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Book Club of the Month Contest for September 2014

September 1, 2014 By trish Leave a Comment

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The story of Maddy, a woman on the edge… and how she got there.

Accidents of Marriage

Accidents of Marriage

Accidents of Marriage by Randy Susan Meyers

Accidents of Marriage examines the effect of a husband—and father’s—verbal rage and the aftermath of a serious accident caused by his unchecked anger.

For Madeline Illica, her husband Ben is her greatest blessing and biggest curse. Brilliant and caring, he turns into a raging bull when crossed—and despite her training as a social worker Maddy was never sure what would cross him. She kept a fragile peace by vacillating between tiptoeing around him and asserting herself for the sake of their three children until a rainy drive to work when Ben’s temper gets the best of him and the consequences leave Maddy in the hospital, fighting for her life.

The novel explores emotional abuse, traumatic injury, and children lost in the shuffle of recovery. Accidents of Marriage is an account of life inside a troubled marriage and how the unexpected gift of clarity can make the difference between living in hell and salvation.

Praise for Accidents of Marriage

“Meyers puts a Boston family overwhelmed by a tragic accident under the literary microscope. Meyers, who has a background working with victims of domestic violence, examines the effects anger and violence can have on family members, as well as the courage that can be born from a new perspective and the lack of happily-ever-after in these real-life situations. The characters labor under intense pressure, and some crack while others rise to the challenge, giving Meyers’ tale both realism and a bittersweet quality that, in the hands of a lesser writer, could have ended up simply maudlin and contrived. Beautifully written, poignant and thought-provoking, this novel refuses to succumb to stereotypical reader expectations, making it even more memorable.” —Kirkus Starred Review

Many books are an absolute pleasure to read, but slip straight from your mind. Accidents of Marriage is one of those rare novels that is both unputdownable and unforgettable. I just loved it, and I’ll now read everything Randy Susan Meyers writes. —Liane Moriarty, NYT bestselling author of The Husband’s Secret

“Randy Susan Meyers is a genius of the human heart, and Accidents of Marriage is a profound education on the complexities of love, imperfection, damage, and responsibility. You’ll feel as though a magically insightful friend is sharing the behind-the-scenes secrets of a family you may well know. She tells it like it is. No sugar-coating here, only truth in all its compelling beauty and might. ”­ —Robin Black, author of Life Drawing

“I read Accidents of Marriage in one day. Like Meyers’ first two novels, this one—about a family paying a high price for rage and trying to reknit itself in the aftermath of the unthinkable—is compulsive reading. It’s amazing how warm Meyers’ writing is even as her stories grip you by the hand and don’t let go.”  —Jenna Blum, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us

“With the heart of a novelist and the tenacity of an investigative journalist, Meyers flawlessly depicts the evolution and consequences of emotional abuse. A master of perspective with an uncanny understanding of human nature, she has managed to make us empathize with every member of this damaged family. This is an important story, one I’ll be thinking about for a long time.” —Brunonia Barry, New York Times and international bestselling author of The Lace Reader 

“Every marriage has its secret deals and compromises. In Accidents of Marriage, Randy Susan Meyers explores the vast complexity of this bond and lays out how passion, allegiance and love can go terribly wrong. She gives us characters we root for, even when they’re at odds, and she asks the questions: What is forgivable? When does a marriage become too broken to fix? With wisdom, humor and great compassion, Meyers answers in a story you won’t soon forget.” —Ann Bauer, author of The Forever Marriage

“A bold and poignant look into the complicated, slippery world of what constitutes emotional abuse, Accidents of Marriage explores what happens when tragic circumstance forces one family to reexamine the dysfunctional dynamics that have long-defined them. Meyers deftly pulled me in to this story from the first page, tying me to its tender and fearless heartbeat, and didn’t let me go until the extremely satisfying end.” —Amy Hatvany, author of Safe With Me

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With Sea Creatures, book clubs can explore the high stakes of marriage and parenthood and the intricacies of the human heart.

