD7TXQ8h44TXb4bOOlrZC4INV3C1eJpz-tNE4/s2023/IMG_6985.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1359" data-original-width="2023" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijX6BQGagV030hEnwRBXnpYi0qz4UT7qcEDv4riXpxiwT6v8s_CyKvJRMJoJwreY5gt9cFkqcDuGB8fOjM8HHFwcMF5twwyxp96_3wwzTDbEOJqWOsfA2YYShXY4BNE96gnvWwU2WSfjs3644iNGDGVITD7TXQ8h44TXb4bOOlrZC4INV3C1eJpz-tNE4/s320/IMG_6985.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Which do you read?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I am a fiction-only reader.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXgVBnQOE9VaZ2kjKGOwujQp7jZ2NlQs1h_9Sv3tZkEBOlhu_h-6o9ASxlgmpxde4Vxeoo7OCyJnVm0VkCIoG8_X32x_SEHmRhd_Nh7lTvHjz_r19M1WIMscdwnEX8-r40I8PIRlPTQfX_2MApx80V9mnJbvxj6SkLyRxnhMqdczXzE0uilS4bbpxvkU/s187/1Elizabeth.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="187" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXgVBnQOE9VaZ2kjKGOwujQp7jZ2NlQs1h_9Sv3tZkEBOlhu_h-6o9ASxlgmpxde4Vxeoo7OCyJnVm0VkCIoG8_X32x_SEHmRhd_Nh7lTvHjz_r19M1WIMscdwnEX8-r40I8PIRlPTQfX_2MApx80V9mnJbvxj6SkLyRxnhMqdczXzE0uilS4bbpxvkU/s1600/1Elizabeth.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><p></p>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-66937524527688573992024-03-12T00:30:00.001-04:002024-03-12T00:30:00.128-04:00The Woman With No Name by Audrey Blake<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidwvIfID9BVMGvzCcNYW_EIEe3wko_bfngBNnsTQNZITdcoBpX81kkkgQoRUWRFFyKOS-D8SMkbNkgwapnSLpqRDvDepIE7EE0rQzDiF-KMKBY5o3CIEUihwmoA5iX672H68EXoXl5MAsVY9SMGtGgic7ayKNgTAL41SK6WopjF1Tm7RWvw5uNVlPTeEM/s2475/1.thewomanwithnoname.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2475" data-original-width="1650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidwvIfID9BVMGvzCcNYW_EIEe3wko_bfngBNnsTQNZITdcoBpX81kkkgQoRUWRFFyKOS-D8SMkbNkgwapnSLpqRDvDepIE7EE0rQzDiF-KMKBY5o3CIEUihwmoA5iX672H68EXoXl5MAsVY9SMGtGgic7ayKNgTAL41SK6WopjF1Tm7RWvw5uNVlPTeEM/s320/1.thewomanwithnoname.jpeg" width="213" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #171311;">Yvonne Rudellat is a divorced woman with a grown daughter with nothing to do to help the war effort until she is approached to help with explosives in France.</span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="color: #171311; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We follow Yvonne through her training and her bravery as one of the only women in this special operations group.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Of course, the men thought she wouldn’t be capable of doing the same job they do, but she proved them wrong. </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">It did get a bit confusing and dragged at times because there were so many characters and because of the back and forth and the details about the operations. </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p5" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 29px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p6" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">It was well written but didn’t really hold my interest even though it got more personable toward the end and less about the operations even though it was based on real people.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p5" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 29px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p6" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Even though it was not an enjoyable read for me, we do need to thank these brave men and women for their unwavering efforts to fight for France and risk their lives as they resisted the Germans.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">THE WOMAN WITH NO NAME will be enjoyed by historical fiction fans, fans of strong women based on a real person, and details about war operations.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>3/5</span></p><p class="gmail-p4" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="gmail-p4" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Thank you to the publisher for a copy of this book. All opinions are my own.</span></p><p class="gmail-p4" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieUNo7ZiDVsPLxXffK_t3BvoinyYoTimA6CjG6fySrdJhY03s3wm2fain18JbRqRiujnPTFDfRBKoqtP4MdcnyjKbCjP6RRSO6gaInA-rrt497OzSzsFgBP72GT_NeIi7IJ0TKZQgwfBntREuX4D7Qj_MEqF1lndmdsB5kEdj9_BfIICHbCYh-DkhbVC0/s187/1Elizabeth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="187" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieUNo7ZiDVsPLxXffK_t3BvoinyYoTimA6CjG6fySrdJhY03s3wm2fain18JbRqRiujnPTFDfRBKoqtP4MdcnyjKbCjP6RRSO6gaInA-rrt497OzSzsFgBP72GT_NeIi7IJ0TKZQgwfBntREuX4D7Qj_MEqF1lndmdsB5kEdj9_BfIICHbCYh-DkhbVC0/s1600/1Elizabeth.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-35361783719809345932024-03-11T02:00:00.004-04:002024-03-11T02:00:00.139-04:00Spotlight of Pierce by Patrick B. Simpson<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWcPDqXtzeVhrsQjMmtG0zcG9hVK52G3GfPs4y-ro5gBF0rVdibrS0zqYhOTbovlDs3HLOT6AA2A-_FA9laU8P24tZBbtWnpceHa9JNZZvF0fC5_CrURXxhK7SsoZNKlgivbvlNQ4vi7aBzRIejtDmZ-duwAglFj5I9cS9JQp8OGYeNnSRNQvDltziFI/s2048/SPOTLIGHT1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWcPDqXtzeVhrsQjMmtG0zcG9hVK52G3GfPs4y-ro5gBF0rVdibrS0zqYhOTbovlDs3HLOT6AA2A-_FA9laU8P24tZBbtWnpceHa9JNZZvF0fC5_CrURXxhK7SsoZNKlgivbvlNQ4vi7aBzRIejtDmZ-duwAglFj5I9cS9JQp8OGYeNnSRNQvDltziFI/s320/SPOTLIGHT1.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span face=""><b>PHOTO SOURCE:</b></span></span><br /><span><span face=""><b>TYPORAMA</b></span></span></span><br /><font style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b>***********</b></span></span></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>PIERCE</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5G2heWeyyRPCJYvsnRtIdCt1PFygKrqsB5UjgMD4rFWVrC5g_yBmseJBY5NaESJx-wVrrydY-Dchg4MIaOyQUfqbgQtaQHWAJcupyem-59jObQfRDREoNc5lCcd7ZFBlIImwt1nYh6R-_tiTo52k-PzXfI20koHxdOubOT3Ae4tvejeu4WGrYY7OPDY/s1800/Pierce%20Final%20Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5G2heWeyyRPCJYvsnRtIdCt1PFygKrqsB5UjgMD4rFWVrC5g_yBmseJBY5NaESJx-wVrrydY-Dchg4MIaOyQUfqbgQtaQHWAJcupyem-59jObQfRDREoNc5lCcd7ZFBlIImwt1nYh6R-_tiTo52k-PzXfI20koHxdOubOT3Ae4tvejeu4WGrYY7OPDY/w133-h200/Pierce%20Final%20Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><b></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-size: medium;">PATRICK B. SIMPSON</span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #222222;"><b><span face=""><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">************</span></span></span></b></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""><span><span><font><font><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><b>ALL INFORMATION IN THIS POST IS <span style="color: black;">COURTESY</span></b></span></font></font></span></span></span><span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="color: black;"><b> OF KRISTEN LUDWIGSEN OF MINDBUCK MEDIA.</b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><b>************</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Introducing </span><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Pierce</span><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> the exciting debut from up-and-coming thriller writer Patrick B. Simpson. </span></b></span></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Coming in hot with </span><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Pierce</span><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">, Simpson weaves a harrowing mystery of an underdog janitor determined to uncover the killer of a beautiful, young professor he’d had a budding romance with.</span></b></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="markedContent" id="page2R_mcid21"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 20px; left: 289.515px; top: 1240.5px; transform: scaleX(1.00444);"></span></span><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span><br /></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>March 12, 2024</b></span></div><div><span style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Apprentice House</span></b></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: grey;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTTKP7eoUDcauhZFH_J7gFFLq936P6BPufsriwL7kFZb2D40hy9nL24rUuytQ_2EBjtk_DCA0aOUV9oa492y9eOqtklshca80l4pfyePGNaKGNi3iXpg-QJCj6IuOAPoB_nUBxHAe4NJXZKAz7U_U2yUH0Tv5wObhxbw_if-ahTvo4bs_11nrSwBSpw1k/s3375/Pierce%20Book%20Tour%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3375" data-original-width="3375" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTTKP7eoUDcauhZFH_J7gFFLq936P6BPufsriwL7kFZb2D40hy9nL24rUuytQ_2EBjtk_DCA0aOUV9oa492y9eOqtklshca80l4pfyePGNaKGNi3iXpg-QJCj6IuOAPoB_nUBxHAe4NJXZKAz7U_U2yUH0Tv5wObhxbw_if-ahTvo4bs_11nrSwBSpw1k/s320/Pierce%20Book%20Tour%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="color: black;"></span></b></span></span></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><b>PRAISE FOR PIERCE:</b></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="background-color: white;">“Fast-paced and suspenseful, Pierce should be a welcome fix for anyone addicted to crime fiction.” <b>— Donald Ray Pollock, author of The Devil All the Time and The Heavenly</b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="background-color: white;">“A fine debut mystery from a promising new author.” <b>— Brandon Barrows, author of The Last Request</b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span class="m_1132187268822935131s2"><i>************ </i></span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></span></span></div><p class="m_-4067360587214401768MsoNoSpacing" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>ABOUT PIERCE:</b></span></span></p><p class="m_-4067360587214401768MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Nothing much happens in the world of janitor and jazz enthusiast Truman Pierce, until a popular instructor at the college he cleans surprises him by asking him out. </span></span></span></p><p class="m_-4067360587214401768MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">The day after their first date, Pierce finds Professor Danielle Hutchins murdered in her classroom. </span></span></span></p><p class="m_-4067360587214401768MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">With only a little information to go off of, and a pair of small town detectives he doesn’t quite trust, Pierce sets off to find Danielle’s killer. </span></span></span></p><p class="m_-4067360587214401768MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">As Pierce peels back the layers of his quiet town, a dark underbelly is revealed: Pierce’s investigation turns deadly when his life is threatened by Danielle’s vengeful brother and the dangerous criminals desperate to keep the truth about Danielle’s murder a secret. </span></span></span></p><p class="m_-4067360587214401768MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">With the help of two college students and an instructor, Pierce will do that it takes to uncover what happened to Danielle. </span></span></span></p><p class="m_-4067360587214401768MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">But will the search for the truth be the end for Pierce?</span></span></span></p><p class="m_-4067360587214401768MsoNoSpacing" style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>************<br /></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll white; color: #111111;"><span><span><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll white; color: #111111;"><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll white; color: #111111;"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4k8fa1d-ikn_HAYwC3zh9Rt3FHCH1TBmUP8xjjsKEMIzFlV3I608wGJjtXAi0KVByi6ba7FmoOELkEWOX-CEzHtSjVZw5GSJHB__yTkPByKwFTAET_UTG21Zfclc9Vrwa37PT7iMsxxqVVt7fWHrE5fRqd_2Bbe15XFYlsM9w-HGMqYqJEbOSrjytIxw/s8192/Publishing%20House%20Picture%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="8192" data-original-width="5464" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4k8fa1d-ikn_HAYwC3zh9Rt3FHCH1TBmUP8xjjsKEMIzFlV3I608wGJjtXAi0KVByi6ba7FmoOELkEWOX-CEzHtSjVZw5GSJHB__yTkPByKwFTAET_UTG21Zfclc9Vrwa37PT7iMsxxqVVt7fWHrE5fRqd_2Bbe15XFYlsM9w-HGMqYqJEbOSrjytIxw/w133-h200/Publishing%20House%20Picture%20copy.jpg" width="133" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll white; color: #111111;"><span><span><b>Photo Courtesy of Publishing House</b></span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll white; color: #111111;"><span><b></b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Born and raised in Maryland, Patrick B. Simpson received his M.A. in English and Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire University.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 38.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Through years of trial and error, he found his passion with crime fiction.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 38.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">His work has appeared in publications like Mystery Tribune and The Penmen Review.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 38.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">He currently lives in Montgomery County, Maryland, and is a member of the Maryland Writers Association. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 38.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Pierce is his first novel.</span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">************</span></span><br /></span></b></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">SOCIAL MEDIA:</span></span></span></b></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Twitter: @Simpson_PatB</span></span></p><span id="m_3073805451302995491m_7115974195755119019gmail-docs-internal-guid-a37beac3-7fff-d991-996a-8d45cd4f64a1" style="background-color: white;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Instagram: @patrickb_simpson</span></span></p><div style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #9900ff;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span><span><span style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll white; color: #111111;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="187" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IG0nEfa1VF0/W1Ppag3TY7I/AAAAAAAAUgA/VsqXqMcXh-0AL5EiGc3vDnE5sqaCihXDACEwYBhgL/s1600/Elizabeth.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;" /></p></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-24104995718474548392024-03-11T01:00:00.005-04:002024-03-11T01:00:00.156-04:00It's Monday!! What Are YOU Reading? - 3/11/2024<p> <a href="http://bookdate.blogspot.