the setup… Jasmine is a woman in a dead end job living with an abusive boyfriend in Madison, Wisconsin and is now fleeing the relationship. She’s decided to escape to Denver and start a new life. Stephanie Monroe is a divorced, successful newsroom director on her way to a business conference in San Diego with… Continue reading The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia @jessiegarcia_author @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #TheBusinessTrip
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. Barclay is one of my favorite… Continue reading Can’t Wait Wednesday – Whistle by Linwood Barclay @linwoodbarclay @linwoodbarclay.bsky.social @williammorrowbooks @williammorrowbooks.bsky.social @harperaudio #Whistle #CantWaitWednesday
the setup… Claire Mason returns home from work late at night and finds an unbelievable scene. Her parents lay murdered in their bed, shot to death. Sheriff Bree Taggert arrives to find the seventeen year old traumatized and alone. What first looks like a burglary gone wrong soon morphs into so much more as she… Continue reading Track Her Down by Melinda Leigh @melindaleigh1 @melindaleighbooks.bsky.social @fightingfrau @brilliance.publishing #TrackHerDown
the setup… Pharmacist Augusta Stern is about to turn eighty and is forced to retire (she’d fudged her age by ten years). She’s lived in Brooklyn her entire life and has no plan for what’s next so her beloved niece Jackie convinces her to relocate to a vibrant senior community in Rallentando Springs, Florida. On… Continue reading The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman @lloigman @gabracadabranyc @gabracadabra.bsky.social @macmillan.audio #TheLoveElixirOfAugustaStern
It’s back for another year! This challenge is focused on finally finishing those series that you’ve started but not yet completed. It was previously hosted by Bea’s Book Nook, then by Celebrity Readers since 2018. Now we, Carla Loves to Read & Blue Mood Café, are the new host for this year and excited to… Continue reading 2025 Finishing the Series Challenge! #FinishingTheSeries2025
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… Zoe Ann Weiss is an expatriate from London living in Los Angeles. She won a writing competition that brought her worldwide attention, an agent and a two-book deal. Her debut novel failed to catch on and now she’s struggling with the second. Zoe’s dreams of being a writer seem to be fizzling as… Continue reading The Close-Up by Pip Drysdale @pipdrysdale @billiefb_voiceover @billiefulfordbrown.bsky.social @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #TheCloseUp
It’s back for another year! This challenge is focused on finally finishing those series that you’ve started but not yet completed. It was previously hosted by Bea’s Book Nook, then by Celebrity Readers since 2018. Now we, Carla Loves to Read & Blue Mood Café, are the new host for this year and excited to… Continue reading 2025 Finishing the Series Challenge Sign Up @blue.mood.cafe @bluemoodcafe.bsky.social @carlalovestoread.bsky.social
the setup… Margaret (Maggie) Blount is a 41-year old physician, divorced and the mother of two teens, Willa and Gemma (sixteen and fourteen, respectively). She and her romantic partner Alex are also part of Doctors on Wheels, an organization he founded and fundraises for, that responds to natural disasters. Her thriving practice allows her to… Continue reading Rolling Toward Clear Skies by Catherine Ryan Hyde @catherineryanhyde @catherineryanhyde.bsky.social @kate_rudd_reads @katerudd.bsky.social @brilliancepublishing #RollingTowardClearSkies
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. Boy, does this sound spooky. Can’t… Continue reading Can’t Wait Wednesday – One Dark Night by Hannah Richell @hannahrichell @atriabooks @atriabooks.bsky.social @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #OneDarkNight #CantWaitWednesday
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