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Blog Tour and Giveaway: The House on Harbor Hill

April 4, 2018 by Ann Marie 4 Comments

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for The House on Harbor Hill! I was immediately drawn to both the cover and the blurb for this book. It's my pleasure to share my thoughts with you today. The Good: Setting - What's not to love about a sprawling, old home overlooking the ocean? Characters - All of the characters in this book are very complex. They all have bear the weight of a past they are ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Uncategorized, Women's Fiction Tagged With: blog tour, book blogger, Fiction

Blog Tour and Giveaway: Why Kill the Innocent by C.S. Harris

April 3, 2018 by Ann Marie 8 Comments

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Why Kill the Innocent by C.S. Harris! Though I hadn't read any of the earlier books in this series, I was so drawn in by the cover and the blurb that I couldn't resist. There were a few obvious references to events that happened earlier in the series but I had no trouble reading this one as a stand-alone. Though the book is set in 1800's London (a ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Uncategorized

First Chapter/First Paragraph: Why Kill the Innocent by C.S. Harris

March 20, 2018 by Ann Marie 24 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 chapter of Why Kill the Innocent by C.S. Harris. I'll be posting my review as part of the blog tour in April. CHAPTER 1 Clerkenwell, ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Uncategorized Tagged With: book blogger, Fiction, First Chapter/First Paragraph, mystery, Sebastian St. Cyr

Mini Review: The Storm King by Brendan Duffy

March 18, 2018 by Ann Marie 4 Comments

The Good: Cover - It's one of the most beautiful covers I've seen in a long time. Atmosphere - Greystone Lake is the perfect setting for this book. The atmosphere is picturesque and immediately ominous. Writing - I found Brendan Duffy's writing style to be straightforward and easy to read. It was smart without being pretentious and very descriptive without being flowery. Pacing - For ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Uncategorized Tagged With: book blogger, Book Review, bookworm, Fiction, mystery

Review: The Last Equation of Isaac Severy by Nova Jacobs

March 13, 2018 by Ann Marie 6 Comments

The Last Equation of Isaac Severy is a delightfully fresh literary mystery. It was just the thing to get me out of a the little slump I'd been in. I wasn't in the mood for something terribly heavy or terribly morbid. I'm always up for quirky characters. No matter that the quirkiest character was deceased prior to Chapter One. (Of an apparent suicide. In a hot tub. With a string of Christmas ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Uncategorized Tagged With: ARC, book blogger, bookworm, Debut Novel, Family Dynamics, Fiction, Literary Mystery, mystery, Nova Jacobs

First Chapter/First Paragraph: The Last Equation of Isaac Severy: A Novel in Clues

February 27, 2018 by Ann Marie 12 Comments

Isaac Severy

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'm going to share the first two paragraphs from The Last Equation of Isaac Severy. The mere fact that this book has been mentioned in the same sentence as The ...

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First Chapter/First Paragraph: Baby Teeth

February 20, 2018 by Ann Marie 8 Comments

Baby Teeth Book

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'm going to share the first couple of chapter of Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage. I received my copy in the mail last week and I can't wait to begin reading it. It ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Uncategorized Tagged With: Fiction, zoge stage

Review: The Naturalist by Andrew Mayne

February 12, 2018 by Ann Marie 8 Comments

The Naturalist

There are so many things I loved about The Naturalist! First, there's our main man, Professor Theo Cray. He's a computational biologist. So basically he's a little nerdy, very smart, and, because he's now been drawn in to a murder investigation, a bit of a rogue Magnum, P.I. I'm not one for bookish crushes but if I were, he'd be a candidate. Next, there's the plot. What starts out as one dead ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Suspense, Uncategorized Tagged With: Andrew Mayne, book blogger, Book Revire, Fiction, Forensics, mystery, suspense, thriller

Looking Ahead: My February TBR

February 3, 2018 by Ann Marie 40 Comments

Looking Ahead Meme

Happy February fellow bookworms! Looking Ahead is a monthly meme hosted by  Tina at Reading Between the Pages. At the start of each month, I’ll be posting my anticipated TBR. Be sure to check out Tina's page and those of the other participants in this meme. I read all but two of the books on my January TBR. I didn't get to The Naturalist or to listening to Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. ...

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Filed Under: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Other, Uncategorized Tagged With: book blogger, February TBR, Looking Ahead 2018

Review: The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

January 29, 2018 by Ann Marie 26 Comments

Wife Between Us

As my Aunt Betty would have said, "HOLY MARY, MOTHER O' GOD!" Just when I thought I understood what was going on, along came Part 2 and I'm begging for confirmation that my head is spinning in the right direction. The Wife Between Us was exactly what I needed to get me out of my two-book DNF reading slump. It started out a bit slowly which concerned me for the first few chapters but I now ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Uncategorized Tagged With: Best Thrillers of 2018, book blog, Book Review, Book Worm, Fiction, Greer Hendricks, Psychological Thriller, Sarah Pekkanen, suspense

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