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="http://bookdate.blogspot.com/" border="0" height="289" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LVw9hARsZEg/ViPgUFg6DcI/AAAAAAAAKRk/6FDRiMu2SFk/s320/KathrynIt%2527sMonday.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""><b>******************** </b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""><b>I hope you had a great reading week.</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: small;"><span><b>********************</b></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""><span><span><b>This is a weekly meme hosted by Kathryn at <a href="https://thebookdate.wordpress.com/">BOOK DATE</a>!<br /></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span font-family:="" sans-serif="" style="font-size: small;" verdana=""><span><span><b>Post the books completed, the books you are currently reading, and the books you hope to finish<span> at some point</span>.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>************</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;">NOT SURE WHY THINGS ARE OFF KILTER - BLOGGER DOES THAT AT TIMES.<br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;">AND...THE TOP HALF OF THE POST SEEMS TO BE MISSING ON MOBILE DEVICES. <br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b>************</b></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face=""><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span face=""><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><b><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><b><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><u>Books Completed:</u></span></span></span></b></span></b></b></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></b></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><b><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><b><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><b><span> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></b></b></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></b></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></b></b></span></span></span></span></span></b></b></b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""><span><span><span><b><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><b><b><div style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><div><div><div><b>ALL WE WERE PROMISED by Ashton Lattimore - review will be on April 4.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>EXCELLENT read....loved the characters.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYzGVGFSFNPMIcZbeWmHn5_QbdLL3POF4QWk8XsXMDTgSqd06Uk5HQCR3-NHQS2jhTzZWHV75_2C-cf2iKJpUkTkXyOewNnnLObphGL3KkSX1Jl2sYuYwph-xykEN41WeIY-_ElDwO6Q8bNCkjyeSPcHE6eZhKq8Ol6Fi9GJ1PGfZGQfgNOwLaEteDRc/s385/1.allwewerepromised.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYzGVGFSFNPMIcZbeWmHn5_QbdLL3POF4QWk8XsXMDTgSqd06Uk5HQCR3-NHQS2jhTzZWHV75_2C-cf2iKJpUkTkXyOewNnnLObphGL3KkSX1Jl2sYuYwph-xykEN41WeIY-_ElDwO6Q8bNCkjyeSPcHE6eZhKq8Ol6Fi9GJ1PGfZGQfgNOwLaEteDRc/w133-h200/1.allwewerepromised.png" width="133" /></a></div>************</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div></div><div><b>NOSY NEIGHBORS by Freya Sampson - review will be on April 3.</b></div><div><b> </b></div><div><b>LOVE her books and LOVED this one too. <br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFeCDHKl7kvOkicBVSXTo2rIh-5QezqtfseubcCm1C01QdNuscPpKbpmKnq7E-GTEvQ4KkfQcsDnGzOgamRolajMx6aeWz0tMp4YyqowQkwGDzmwh2jPDO5p_Ts8LndBm2BEXEf5BvkE0wBDh3whcvTJA5Yrh6JZtabeEsQTJvRmk1Lp48Q83a9_5g_o/s393/1.noseyneighbors.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFeCDHKl7kvOkicBVSXTo2rIh-5QezqtfseubcCm1C01QdNuscPpKbpmKnq7E-GTEvQ4KkfQcsDnGzOgamRolajMx6aeWz0tMp4YyqowQkwGDzmwh2jPDO5p_Ts8LndBm2BEXEf5BvkE0wBDh3whcvTJA5Yrh6JZtabeEsQTJvRmk1Lp48Q83a9_5g_o/w130-h200/1.noseyneighbors.png" width="130" /></a></div></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div></div><div><b>SHE'S NOT SORRY by Mary Kubica - review will be on April 2.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>A slow buildup, but worth the wait. A surprise you won't see coming.</b></div><div><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKh81Kg2Dv4cm5rnEW2qpO6-eoMkdpreUceyWoS11YdADp7WzJDZHXPVx2SR_gahZwd-7cTLtDxbBGCArvi6DHHlfW9h5U3uY8FqDuS6ajNXbcY_WlOoipZV6ecFHDxu_jWLxuMSaimbwz_C8qagyLkHB_I_GTY04tA1aUGhVl81v8D49-yESLJoVX-jY/s2560/1.she'snotsorry.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1686" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKh81Kg2Dv4cm5rnEW2qpO6-eoMkdpreUceyWoS11YdADp7WzJDZHXPVx2SR_gahZwd-7cTLtDxbBGCArvi6DHHlfW9h5U3uY8FqDuS6ajNXbcY_WlOoipZV6ecFHDxu_jWLxuMSaimbwz_C8qagyLkHB_I_GTY04tA1aUGhVl81v8D49-yESLJoVX-jY/w132-h200/1.she'snotsorry.jpg" width="132" /></a></div>************</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div></div><div><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>A LETTER FROM ITALY by Rose Alexander - review will be on March 29.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>LOVED IT!! Great storyline, great setting, loveable characters.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQKSPwXZvY1RlyaHKjtKA05a3q1Z8QDup8Ylft4zkzZZihZP7-7PCw26WuE4rHdq_cKe2axrIeI6TsniAGTPf_RBehS-tn8F3nYVJTIxo93UQmABVrgI8uQtjGFQ9uDXotMJh-YyXtw1kxkn3dES9SJ2qVToC_6HqMYz_WYtOo2O20bGbv5A8p2O84M8/s500/1.aletterfromitaly.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="327" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQKSPwXZvY1RlyaHKjtKA05a3q1Z8QDup8Ylft4zkzZZihZP7-7PCw26WuE4rHdq_cKe2axrIeI6TsniAGTPf_RBehS-tn8F3nYVJTIxo93UQmABVrgI8uQtjGFQ9uDXotMJh-YyXtw1kxkn3dES9SJ2qVToC_6HqMYz_WYtOo2O20bGbv5A8p2O84M8/w131-h200/1.aletterfromitaly.jpeg" width="131" /></a></div><b>************</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">THE UNDERGROUND LIBRARY by Jennifer Ryan - review will be on March 14.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Do NOT miss this one. FAB read!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><b><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1gHeaUUB9-MLSLIvEA4ezkcbq9vzexRIwQOftYCXk1RExXSn6sqDLcPslsdbzyAOD6NM_duB2A5qGHhnrpjffCHkMSALx7ilrfomM4Y7YxK5yWvYQbtbLiChcW4ZItXD7mEBstr_sQIyuAgfuufCi7WDnSyHxoLq3suPQbdj3PcqGfY5AatvgcCQ2qA/s456/1.theundergroundlibrary.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1gHeaUUB9-MLSLIvEA4ezkcbq9vzexRIwQOftYCXk1RExXSn6sqDLcPslsdbzyAOD6NM_duB2A5qGHhnrpjffCHkMSALx7ilrfomM4Y7YxK5yWvYQbtbLiChcW4ZItXD7mEBstr_sQIyuAgfuufCi7WDnSyHxoLq3suPQbdj3PcqGfY5AatvgcCQ2qA/w132-h200/1.theundergroundlibrary.jpg" width="132" /></a></div>************</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></b></b></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">THE WOMAN WITH NO NAME by Audrey Blake - review will be on March 12.</span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">An ok read - too much about planning the resistance maneuvers, but appreciated the brave men and women who risked their lives to save France and thwart the Germans.</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><b><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4dNApuER7laORTj2VGsZCPsijCzZJ_Y2A_u4ePF7bz6qgvfrKTo3upnkOxZLpdQnBG-zjgbXSLo6T1_J5X5e9vB8eAsYFn9FS6Gljwsf946rd3zOnNDDaxWxcmgBUnT6gIH97WbzzAiz1JRl9Y3UxVcbQjT0begWljVKnS7DhV39CxrTow-l83oQxUA/s2475/1.thewomanwithnoname.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2475" data-original-width="1650" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4dNApuER7laORTj2VGsZCPsijCzZJ_Y2A_u4ePF7bz6qgvfrKTo3upnkOxZLpdQnBG-zjgbXSLo6T1_J5X5e9vB8eAsYFn9FS6Gljwsf946rd3zOnNDDaxWxcmgBUnT6gIH97WbzzAiz1JRl9Y3UxVcbQjT0begWljVKnS7DhV39CxrTow-l83oQxUA/w133-h200/1.thewomanwithnoname.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">************</div></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></b></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://silversolara.blogspot.com/2024/03/murder-road-by-simone-st-james.html" target="_blank">MURDER ROAD</a> by Simone St. James - review is in the book's title.</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>Good storyline and mystery, but I forgot she uses paranormal in her books. </b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>It was good, though.</b></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7zJGApuIui_sfKB-dKb96EUKgORp8wRgGEQlXXoo1NWMDIkirqEGSzsoCcr0HLddOhAuH94EkKWQYAYhadKjLHL6vbqy5UolPsM8tfY8-Abk-kyWvEzfeNgVScFiYG83i4DXiGnA2Z5YpsgyXUntkSLMg_Q3ToLx4rOyFuUENFbUmEIxgnOS7os08P0/s3238/1.murderroad.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3238" data-original-width="2144" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7zJGApuIui_sfKB-dKb96EUKgORp8wRgGEQlXXoo1NWMDIkirqEGSzsoCcr0HLddOhAuH94EkKWQYAYhadKjLHL6vbqy5UolPsM8tfY8-Abk-kyWvEzfeNgVScFiYG83i4DXiGnA2Z5YpsgyXUntkSLMg_Q3ToLx4rOyFuUENFbUmEIxgnOS7os08P0/w133-h200/1.murderroad.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">************</div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div></div></b></b></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></b></b><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><a href="https://silversolara.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-girls-we-sent-away-by-meagan-church.html" target="_blank">THE GIRLS WE SENT AWAY </a>by Meagan Church - review is in the book's title.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this book - don't miss it!!</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaB3av4oj6j7bCHwGIBSRvvp9lewLJZ4E9Cbqh1_HpsoB8u9xrskijqXZcidRYYv08dgkXpJljwnGxIls1p1KEF8v-jfhIlLyxvBYVReheMNshg57m9lfSDLUsuXGZYwXmiP59C_GzdqvZzF7zfLMU9r9VFlHxWowkbXLXrwABoX8YDHOSQSc7IkuzNTY/s383/the%20girls%20we%20sent%20away.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaB3av4oj6j7bCHwGIBSRvvp9lewLJZ4E9Cbqh1_HpsoB8u9xrskijqXZcidRYYv08dgkXpJljwnGxIls1p1KEF8v-jfhIlLyxvBYVReheMNshg57m9lfSDLUsuXGZYwXmiP59C_GzdqvZzF7zfLMU9r9VFlHxWowkbXLXrwABoX8YDHOSQSc7IkuzNTY/w133-h200/the%20girls%20we%20sent%20away.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">************</div></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b><a href="https://silversolara.blogspot.com/2024/03/bye-baby-by-carola-lovering.html" target="_blank">BYE, BABY</a> by Carola Lovering - review is in the book's title.</b></div><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b>Not bad...I liked her other books a bit more.</b></div><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikweXFCQB6tNoGyanYR-dzh9-Um4ohhc3sEoyaTMBBPsr_M3bhMyMeey7TECF2RcEJbJ6ivAOWb9lDchcSqL69KuNmmrrw1Tyyj-714jO16xujVzaPfIM8Y--G627WxS2l7AuLBIsHYUtKgyPt4AYPaRADD-nbdBusaxtuCFxishAHKzME1PjvTkLG/s1172/IMG_4643.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1172" data-original-width="739" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikweXFCQB6tNoGyanYR-dzh9-Um4ohhc3sEoyaTMBBPsr_M3bhMyMeey7TECF2RcEJbJ6ivAOWb9lDchcSqL69KuNmmrrw1Tyyj-714jO16xujVzaPfIM8Y--G627WxS2l7AuLBIsHYUtKgyPt4AYPaRADD-nbdBusaxtuCFxishAHKzME1PjvTkLG/w126-h200/IMG_4643.jpg" width="126" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">************</div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b><a href="https://silversolara.blogspot.com/2024/03/her-daughter-by-jen-craven.html" target="_blank">HER DAUGHTER</a> by Jen Craven - review is in the book's title.</b><b style="text-align: center;"> </b></div><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b style="text-align: center;"><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b style="text-align: center;">Not bad but a lot of family drama.</b></div><div style="font-weight: 700;"><b style="text-align: center;"><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihR1lQxxnCvXtCjHecA4QArV3a6hs0TkHJq_StPv0B5NNdY1JJQZMVdIAH5LmI1Dmp6ebtMfNoFI3lbUU1aqWM_DTXvN46191ovFlbGe6helXnug_KHvwNHjjojWt9NCChAyzbaWjBJegqM2lIu3wCVxXrtjfimywjXoYZNXb1S03A1sQeOVLm0fBqdIY/s394/1.herdaughter.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihR1lQxxnCvXtCjHecA4QArV3a6hs0TkHJq_StPv0B5NNdY1JJQZMVdIAH5LmI1Dmp6ebtMfNoFI3lbUU1aqWM_DTXvN46191ovFlbGe6helXnug_KHvwNHjjojWt9NCChAyzbaWjBJegqM2lIu3wCVxXrtjfimywjXoYZNXb1S03A1sQeOVLm0fBqdIY/w129-h200/1.herdaughter.png" width="129" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">************</div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><a href="https://silversolara.blogspot.com/2024/02/sisters-of-belfast-by-melanie-maure.html" target="_blank">SISTERS OF BELFAST</a> by Melanie Maure - review is in the book's title.</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Ohhhhh....LOVED the characters in this book. </b><b>♥️</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWkNwGgN8zyiF2BSDqZnrBpby_U9c-6SU6Zvee-HV4NvFK72waJiaKGWFcW0hJdFaPjuSouBa-OGO9TbhIQGCnLY9cOqAr5prsLLrQ71YnfjdhDXMyHbJZ_AHH9buUWGT-GsMdhu0VRgky_mXZWxEHjr4KN54a3si8Y-7rfJehB8BKMVXhZKGJs4n_ys/s384/1.THESISTERSOFBELFAST.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWkNwGgN8zyiF2BSDqZnrBpby_U9c-6SU6Zvee-HV4NvFK72waJiaKGWFcW0hJdFaPjuSouBa-OGO9TbhIQGCnLY9cOqAr5prsLLrQ71YnfjdhDXMyHbJZ_AHH9buUWGT-GsMdhu0VRgky_mXZWxEHjr4KN54a3si8Y-7rfJehB8BKMVXhZKGJs4n_ys/w133-h200/1.THESISTERSOFBELFAST.png" width="133" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">************</div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; 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text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcGxmro9vNga2oiI5-1N64PhSS3gbi9X2LzgArp7bU44AK50WrA9uFjOuV4kl2ev86ekAWQxzdihiHHHQfgyACI5PUEeeW4T45ChguUBHcVRO2PsptM5WgJutcgLUDlrbhR0C24m-bwiKzF6dnN67YTz-vrfqP-sqJQFy3yBmAYAhcaiJmJucMACSGhY/s393/1.thehouseonbiscaynebay.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcGxmro9vNga2oiI5-1N64PhSS3gbi9X2LzgArp7bU44AK50WrA9uFjOuV4kl2ev86ekAWQxzdihiHHHQfgyACI5PUEeeW4T45ChguUBHcVRO2PsptM5WgJutcgLUDlrbhR0C24m-bwiKzF6dnN67YTz-vrfqP-sqJQFy3yBmAYAhcaiJmJucMACSGhY/w130-h200/1.thehouseonbiscaynebay.png" width="130" /></a></div>************</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div></div></b></b></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></b></b></span></span></span></span><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""><span face="-webkit-standard"><span><span><u>Books Up Next:</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>DAUGHTER OF MINE by Megan Miranda - review will be on April 10.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELR6N-bW_FhA5zj2BfpuDtgY6vq7bxfQUqtNSMAGu_RVb8GmGu10C3u1FD997ktB7PJ9vR1hdncwTr7auEzJ7ZJYKXn5sv5vC8GurHh1FBr192zF_TzKGa17TH0adMzAHcB-F0Opvss7Ji2eV7Hr_5uuivxYBkSpMgxat6to6EL5EGYxVHEhHHrcYpbQ/s2114/1.DAUGHTEROFMINE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2114" data-original-width="1400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELR6N-bW_FhA5zj2BfpuDtgY6vq7bxfQUqtNSMAGu_RVb8GmGu10C3u1FD997ktB7PJ9vR1hdncwTr7auEzJ7ZJYKXn5sv5vC8GurHh1FBr192zF_TzKGa17TH0adMzAHcB-F0Opvss7Ji2eV7Hr_5uuivxYBkSpMgxat6to6EL5EGYxVHEhHHrcYpbQ/w133-h200/1.DAUGHTEROFMINE.jpg" width="133" /></a></div>************<br /></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>THE ROYAL LIBRARIAN by Daisy Wood - review will be on April 14.