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Sea Creatures by Susanna Daniel

When Georgia Quillian returns to her hometown of Miami, her family in tow, she’s hoping for a fresh start. They’ve left Illinois trailing scandal in their wake, fallout from her husband’s severe sleep disorder. For months, their three-year-old son, Frankie, has refused to speak a word.

On a whim, Georgia takes a job as an errand runner for a reclusive artist, and suddenly the future offers new possibilities: time spent with her intense but kind employer might, it seems, help Frankie find the courage to speak—and help Georgia reconcile the woman she was with the woman she has become. But late that summer, as a hurricane bears down on South Florida, she must face the fact that her decisions may have put her only child in danger.

A gorgeous story that “satisfies on every level” (Amazon Best Book of the Month citation), Sea Creatures is a mesmerizing exploration of the high stakes of marriage and parenthood.

Praise for Sea Creatures

“A captivating, haunting novel about the complexities of the human heart and its attachments, terrain as slippery and beautiful and disaster prone as Daniel’s South Florida.” —Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone

“What I found most stirring in Sea Creatures is how deftly Daniels exposes one of the most agonizing realities of parenthood: that no matter how hard we try, or how endless our love for our children, we are hampered by our own limitations, sometimes even tragically.” —Helen Schulman, author of This Beautiful Life

“Daniel’s writing is rich in description—of both its lush Florida settings and her characters’ emotional landscapes—that draws the reader in.” —Isthmus Review

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Wally Lamb returns with We Are Water, a powerful novel perfect for your book club.

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We Are Water by Wally Lamb

With humor and compassion, New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb brilliantly captures human experience through vivid and unforgettable characters struggling to find hope and redemption in the aftermath of trauma and loss.

Annie Oh—wife, mother, and artist—has shaken her family to its core. After twenty-seven years of marriage and three children, Annie has fallen in love with Viveca, the wealthy, cultured, confident Manhattan art dealer who orchestrated her professional success. The two plan to wed in the Oh family’s hometown of Three Rivers, Connecticut, where gay marriage has recently been legalized. But this provokes mixed reactions and opens a Pandora’s box of toxic secrets—dark and painful truths that have festered below the surface of the Ohs’ lives.

Told in the alternating voices of the Ohs—nonconformist Annie; her psychologist ex-husband, Orion; their do-gooder daughter, Ariane, and her rebellious twin, Andrew; and the free-spirited youngest, Marissa—We Are Water is vintage Wally Lamb: a compulsively readable and uplifting masterpiece that digs deep into the complexities of the human heart to explore the ways we search for love and meaning in our lives.

Praise for We Are Water

“Wally Lamb delivers a powerful and engaging novel filled with complexities and intricacies of human nature and family dysfunction. . . this is a book not to be missed.” —The Advocate

“We are water: ‘fluid, flexible when we have to be. But strong and destructive, too.’ That’s evident in this emotionally involving new novel from the author of She’s Come Undone….Clear and sweetly flowing; highly recommended.” —Library Journal, starred review

“Wally Lamb’s latest, We Are Water, works the same magic as his 1992 Oprah-anointed breakthrough, She’s Come Undone, capturing a snapshot of modern life (class struggle, racial violence) through the lens of a family faced with jarring news from its matriarchal figure.” —Out.com

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Book clubs will be mesmerized by

The Betrayed

The Betrayed

The Betrayed by Heather Graham

One night, New York FBI agent Aiden Mahoney receives a visitor in a dream—an old friend named Richard Highsmith. The very next day he’s sent to Sleepy Hollow because Richard’s gone missing there. 

Maureen—Mo—Deauville now lives in the historic town and works with her dog, Rollo, to search for missing people. She’s actually the one to find Richard…or more precisely his head, stuck on a statue of the legendary Headless Horseman. 

Mo and Aiden, a new member of the Krewe of Hunters, the FBI’s unit of paranormal investigators, explore both past and present events to figure out who betrayed Richard, who killed him and now wants to kill them, too. As they work together, they discover that they share an unusual trait—the ability to communicate with the dead. They also share an attraction that’s as intense as it is unexpected…if they live long enough to enjoy it!

