the setup… Ruth Handler was always a force to reckon with, even as a teen when she helped her older sister with business sales. As a co-founder of Mattel along with husband Eliot and Harold (Matt) Matson who they bought out in the 1940s, she was actually the one who managed the company. In 1956,… Continue reading Let’s Call Her Barbie by Renée Rosen @reneerosen_ @abigailrenoaudio @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #LetsCallHerBarbie
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. Connelly’s got a new series and… Continue reading Can’t Wait Wednesday – Nightshade by Michael Connelly @michaelconnellybooks @michaelconnelly.bsky.social @littlebrown @littlebrown.bsky.social @hachetteaudio @hachetteaudio.bsky.social #Nightshade #CantWaitWednesday
the setup… Jane and Abe have been together for over fifty years and Central Park has been a pivotal part of their lives throughout that time. Jane is dying and Abe now spends their remaining time at her bedside, talking about their memories and reliving those moments…the highs, the lows, the joys and the pains...from… Continue reading This is a Love Story by Jessica Soffer @jessicasoffer @duttonbooks @duttonbooks.bsky.social @readwithjenna #ThisIsALoveStory
the setup… Shelby Dawson and her twin daughters leave her friend Mackenzie’s cafe in northern Minnesota at closing but before taking off, realizes her daughter’s prized stuffed animal was left inside. Mackenzie (Mack) takes off for home, letting Shelby go back in to find more than she’d bargained for. That same night, Mackenzie’s husband Leo… Continue reading Blog Tour: Nothing Ever Happens Here by Seraphina Nova Glass @seraphinanovaglass @britpressley @britpressley.bsky.social @staceyglemboski @petreabs @petreabs.bsky.social @harlequin_audio @netgalley #NothingEverHappensHere
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… Continue reading Saturdays at the Café
the setup… Homicide Detective Vincent Ruiz suddenly gains consciousness, finding himself in the Thames, at night with a bullet in his leg, hanging onto a buoy. He has no memory of how he got there or what happened to him. He’s rescued, taken to the hospital and grilled by colleagues who don’t believe his amnesia.… Continue reading Lost by Michael Robotham @michaelrobotham @michaelrobotham.bsky.social #raylonnen @recordedbooks @recordedbooks.bsky.social #Lost #JosephOLoughlin
the setup… Suki Brennan is working two jobs just to barely stay afloat. She unwisely invested in her dirtbag ex-boyfriend’s new venture by co-signing on the loans. Now he’s left the country and literally left her holding the financial bags. One of those jobs is as a nanny to the three young nieces of grumpy… Continue reading Falling for the Forward by Brenda Rothert @brendarothert @hambright_pr #FallingForTheForward
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. Jimenez is now on my list… Continue reading Can’t Wait Wednesday – Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez @authorabbyjimenez @readforeverpub @hachetteaudio @hachetteaudio.bsky.social #SayYoullRememberMe #CantWaitWednesday
the setup… Giovanni Rossi arrives in New York from Rome, excited to reconnect with an old friend who sent him an urgent message asking him to come. He’s greeted by the limo driver, completely in keeping with what his friend would arrange. Within minutes of getting in the car he’s dead. When Lieutenant Eve Dallas… Continue reading Bonded in Death by J. D. Robb @jdrobbauthor @stmartinspress @stmartinspress.bsky.social #BondedInDeath #InDeath
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… Continue reading Saturdays at the Café
Blue Mood Café 