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIOBSaeBtRWlteOEQzoTDLl5qc104Vdkbza_Q6MaWYho3eHoBnXgot2yiwrOyDj3TdbEOp4k49EucRcGACgmmIQKZCdNqQFntEXJGRn3nMTB-fZybWkywWaLHJicOavGkI-oROXyAtYwhP4YzjwZIJBCXnpKzjmpAhqxEQBwdi638d4P9Jj-iyGC-jRc/s1500/1.theroyallibrarian.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="993" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIOBSaeBtRWlteOEQzoTDLl5qc104Vdkbza_Q6MaWYho3eHoBnXgot2yiwrOyDj3TdbEOp4k49EucRcGACgmmIQKZCdNqQFntEXJGRn3nMTB-fZybWkywWaLHJicOavGkI-oROXyAtYwhP4YzjwZIJBCXnpKzjmpAhqxEQBwdi638d4P9Jj-iyGC-jRc/w133-h200/1.theroyallibrarian.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE by Michelle Gable - review will be on April 16.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YKnRzI6VhsTj2YPonY5jVmhym2ifTbhU34uUfJAowE2w5vKmm8GJfjtnlwrkXXM0_ybnA0-oOpimBZWQ41ut9S4vpaTgTjnBYjrcLtAjeifhSBG4D5ucy_aApwjL-lJCZDar7dNfOJsTK6HT0H6VhtisdqaiL4Kv4U-lKsqqielx0SWt89CkcEF1JYc/s346/1.thebeautifulpeople.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="230" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YKnRzI6VhsTj2YPonY5jVmhym2ifTbhU34uUfJAowE2w5vKmm8GJfjtnlwrkXXM0_ybnA0-oOpimBZWQ41ut9S4vpaTgTjnBYjrcLtAjeifhSBG4D5ucy_aApwjL-lJCZDar7dNfOJsTK6HT0H6VhtisdqaiL4Kv4U-lKsqqielx0SWt89CkcEF1JYc/w133-h200/1.thebeautifulpeople.jpg" width="133" /></a></div>************<br /></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>DARLING GIRLS by Sally Hepworth - review will be on April 23.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PZzTq1T_8UwY2xuC9T7TLQc6ZRf0fRrgtPz-ehWYNDKUQsB4bjfXLtDkmrXgL4-qEArKDs5D4U_6a8-skER2qG7Lyov0ayScDYdjgpRN7j70qreTslyyqtYMjP1UUTknTnIZiGwEnuG0D40Cf2yUOwWnkAkghvZPg0bVK7hAU0o0i-P9pDx9RSEPj2A/s390/1.darlinggirls.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PZzTq1T_8UwY2xuC9T7TLQc6ZRf0fRrgtPz-ehWYNDKUQsB4bjfXLtDkmrXgL4-qEArKDs5D4U_6a8-skER2qG7Lyov0ayScDYdjgpRN7j70qreTslyyqtYMjP1UUTknTnIZiGwEnuG0D40Cf2yUOwWnkAkghvZPg0bVK7hAU0o0i-P9pDx9RSEPj2A/w131-h200/1.darlinggirls.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><b>************</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>A GAME OF LIES by Clare Mackintosh - review will be on April 24.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVGDyMCqM9UGH0u7y87AKnZtDTO6G9c4K7LVOBL58zTWZFzy_QNWGefOruomR4iYNlX3m-LfGwNyuCFpiQ9u0CbVtsg74zaMWxrDB3GjdX6OP8Wc7bDtmyGMGNgWFfazeuwtPFxKLXv_xxLjQkfliA7v5e5XnGm4n_cCVu10qaSkiiT8VaqwAlpcJflI/s500/1.agameoflies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="325" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVGDyMCqM9UGH0u7y87AKnZtDTO6G9c4K7LVOBL58zTWZFzy_QNWGefOruomR4iYNlX3m-LfGwNyuCFpiQ9u0CbVtsg74zaMWxrDB3GjdX6OP8Wc7bDtmyGMGNgWFfazeuwtPFxKLXv_xxLjQkfliA7v5e5XnGm4n_cCVu10qaSkiiT8VaqwAlpcJflI/w130-h200/1.agameoflies.jpg" width="130" /></a></div><b>************</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>THE PARIS NOVEL by Ruth Reichl - review will be on April 26.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9qx75R3nVAC2bVN6znkmp-2fRMwh4dWN-F3FxD6cN_17C90-9V2xMnffHVyQIuDwfpB03iUjYG6RLoAEmkkHsl2nlUQaU44NYLxs_79BfI37BXc5jNlrks34ehQithTxlDrE6tttPAsftEx9GOBowOyvaiwxeM34xcHBhR0o5GqAABQBUk_LCqkD8Kc/s385/1.theparisnovel.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9qx75R3nVAC2bVN6znkmp-2fRMwh4dWN-F3FxD6cN_17C90-9V2xMnffHVyQIuDwfpB03iUjYG6RLoAEmkkHsl2nlUQaU44NYLxs_79BfI37BXc5jNlrks34ehQithTxlDrE6tttPAsftEx9GOBowOyvaiwxeM34xcHBhR0o5GqAABQBUk_LCqkD8Kc/w133-h200/1.theparisnovel.png" width="133" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>THE GIRL FROM THE GRAND HOTEL by Camille Aubray - review will be on May 2.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVZKzeL9AemMthXj0a4fdqRUmCPtWY-cCGxb2d5i37YyMEFNLIj-tEISZDXTv98KpnUGdZnQzb55uZkSieTrWljEpEo8sCClv_SIeNFeT7-Y9-h1hgK_k6tB73ZAc8NYr5v5KK1yL0zsPq-0gSgEt798YTby0HGUOBYTBGirDDx8ONLYjXpiOZAFcZBk/s500/1.the%20girlfromthegrandhotel.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVZKzeL9AemMthXj0a4fdqRUmCPtWY-cCGxb2d5i37YyMEFNLIj-tEISZDXTv98KpnUGdZnQzb55uZkSieTrWljEpEo8sCClv_SIeNFeT7-Y9-h1hgK_k6tB73ZAc8NYr5v5KK1yL0zsPq-0gSgEt798YTby0HGUOBYTBGirDDx8ONLYjXpiOZAFcZBk/w125-h200/1.the%20girlfromthegrandhotel.jpeg" width="125" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>MISS MORGAN'S BOOK BRIGADE by Janet Skeslien Charles - review will be on May 7.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; 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text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkF8K6zQJPMIILIAjXJlvxkSLW11JH6pLQgIwhu_uR7OMTPdN6SXVmveXHbFvdguumisNNbfEuvgKsrpJpA_5XQNowrghg_afPb0A5T8OOdlXQ74fRbbRGHdSu_vY1L0rv5ed6v-qmZqKMhsw9Sx1l_vC4NBtwD-HdgljmDyygDT00gNP1X65OKVbKQNY/s522/1.THELASTTIMESHESAWHIM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="347" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkF8K6zQJPMIILIAjXJlvxkSLW11JH6pLQgIwhu_uR7OMTPdN6SXVmveXHbFvdguumisNNbfEuvgKsrpJpA_5XQNowrghg_afPb0A5T8OOdlXQ74fRbbRGHdSu_vY1L0rv5ed6v-qmZqKMhsw9Sx1l_vC4NBtwD-HdgljmDyygDT00gNP1X65OKVbKQNY/w133-h200/1.THELASTTIMESHESAWHIM.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>THE INCORRIGIBLES by Meredith Jaeger - review will be on May 21.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaueG563v31TkyoK8vVDS2jtrC4yvDqsQUbUXZQiFegqjO_xd_fdbwlUJLNyebxTJgNzCTCnGU2-1M-kCcALKVt0rSaHuuk13f-ZZIiUioWlVdTIxsg4hBLri2aUBThhoEea5X9eQc6EgTEorZwjXCpJ5mYDnOa627bu2YLhTCiwfmsYWeSQql9tamhg/s2800/1.THEINCORRIGIBLES.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2800" data-original-width="1859" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaueG563v31TkyoK8vVDS2jtrC4yvDqsQUbUXZQiFegqjO_xd_fdbwlUJLNyebxTJgNzCTCnGU2-1M-kCcALKVt0rSaHuuk13f-ZZIiUioWlVdTIxsg4hBLri2aUBThhoEea5X9eQc6EgTEorZwjXCpJ5mYDnOa627bu2YLhTCiwfmsYWeSQql9tamhg/w133-h200/1.THEINCORRIGIBLES.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>THE MAIN CHARACTER by Jaclyn Goldis - review will be on May 22.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYuLj3jFppiEmzXGKLHJzg8BQZry9DW50sCfLZsiDo20UMmW9OSRH24RwsuAxy_WWFyVZWzKGk8W_THXTKZFx8dO-GAzfsiBcP8rcOuANbtCRWRwcRL7htWgQa26X8boclqF0LJgFYU0jBwXF4Du9Enk2GZFJQ7x9txS4x5DsDZSmqRAEMDWD99_KcuE/s2113/1.themaincharacter.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2113" data-original-width="1400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYuLj3jFppiEmzXGKLHJzg8BQZry9DW50sCfLZsiDo20UMmW9OSRH24RwsuAxy_WWFyVZWzKGk8W_THXTKZFx8dO-GAzfsiBcP8rcOuANbtCRWRwcRL7htWgQa26X8boclqF0LJgFYU0jBwXF4Du9Enk2GZFJQ7x9txS4x5DsDZSmqRAEMDWD99_KcuE/w133-h200/1.themaincharacter.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>THE LAST TWELVE MILES by Erika Robuck - review will be on June 4.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; 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text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>HUSBANDS AND LOVERS by Beatriz Williams - review will be on June 25.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZbSUj0RmVnrUgdCUW8kAwL8T7MOOL5BfdSwbpv19cUfzFZqD4GuNxi43XSEbvxNrbn8zw6vlAyrOHrR0gzVe28Ogjms82n9EGfzcQLVuApg04te1TFFaEXJHLWKJrtHZPQVd3cnaoJV06IYA3t_4TVQuU1ScmoxdZggwsY4smbAAoCN1TDeoCiC0JzU/s2852/1.husbandsandlovers.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxa0jvr7Pllo2vcFqI_5MmS1cx2C5vieVIw8ZWKZ-qpWPmjXqxIQzyFg6rkghtdkUe_3Vl9WaERXyY1m61uX2IKTyfz9p_A91lvpwFWckAIX2i7p7xe4ps6f8B4SGnjmRrm2Wbi2gZLBXv35QIHccvjl0OkOB7xfjUtkLyZcFOK3UZypAH4mTdk-1too/w133-h200/1.thenighttheriverwept.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>LADY KILLER by Katherine Wood - review will be on July 9.</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwDOxP02-qDpUafcglqGxJsCfj0QEJlUDyjDLXhnX88gOlBFUmprV7fAVfIGJyOf8K6OI3T9dgvx0mr7lITrlDa1VJCmgnwyCWkyirXjxiiUgKoGVgXicB4ljZT6V7brrrrhhH90WQjIpWhH9AnZd1i8PN4FgXDaGFWmSH_UuXVN2xNPk1JvrEE_hzsI/s388/1.ladykiller.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwDOxP02-qDpUafcglqGxJsCfj0QEJlUDyjDLXhnX88gOlBFUmprV7fAVfIGJyOf8K6OI3T9dgvx0mr7lITrlDa1VJCmgnwyCWkyirXjxiiUgKoGVgXicB4ljZT6V7brrrrhhH90WQjIpWhH9AnZd1i8PN4FgXDaGFWmSH_UuXVN2xNPk1JvrEE_hzsI/w131-h200/1.ladykiller.png" width="131" /></a></div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>LENNY MARKS GETS AWAY WITH MURDER by Kerryn Mayne - review will be on July 11.</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQ8v9jdJYrDKyvjA9AbtJ0O3bHBbY2Arx3naGW9DUw8Hf0cWfEaJ7_qnpvRR8ENN8pNncvTt7D2410tlHuyO1a15kkwE4c8H9v2XEdhSnSSUVyvaQpXkAWLNF33lJwoq19fLt3zCERuTF9LJFhTBAxar1NJnZysqg51ATZFsQPszqUsLWIML30ncAXv4/s2560/1.lennymarks.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1684" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQ8v9jdJYrDKyvjA9AbtJ0O3bHBbY2Arx3naGW9DUw8Hf0cWfEaJ7_qnpvRR8ENN8pNncvTt7D2410tlHuyO1a15kkwE4c8H9v2XEdhSnSSUVyvaQpXkAWLNF33lJwoq19fLt3zCERuTF9LJFhTBAxar1NJnZysqg51ATZFsQPszqUsLWIML30ncAXv4/w132-h200/1.lennymarks.jpeg" width="132" /></a></div></span></b></span></span></span></b></b><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER by Kimberly McCreight - review will be on July 12.</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwMe7s_WOPNZd-5aQOMJvOdp6KVFj8XK1YEk9x18cnDlY5LVyPs4WeDQfqymGGuWArUbZf2Ta5SaGMs3jMwxIKg6oLKkdFpT9NDfmqx6vSgwy-agAFm3yI7967581GP-1lkrLFyWOEsN299RAbpN8tRT40WSYNtbutlNB3RVgkWLmooWi8VdQGrTShBM/s500/1.likemotherlikedaughter.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="336" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwMe7s_WOPNZd-5aQOMJvOdp6KVFj8XK1YEk9x18cnDlY5LVyPs4WeDQfqymGGuWArUbZf2Ta5SaGMs3jMwxIKg6oLKkdFpT9NDfmqx6vSgwy-agAFm3yI7967581GP-1lkrLFyWOEsN299RAbpN8tRT40WSYNtbutlNB3RVgkWLmooWi8VdQGrTShBM/w134-h200/1.likemotherlikedaughter.jpeg" width="134" /></a></div></span></b></span></span></span></b></b><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY by Jamie Day - review will be on July 16.</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDuYVGtRPR5JTYR6NGQ45RRntuwtSS5VNHQWT9pmLVimqBIdIdCpVwFD2nb_iDLX63AoxGih8abW3Bf18QViZ9H8tX-okN-VUd9z_0bUNY9hbJnnW6N8ksMADpHvlQMhx5-zEVH_e_d-WbtgnNhC9rTx_Y-rNymxIo65jImV7XAuVtqz4m74zqUQ1LJA/s388/1.onebighappyfamily.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDuYVGtRPR5JTYR6NGQ45RRntuwtSS5VNHQWT9pmLVimqBIdIdCpVwFD2nb_iDLX63AoxGih8abW3Bf18QViZ9H8tX-okN-VUd9z_0bUNY9hbJnnW6N8ksMADpHvlQMhx5-zEVH_e_d-WbtgnNhC9rTx_Y-rNymxIo65jImV7XAuVtqz4m74zqUQ1LJA/w131-h200/1.onebighappyfamily.png" width="131" /></a></div></span></b></span></span></span></b></b><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">ONLY ONE SURVIVES by Hannah Mary McKinnon - review will be on July 17.</span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRBwUYCreCqqzlrBxLXfU-EISh1TAGjo0u9734DVWjgpRnjflQwofxtY9LEP8Hf8AUyoLvCi9MUDIAaaJFMWs6j6-Lwiq6bwvPCL0Q6637Nir-EVljt2GpdCvOd7EHBUEBDbAQuOEew6Lxu4Y-WidKOH_aZbF8NBL_TfT1L9HDzcyyJJlVk78w3z65-g/s522/1.ONLYONESURVIVES.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="347" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRBwUYCreCqqzlrBxLXfU-EISh1TAGjo0u9734DVWjgpRnjflQwofxtY9LEP8Hf8AUyoLvCi9MUDIAaaJFMWs6j6-Lwiq6bwvPCL0Q6637Nir-EVljt2GpdCvOd7EHBUEBDbAQuOEew6Lxu4Y-WidKOH_aZbF8NBL_TfT1L9HDzcyyJJlVk78w3z65-g/w133-h200/1.ONLYONESURVIVES.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div></b></span></span></span></b></b><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">HOUSE OF GLASS by Sarah Pekkanen - review will be on August 6.</span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwxkL2kHmzo7-NQ8Gl2yhZzXJ4Ixo3EtK7QF7PFsAIoMl1rJmLIhbDPgm97Gh-Shyphenhyphen1JPASvhbEwKmKvbjTKZYvEWhT82Z89TfiHzHzTGgiYe8rIisujCn1aKtObQgogKRXNKGKmU6GD_9Egp6g_tw8gz7tky0n8C1h1gxxDWGvTmiON9BrA6gjA2XDgE4/s2560/1.houseofglass.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1676" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwxkL2kHmzo7-NQ8Gl2yhZzXJ4Ixo3EtK7QF7PFsAIoMl1rJmLIhbDPgm97Gh-Shyphenhyphen1JPASvhbEwKmKvbjTKZYvEWhT82Z89TfiHzHzTGgiYe8rIisujCn1aKtObQgogKRXNKGKmU6GD_9Egp6g_tw8gz7tky0n8C1h1gxxDWGvTmiON9BrA6gjA2XDgE4/w131-h200/1.houseofglass.jpeg" width="131" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">************</span></b></span></span></span></b></b></div><div style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><b style="font-size: medium;">THE THIRTEENTH HUSBAND by Greer MaCallister - review will be on August 7.</b></div><div style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><b style="font-size: medium;"><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOq6YE6es8ZtbPwVWjFSoTZM29_no_tAbz40eyHjIe3k9b9ZT4oGXUqVyspWVS0CGSHRBmA9Wc5N4Q5OIhIQ7ARxKft7l20ExWOZJM3ZaSuDPTN-C3oMucqPL7SJQwF59NvX-f7aYjaxHH5fp8wW-z36Xjxl3amIFv1Wkg0rwn8BYg4KZIro70sRFd4Lg/s1500/1:thethirteenthhusband.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOq6YE6es8ZtbPwVWjFSoTZM29_no_tAbz40eyHjIe3k9b9ZT4oGXUqVyspWVS0CGSHRBmA9Wc5N4Q5OIhIQ7ARxKft7l20ExWOZJM3ZaSuDPTN-C3oMucqPL7SJQwF59NvX-f7aYjaxHH5fp8wW-z36Xjxl3amIFv1Wkg0rwn8BYg4KZIro70sRFd4Lg/w133-h200/1:thethirteenthhusband.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div>************</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">THE BODY NEXT DOOR by Maia Chance - review will be on August 8.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0azx4mS0QgCgYJCAGuN6F3APprwCvjlvTX2HZU3CLitO2dj1q-Tb0xLYH3wVs5CBMPyElmA0Wvy83P3amQuvKZEPxAuL9xgPopsL8u1VZxuhg5I5dn6F7LB6AdrE8SrmVAiZV3fsCMBRae7ZX2rJnRmDa57q2pwMCd5R_6Ya2Y_ZdrB1QHTgViQXz1A/s386/1.thebodynextdoor.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0azx4mS0QgCgYJCAGuN6F3APprwCvjlvTX2HZU3CLitO2dj1q-Tb0xLYH3wVs5CBMPyElmA0Wvy83P3amQuvKZEPxAuL9xgPopsL8u1VZxuhg5I5dn6F7LB6AdrE8SrmVAiZV3fsCMBRae7ZX2rJnRmDa57q2pwMCd5R_6Ya2Y_ZdrB1QHTgViQXz1A/w132-h200/1.thebodynextdoor.png" width="132" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">************</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">ALL THE WAY GONE by Joanna Schaffhausen - review will be on August 13.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNXSIcW3Iez8_KBKzVLByA-Qlg2m3jjXVN2Jz1sjzr12v-DsyjXL2TWEFm1tewhoyjdN56Zlq5A_a2WL1M-bTxalQ0jPaeQguSbqf_Lk4pHQAKf0ZsDyMjeln86hcLp39L_KzmSEMh1Q3DetB_-Rev2ikO_FZWl4BsCflYmr2ISNYgJ56NeY3v78S9FFA/s2560/1.allthewaygone.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Balson - review will be on September 17.