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19th Century Venice and a seductive muse…

Book Clubs will be enchanted by

Inamorata

Inamorata

Inamorata by Megan Chance

American artist Joseph Hannigan and his alluring sister, Sophie, have arrived in enchanting nineteenth-century Venice with a single-minded goal. The twins, who have fled scandal in New York, are determined to break into Venice’s expatriate set and find a wealthy patron to support Joseph’s work.

But the enigmatic Hannigans are not the only ones with a secret agenda. Joseph’s talent soon attracts the attention of the magnificent Odilé Leon, a celebrated courtesan and muse who has inspired many artists to greatness. But her inspiration comes with a devastatingly steep price.

As Joseph falls under the courtesan’s spell, Sophie joins forces with Nicholas Dane, the one man who knows Odilé’s dark secret, and her sworn enemy. When the seductive muse offers Joseph the path to eternal fame, the twins must decide who to believe—and just how much they are willing to sacrifice for fame.

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Fascinating non-fiction!

The Lost Tribe of Coney Island

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The Lost Tribe of Coney Island by Claire Prentice

Readers of Erik Larson will love this tale of sex, greed, and the American dream: A huckster imports a tribe of Filipinos to Coney Island’s Luna Park, and two cultures collide.

The Lost Tribe of Coney Island unearths the forgotten story of the Igorrotes, a group of “headhunting, dog-eating savages” from the Philippines, who were transported to New York in 1905 to appear as “human exhibits” alongside the freaks and curiosities at Coney Island’s Luna Park. Millions of fair-goers delighted in their tribal dances and rituals, near-nudity, tattoos, and stories of headhunting.

Journalist Claire Prentice, who has spent years researching the topic, brings the story to life with her fluid prose and vivid descriptions. The book boasts a colorful cast of characters, including the disgraced lieutenant turned huckster Truman K. Hunt; his Filipino interpreter, Julio Balinag; the theme park impresarios behind Luna Park, Fred Thompson and Elmer “Skip” Dundy; and Dogmena, a beautiful girl who became a favorite with New York’s social elite. The Lost Tribe of Coney Island  is a fascinating social history and a tale of adventure, culture-clash, and the American dream.

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Please fill out our super short registration form (<—click here) by September 30th for a chance to win a set of up to ten copies of one of these great books for your book club! We will randomly choose winners at the end of the month. This contest is open to clubs in the US only (our apologies to friends in other countries). 

Best of luck!

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When I first saw the cover for The End of the Ocean, I knew that I wanted a copy.  When I read the synopsis, I knew I would need to read it as well. ⁣
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In this family saga that just released on February 9th, we find a father & daughter on a journey that begins where the water ends.⁣
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Written by the author of the number-one international bestseller, The History Of Bees, this is a story of nature and the human spirit or exploration, resiliency and risk.⁣
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With a dystopian bent, we embark on a journey with David and his daughter Loud, who are in the midst of a horrific drought and fighting to survive.  As they flee their home to find safety, they find Signe's abadoned sailboat and begin to weave together her story with theirs showing us the tenacity of the human spirit.⁣
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What a great book to kick off Women’s History Mo What a great book to kick off Women’s History Month 👙 Repost from @itsbibliotherapy
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♥️ Happy Women’s History Month! ♥️

What book mail have you received recently? 📬 I was thrilled when a #gifted copy of A Boob’s Life by Leslie Lehr arrived on my doorstep!  This gem is out tomorrow, March 2nd, just in time to kick off a month all about women! 🎉 See the synopsis below, and prepare to be intrigued.👇🏼

“At turns funny and heartbreaking, A Boob’s Life explores both the joys and hazards inherent to living in a woman’s body. Lehr deftly blends her personal narrative with national history, starting in the 1960s with the women’s liberation movement and moving to the current feminist dialogue and what it means to be a woman. Her insightful and clever writing analyzes how America’s obsession with the female form has affected her own life’s journey and the psyche of all women today.” 💁🏻‍♀️

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Regency romance, anyone? 💜 Repost from @aparano Regency romance, anyone? 💜 Repost from @aparanormalromance
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"In this game of seduction, the rules don't apply..."
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QOTD: what's your ideal date?
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Good morning, today I teamed up with
@amaliehoward  @entangled_publishing and @tlcbooktours to show off this Regency! The Rakehell of Roth is out NOW!!
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📖 Blurb: As owner of the most scandalous club in London, the last thing the notorious Marquess of Roth wants is a wife. Keeping up his false reputation as a rake brings in the clients with the deepest pockets?money he needs to fund a noble cause. Even though everything inside tells him not to leave his beautiful, innocent wife behind at his country estate…he must. 

