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Review: The Bird Tribunal by Agnes Ravatn

May 30, 2018 by Ann Marie 8 Comments

Review: The Bird Tribunal by Agnes Ravatn

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

Blog Tour and Review: That Summer in Puglia by Valeria Vescina

May 19, 2018 by Ann Marie 5 Comments

Blog Tour and Review: That Summer in Puglia by Valeria Vescina

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for That Summer in Puglia by Valeria Vescina. In addition to jet lag, I'm now officially suffering from the dreaded Book Hangover Syndrome. This is my first blog tour as part of the #BTEAM with Bookcollective and I'm thrilled to be sharing my thoughts on this book today. When Tommaso is found by a private investigator thirty years after leaving Pulia, he ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: blog tour, Bookollective, Family Dynamics, Fiction, Great for Book Club, Italy

Blog Tour: My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie

April 20, 2018 by Ann Marie 12 Comments

Blog Tour: My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie

"In the secret seethings of my discontented heart, I've searched for a life that is my own. A life not consumed by the questions he left in his wake—riddles I will never solve about our marriage, our family, and the suffering to which he exposed us. I've searched for a meaning to my existence not swallowed up by Hamilton's shadow. By his genius. By his greatness. By his folly."  Welcome to my ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: bibliophile, book blogger, bookworm, Eliza Hamilton, Fiction, Hamilton, Historical Fiction

Blog Tour and Giveaway: The House on Harbor Hill

April 4, 2018 by Ann Marie 4 Comments

Blog Tour and Giveaway: The House on Harbor Hill

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

Throwback Thursday: The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

March 29, 2018 by Ann Marie 13 Comments

Throwback Thursday: The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

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: The Paris Wife by Paula ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction Tagged With: Fiction, Hadley Hemingway Book, Hemingway Book, Historical Fiction, Paula McLain, Set in Paris, Throwback Thursday

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

March 20, 2018 by Ann Marie 24 Comments

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

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

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

Review: The Last Equation of Isaac Severy by Nova Jacobs

March 13, 2018 by Ann Marie 6 Comments

Review: The Last Equation of Isaac Severy by Nova Jacobs

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

Throwback Thursday: When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore

March 1, 2018 by Ann Marie 2 Comments

Throwback Thursday: When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore

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: When the Moon Was Ours by ...

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Filed Under: Fantasy/Magical Realism, Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Fiction, Magical Realism

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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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: book blogger, Book Review, Fiction, Lexie Elliott, mystery, suspense

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