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYrHuUUU-wttuHuUb7y9QbGnfzBmKldQpVbRfMD-GXMLZUvrhI_LO-rjv6RRIZ6kb3-PTYSgbP-PziIY9gVylOrXtPjPPtWsiFnD9cmiFnVuxEjOcBYpyZSo5x17IVhjl_2gkQ69-CucEo1F2GvrlFO7VPcboqWd-k6e1bY31Ntdh2rBU2T_6wIFOIj4/s2866/1.APLACETOHIDE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2866" data-original-width="1872" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYrHuUUU-wttuHuUb7y9QbGnfzBmKldQpVbRfMD-GXMLZUvrhI_LO-rjv6RRIZ6kb3-PTYSgbP-PziIY9gVylOrXtPjPPtWsiFnD9cmiFnVuxEjOcBYpyZSo5x17IVhjl_2gkQ69-CucEo1F2GvrlFO7VPcboqWd-k6e1bY31Ntdh2rBU2T_6wIFOIj4/w131-h200/1.APLACETOHIDE.jpeg" width="131" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">************</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">THE LOVE ELIXIR OF AUGUSTA STERN by Lynda Cohen Logiman - review will be on October 8</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: 700;">.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2e71ydZfxZY6FztvQOqZMxSzdBUeFi2tCwyH2ZgGyWZN-gKHg3C25LH94WcPe-PoSW-Kklf_LKsbNWEoUhyKnYLTSSlqcq3q4knNpSZm8AkQq10YDJ67FtVg-6J2xcL1L9CPooyDbM4NbUDOyFizE5I7PfoWj-ivNTyIQ6i5Um_mvwSezx8vcmk24sc/s2830/1.theloveelixer.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2830" data-original-width="1875" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2e71ydZfxZY6FztvQOqZMxSzdBUeFi2tCwyH2ZgGyWZN-gKHg3C25LH94WcPe-PoSW-Kklf_LKsbNWEoUhyKnYLTSSlqcq3q4knNpSZm8AkQq10YDJ67FtVg-6J2xcL1L9CPooyDbM4NbUDOyFizE5I7PfoWj-ivNTyIQ6i5Um_mvwSezx8vcmk24sc/w133-h200/1.theloveelixer.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></div></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1WRyJwYOctM/YNta6aJvOyI/AAAAAAAAf2M/Q-FIWHPJaJUbEBLs1P3v8HoZORtcVogHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s187/1.Elizabeth.png" style="clear: left; float: left; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="187" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1WRyJwYOctM/YNta6aJvOyI/AAAAAAAAf2M/Q-FIWHPJaJUbEBLs1P3v8HoZORtcVogHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/1.Elizabeth.png" /></a></div></div></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div 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verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-22654719145589998302024-03-11T00:30:00.001-04:002024-03-11T00:30:00.132-04:00Mailbox Monday - 3/11/2024<div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div><div><div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="263" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9-FSVa0gBic/X3tiIj0FMyI/AAAAAAAActY/MWdPSGIMYuoSlkfM8PQUNVSBS3VhDNm6gCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="197" /></span></p><div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><b style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week.</b></span></span></span></p></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><b>************</b></span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles, and humongous wish lists.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>************</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Mailbox Monday, created by Marcia @A Girl and Her Books, has a permanent home now at MAILBOX MONDAY.</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>************</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Here is a shout out to the administrators:</b></span></span><br /><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Serena <a href="https://savvyverseandwit.com/" target="_blank">@ Savvy Verse and Wit</a></b></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Martha @ <a href="https://marthasbookshelf.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Reviews By Martha’s Bookshelf</a></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>************</b></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>THANKS to everyone for keeping Mailbox Monday alive.</b></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>************</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>I hope you had a good mailbox.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>************</b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>On Thursday, March 7, I received:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>1. THESE TANGLED THREADS by Sarah Loudin Thomas and SUMMERS AT THE SAINT by Mary Kay Andrews, courtesy of Austen Prose, Bethany House, St. Martin's Press, and MacMillan.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbTpYFZiXKHT7zhRyL0E4vMg6bAGxQHCJtwCOOujasKPtk9FifPo2SDRGDqYgBRfAP_0jRWyrH8579ngxVNV3FRTpqcErlBTyENfhmYiPlSmcJM0jRENysICNyZUlFvZmT-tU-SqY1mvLH8ZfHQtfxMixnUBVucJ10FVkpZrhF4bzEoYYhG4T3VwclWo/s828/IMG_2290%20copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="828" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbTpYFZiXKHT7zhRyL0E4vMg6bAGxQHCJtwCOOujasKPtk9FifPo2SDRGDqYgBRfAP_0jRWyrH8579ngxVNV3FRTpqcErlBTyENfhmYiPlSmcJM0jRENysICNyZUlFvZmT-tU-SqY1mvLH8ZfHQtfxMixnUBVucJ10FVkpZrhF4bzEoYYhG4T3VwclWo/s320/IMG_2290%20copy.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">************</span></b></span></div></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div><div></div></div><p></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><p></p><p></p><p></p><div><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div><p></p><div><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWVRSkJd5IGYxor4OkigrQw1p8YA5hCdJzLcEzPwulaoSBs6xgyboSHHxqJWCKcic1O7RGI5xIDNDfCLHKvbdHrCfTtUuLux7BlmCA4qBq-bEGNcpdp_Coo_x8ZUHSBZ40hq85NV8AlrZ7LvT5tSJX-rL7bapc9vWHWFzWN-M43UXbg056NPaua-nZv4/s187/1Elizabeth.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="187" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWVRSkJd5IGYxor4OkigrQw1p8YA5hCdJzLcEzPwulaoSBs6xgyboSHHxqJWCKcic1O7RGI5xIDNDfCLHKvbdHrCfTtUuLux7BlmCA4qBq-bEGNcpdp_Coo_x8ZUHSBZ40hq85NV8AlrZ7LvT5tSJX-rL7bapc9vWHWFzWN-M43UXbg056NPaua-nZv4/s1600/1Elizabeth.jpg" width="187" /></a></div></span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><div><div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div><div><div></div></div></div></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-84368559847188540152024-03-10T03:00:00.005-04:002024-03-10T07:39:31.147-04:00Celebrating the Paperback Release of Only The Beautiful by Susan Meissner<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirqLELUnotys9WDSs1zoo9ahjYnmh6Fah0Z-aRxPFwSpvB96MT87C1jKWl4Uq2p-zo-oHr9QMOvgGp-J_P7BAF6A9uYpayfA6MTTkPHHu7nRyGdLNzYC9AMLMOkWXmtIankB96y43JtdTW_qnzvjdFGAoFMpaW0MvBnJyXQCg7Zzg5M0YQWvdRkBfElh0/s3264/IMG_6610.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="3264" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirqLELUnotys9WDSs1zoo9ahjYnmh6Fah0Z-aRxPFwSpvB96MT87C1jKWl4Uq2p-zo-oHr9QMOvgGp-J_P7BAF6A9uYpayfA6MTTkPHHu7nRyGdLNzYC9AMLMOkWXmtIankB96y43JtdTW_qnzvjdFGAoFMpaW0MvBnJyXQCg7Zzg5M0YQWvdRkBfElh0/s320/IMG_6610.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">************</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">ALL INFORMATION OTHER THAN MY REVIEW IS COURTESY OF TARA O'CONNOR | SENIOR PUBLICIST | OF PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">************</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Perfect for fans of <i>Before We Were Yours, Sold on a Monday</i>, and <i>The Lost Girls of Paris</i>, Meissner’s ONLY THE BEAUTIFUL tells a chilling, heartrending WWII story that’s not often recounted in literature. Meissner’s novel is a sobering admonition against the injustices wrought during the second world war, while also offering hope for a more accepting future.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">************</span></b></p><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Berkley Trade Reprint</span></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Was On sale March 5, 2024</span></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Available In Trade Paperback Only</span></b></span></div><div><b style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">************</b></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">CELEBRATE:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;">"Bestselling author </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;">Susan Meissner </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;">possesses a remarkable talent for bringing to life profound moments from history in her thought-provoking fiction."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><i>"New York Journal of Books</i> raves, “Author Susan Meissner, a former journalist and award-winning veteran novelist, knows how to spin an engrossing plot peopled by complex human beings.”</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;">"Her stories not only entertain and move us as readers, but they also uncover truths about little-remembered moments in history, and deepen our understanding of the world we live in."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b>************</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">REPOST OF MY REVIEW:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">WOW - another beautiful read by Susan Meissner!!<br /><br />After Rosanne's parents were killed in an accident, she moved into the house of the vineyard owners where her parents worked.<br /><br />Celine and Truman Calvert were always good to Rosanne and her family, but Celine said Roseanne couldn’t be treated like family but could be their domestic help.<br /><br />Rosanne enjoyed her time as the family’s domestic until she was betrayed by their son when he told the Calverts she sees colors and which during this time society didn’t accept people who were different. </span></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Seeing colors was considered different and a defect.<br /><br />Another misfortune fell on her when she became pregnant by a member of the household.<br /><br />Rosanne was sent to a home, but not one for unwed mothers. This home sterilized young women who had defects.<br /><br />Meanwhile the Calvert’s daughter, Helen, was working in Europe as a nanny and kept in touch with Rosanne even though the contact lessened over the years.<br /><br />When Helen came home after WWII and found out what happened to Rosanne nine years ago, she was saddened and shocked thinking of her young charge in Austria who was not perfect and was killed because of her defects.<br /><br />Beautifully written with the main character, Rosanne, who you will love and who will pull at your heartstrings. <br /><br />You will also become fond of Helen and praise all the good she did to help during WWII and when she came back to America.<br /><br />ONLY THE BEAUTIFUL is another marvelous, marvelous read by Susan Meissner that fans will not want to miss and one I didn’t want to put down.<br /><br />Enjoy, and have some tissues ready!! 5/5<br /><br />This book was given to me by the publisher via NetGalley for an honest review.</span></p><p style="background-color: white;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVNZMA_9vKrbW10Gt-H-cTX26piVU1jZfcf5E4aHidzsgUBDVxMgtabNoj81GxF7QwOQU5LnIj4ArJvZKRyQktKD42D84wu7ZJr9ghWxNKZlSDjHRTG2xrh2ZgisHYtFxzehXwdZSWNZ1k1iqmS13z-RN_ktTXo18aSJ8OS-eG3_EWRVCNjftvS8MBgk/s3264/1.3.10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="3264" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVNZMA_9vKrbW10Gt-H-cTX26piVU1jZfcf5E4aHidzsgUBDVxMgtabNoj81GxF7QwOQU5LnIj4ArJvZKRyQktKD42D84wu7ZJr9ghWxNKZlSDjHRTG2xrh2ZgisHYtFxzehXwdZSWNZ1k1iqmS13z-RN_ktTXo18aSJ8OS-eG3_EWRVCNjftvS8MBgk/s320/1.3.10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I found some crocuses in my yard - Yippee!!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Spring is around the corner along with some books you will want to check out.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Hope you can stop by - Happy Reading!!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFazNbfHm-5fAQkPasGHStdZh_hPmM_ZyI_KhXy1cSRPyCD-vDesAHbwmmL6vn52Ee20jPxX-yCfxkIH1n0_1mHOclSx1Ql6WlDxJBrX4XJ857hW1-pJZ-UEoFZDuKthcklYEUFrGqgxL6BErn7dKxiZFYbW3TaDGaXorlGjgD35jKwFrRMGnZ-dO2nMw/s187/Elizabeth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="187" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFazNbfHm-5fAQkPasGHStdZh_hPmM_ZyI_KhXy1cSRPyCD-vDesAHbwmmL6vn52Ee20jPxX-yCfxkIH1n0_1mHOclSx1Ql6WlDxJBrX4XJ857hW1-pJZ-UEoFZDuKthcklYEUFrGqgxL6BErn7dKxiZFYbW3TaDGaXorlGjgD35jKwFrRMGnZ-dO2nMw/s1600/Elizabeth.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-80350170086221335502024-03-09T00:30:00.002-05:002024-03-09T00:30:00.361-05:00Spotlight of What Grows In the Dark by Jag Evans<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12g0bBGujQEb3v1nBPWTZ1D0ayZDsj-P0Xvthkqa2ojvuL_RjELHCXmpuyaWif6-4fv7PetmnSUe1yyk720Byge-RQ5nATmWCB5K66ibercBjvEcfgj2QKbjNdTlZN8xEo5gKIHaeiebZYQPqAFGAUEyfqR_krKLxngnC2eS8WUtPjclsY9-GYbEzLAc/s3264/IMG_6925.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="3264" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12g0bBGujQEb3v1nBPWTZ1D0ayZDsj-P0Xvthkqa2ojvuL_RjELHCXmpuyaWif6-4fv7PetmnSUe1yyk720Byge-RQ5nATmWCB5K66ibercBjvEcfgj2QKbjNdTlZN8xEo5gKIHaeiebZYQPqAFGAUEyfqR_krKLxngnC2eS8WUtPjclsY9-GYbEzLAc/s320/IMG_6925.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>************</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>WHAT GROWS IN THE DARK</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIaYLlau06405Q9zZVpfHCMQuYsBXG0hb-KudR290g5Ub4grlmzfE_T_fUIFs6yV4Cm-Uo3GdrhSkHZTdF0ZCa9rd6aNvEgMLmn7kmvg9BVpcbkvlpw5V1Kce1vFhtP13_A-ZYhtVz8eVLI56-I31kl3WYirPzcg8icm_oXhPWiyK-4zUObP09l98AQfE/s381/1.whatgrowsinthedark.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIaYLlau06405Q9zZVpfHCMQuYsBXG0hb-KudR290g5Ub4grlmzfE_T_fUIFs6yV4Cm-Uo3GdrhSkHZTdF0ZCa9rd6aNvEgMLmn7kmvg9BVpcbkvlpw5V1Kce1vFhtP13_A-ZYhtVz8eVLI56-I31kl3WYirPzcg8icm_oXhPWiyK-4zUObP09l98AQfE/w134-h200/1.whatgrowsinthedark.png" width="134" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">JAG EVANS</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>*************</b></span></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c5a19a9c-7fff-6cdd-b48b-5d543a0ce3fa"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0in 6pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span><span><font><font><span style="color: #222222;"><b>ALL INFORMATION IN THIS POST IS COURTESY </b></span></font></font></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: grey;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><b>OF KALI LUCKHEE| PUBLICITY INTERN |HARPER COLLINS</b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0in 6pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: grey; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: grey;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><b>*</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>************</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0in 6pt;"><b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Babadook</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> meets </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Blair Witch Project</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> in this chilling contemporary horror novel about confronting trauma.