But three years later, tired of her scoundrel of a husband headlining the gossip rags, Lady Isobel Vance decides enough is enough. She is no longer a fragile kitten, but as the anonymous author of a women’s sexual advice column, she’s now a roaring tigress…and she can use her claws. 

Isobel decides to go to him in London, channeling her powers of seduction to make him beg to take her back. But she didn’t expect her marauding marquess to be equally hard to resist. Now the game is on to see who will give in to the other first, with both sides determined like hell to win.
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I love stories about the French Resistance during WWII and am so happy to be part of the tour for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 by @kristycambron. Thanks to @tlcbooktour and @tnzfiction for including me and for a gifted copy of the book!

𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿‘𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Based on true accounts of how Parisiennes resisted the Nazi occupation in World War II—from fashion houses to the city streets—comes a story of two courageous women who risked everything to fight an evil they couldn’t abide.

𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴, 1939. Maison Chanel has closed, thrusting haute couture dressmaker Lila de Laurent out of the world of high fashion as Nazi soldiers invade the streets and the City of Lights slips into darkness. Lila’s life is now a series of rations, brutal restrictions, and carefully controlled propaganda while Paris is cut off from the rest of the world. Yet in hidden corners of the city, the faithful pledge to resist. Lila is drawn to La Resistance and is soon using her skills as a dressmaker to infiltrate the Nazi elite. She takes their measurements and designs masterpieces, all while collecting secrets in the glamorous Hôtel Ritz—the heart of the Nazis’ Parisian headquarters. But when dashing René Touliard suddenly reenters her world, Lila finds her heart tangled between determination to help save his Jewish family and bolstering the fight for liberation.

𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴, 1943. Sandrine Paquet’s job is to catalog the priceless works of art bound for the Führer’s Berlin, masterpieces stolen from prominent Jewish families. But behind closed doors, she secretly forages for information from the underground resistance. Beneath her compliant façade lies a woman bent on uncovering the fate of her missing husband . . . but at what cost? As Hitler’s regime crumbles, Sandrine is drawn in deeper when she uncrates an exquisite blush Chanel gown concealing a cryptic message that may reveal the fate of a dressmaker who vanished from within the fashion elite.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 went on sale Tuesday, February 16. 

𝙷𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐?
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qotd: what is something you are thankful for today? 

aotd: I am thankful for the sunshine. Last week was one tough week with all the winter storms here in Texas so the sunshine is bringing a smile to my face. 

Thank you to @tlcbooktours for the gifted copy! 🙏 

Falling Home is a relatable read. Author Hallie Lord shares stories of her struggles and describes how she found the way to overcome them. She spreads love and hope and that is something I think we can all use during these times. She is able to highlight her struggles and what she has learned to speak and share her wisdom. 

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Hallie Lord understands the upheaval life can bring. From her parents’ divorce when she was a preteen to moving eleven times in fifteen years with her family, the radical changes she faced relentlessly pushed her toward fear and helplessness. Yet by digging into her faith and through much self-reflection, she realized that even though those challenges had left her a bit battered and bruised, they had also equipped her for any difficulty that may arise. 

In Falling Home, she describes the four interconnected foundations that now give her strength and security during life’s upheavals: 

• committed, supportive friendships, 

• healthy family relationships, 

• an intimate love affair with God, and 

• a compassionate sense of self. 

Inviting readers into her hard-fought journey, Lord shows them how they, too, can embrace whatever life brings their way. With lyrical prose and a tender, inviting voice, she shares how hurts and sacrifices are also the groundwork for creating a beautiful life that can catch them whenever they fall. 

