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Audiobook Review: The Trauma Cleaner

June 27, 2018 by Ann Marie 8 Comments

I've been chewing on this review for days and I'm sure I won't do this one justice. How do you put into words a story that makes your heart heavy with sorrow and full of love, joy, and compassion at the same time? I'd have a hard time formulating an answer the question "what is it about?". I keep ending up with some sort of grammatically incorrect, run-on gibberish that goes something like this: ...

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Audiobook Review: West Cork (And Audible Giveaway!)

June 20, 2018 by Ann Marie 5 Comments

I seem to be on quite a roll when it comes to audiobooks lately. I'm beginning to know straightaway if it's going to work or not. One of the things I love about Audible is that if it isn't, I can exchange the book, free of charge, for another. Fortunately, I haven't had to do that in a while. West Cork is my third five-star audiobook in a row. I first heard about this book while standing in one ...

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Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: audiobook, Nonfiction, True Crime

Audiobook Review: The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

June 20, 2018 by Ann Marie Leave a Comment

I'm beginning to learn that audiobooks either work or do not for me. There is no middle ground. I'm happy to report that The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell definitely worked! There are many things I loved about this book but my overwhelming response upon finishing it was Wow, this book was so refreshing! I can't recall the last time I read a book centered around a likable protagonist with an ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: audible, audiobook review, Coming of Age, Fiction, Great for Book Club, Literary Fiction

Music Monday: Let Me Clear My Throat by DJ Cool

June 11, 2018 by Ann Marie 4 Comments

Music Monday is a meme created by Drew at The Tattooed Book Geek. Every Monday participants pick a song and/or video they’d like to share. I had something darker in mind for this week but I've decided to table it for now. Last week took it out of many of us and I was no exception. So today I'm sharing my very favorite club song of the 1990's. Every time it came on, and it always did, I'd drop ...

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Review and Giveaway: The Summer I Met Jack by Michelle Gable

June 9, 2018 by Ann Marie 6 Comments

Summer I Met Jack

When I first heard about this book, I was very excited because I had read Michelle Gable's I'll See you in Paris and already knew I liked her writing. Like many Americans, I've always been drawn to glamour and glitz as well as the drama and tragedy of the Kennedy family. I somehow had it in my head that this was going to be a very Kennedy-centric book detailing one of his many affairs. I was ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Uncategorized, Women's Fiction Tagged With: Alicia Darr, beach read, book blogger, Family Dynamics, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Kennedy Family

Mini Audiobook Review: Far From the Tree by Robin Benway

June 6, 2018 by Ann Marie 6 Comments

Far From the Tree took me far out of my comfort zone in the most excellent way! It's only the second audiobook I've listen to till the very end and it's YA. Here's what I loved: The Characters - Grace, Maya, and Joaquin were well-developed characters to love. They're all basically good kids carrying more baggage than most adults could bear. Some of their baggage is shared and some is very ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Uncategorized, YA Tagged With: audiobook, Family Dynamics, Fiction, YA

Book Review: The Sandman by Lars Kepler

June 6, 2018 by Ann Marie 2 Comments

Despite never having read Lars Kepler's previous novels, I had high hopes for The Sandman. In the end, it simply didn't live up to my expectations. That's not say it was all bad but the issues I had, which I hope I can articulate, were pretty weighty ones and really impacted my overall experience with the book. Perhaps one of the reasons that I was so disappointed is because this book had such ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Uncategorized Tagged With: book blogger, Fiction, Joona Linna, Lars Kepler, thriller

Music Monday: She Will be Loved by Maroon 5

June 3, 2018 by Ann Marie 8 Comments

Music Monday is a meme created by Drew at The Tattooed Book Geek. Every Monday participants pick a song and/or video they'd like to share. My taste is music is pretty eclectic and many of you will probably be surprised by some of my future choices. I've decided to keep it tame for my first Music Monday post. I've selected She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5. One of the lines in the song, "It's not ...

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Review: The Bird Tribunal by Agnes Ravatn

May 30, 2018 by Ann Marie 8 Comments

I'm off to Book Expo later this morning but wanted to sneak in one more post before I go. This one is long overdue owing, for the most part, to my lack of technical skills. There is really no excuse but, you see, this is the first time I have successfully installed a Mobi file onto my Kindle. I will not say how long it took.My previous attempts all ended in frustration and wine. This time, ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Uncategorized Tagged With: Fiction, mystery, suspense

First Chapter/First Paragraph: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

May 22, 2018 by Ann Marie 15 Comments

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros is a weekly meme hosted by Vicky at I’d Rather Be At The Beach. Each week, participants share a paragraph (or two) from a book they are currently reading or are planning to read soon. Today I'll be sharing the first two paragraphs of  Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. It's not due for release until August 14th, but I couldn't resist starting it ...

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