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0in 6pt;"><b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0in 6pt;"><b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">When fake spiritualist Brigit returns home to investigate the disappearance of two teenagers, the case eerily echoes her own sister's death sixteen years earlier.</span></b></p></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">*************</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d5f63809-7fff-a18b-b992-200849176541" style="font-size: large;"></span></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><b><span id="docs-internal-guid-d477a143-7fff-87e9-1678-4fcb33d46221" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8ce44344-7fff-11a9-5c7e-a940278d1c97"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">March 5, 2024</span></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Trade Paperback</span></b></span></span></p></div></div><div><p id="docs-internal-guid-bbd0d605-7fff-6017-3e6d-823b6cc258ce" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">*************</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><b>ABOUT </b></span></span></span></span></span></span><b style="text-align: center;">WHAT GROWS IN THE DARK:</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This chilling tale of siblings, the emotional toll of the places you once called home, and the necessity of confronting and moving beyond past trauma brings together the psychological horror of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Babadook</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> with the found footage and supernatural eeriness of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Blair Witch Project.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Brigit Weylan’s older sister, Emma, is dead. Sixteen years ago, Emma walked into the woods in their small hometown of Ellis Creek and slit her wrists. She was troubled, people said—moody and erratic in the weeks leading up to her death, convinced that there was a monster in Ellis Creek, and had even attempted to burn down the copse of trees where she later took her life. Marked by the tragedy, Brigit left and never once looked back. Now, Brigit and her cameraman Ian travel around the country, investigating paranormal activity (and faking the results), posting their escapades on YouTube in the hopes that a network will pick up their show. The last thing she expects is a call from an Ellis Creek area code with a job offer—and payout—the two cannot refuse.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">When Brigit and Ian arrive in Ellis Creek, they’re thrust in the middle of an investigation: two teenagers are missing, and the trail is growing colder with each passing day. It’s immediately apparent that Brigit and Ian are out of their depth; their talents lie in faking hauntings, not locating lost kids. Except for the fact that, in the weeks leading up to their disappearance, the teens had been dreaming about Emma—Emma in the woods where she died, ringed with trees and waiting for them. As Brigit and Ian are drawn further into the investigation, convinced that this could be the big case to make their show go viral, the parallels to Emma’s death become undeniable. But Brigit is worried she’s gone too far this time, and that the weight of being back in Ellis Creek, overwhelmed by memories of Emma, will break her…if it hasn’t already. Because Brigit can’t explain what’s happening to her: trees appearing in her bedroom in the middle of the night, something with a very familiar laugh watching her out in the darkness, and Emma’s voice on her phone, reminding Brigit to finish what they started.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">More and more, it looks like Emma was right: there is a monster in Ellis Creek, and it’s waited a long time for Brigit Weylan to come home.</span></span></p></div><div><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">************</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><b>EXCERPT OF </b></span></span></span></span></span></span><b style="text-align: center;">WHAT GROWS IN THE DARK:</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">1: BRIGIT </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Connecticut </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">October 2019</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">An Attic </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Brigit Weylan slid her fingers across the vintage tape recorder in her lap, the plastic warm as living skin. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “Are you picking anything up?” Ian asked, snaking a hand beneath the camera on his shoulder to massage his trapezius. He caught her watching and she cut her eyes away, thumbed off her mic. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “Nothing but your breathing.”</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “It’s ambience. And we’re stalling because…” </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> She shifted on the pine floor. Pinkish clouds of insulation erupted from the walls on either side, and the ceiling sloped aggressively. It was a delicate maneuver to uncross and stretch out her legs in this tight space, but her foot was at risk of falling asleep. Brigit switched her mic back on. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “Sorry for the technical difficulties. We’re getting a little interference, which is actually a good sign—</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> At the far end of the attic, a cardboard box fell off its stack. Papers spilled across the plywood in a plume of dust that brought the moldering scent of dried mouse droppings. Ian coughed but kept the camera level. In the living room downstairs, the baby goth who’d hired them would have a perfect view. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “Hello?” Brigit asked calmly, holding in her own cough as her throat burned. “Logan, is that you?” </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Logan Messer, struck down by a heart attack in 1998. Craggy of face and black of eye, he’d glared up from the obituary they’d found in the Woodbridge library like a nineteenth-century oil magnate. Definitely the most likely of several spirits that could be haunting Haletown House. At least, that’s what Brigit and Ian had told its newest occupant. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> A gust of wind ruffled the scattered papers in the corner, although the attic had no windows and the rest of the air sat thick and claustrophobic. Dust motes swirled through the wedges of light cast by the single hanging bulb. Brigit pushed her short hair back from her forehead and presented Ian’s camera with an unobstructed slice of profile. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “Logan, my name is Brigit Weylan. My sister and I are here to help you find peace.” She took a moment to steady her voice. “Is Emma with you now?” </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> From the corner came a sharp rap like knuckles on wood. At the same time Ian strangled another cough in the crook of his arm, nearly drowning out the knock. Brigit kept the tension from her face by digging her fingertips into her thighs. A small black hole had opened in her chest where her sister’s name had passed. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “I know you don’t want to leave, but I promise you’ll be happier once you do. All you need to do is take Emma’s hand and you’ll be free.” </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> The knocking came again, louder. Brigit had expected an echo, but the air seemed to catch the sound. The rest of the house was so chilly, all its warmth trapped up here like breath. Whatever mice had left those droppings probably suffocated. Little mummies in the walls. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “Brigit,” Ian murmured. “Can you see them?” </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “I can’t see anything.” She licked her lips. Her tongue felt dry, chalky with dust. “But Logan is here. I can feel him in the room with us. I may need to move—don’t lose me.” Brigit raised her voice. “Emma, I’m with you. Let me help. Let me give you strength.” </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> She stretched her hand toward the corner. The knocking was a drumbeat now, even faster than her pulse. Slowly, Brigit shifted to her knees and readied herself to crawl toward that wedge of darkness—and the drumming stopped. Ian let out his breath in a quiet whoosh. Brigit exhaled too, long and slow. Then she turned to face the camera and smiled. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “It’s done,” she told Haletown House’s youngest resident. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “This house is clean.”</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> The boy who’d paid for their services was waiting on the couch when Brigit and Ian climbed down from the attic. Brigit went first, Ian following with the camera bag now stuffed with their equipment: the laptop and its associated Bluetooth speaker, the miniature fan she’d hidden underneath the boxes, the fishing line trap in the corner. There were a few other props around the outside of the house—such as the rotten eggs in the upstairs gutter, which had been carefully planted in an early-morning excursion that had nearly put Ian in the hospital—but those were all biodegradable and couldn’t be traced back to them.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> In and out, that was the modus. They were surgeons like that, implanting a psychic placebo effect. Honestly, most of these people? They just wanted to feel believed. The rest wanted to see themselves on YouTube.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Brigit hadn’t needed that moral reassurance when she finally agreed to Ian’s pitch for the series a year ago, but there was something about this kid today. A familiar sloppiness to the liner drawn below his pale blue eyes. He asked, “You think the old man’s really gone?” </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “I hope so,” she said. Ian watched her from the doorway to the living room. Brigit could feel it on her neck as she dropped into a plush armchair. “You’ve got our contact info if he isn’t.” </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> The boy shrugged. “Guess I’ll be on the show either way.” </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “Technically we need the waiver signed by someone over eighteen,” Ian put in. The kid looked at him while Brigit looked at the kid. Dyed black hair, chapped lips. His sneakers weren’t actually black, just Sharpied to a purplish gray. She sat forward. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “You’ll be on the show. Your birthday’s what, next year? This wouldn’t go online for a few months anyway. We can hold the episode.” </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Why had she said that? It didn’t matter how old he was. Their first season hadn’t gotten picked up despite all attempts to woo a real television network, and neither would the second. Ian was fooling himself if he thought this thing was going to happen for real. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> The kid smiled, and his eyeliner cracked. Discomfort fisted in Brigit’s chest. “Cool,” he said. “Thanks.” </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “I do need something in exchange. If things keep happening around here, stuff only you can hear, smell, whatever? Tell your parents. Call us too, but you have to tell your folks.” </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “Why? They’d lose their minds if they knew about this.” </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “Because you’re a minor, and this isn’t exactly a hard science. If it turns out I screwed up in there and it comes back on you, I need to know you’ve got someone in this house who can get you out.”</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Or if he was in real trouble, the kind that could hit kids at around his age, that he would confide in someone other than a fake psychic out to pocket his summer cash. It was a moment of weakness, wanting this promise she’d never be able to confirm, but Brigit couldn’t stop herself. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> The kid chewed at the inside of his lip. Something turned behind his eyes, a decision being weighed as Brigit held her ground. Then he grimaced. “What if I lied to you just now?” </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “About what?”</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “They wouldn’t lose their minds. They wouldn’t care at all,” he said. “My dad doesn’t even live here. The house was a bribe to keep my mom from making his life more difficult, and she hates that she took it, so she just works all the time. I tried telling her before, about the old man, and she said I needed more friends. That was before the wine.” </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> The spike of decade-old commiseration at this was so sharp and startling that Brigit almost laughed. Behind the kid, Ian looked faintly stricken.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “Got it,” she said briskly, and relief eased the kid’s shoulders. “How about a neighbor? Someone at school?” </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “Ms. Brower, maybe. My English teacher?” </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “Classic choice.” Brigit calibrated a wry smile and won half of one in return. “Okay. More weird stuff goes down, you tell Ms. Brower and then you call me. Deal?” She stretched her hand across the coffee table. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> The kid hesitated. Behind her, Ian’s breathing was louder than anything else. Then a slim, chilly hand smacked into hers, and for a moment, Brigit wasn’t in this stranger’s living room at all. She was in the woods, the Dell, in the cold dark night, her sister’s icy fingers clamped around her own. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You want to be the wild child, Wild Child?</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “Deal,” said the kid. Brigit didn’t blink. The room came back to her, his grub-white face, cold palm against her own. Vanilla candles on the mantel. Nothing of Emma or their game but the bitter tinge of earth beneath her tongue.</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1718; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">************</span></b></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Excerpted from What Grows in the Dark by Jaq Evans. 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Published by MIRA.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">************</span></b></p></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnUsZpw8Lpj1SuKRk8qAVRy9fuPU4eBQTNG2hQcSiPjO0ooGgxbTGyg0tn_VijYM89VYjLGbdrGkThYhfZ6cHLU2buuqBy0-HZ_JtWzXxgncfh3ap_8my3SDj1NHlqLioltuVHO3BLajb_7Cf0MD1aaPRL2LyuW5G_lxk-OnSM1pvd6bM6LsxqPvhed8/s3578/Jaq%20Evans%20photo%20credit%20Eric%20Thomas%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<h2><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Struck Dead</span></h2>
