I’m excited to be participating in the 2026 collaboration of book bloggers’ recommendations for summer reading. It’s organized and hosted by Carol @ Reading Ladies Book Club and I’m grateful that she not only undertakes this each year but lets me join in. Check out this year’s post which offers a wide array of genres… Continue reading Summer’s One Must Read Book 2026 Collaboration @readingladiesbc.bsky.social #BookSky
the setup… Riley Fletcher is out on her morning run, just starting to enjoy the sensation of her body kicking in and the lovely atmosphere. Suddenly she’s struck in the head from behind and her next memory is waking and finding herself bound, gagged and bleeding in a cabin in the woods. Her abductor is… Continue reading Run for Your Life by Lucinda Berry @lucindaberryauthor #ElenaRey @amazonpublishing @brilliancepublishing #RunForYourLife
the setup… It’s been a year since Claire Karadec’s world fell apart. She’s forty-six years old and her marriage disintegrated in public as she learned of her husband’s affair at a charitable event and moments later caught him in the act! Humiliated, alone and rudderless, Claire finally decides to take a big step forward in… Continue reading Brighter Than Before by Courtney Walsh @courtneywalsh @pattimurin @thomasnelsonfiction #BrighterThanBefore
Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday that was hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. We are back in Baltimore at… Continue reading Can’t Wait Wednesday – Longtime Listener by B. K. Borison @authorbkborison @berkleypub @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #Heartstrings #LongTimeListener #CantWaitWednesday
the setup… It’s the summer of 1974 and Chip Bishop just graduated from high school but was also handed devastating health news. Facing a terminal illness, he leaves his family for a time and heads to The Red Maple Inn in the Poconos. Fast forward to the summer of 1975, Chip’s grieving younger sister Maggie… Continue reading The Top of the World by Ethan Joella @joellawriting @ryando_vo #miahutchinsonshaw @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #TheTopOfTheWorld
the setup… Luc O’Donnell’s life is a bit of a mess. He’s a fundraiser for an obscure conservative London charity and now it’s in jeopardy because of the latest sketchy photo of him that showed up in the tabloids. Luc is the 28-year old son of rock stars but it’s his famous father Jon Fleming’s… Continue reading Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall @quicunquevolt @quicunquevolt.bsky.social @joejamesonvo @librofm @libro.fm @dreamscape_media @dreamscape-media.bsky.social #PrideMonth #LondonCalling #BoyfriendMaterial
Saturdays at the Café is a weekly feature hosted here to talk about and discuss the books I’ve discovered during the past week, added to my shelf and am excited about reading. They may be new/scheduled releases I’ve seen on NetGalley, at the library, or from publishers or they may be older titles my friends… Continue reading Saturdays at the Café
the setup… Daphne Fuller is a fifty-three year old private school English teacher. She and husband Jonathan are in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art when they notice an older gentleman who appears to be following her. It’s Eddie Triplett, her former stepfather who she hasn’t seen since she was nine years… Continue reading Whistler by Ann Patchett @parnassusbooks @parnassusbooks.bsky.social @harperbooks @harperbooks.bsky.social @librofm @libro.fm #Whistler
Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday that was hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. The Fairway Players are back. Can’t… Continue reading Can’t Wait Wednesday – The Silent Appeal by Janice Hallett @janice.hallett @atriabooks @atriabooks.bsky.social @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #TheAppeal #TheSilentAppeal #CantWaitWednesday
the setup… Ellen McKenna is struggling to keep their Texas family farm operating since the recent death of husband in an accident. It’s a tough job even with the help of their four children. The threats come not only from Mother Nature but a certain local businessman who had already pressured others in the county… Continue reading Whisper Creek by Allison Brennan @abwrites @striblingamanda @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #WhisperCreek
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