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How do you keep warm during a record-breaking winter storm and power outage in Texas? You read an adventurous tale about the Old West.

Thanks to @tlcbooktours and @blackstonepublishing for the gifted copy of this stunning debut of a novel.

Synopsis: All the Cowboys Ain't Gone is the rollicking adventure story of Lincoln Smith, a young Texan living at the beginning of the twentieth century, who thinks of himself as the last true cowboy. He longs for the days of the Old West, when men like his father, a famous Texas Ranger, lived by the chivalric code.

Lincoln finds himself hopelessly out of time and place in the fast-changing United States of the new century. When he gets his heart broken by a sweetheart who doesn't appreciate his anachronistic tendencies, he does what any sensible young romantic would do: he joins the French Foreign Legion.

On his way to an ancient and exotic country at the edge of the Sahara, Lincoln encounters a number of curious characters and strange adventures, from a desert hermit who can slow up time to a battle with a crocodile cult that worships the god of death. He meets them all with his own charming brand of courage and resourcefulness.

My thoughts: If you love fast-paced historical fiction with vibrant, likable characters then this book is for you! I read this book in a day and couldn’t stop thinking about it when I put it down. It’s a great escape and a brilliant debut. I can’t wait to read more by this author.

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Anyone want to leave their life for a few days and Anyone want to leave their life for a few days and go on a road trip and visit a national park? Or is that just me? ⁣
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Happy Wednesday friends! Today I have some different books I want to recommend to y’all. But I’m thinking these are ones you’re gonna want to keep in your car for the spontaneous road trip adventure!⁣
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Guide to the National Parks of the United States and Secrets of the National Parks will be your best friends if one of your goals is to get out more and experience the natural beauty of the U.S.⁣
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💗My best friend and I (shoutout to @maddbrans ily) have been toying with the idea of a road trip for ages and now I happen to have the perfect tools 😏 Through everything that’s happened in the past two years, I’ve realized that I have a tendency to let time pass me by with the excuse of waiting for “the perfect moment”. Surprise, TPM doesn’t exist! We have to make room to do what we want to do.⁣
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These two books are filled with beautiful images of the national parks along with with ALL of the information you’d need to plan a trip. They have phone numbers, directions, best times to visit, maps!! They also tell you HOW to visit: what fees you’d need to pay to enter, rental equipment information, visitor centers and very clear directions. Basically all of the info you’d get by Googling but boiled down to what you’d actually want to have with you.⁣
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✨Have you visited any of the U.S. National Parks?
I read this last year and can confirm it is EXCELL I read this last year and can confirm it is EXCELLENT!⁣
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What book did you want to read last year that you never got around to?⁣
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If we're anything at all alike, you probably have a long list of titles fitting this criteria. One of the standouts for me on the list of "I wish I would have gotten to that book" is NO BAD DEED by Heather Chavez. This one was a bookstagram favorite in 2020! ⁣
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Not only am I thrilled to have a copy finally in my hands, but it just got voted as the April pick for @criminallygoodbookclub, so I'll definitely be reading it soon!⁣
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This amazing sounding read is finally out in paperback today, so go snag a copy and join me reading it in April!⁣
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A huge thank you to @tlcbooktours, @williammorrowbooks & @iamhrchavez for my gifted copy!⁣
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Driving home one rainy night, Cassie Larkin sees a man and woman fighting on the side of the road. After calling 911, the veterinarian makes a split-second decision that will throw her sedate suburban life into chaos. Against all reason and advice, she gets out of her minivan and chases after the violent man, trying to help his victim. When Cassie physically tries to stop him, he suddenly turns on her and spits out an ominous threat: “Let her die, and I’ll let you live. And this will change her life.”
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Thank you @tlcbooktours for these gifted books! It’s a snow day in Ohio and much of the U.S. Hope these sunny covers help warm you up today!⁣
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Have you been to many of our national parks? I think I’ve only been to about five, but I’ve loved them all. My favorite was probably the Grand Canyon on vacation when our boys were younger. But there are so many more I want to visit!⁣
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In true @natgeo style, these books are filled with gorgeous photos and great information and resources. I especially enjoyed reading about the hidden gems at the various parks and found useful information for lodging, visitor centers and much more.⁣
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Pre-pandemic we were planning to visit our son in Alaska and go to Denali. We still hope to get there this year or next and might be able to check out the Kenai Fjords near Seward, Alaska as well. The other parks high on my list are those in Utah – Arches, Bryce Canyon, Zion and more. These guides will certainly be useful in planning our travels!⁣
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Take care my friends. Be safe and stay warm! 💕
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I’m so excited to read Dance Your Dance by Laurieann Gibson as she shares principles and insights into what motivates her and helped shape her career.

