When this was first released, I got the audiobook right away. But when I learned it was based on her own current experience, something made me pause. It was if I somehow delayed listening to her most autobiographical work of fiction, I could deny reality. Madeleine Sophie Wickham, aka Sophie Kinsella, lost her battle with… Continue reading What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella @sophiekinsellawriter @sallysmack @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #WhatDoesItFeelLike
the setup… Tom and Alice Bell are on their way from Seattle to the 1976 Montreal Olympics, leisurely traveling cross country in their Winnebago. They’re both recovering from a recent tragedy but Alice has been struggling. While at a campground in Hope, they meet a young couple who are hitchhiking in their direction. Tom offers… Continue reading The Hitchhikers by Chevy Stevens @chevystevens @lindseydorcus @lindseydorcus.bsky.social @moniquaplante @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #TheHitchhikers
the setup… Our narrator begins her story when she was a senior in college where she meets two young men in her 17th Century Lit Class. Sam and Yash are house sitting in a grand home owned by a professor on sabbatical. Sam takes her out and invites her into their world of smart conversation,… Continue reading Heart the Lover by Lily King @lilykingbooks #RebeccaLowman @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #HeartTheLover
the setup… Sydney Singleton, a former journalist now working and in PR and living in Los Angeles, makes the trip to Raleigh following her paternal grandmother’s death to clear out her home. Hidden in the recesses of a drawer is a picture of a little girl who could be her twin. Sydney learns that it’s… Continue reading We Don’t Talk About Carol by Kristen L. Berry @kristenlberry @nicolecashchronicles @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #WeDontTalkAboutCarol
the setup… Shearwater is a small (fictional) island near Antarctica used to house the world’s largest seed bank because of climate change. Its only residents are Dominic Salt as caretaker and his three children, Raff, Fen and Orly. It once included researchers but the island is now at risk itself due to rising sea levels.… Continue reading Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy @charlottemcconaghy @coopmortlockva @littrelly.speaking @saskiaaudio @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #WildDarkShore
the setup… Liz Lowe was destined to be one of the greatest soccer stars but on the cusp of her acceptance to UCLA, her dreams were shattered. She was pregnant and her life took a different course. Liz poured her dreams into daughter Mia who was on the road to maybe being that superstar. But… Continue reading Spectacular Things by Beck Dorey-Stein @beckdoreystein #EmilyRankin @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #SpectacularThings
the setup… It begins in the small town of Bonhomie, Ohio in the 1920s and the saga continues through the turbulent time of the 1960s and the Vietnam War era. Cal Jenkins was born with a leg deformity that defines and prevents him from serving his country in WWII. He marries Becky, the first woman… Continue reading Buckeye by Patrick Ryan @patrickryannyc @patrickryannyc.bsky.social @michael.l.crouch @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #Buckeye
the setup… Julie Chan hasn’t had a lot of breaks in her life, raised by an uncaring aunt and in a dead end job. Hers is a far cry from that of her identical twin sister, Chloe VanHuusen, who was separated from her and adopted by a wealthy family when they were young and now… Continue reading Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang @theliannz @alice_in_punderland @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #JulieChanIsDead
the setup… It’s the Fourth of July and most of the town has assembled at the park to watch the fireworks. Newly fifteen year old Madison Dalrymple is supposed to be meeting best friend Cheyenne Baker who had a wicked plan for the two of them that night. When she’s late, Madison goes looking for… Continue reading We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter @karinslaughterauthor @karinslaughter.com @kathleenreadsoutloud @harperaudio #NorthFalls #WeAreAllGuiltyHere
the setup… Lottie Jones is living a quiet, contented life in Baycliff, Oregon. She’s an active member in her church with a small circle of friends she likes. That is before investigative journalist Plum Dixon shows up at her front door, wanting to take her back forty years to the days when she was know… Continue reading Too Old for This by Samantha Downing @samanthadowning @samanthadowning.bsky.social @wileyvoice @wileyvoice.bsky.social @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #TooOldForThis
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