<h3><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">by Andrea Kane</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<h2>SYNOPSIS:</h2>
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<h4>The fragile line between life and death… Families that will never be the same…</h4>
<p>When a tragic hit-and-run takes the life of a hardworking family man, multi-millionaire Christopher Hillington becomes the prime suspect, and the whole city of New York alights with speculation as to what happened.</p>
<p>But before the NYPD can establish Hillington’s guilt, he himself is brutally murdered in his own home. As he lays dying, he scrawls the name Casey Woods with his own blood, and the Forensic Instincts team is drawn into a complex mystery that has placed its president in the sights of a desperate killer.</p>
<p></p><div style="float: left; margin-right: 15px; width: 225px;"><img alt="Struck Dead by Andrea Kane" border="0" height="300" src="https://partnersincrimetours.com/wp-content/uploads/forminator/13997_115b15d08b2c7bb7da2712949e71a2f7/uploads/weZ0HTEU1H6n-9781682320631-scaled.jpg" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-top: 5px; margin: 5px 15px 5px 0px;" width="200" /></div>A millionaire’s life is full of secrets and suspects. So as the baffled NYPD investigates Casey for the murder, and the body-count ratchets up, Casey herself becomes another potential victim. The FI team’s hardcore investigation has them twisting and turning through suspects and secrets, where the stakes intensify―and so does the collateral damage. As Casey and the team get closer to finding the killer, the unthinkable happens, and the life of one of FI’s own hangs in the blood-stained balance.<p></p>
<p>They say dead men tell no tales, but blood doesn’t lie. Peeling back layer after layer of deception, the team will cross whatever lines are necessary to solve the case, get justice for the families, and make their team whole again…unless the relentless killer gets to them first.</p>
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<p><b>Genre:</b> Suspense Thriller<br />
<b>Published by:</b> Bonnie Meadow Publishing<br />
<b>Publication Date:</b> March 2024<br />
<b>Number of Pages:</b> 384 <br />
<b>ISBN:</b> 9781682320631 (ISBN10: 1682320634) <br />
<b>Series:</b> Forensic Instincts (#10)<br />
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<h4>1</h4>
<h6>Offices of Forensic Instincts<br />
Tribeca, New York<br />
Main conference room<br />
Monday, 9:40 a.m.</h6>
<p>Casey Woods, the president of Forensic Instincts, stood at the head of the oval table, her jaw having dropped. She pressed her iPhone closer to her ear, and tried to reconcile herself, both to who the caller was, and the reason for her call.</p>
<p>She certainly didn’t sound like the Angela King that Casey knew. And why in the name of heaven was she reaching out to Casey, of all people?</p>
<p>Angela repeated her original demand: “I need you to meet me now—as in drop everything and get over here.” This time her voice was commanding but shaken.</p>
<p>Shaken? Angela King?</p>
<p>Casey’s mind raced.</p>
<p>Angela was a high-powered and aggressive criminal defense attorney at Harris, Porter, & Donnelly. A virtual barracuda. Rumor had it that she was next up to make partner. No surprise. She successfully defended the richest of the rich, from corporate executives, to wealthy entrepreneurs, to “businessmen” with rumored links to Organized Crime—a fact she chose to overlook since they were affluent enough to pay her fees. She and Forensic Instincts were on opposite sides of law enforcement. They’d battled it out more than once the criminals that FI had helped catch becoming the very criminals Angela would defend.</p>
<p>Needless to say, the FI team and Angela weren’t friends.</p>
<p>And yet, here she was, calling Casey on an urgent, time-is-of-the-essence matter—one she seemed incredibly high-strung about.</p>
<p>“Casey?” Angela repeated. “Did you hear me?”</p>
<p>Casey lowered herself into a chair. “I heard you. What is this about? And why me, of all people?”</p>
<p>“You’ll see for yourself,” Angela replied. She rattled off the address of a luxury skyscraper on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. “Hurry. I’m jeopardizing my career by waiting to call 9-1-1. I can’t wait much longer. But you have to view the scene first and later provide me with some answers. No more questions. Just come. I have a key to the building’s back door. I’ll let you in. We’ll use the freight elevator.”</p>
<p>Casey’s common sense was urging her to refuse. 9-1-1 meant a crime scene, and questions meant involving her. Both those things were screaming for her to stay away. She pushed aside that inner voice. She was too intrigued to refuse. “I’m on my way.”</p>
<p>She shrugged into her wool winter coat as she called John Nickels, Forensic Instincts’ number one on their security team. Then, she blew out the front door, not waiting to fill the FI team in on where she was going. There was no time. Plus, they’d only try to talk her out of it.</p>
<p>Holiday decorations were glistening everywhere, and tiny snowflakes danced in the air.</p>
<p>Casey didn’t notice any of it.</p>
<p>John pulled around a few minutes later, and Casey hopped into the car, gave him the address, and urged him to hurry.</p>
<p>With a brief nod, John was on his way, navigating the FDR Drive in record time. He got Casey to her destination in thirteen minutes. He dropped her off around back, far from the doorman’s view. Then, he waited to return her to the brownstone once her meeting was over, as per her instructions.</p>
<p>Angela was pacing inside the building, and opened the door to let Casey in the moment she saw her. No matter how dire the occasion, Angela always looked stunning. An Armani cobalt blue pants suit that set off her dark skin, matching four-inch Louboutin heels, and long wavy black hair styled at the highest end salon. She carried herself like a queen. In short, she was a knock-out.</p>
<p>Now she looked more rattled than Casey had ever seen her.</p>
<p>“Let’s go,” she said. She led the way to the freight elevator, where she and Casey rode up.</p>
<p>“Tell me what’s going on,” Casey stated flatly.</p>
<p>Angela didn’t answer. She glanced at her Apple Watch, her gaze snapping up as the elevator stopped on the twenty-first floor.</p>
<p>The doors slid open.</p>
<p>Angela paused only long enough to ensure that Casey was right behind her. Then, she strode down the hall, made a turn, and halted in front of Apartment Twenty-One B. She unlocked the door, pulled Casey inside, and faced her to offer the first few words of an explanation.</p>
<p>“This is the home of my client, Christopher Hillington. We had a nine-thirty AM meeting scheduled to be held here.”</p>
<p>Casey’s brows rose. Christopher Hillington was a renowned and phenomenally wealthy managing director of the private equity firm YNE. He was also a major suspect in a vehicular homicide, and Casey knew through various news sources that he’d been questioned several times by the NYPD and was on the verge of arrest.</p>
<p>“I see you know of him,” Angela said. “Given the circumstances, I’m not surprised.” She gestured toward a breathtaking sunken living room. “In here.”</p>
<p>Casey bit back her question about what Angela had just said. She sensed she was about to get her answers. So she remained silent.</p>
<p>The two women stepped down and Angela stood to a side and waited.</p>
<p>Casey got the full view immediately.</p>
<p>Christopher Hillington’s body was crumpled on the Oriental carpet beside his desk, blood pooling out around him. His head was bashed in, clearly having been struck multiple times by a heavy object. The bloodied sledge hammer lying next to the body was obviously the murder weapon. Judging from the damage done, the killer had been, not only determined, but brutal.</p>
<p>Casey eyeballed the scene, feeling sickened as well as confused. She was about to ask Angela what this horrific scene had to do with her when she spotted the letters, written in blood, on the lower edge of the desk, right beside Hillington’s outstretched arm.</p>
<p>She walked over, careful not to touch anything, squatted down, and squinted. The two words were completely legible, and they made Casey’s blood run cold.</p>
<p>Casey Woods.</p>
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<p>Excerpt from <i>Struck Dead</i> by Andrea Kane. Copyright 2024 by Andrea Kane. Reproduced with permission from Andrea Kane. All rights reserved.</p>
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<p>Andrea Kane is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thirty-two novels, including eighteen psychological thrillers and fourteen historical romantic suspense titles. With her signature style, Kane creates unforgettable characters and confronts them with life-threatening danger. As a master of suspense, she weaves them into exciting, carefully-researched stories, pushing them to the edge—and keeping her readers up all night.<br />
Kane’s first contemporary suspense thriller, <em>Run for Your Life</em>, became an instant New York Times bestseller. <br />
She followed with a string of bestselling psychological thrillers including <em>No Way Out</em>, <em>Twisted</em> and <em>Drawn in Blood</em>.<br />
Her latest in the highly successful Forensic Instincts series, <em>Struck Dead</em>, showcases the dynamic, eclectic team of investigators as they hunt down a desperate killer who’s threatened one of their own. The first showcase of Forensic Instincts’ talents came with the New York Times bestseller, <em>The Girl Who Disappeared Twice</em>, followed by <em>The Line Between Here and Gone</em>, <em>The Stranger You Know</em>, <em>The Silence That Speaks</em>, <a href="https://partnersincrimetours.com/the-murder-that-never-was-by-andrea-kane/"><em>The Murder That Never Was</em></a>, <a href="https://partnersincrimetours.com/face-die-andrea-kane/"><em>A Face To Die For</em></a>, <a href="https://partnersincrimetours.com/dead-in-a-week-by-andrea-kane/"><em>Dead In A Week</em></a>, <a href="https://partnersincrimetours.com/no-stone-unturned-by-andrea-kane/"><em>No Stone Unturned</em></a>, <a href="https://partnersincrimetours.com/at-any-cost-by-andrea-kane/"><em>At Any Cost</em></a>, and <a href="https://partnersincrimetours.com/struck-dead-by-andrea-kane/"><em>Struck Dead</em></a>.<br />
Kane’s beloved historical romantic suspense novels include <em>My Heart’s Desire</em>, <em>Samantha</em>, <em>Echoes in the Mist</em>, and <em>Wishes in the Wind</em>.<br />
With a worldwide following of passionate readers, her books have been published in more than twenty languages. <br />
Kane lives in New Jersey with her family. She’s an avid crossword puzzle solver and a diehard Yankees fan.<br />
Author Hometown – Warren, New Jersey</p>
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<h2><a href="https://partnersincrimetours.com/">Get More Great Reads at Partners In Crime Tours</a></h2><h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSKOLvGP1pfZNR0k1gV71z4TUhrB-MtUp2OfFD5ScMhZyAYEMfRBGTLHGy_hUZEUHXny4GFUmmw3J8vS5jHcnQkAibMRUW7hM2vc4HD-W_QQ_nBjrp3x8iZvIb5Ni097FvIcMWJIezOFK8a6WIzwcyt7lFafHLWXP_b8jZ-de7Fdcp5xNNLPOfWjwuw0/s187/1Elizabeth.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="187" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSKOLvGP1pfZNR0k1gV71z4TUhrB-MtUp2OfFD5ScMhZyAYEMfRBGTLHGy_hUZEUHXny4GFUmmw3J8vS5jHcnQkAibMRUW7hM2vc4HD-W_QQ_nBjrp3x8iZvIb5Ni097FvIcMWJIezOFK8a6WIzwcyt7lFafHLWXP_b8jZ-de7Fdcp5xNNLPOfWjwuw0/s1600/1Elizabeth.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><br /></h3>
<p> </p>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-85890690246687679232024-03-08T00:30:00.001-05:002024-03-08T00:30:00.145-05:00Book Blogger Hop - 3/8 - 3/14<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><img height="168" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tX-L8TSAkzM/YCmqasoCHsI/AAAAAAAAe_0/Nfn4uUXhN3MWnaCcBNx2fQXmg8SSl7McwCLcBGAsYHQ/w200-h168/BBH%2B2021.png" style="border: 1px solid gray; height: px; text-align: center; width: px;" width="200" /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Question of the Week<span>:</span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2e2e2e; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><b>My Answer<span>:</span></b></span></span></span></div><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">If you mean using a professional review - no.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I write my own review and do not include anything from another review.</span></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Zgfqpf_ogASAT5ruTGUcMxkY0Nmi0mOIr0C20KNty29GtMv60G361aZqRAZKpb2Xy2xTpVK7j6nTY8t964WkIFdKJj_mdxnF_bvnf2StTjuCo7okCHTrQJgR7cUS6xJT6Rybvg-lvJRo3GcGXcYKyvaoeI9tYQXHfnM5By88xaXdfJb-JQWgdP_i/s187/1Elizabeth.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="187" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Zgfqpf_ogASAT5ruTGUcMxkY0Nmi0mOIr0C20KNty29GtMv60G361aZqRAZKpb2Xy2xTpVK7j6nTY8t964WkIFdKJj_mdxnF_bvnf2StTjuCo7okCHTrQJgR7cUS6xJT6Rybvg-lvJRo3GcGXcYKyvaoeI9tYQXHfnM5By88xaXdfJb-JQWgdP_i/s1600/1Elizabeth.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-37220012833881919722024-03-07T00:30:00.001-05:002024-03-07T00:30:00.254-05:00Murder Road by Simone St. James<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiErnCfW9mvssthCTpTsR3smXz94Hl6V771XdVfzL0RSjXqVvf7uujXA10pDGqjbWNb652Xolb66A8yPekd11OT4JkH8kfQ0X-SBQcynNeTpbIBezJUeJjtiMwRDN3Jm2fd_mc_mcCdb_lsnkXrI1sRYUOx_bb0mH8EcjwjQbZUlkrNkgSkrk4Xftd0vew/s2560/1.murderroad.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1695" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiErnCfW9mvssthCTpTsR3smXz94Hl6V771XdVfzL0RSjXqVvf7uujXA10pDGqjbWNb652Xolb66A8yPekd11OT4JkH8kfQ0X-SBQcynNeTpbIBezJUeJjtiMwRDN3Jm2fd_mc_mcCdb_lsnkXrI1sRYUOx_bb0mH8EcjwjQbZUlkrNkgSkrk4Xftd0vew/s320/1.murderroad.jpeg" width="212" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a;">Being a good Samaritan doesn’t always work out.