I think all too often we compare ourselves to one another in terms of careers, finances, relationships, and especially on social media when we truly need to focus on ourselves. Your dream, your dance, is unique to you and you should never allow others to deter you. It’s so important to surround yourself with positivity and love because those individuals will always genuinely support you. If you have ever doubted yourself this is your chance to follow your passion. Today is your day and I’m rooting for you! 💕

QTOD: What is the last memoir or self improvement book you read? What motivates you to achieve your goals? 

Thank you @wpublishing @laurieanngibson for the #gifted copy! 

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Are you in a book club? Every month we give away a Are you in a book club? Every month we give away a set of books to a book club, and this month you could win THE FOREVER GIRL by @jillshalvis! Check out the link in our linktree for the details. ❤⁣
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I can confirm that EIGHT PERFECT MURDERS is fantas I can confirm that EIGHT PERFECT MURDERS is fantastic!!⁣
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What’s your favorite thriller you recommend to everyone? Mine is by author @petermswanson (see below), so I’m so excited to finally read his latest #EightPerfectMurders . 😻 Thank you @tlcbooktours, @williammorrowbooks, and @petermswanson #giftedbook ⁣⁣
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Fridays = #WineAndCurrentlyReading with @andreanourse ! Also, if you follow along in my stories you know my bookshelves are still at our house we are selling, so I’m just drowning with my hardbacks in stacks pictured here in the background in the meantime. 😆⁣⁣
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My all-time favorite thriller is The Kind Worth Killing and I even own three different covers of it. If you love mystery & suspense, it’s a MUST READ. Have you read it?! Are you a Peter Swanson fan as well?! 😍 ⁣⁣
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You’ve probably seen Eight Perfect Murders as it was a huge hit when it released last year. It just released in paperback and I’ve been told I’ll absolutely love it because I’m an avid Agatha Christie reader. I mean, who doesn’t love a mystery about books?! Full synopsis in the comments. ⁣⁣
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QOTD: Have you read this one? ALSO! Are you excited for his upcoming thriller #EveryVowYouBreak releasing next month?! 🤩 ⁣⁣
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Here’s an awesome suggestion for Thriller Thursd Here’s an awesome suggestion for Thriller Thursday! 🖤 Repost from @wherethereadergrows
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🏴‍☠️ Action thriller with a kick ass female lead and pirates?! Hi. Hi there. Yes. 😏
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“A fast-paced, page-turning thriller that contemplates the consequences of motherhood, memory, and crime as a commodity.

Black ops specialist Aubrey Sentro may be one concussion away from death. But when pirates seize the cargo ship she’s on, she must decide whether to risk her life to save her fellow passengers.

Sentro’s training takes over, and she’s able to elude her captors, leaving bodies in her wake. But her problems are just getting started. Her memory lapses are getting more frequent, symptoms of serial-concussion syndrome.

As she plays a deadly game of cat and mouse with the pirates, she pushes herself to survive by focusing on thoughts of her children. She’s never told them what she really does for a living, and now she might not get the chance.

While her memories make her vulnerable, motherhood makes her dangerous.”
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Do you have a hard time getting BACK TO BUSINESS a Do you have a hard time getting BACK TO BUSINESS after a three day weekend? Or after a longer break, like a career pause? 💕 Repost from @dropandgivemenerdy
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Today I’m teaming up with @hcleadership @theswingshiftco and @tlcbooktours to feature #BackToBusiness
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The 45 percent of American women who take career breaks know better than anyone that searching for a job—with its new modes of communication, new rules of discoverability, and new expectations—has changed rapidly in the last decade. This book lays out a clear path for anyone ready to re-enter the workforce.

