Bookish Stuff, Meme

Can’t Wait Wednesday – The Swimmer by Loreth Anne White @loreth @BrilliancePub #CantWaitWednesday

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. No one tells a story like… Continue reading Can’t Wait Wednesday – The Swimmer by Loreth Anne White @loreth @BrilliancePub #CantWaitWednesday

Audiobook, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller, Short Stories

Jackrabbit Skin by Ivy Pochoda

the setup… Swan is a tattoo artist who is leaving her life and ex-husband Paul in Los Angeles for a remote and desolate town in the desert called Miracle Wash. A friend leaving that place has loaned her a container, her new living space. Despite its name, the town doesn’t welcome newcomers and to say… Continue reading Jackrabbit Skin by Ivy Pochoda

Audiobook, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

A Killing on the Hill by Robert Dugoni @robertdugoni @BrilliancePub

the setup… It’s 1933 and the country is in the throes of the Great Depression. William (Shoe) Shumacher leaves his home in Kansas City to start a job in Seattle arranged by his mother to help out his family financially. He’s hired as a beat reporter for the Seattle Daily Star being paid for the… Continue reading A Killing on the Hill by Robert Dugoni @robertdugoni @BrilliancePub

Audiobook, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

Think Twice by Harlan Coben @HarlanCoben #StevenWeber @GrandCentralPub #MyronBolitar

the setup… Myron Bolitar has resumed his agency representing sports and other celebrities with new office and staff but still the same building (Win’s) and service. Two FBI agents request a meeting with him and Win Lockwood and both assume it’s related to the recent murder of a former supermodel and her son. They’re stunned… Continue reading Think Twice by Harlan Coben @HarlanCoben #StevenWeber @GrandCentralPub #MyronBolitar

Audiobook, Contemporary Fiction

Life, Loss and Puffins by Catherine Ryan Hyde #CatherineRyanHyde #JessNahikian @BrilliancePub

the setup… Rumaki (Ru) Evans is thirteen years old and ready to start college. Her mother labeled her long ago as “freakishly smart” and it’s now an identity she reluctantly owns. Ru also has an eidetic memory that doesn’t help others from forming similar opinions. Rather than live in a dormitory, Ru stays at a… Continue reading Life, Loss and Puffins by Catherine Ryan Hyde #CatherineRyanHyde #JessNahikian @BrilliancePub

Bookish Stuff, Meme

Can’t Wait Wednesday – Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight @kimmccreight @PRHAudio #CantWaitWednesday

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. As soon as I read the… Continue reading Can’t Wait Wednesday – Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight @kimmccreight @PRHAudio #CantWaitWednesday

Audiobook, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

The Alliance by Matt Brolly @MattBrollyUK @hillaryoutloud @BrilliancePub

the setup… Icarus (Ike) Glass, a British expatriate, walks into a San Antonio bar, takes a seat at the counter, prepared for rounds that will lead to inebriation. He’s joined by a stranger, an obese man with a Southern accent who calls himself Lyle Accrington. The next thing Ike remembers is waking up in a… Continue reading The Alliance by Matt Brolly @MattBrollyUK @hillaryoutloud @BrilliancePub

Audiobook, Contemporary Romance

Under Your Spell by Laura Wood #LauraWood @EllieHeydon @SimonAudio

the setup… Clementine (Clemmie) Monroe has hit rock bottom. She’s losing the job she loves, her ex just left her for a woman he’d been seeing for months (he even took her cat!) and soon she’ll lose her flat. It’s a bad day and her unconventional sisters come to her rescue with libations and the… Continue reading Under Your Spell by Laura Wood #LauraWood @EllieHeydon @SimonAudio