</span></span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Eddie and April Carter were heading to a resort for their honeymoon and made a wrong turn.</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">That wrong turn put them on a deserted road that had a young girl needing a ride.</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">They didn’t know that she had been stabbed and was bleeding when they offered her a ride.</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">They picked her up, took her to a hospital where she died, and now they are murder suspects.</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We follow the tension as the police try to get them to confess and as they try to figure out this murder and others that occurred on Atticus Road. </span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Ms. Simone has given us another spine-tingling page turner with paranormal scenes and characters with secrets kept from each other and of course from us.</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I’m not a fan of paranormal, but I always enjoy how Ms. Simone incorporates it into her books.</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The ending is a good one. 4/5</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Thank you to the publisher for a copy of this book. All opinions are my own.</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMJzltMQurQDzcNQXPrZ59Ugu4fn3hQyrk4H3fdYzVohd4bXVXEFyUcE8__dDBoQiZWzNRzCaIOpPR80Ar0D30FbOFstrCcdel_3VNy69_5gnjy4DArSMZjiQkTBSGhumI4Hv11_JYxqmQb61F1Q8oRMcUTm1uOKq566ZsPhJ6ZI5HAzBY07fhqZ1G7ME/s187/Elizabeth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="187" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMJzltMQurQDzcNQXPrZ59Ugu4fn3hQyrk4H3fdYzVohd4bXVXEFyUcE8__dDBoQiZWzNRzCaIOpPR80Ar0D30FbOFstrCcdel_3VNy69_5gnjy4DArSMZjiQkTBSGhumI4Hv11_JYxqmQb61F1Q8oRMcUTm1uOKq566ZsPhJ6ZI5HAzBY07fhqZ1G7ME/s1600/Elizabeth.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-40296733953657435282024-03-06T00:30:00.001-05:002024-03-06T00:30:00.131-05:00The Girls We Sent Away by Meagan Church<p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CV_oi6P3AyYMVqoEjz4y4YYsKya22u8yVBZmUvSLkOC56p266oEVAN5onLKUj99wfWmALAt2XcPtwDvdq8DMgNqBTezkmPI9OfeSG6aXMQj-OyPNgQ-GRXoOBingDyCeyDgZAC7sbcGY7fPDXb-G1OYKcUmzRrLb1HLuFS1nL3u4bJnsTBdpMaG-Sec/s400/1.thegirlswesentaway.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CV_oi6P3AyYMVqoEjz4y4YYsKya22u8yVBZmUvSLkOC56p266oEVAN5onLKUj99wfWmALAt2XcPtwDvdq8DMgNqBTezkmPI9OfeSG6aXMQj-OyPNgQ-GRXoOBingDyCeyDgZAC7sbcGY7fPDXb-G1OYKcUmzRrLb1HLuFS1nL3u4bJnsTBdpMaG-Sec/s320/1.thegirlswesentaway.jpeg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">It’s the 1960s.</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">What became of girls who found themselves pregnant and with no support?</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We meet Lorraine Delford, an only child, a girl who was going to be valedictorian of her senior class, a girl who wanted to be an astronaut, a girl who did not want to be the typical mother, teacher, or secretary.</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">All her dreams were slashed when her boyfriend told her “if you want to keep it, you’re on your own.”</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">THE GIRLS WE SENT AWAY has a main character that you will love from the minute you meet her.</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">You will cheer for her and for her dreams, but your heart will break when she has to deal with her pregnancy and a mother that has always been critical and unsupportive especially when she needed her the most.</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Lorraine gets sent to a home for wayward girls not really knowing her fate.</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Ms. Church has written another heartwarming, but heartbreaking book that you won’t want to put down.</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Ms. Church’s writing is pull you in and makes you feel the emotions of each character as well as the sentiments and feelings of this time in the 1960s.</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Don’t miss this well-researched, poignant <span style="background-color: transparent;">heartwrenching, fabulous, tissues-needed book. 5/5</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Thank you to the publisher for a copy of this book.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>All opinions are my own.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifB_EamEvUztwb3eaGcY7huOQ8HNee3uvING6phfd1YBrYHN-m6BX2VApc7h5cSq8Vmq_qSQqJ1CQdFxJtiChfNhiLgBc-7HvogxZJHMNYR-g4dnCAjVHRZv6KFsRRWsvxZFwz4mK2roYJ5hoSrcmy8cMudNcZzXuBvG2Uo2b5Z20AU7-9G2L9x_LmUGM/s187/1Elizabeth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="187" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifB_EamEvUztwb3eaGcY7huOQ8HNee3uvING6phfd1YBrYHN-m6BX2VApc7h5cSq8Vmq_qSQqJ1CQdFxJtiChfNhiLgBc-7HvogxZJHMNYR-g4dnCAjVHRZv6KFsRRWsvxZFwz4mK2roYJ5hoSrcmy8cMudNcZzXuBvG2Uo2b5Z20AU7-9G2L9x_LmUGM/s1600/1Elizabeth.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 40px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: ".AppleSystemUIFont"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 33px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-81231765126270534562024-03-05T00:30:00.001-05:002024-03-05T00:30:00.245-05:00Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBqZ1sZaY44q2mEFo5Ezj8F3N9bTBTRDe2sneqmbSK9i8ypXnX8hSp43tL4t3EuGo1dDcD9ZPxeIBkHfyZ4vFPqKYuzO9xBu8OeAerIyf1GnFPJiHRZZQCJaaCTk7c0ykEFKPdnzIQMckQ3aqjJUGf8vERQMOzt6RoRne96p6M_ZAlGwTuYHMoZtNCf4/s1172/1.bye,baby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1172" data-original-width="739" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBqZ1sZaY44q2mEFo5Ezj8F3N9bTBTRDe2sneqmbSK9i8ypXnX8hSp43tL4t3EuGo1dDcD9ZPxeIBkHfyZ4vFPqKYuzO9xBu8OeAerIyf1GnFPJiHRZZQCJaaCTk7c0ykEFKPdnzIQMckQ3aqjJUGf8vERQMOzt6RoRne96p6M_ZAlGwTuYHMoZtNCf4/s320/1.bye,baby.jpg" width="202" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a;">Friends forever and then no more.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">What happened?</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We follow Billie and Cassie from their teenage years to adulthood.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Cassie is an Instagram star married to a wealthy man, and Billie flies around the world planning vacations for clients.</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">They haven't spoken for a while, but Billie misses her childhood friend.</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The opening chapter has Billie with Cassie's baby - she had kidnapped the baby. Why? That definitely kept me reading. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I wanted to find out the reason why and what the kidnapping was for and what the non-revealed secret was that popped up from Cassie’s past. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">But, BYE, BABY was not the thriller I was expecting but got good around 50% as things are revealed. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">It was more about the lives of the characters and petty disagreements. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I enjoyed Ms. Lovering's other books and was disappointed in this book until half way, but it was worth the wait.</span></p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 29px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">My original rating was a 3/5, but have raised it to 4/5 after all the revelations and the great ending.</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Thank you to the publisher for a copy of this book. All opinions are my own.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3_-j49DAzA9X7IP5EPMZiCQNzL2dWdqQJVMtqDnbIrKUZwD4MIX2deSzrd6sHeCZNti8D7mRVtbDsaiJK5W-AUlnQCuI8Poga2QbIYZg2aUaGeKNjPvblqpW4ly4Rn8zqjqj5u0cdbPutRVzBm9mvDDqj-enHHw_WvZxhckpEdC8JtO3zvqxs1LU0J0/s187/1Elizabeth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="187" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3_-j49DAzA9X7IP5EPMZiCQNzL2dWdqQJVMtqDnbIrKUZwD4MIX2deSzrd6sHeCZNti8D7mRVtbDsaiJK5W-AUlnQCuI8Poga2QbIYZg2aUaGeKNjPvblqpW4ly4Rn8zqjqj5u0cdbPutRVzBm9mvDDqj-enHHw_WvZxhckpEdC8JtO3zvqxs1LU0J0/s1600/1Elizabeth.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522861943931628690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787245720385756747.post-25056888115864773082024-03-04T02:00:00.001-05:002024-03-04T02:00:00.140-05:00Spotlight of Kilt Trip by Alexandra Kiley<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMmAz64rZ57XOrn0b4GCLeII0bFAlCy9zWKhNRdnuZJf9eECy5LLgOWYs8Y10aY1lr2Yty4nFgEOEhg293UTiE1tQ_kItPL3Snq6qQ-cwNbBQxXyooLxxKvGPESK3wiX3u_qMGhj0mTr89_qcNbZBt7wnfOXy_nuDiMCsG4PiTdEjrxmor-mvS5QdWyfw/s3264/IMG_6833.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="3264" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMmAz64rZ57XOrn0b4GCLeII0bFAlCy9zWKhNRdnuZJf9eECy5LLgOWYs8Y10aY1lr2Yty4nFgEOEhg293UTiE1tQ_kItPL3Snq6qQ-cwNbBQxXyooLxxKvGPESK3wiX3u_qMGhj0mTr89_qcNbZBt7wnfOXy_nuDiMCsG4PiTdEjrxmor-mvS5QdWyfw/s320/IMG_6833.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>************</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>KILT TRIP</b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbbBj_A4JoQ1t0m6tuXVdAblgBWHF6ydftnQnN-8bXpwJpOgmJkQgSdvthQp6u7keg4bX7pqA47Jp1WuRmP_-Aw9YOhoUReEQPGR8MadjSyOUenztfhLffAd0pBEbedN4ES4DIRJwc4INw-z0LMggGswWePsucRYLFwMPcwIdoXR9vxjt7j9bKpOkbCE/s3200/Cover%20Kilt%20Trip%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3200" data-original-width="2125" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbbBj_A4JoQ1t0m6tuXVdAblgBWHF6ydftnQnN-8bXpwJpOgmJkQgSdvthQp6u7keg4bX7pqA47Jp1WuRmP_-Aw9YOhoUReEQPGR8MadjSyOUenztfhLffAd0pBEbedN4ES4DIRJwc4INw-z0LMggGswWePsucRYLFwMPcwIdoXR9vxjt7j9bKpOkbCE/w133-h200/Cover%20Kilt%20Trip%20copy.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">ALEXANDRA KILEY</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>*************</b></span></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c5a19a9c-7fff-6cdd-b48b-5d543a0ce3fa"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0in 6pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span><span><font><font><span style="color: #222222;"><b>ALL INFORMATION IN THIS POST IS COURTESY </b></span></font></font></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: grey;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><b>OF KALI LUCKHEE| PUBLICITY INTERN |HARPER COLLINS</b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0in 6pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: grey; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: grey;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><b>*</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>************</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0in 6pt;"><span style="color: black; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">For fans of Emily Henry and Sarah Morgenthaler comes a brand-new Scotland-set romantic comedy. </span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0in 6pt;"><span style="color: black; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In this enemies-to-lovers romance, one woman discovers more than the just the magic of the heartland's lochs and landscapes—but not before clashing with the proud Scotsman she's forced to work with.</span></b></span></p></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">*************</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d5f63809-7fff-a18b-b992-200849176541"></span></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d477a143-7fff-87e9-1678-4fcb33d46221"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">March 5, 2024</span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Trade Paperback</span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Canary Street Press</span></b></span></p></div></div><div><p id="docs-internal-guid-bbd0d605-7fff-6017-3e6d-823b6cc258ce" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">*************</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span><span><b>ABOUT </b></span></span></span></span></span><b style="text-align: center;">KILT TRIP:</b></span></p></div><div><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Addie Macrae has always followed her wanderlust. As a travel consultant, she turns struggling businesses into world-class tour groups.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Her job comes with the perk of jetsetting around the globe, which means never being in one place for too long—just the way she likes it. </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Since her mom passed away ten years ago and her father never stopped grieving, no place has felt like home anyway. </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">But when she’s sent on assignment to help a family-run tour group in Scotland—the one place she swore she’d <i>never</i> go—Addie has to shed her emotional baggage and turn on the professional charm.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Logan Sutherland’s family business is operating just fine, thank you very much.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The Heart of the Highlands was never meant to make the family rich, rather to teach sightseers to appreciate the beauty of Scotland’s hidden gems, which are more captivating than any tourist trap. </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The last thing Logan wants is some American "expert" pushing <i>Outlander</i>-themed tours and perpetuating myths about the Loch Ness Monster. And for a travel consultant, Addie oddly doesn’t seem interested in learning about the land Logan loves. Equally put off by each other, the new colleagues clash on every company decision.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Then Logan discovers Addie does have a personal connection to Scotland—it was her late mother’s favorite place, one that now lives on in a handful of faded Polaroids Addie kept from her parents’ Honeymoon. She wants to seek out the places in the pictures, but is worried that she's too late to capture the wonder of following in her mother's footsteps. Logan is convinced he can help Addie get some closure, and the two realize, when they agree, they actually work pretty well together.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">But Addie’s contract with The Heart is almost up, and the business is still losing money. They can’t afford distractions, but there’s no denying the intense chemistry between Addie and Logan. Besides, how can Addie do her job properly if she hasn’t explored <i>all </i>Scotland has to offer?