On the job hunt? Don’t just polish your resume—you better make sure your LinkedIn profile is updated. And, if you aren’t getting responses from recruiters, chances are it’s, because the robots  aren’t selecting your profile because it’s missing pertinent keywords. And, by the way, dress codes have changed and you’ll need to know new technologies such as Slack and Google+ Hangouts.

Got it?

For many women re-entering the workforce after a career break, the job search world is a disorienting, confusing, and overwhelming place. Getting started is much easier when you know what the first step should be.

In Back to Business, career coaching and re-entry experts Nancy McSharry Jensen and Sarah Duenwald have put together a guide for women returning to the workplace.

Easy to understand and easy to put into practice, Back to Business teaches you how to:

Identify and talk about what you want, taking into account what you’ve been up to while on break.
Understand your personal brand, both in-person and online, and how your skills translate to the career you are looking for.
Become professionally relevant and gain confidence in your ability to return to the paid workforce.
Look for job opportunities while being productive and intentional with your time.
The authors understand through first-hand experience the anxiety of returning to work. They have helped hundreds of women facing the job search process to overcome the anxiety of what is often overwhelming life change.
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Looking for a good thriller? Here you go! 💜 Rep Looking for a good thriller? Here you go! 💜 Repost from @k2reader
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🖤 Blog Tour: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗢𝗪 𝗕𝗢𝗫 by @luannerice. 🖤 Thank you @amazonpublishing & @tlcbooktours for the gifted copy. ⁣
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After reading her last book, 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘺, I was curious to see if Luanne Rice was going to take a new direction with her books & I'm happy to say she has...not that I didn't enjoy her earlier books. But I also love that she has moved into the mystery/psychological thriller genre.⁣
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I loved how this latest book starts with a violent crime & then we are left to work out the pieces. The book moves back & forth in time & I loved trying to work out just what was going on. There are also a lot of characters but I never felt lost as everyone is so richly developed & stands on their own. There were so many potential suspects & I loved that there were multiple things going on to keep you engaged.⁣
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One of the things I've always loved about this author's books is that she sets her books in small towns & you can count on her characters keeping secrets. This is definitely the case here. Right from the start I was pulled into the story & that pull never let up. I loved all the different points of view & felt I was part of the investigation. There are quite a few twists & turns, & while you may think you know where things are headed, you definitely don't know everything. ⁣
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As the star of the twentieth season of The Bachelor, Ben Higgins looked like he had it all together. Instead, Ben felt dissatisfied, fearful, and deeply alone. Like so many of us, he thought of himself as the kid who never got picked for the game, the person always on the outside of the joke, the friend who knew a lot of people but was never truly known. He wondered if he mattered at all.

In Alone in Plain Sight, Ben vulnerably shares how he found authentic connection with himself, with others, and with God. As Ben helps us name our own yearning for meaning, he explores ways to understand ourselves more deeply so that we are free to connect with others; how shared pain can bridge even the widest gaps between two very different people; 
why we must deconstruct our culture’s fairy-tale view of love; and how the God who longs for relationship with us is the answer to our need for connection.

As Ben discovered, in a disconnected world, it is still possible to have lasting purpose and peace. You are already known. You are already loved. You are already seen. Discover how to live out how much you matter as you embrace the true meaning of your one incredible life (Goodreads synopsis).

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Are you a big fan of The Bachelor? While I haven't watched as religiously the last couple seasons, I always seem to get sucked into the show, and I can tell you that Ben Higgins' season was one of my very favorites! So it goes without saying that, when I learned he had written a book, I was absolutely onboard to sign up for his book tour via @tlcbooktours !

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Though I'm not very far into this book, I'm already loving it! It reads like a conversation over coffee with a good friend, and during a pandemic, that's definitely what I need. I also love learning more about Ben aside from what I learned from The Bachelor.

