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Blog Tour: A Girl Named Anna by Lizzy Barber

September 4, 2019 by Ann Marie Leave a Comment

Blog Tour: A Girl Named Anna by Lizzy Barber

Welcome to my stop on the bog tour for A Girl Named Anna. I knew upon reading the synopsis that this was going to be one I'd have to read. I have a bit of a thing for mysteries revolving around strange and powerful religious cults. Books involving child abductions almost always prove to be emotional and gripping reads. I went into it with fingers crossed that one with both would be a win-win. I ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Uncategorized Tagged With: blog tour, Book Review, Fiction, lizzy barber, mystery, suspense

Blog Tour Review: The Heart Keeper by Alex Dahl

July 16, 2019 by Ann Marie 2 Comments

Blog Tour Review: The Heart Keeper by Alex Dahl

I'll first start by saying that I loved Alex Dahl's debut, The Boy at the Door. Therefore, it was an absolute no-brainer when I was asked to join the blog tour for her sophomore novel, The Heart Keeper. It would have been an immediate yes regardless of what she'd written. When I found out that this book was centered around a greiving mother who had chosen to donate her daughter's organs after her ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Uncategorized Tagged With: blog tour, book blogger, Book Review, Domestic Suspense, Domestic Thriller, Fiction

Blog Tour and Giveaway: Vox by Christina Dalcher

August 21, 2018 by Ann Marie 10 Comments

Blog Tour and Giveaway: Vox by Christina Dalcher

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Vox, one of the most hyped and anticipated books of 2018. I was absolutely thrilled to be asked to join this blog tour and I'm equally excited to share my thoughts with you! "Monsters aren't born, ever. They're made, piece by piece and limb by limb, artificial creations of madmen who, like the misguided Frankenstein, always think they know better." If ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: blog tour, Book Review, Dystopian, giveaway

Review: Every Single Secret by Emily Carpenter

July 4, 2018 by Ann Marie 8 Comments

Review: Every Single Secret by Emily Carpenter

Straight out of the shoot, I knew I was going to like this one. I immediately questioned the reliability of the narrator and I was intrigued by the secrets Daphne and Heath were keeping from one another. What engaged couple agrees to never bring up their past? Not just their relationship past, but ever-y-thing. Living for the present is one thing, but if your finance is telling you they don't want ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Uncategorized Tagged With: book blogger, Book Review, Emily Carpenter, Fiction, Psychological Thriller

Mini Review: The Storm King by Brendan Duffy

March 18, 2018 by Ann Marie 4 Comments

Mini Review: The Storm King by Brendan Duffy

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

Throwback Thursday: Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

March 15, 2018 by Ann Marie 4 Comments

Throwback Thursday: Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

Throwback Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Renee at It’s Book Talk. Throwback Thursday is an awesome opportunity to share old favorites as well as older books in our TBR. I love this idea as I’m often distracted by all of the shiny, new books I see every day and don’t make it back to the ones that have been sitting on my shelves. My pick of the the week is: Snowflower and the Secret Fan by ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Throwback Thursday, Uncategorized Tagged With: book blogger, Book Review, Historical Fiction, Lisa See, Throwback Thursday

Blog Tour and Giveaway: The French Girl by Lexie Elliott

February 27, 2018 by Ann Marie 17 Comments

Blog Tour and Giveaway: The French Girl by Lexie Elliott

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for The French Girl by Lexie Elliott! I love an unreliable narrator and one that come with a whole host of suspect friends is even better! Add an old missing persons case and a newly found body and we have the makings of an engaging read, indeed! This book is somewhat unique in that there are several suspects and they all know one another. They're Oxford ...

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

January 29, 2018 by Ann Marie 26 Comments

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

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

Review of Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

September 14, 2017 by Ann Marie 6 Comments

Review of Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

"Knowing that tree of ghosts is there makes the skin on my back burn, like hundreds of ants are crawling up my spine, seeking tenderness between the bones to bite." It is not very often that I read a book that leaves me feeling completely gutted. Sing, Unburied, Sing drew me in very slowly, but ultimately, very completely. This is a book that will stay with me for a long, long time. At its ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: book blogger, Book Expo 2017, Book Review, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Great for Book Club, Jesmyn Ward, Literary Fiction

Blog Tour: The Sworn Virgin by Kristopher Dukes

September 1, 2017 by Ann Marie 5 Comments

Blog Tour: The Sworn Virgin by Kristopher Dukes

As a avid reader of historical fiction, I was first attracted to The Sworn Virgin because it introduced me to a subject I knew nothing about - the sworn virgins of Albania. While I've read many novels with strong female characters that dared to reject their traditional societal roles, I had never read one set in Albania so that was also a big draw. When I began the book and learned that ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Uncategorized, Women's Fiction Tagged With: book blogger, Book Review, bookworm, Family Dynamics, Historical Fiction, Kristopher Dukes, romance, Sworn Virgin, Women's Fiction

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