</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">************</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span><span><b>EXCERPT OF </b></span></span></span></span></span><b style="text-align: center;">KILT TRIP:</b></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">One</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Addie Macrae’s internal compass was irreparably damaged. For all the traveling she did, and the relative ease of navigating a city with English street signs, Edinburgh’s jigsaw puzzle of gray-toned buildings and twisting streets left her head spinning. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Under different circumstances she might’ve been swept away by the city’s lantern-topped street lights and cobblestone roads, but not while the architecture and charm conspired against her. She’d missed a full thirty minutes of her newest client’s city tour, the last one before their meeting tomorrow. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> If she was going to turn The Heart of the Highlands around, revamp their tours, and pull them from the brink of financial ruin, she needed to know what she was walking into. The thrumming in her chest slipped into the realm of heart palpitations, one tier below racing for a connecting flight. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Which she’d already done today. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Striding along another street lined with red and teal storefronts, she tugged at her collar, letting the chilled air slice through the humidity inside her plasticky yellow raincoat. Nothing in sight resembled a staircase at the bottom of Calton Hill—the starting point mentioned on the website.</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Gigi, the irritatingly sunny voice of Google Maps, shouted, “Turn left.” She was hopelessly laggy, sending Addie in one direction, then two minutes later changing her mind. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Addie followed another skinny tunnel between buildings constructed long before the invention of motor vehicles. It deposited her into an unmarked courtyard, paths fanning out in all directions. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “Rerouting.” </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Grinding her teeth, Addie restarted Gigi, tripped over a cobblestone, and cursed.</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Side-eyeing the red battery icon on her phone, she checked the time again. Dammit. At this rate, she’d miss the entire itinerary. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Cars rumbled by on the wrong side of the road as she wound through the bustling downtown and crossed the construction zone that was the North Bridge. A light drizzle began to fall, dripping from her hood and curling the end of her blond braid. Great. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> A low brick wall to her left did nothing to contain the oldgrowth trees threatening to hop the street. She walked right past a staircase tucked between the disheveled, leafless forest before backing up. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Begging to be missed, a miniature blue sign attached to a lamppost pointed up the stairs to Calton Hill. Addie shook her head. How were tourists expected to find this? </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Her annoyance drowned out any relief at finding the tour. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> As she headed toward the steps, her phone rang. Boss Babe lit up the screen. Devika filled all the roles in Addie’s life: best friend, coworker, mother hen. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> They were kindred spirits—always stayed late, snuck champagne and slippers into the office to work through the holidays, and sent each other postcards from airports around the world. Every time one of them got to a new destination, they checked in. Like the lone-women-travelers’ buddy system. In the haze of lost luggage and misdirection, Addie had forgotten. She answered, “Sorry. I’m here safely, although sans suitcase.” Her green hardside—scuffed, covered in stickers, and affectionately referred to as Frank—had taken an impromptu side trip without her permission. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “That blows. Do they know when it’ll be back?” </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Addie started up the stairs, dragging her fingers over the sculpted lion’s head at the base of the shiny black handrail. A tower in the shape of an old-fashioned spyglass rose out of the knotted trees above her. “Hopefully tonight, or I’ll be wearing my airport-acquired rain gear to my meeting.” </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Devika laughed. “What’s on the books for today?”</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> The answer to their running joke was, of course, always, work. Six months ago, her mentor, Marc, started a new agency—Dawsey Travel Consulting—and took Devika and Addie with him. It could hardly be called poaching when she would follow them to the ends of the earth. Addie wanted to be them when she grew up. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Devika was a powerhouse karaoke song. She brought people to their feet with her magnetic presence and got shit done like a boss. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Marc was quieter, more serious, but in an industry full of power-hungry men, he always listened, remembered vegetarian and gluten-free options, and cut off interrupters with a stern </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “Addie wasn’t done talking.” He was the one person who’d taken a chance on her when she’d been at her lowest, who’d taught her how to keep moving when she wanted to give up. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> They were in a million different time zones right now, hustling to build a name for themselves in the competitive world of travel consulting. With ironclad non-competes from their old firm, their client roster currently consisted of Marc’s friends and whatever referrals their favorite clients could muster. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Every project had to go perfectly to make their new business turn a profit. The future of their venture depended on it. And as the junior partner—the first one to be cut if things went sideways—Addie’s job did, too. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> She scanned the spider web of paths at the top of the hill. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> A random cannon sat in the median. This had to be the right spot. “Research,” Addie said. “I’m already docking them three points for starting the tour in an obscure location.” </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> <i>There</i>. A group of ten or so people carrying colorful umbrellas huddled around a man in a kilt. <i>Bingo</i>. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“Are you <i>spying</i>?” </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Her stomach clenched at the censure in Devika’s voice. “I’ve got this.” Maybe it was the jet lag making her a bit desperate, or the fear of what would happen if she failed, but she’d take whatever edge she could get. “Besides, gathering intel isn’t illegal,” Addie defended, even though Devika was right to worry. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Rebuilding trust with the client took time she didn’t have, but this was a calculated risk. As a rule, executives didn’t take kindly to corporate espionage in any form. However, executives were also rarely objective about their own tours. They chalked lagging sales up to uninspired marketing or internet <i>algorithms</i>, never to generic itineraries, up-charging for headphones on an audio tour, or rambling guides.</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Metrics on destination costs and ticket prices were important, but the way people responded to their guides told an indisputable story. One day trip could show her more about a company’s weak spots than five board meetings combined.</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “You better hope you blend in.” </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Addie bit her lip as she looked down at her attire. Between the yellow raincoat and poppy-splashed wellies, she looked about as unobtrusive as a knockoff Paddington Bear waving a sign that read I’m crashing your tour. But it was fine, she could totally pass as a tourist. “You’re not helping at all. I have to go be sneaky.” </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Devika laughed and made the word bye last for three syllables. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Addie moved to the back of the group where two people speaking Japanese, having clearly forgotten their raincoats, wore see-through Heart of the Highlands–branded ponchos. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> <i>Practical and effective swag, 1 point</i>. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Gigi shouted, “Keep right at the fork!”</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> All eyes swung to Addie and heat flooded her cheeks as she struggled to turn off the speaker. “Is this the Hidden Gems tour?” she asked the approaching guide. “I got lost…” Addie looked up into crinkling gray eyes. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> <i>Whoa</i>. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Curls fell over his forehead, a wavy sea of honey and bronze. On anyone else, she’d have said he was in dire need of a haircut, but it worked for him—matched the close-trimmed beard and the power of his shoulders. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> He would be intimidatingly rugged if he wasn’t draped in clear plastic.</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “Aye. Welcome. Are you Heather Munro?” </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Her gaze slipped down to his navy blue and forest green kilt… <i>Damn</i>. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> She’d never considered herself one to swoon over a kilt, but his work boots and rounded calves were doing something to her stomach she couldn’t feasibly attribute to her bumpy flight. The navy cable-knit sweater, too—much better than the frilly pirate shirt that usually accompanied this getup. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Although, it did little to set their guides apart. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> <i> Gimmicky uniform, minus 2 points…on anyone else</i>. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> The last words he said filtered back to her, and heat crept up her neck.<i> Shit</i>. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “Oh, yes. Hi. That’s me.” Addie was more accustomed to sleeping on planes than in her own bed, but she was clearly more jet-lagged than she’d realized if she couldn’t remember her own fake name. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> The guide’s lips curved into an amused smile. “I’m Logan.” </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> She could tell a lot from a handshake. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Crushing: domineering and a pain in the ass to work with.</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Limp: kind but required vast emotional resources to make decisions. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Wet-fish: well…that was never a good sign. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> But Logan’s firm handshake was warm. It said: I know what I want. I’m not afraid to ask for help or entertain new ideas. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Not that it mattered. She’d be working with the owner and his son, not the guides.</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> His grin sent tingles whispering over her skin as he dropped her hand and turned back to the group. “This way to the National Monument of Scotland, built to commemorate those who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.” Logan gestured to the Parthenon-style structure missing two and a half sides of pillars. “Or, as it’s affectionately called, Scotland’s Shame. As you can see, funding ran out rather quickly.” A few snickers and an abundance of smiles followed his remarks.</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “Edinburgh is nicknamed the Athens of the North, and these buildings celebrate our architectural feats and enlightenment. But long before the monuments were constructed, Calton Hill was a site for many pagan rituals. My favorite is Beltane, the Celtic festival hailing the reappearance of summer and the fertility of the land. Fire represents the return of the light, and revelers celebrate in its glow.”</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Logan could have described the architecture, the historical figures, or the politics at the time of construction. Addie had been on that kind of tour in the real Athens and knew firsthand how hard it was to keep guests’ interest with dry facts. Instead, Logan’s tales of rejoicing and fire, spirits and drums, enthralled the tourists. The group huddled around him, his voice low and soothing like it’d wrapped around everyone and pulled them in. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> If all the guides were this good, Addie wouldn’t need to bring in a story-crafting coach; Logan would make a dishwasher manual sound interesting. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Engaging the guests, 3 points. </span></i></p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1718; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">************</span></b></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Excerpted from Kilt Trip by Alexandra Kiley. Copyright © 2024 by Alexandra Kiley.</span></p><p class="p4" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Published by Canary Street Press. </span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">************</span></b></p></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXp_czpjErYxMBz0_fBM_rc5OBF1lbSwrkIVt1AU7GmDViyE12EtLPScbiZH7turODeLeQkkqaHWW7IaLicG1EiLJ5LAFyejyyPxtAmbzILyImKig8OKi4bwU-bfH74uM4-KYHkCubnbP2CEiUr_3N-n35FqHgoGUqx7ARnFYbwnSoEE2l-PdPNu7mdTI/s960/Alexandra%20Kiley_Author%20Photo%20C@Robert%20Decker%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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