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My review of this one will be coming soon, so keep your eyes peeled!

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#feature // The Paris Dressmaker

💬 Are you interested in fashion?

Once, I loved watching fashion shows and flipping through glossy magazine pages. While leggings and hoodies are my go-to today, this book was a fond reminder of an old love, wrapped in an incredible story of strength and resistance.

Told across the span of the Nazi occupation, The Paris Dressmaker highlights the brave women who used everything in their power to resist darkness and restore light to their world.

Paris, 1939. Maison Chanel has closed, thrusting haute couture dressmaker Lila de Laurent out of the world of high fashion as Nazi soldiers invade the streets and the City of Lights slips into darkness. Lila’s life is now a series of rations, brutal restrictions, and carefully controlled propaganda while Paris is cut off from the rest of the world. Yet in hidden corners of the city, the faithful pledge to resist. Lila is drawn to La Resistance and is soon using her skills as a dressmaker to infiltrate the Nazi elite. She takes their measurements and designs masterpieces, all while collecting secrets in the glamorous Hôtel Ritz—the heart of the Nazis’ Parisian headquarters. But when dashing René Touliard suddenly reenters her world, Lila finds her heart tangled between determination to help save his Jewish family and bolstering the fight for liberation.

Paris, 1943. Sandrine Paquet’s job is to catalog the priceless works of art bound for the Führer’s Berlin, masterpieces stolen from prominent Jewish families. But behind closed doors, she secretly forages for information from the underground resistance. Beneath her compliant façade lies a woman bent on uncovering the fate of her missing husband . . . but at what cost? As Hitler’s regime crumbles, Sandrine is drawn in deeper when she uncrates an exquisite blush Chanel gown concealing a cryptic message that may reveal the fate of a dressmaker who vanished from within the fashion elite.

Thank you to @tnzfiction @kristycambron  and @tlcbooktours for the free book!

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Happy Valentine’s Day! A VINEYARD VALENTINE is a Happy Valentine’s Day! A VINEYARD VALENTINE is a flirty and fun novella and the perfect thing to listen to on this day of romance 💕🍷😘 Repost from @mrsboomreads
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#feature 💝 Happy Valentine’s Day!

💬 What is your ideal way to spend time with someone you love? Romantic, familial, and platonic...anything goes!

💝If you are looking to add a little humor and swoon to your day, this @audible Original novella, A Vineyard Valentine, is the perfect listen! I enjoyed every minute of this story. 

The annual Valentine’s Day singles soiree is always a big money-maker for Eloisa Giordano’s winery. What could be more romantic than looking for love at a quaint family vineyard on the most romantic night of year? Well, just about anything as far as Eloisa is concerned. She’s a Valentine’s Day Grinch who thinks it’s the lamest, most clichéd holiday ever invented.

Fortunately, she’ll get to hang out with like-minded folks this year by hosting an Anti-Valentine’s Day party on the same night. She’ll just need to alternate between events to keep them both running and she’ll be raking in the profits. But Eloisa is thrown for a loop when a sexy, self-described hopeless romantic shows up at the singles soiree and keeps her captivated. Will he change her mind about the holiday…and about love?

Thank you to @ninapolitan @ronconiamanda @audible and @tlcbooktours for the free audiobook! 

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Congratulations to our January winners! LaKibria and Club Read won Nowhere Near Goodbye by Barbara Conrey, Kim and the QHS Book Club won The Hollows by Jess Montgomery, Moira and the Little Navy Bookclub won Oliver: The True Story of a Stolen Dog and the Humans He Brought Together by Steven J. Carino, Marie and Nosh, Read, and Repeat won It’s Never Too Late: Make the Next Act of Your Life the Best Act of Your Life by Kathy Lee Gifford, Wendy and For the Love of Books won Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York by Elizabeth Passarella, Carol and Mary’s Club won A Child Lost: A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel by Michelle Cox, Kathleen and the 39th St. Book Club won Ink and Shadows: A Secret, Book, and Scone Society Novel by Ellery Adams, and Erica and the Clearing Our Shelves book club won The Forever Girl by Jill Shalvis!

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