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REVIEW 4/10

Ohhhh..this is a good one!!

Hazel‘s father died, and in addition to the shock of his death was the shock that he left the family home ONLY to her and not her brothers.

While she was home for the funeral more shocking things happened.

Ms. Miranda certainly knows how to weave a storyline that keeps you turning the pages with a surprising, reveal-all ending.

You won‘t be able to put it down.

@marysueruccibooks
@meganlmiranda

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Necessary Lies | Diane Chamberlain
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@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
@LitsyEvents
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PROMPT: WITH PHYSICIAN

Jane, a physician's wife, was the new social worker dealing with the Hart and Jordan families.

NECESSARY LIES is the perfect title because lies were necessary for the characters to survive.  It is heart wrenching yet informative as you follow the characters through their inadequate, restricted days.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/2p9h2vv8

Eggs I remember this one 😢 11h
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Day Tripper (Original) | James Goodhand
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“What if you lived your days out of order?

Named a Most Anticipated Title by Goodreads, Men‘s Health, BookBub, and more.”

FULL SPOTLIGHT: https://tinyurl.com/34pmd5au

@james.goodhand
@harpercollins

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As March continues to speed along, I hope you can stop by this week for spotlights and showcases.

@james.goodhand
@cynthiapelayoauthor
@tarrynfisher
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Jennifer Allyson
@gabrielvaljan
@harpercollins
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“Women‘s fiction about the lengths we go for those we love.”

FULL SPOTLIGHT: https://tinyurl.com/2zja2k7y

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@wunderbookspr

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No Exit: A Novel | Taylor Adams
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@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
@LitsyEvents
#LitsyEvents

PROMPT: EXIT IN TITLE

A phone call that her mother had cancer, a snow storm, a rest stop with strangers, and worst of all a child locked in a cage in a van.

Talking about an intense read, we need to capitalize INTENSE.

NO EXIT has so much tension your heart will be pounding, and you won't want to stop reading.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/26caahs4

Eggs 💙😱🩵 1d
SilversReviews @Eggs 😀😀 1d
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I thought this was a pretty cute photo/post and wanted to share the picture and to let you know about Becky‘s account.

If you are on Instagram, you should check her out at @bookwormbecky1969 along with the accounts listed in Becky‘s photo. I know, I know…I am in that list too. 😀😀😀😀

Becky writes amazing reviews with thoughtful comments on historical fiction, thrillers, and mystery books.

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Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#ITTAKESALLKINDS
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
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TODAY‘S PROMPT: TITLE WITH ? OR !

I bought this book for a college graduation present for my son!! 😊

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Excellent ‼️ 2d
Eggs 💛⁉️💜 2d
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Never Fall Again | Lynn H Blackburn
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“Landry Hutton has spent three years rebuilding her life behind the secure gates of The Haven…As the artist-in-residence, and with her pottery prized by The Haven‘s guests, Landry is finally ready to settle in permanently. She wants to give her daughter, Eliza, a safe home to grow up in and hires former Marine Callum Shaw to handle the construction.”

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Grave Robbery | Deanna Raybourn
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“In their latest adventure, Veronica and Stoker discover that a wax figure of a woman that ends up in their possession isn‘t wax at all – but rather a damsel who has met a sinister end.

The crime-solving duo must figure out who killed the maiden before anyone else meets a similar fate.”

FULL SPOTLIGHT: https://tinyurl.com/2e5yxvvt

#deannaraybourn
@penguinrandomhouse

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The House on Biscayne Bay | Chanel Cleeton
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FULL REVIEW WILL BE ON APRIL 9.

How could a mansion with such a beautiful name - Marbrisa - be the scene of murders?

Murders, secrets, and a mansion abound in this marvelous Gothic-style read with undercurrents of menace that you can‘t figure out if the menace is coming from a person, place, or thing.

Don‘t miss this one!!

@chanelcleeton
@berkleypub
@penguinrandomhouse

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@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
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TODAY‘S PROMPT: LAWYER

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The Underground Library | Jennifer Ryan
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BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS - HISTORICAL FICTION

Based on a real library and a true event.

THE UNDERGROUND LIBRARY is another lovely, heartwarming read by Ms. Ryan as we follow three women and see that books are the saving grace for many during these dark times of WWII. 5/5

LOVED this book!! Be sure to add it to your TBR.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/2s38jh7u

PUBLICATION DATE: MARCH 12, 2024

@jennifer_ryan_author
@penguinrandomhouse

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Whoo Hoo!!

A friend and I found this copy on Drop Day while driving through Oakmont. 😊

@celadonbooks
@amytintera

AmyG Wow! 5d
SilversReviews @AmyG I know…how lucky can that be? We didn‘t even know there was a Little Library there and were super excited when we saw the book in there. 😊 5d
marleed Oh how fun! Sometimes when I walk by a LFL on a Tuesday I like to imagine that a new release was tucked inside! 5d
SilversReviews @marleed 😀😀😀 5d
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Which do you read?

I am a fiction-only reader, but I do look up information about a person or place after reading historical fiction books.

Librarybelle I read both! 6d
lazydaizee Mainly fiction, but I like reading antiques reference books . 6d
RaeLovesToRead Both! With a bias toward fiction 6d
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CarolynM About 90% fiction 6d
SilversReviews @Librarybelle 😀Thanks for your reply. 6d
SilversReviews @lazydaizee 😀 Love antiques. Thanks for your reply. 6d
SilversReviews @RaeLovesToRead 😀😀 Thanks for your reply. 6d
SilversReviews @CarolynM 😀😀 Thanks for your reply. 6d
BookmarkTavern Both! More fiction than non, but I‘m trying to read more non fiction this year! 6d
JessClark78 I read both. I read a lot more fiction but I do have a wide variety of nonfiction/reference books that I like to fit in once in a while. 6d
AmyG I read both…but way more fiction. 6d
Deblovestoread Mostly fiction but I like to throw in some memoirs and other nonfiction once in a while. 5d
Monica5 I read both! 5d
SilversReviews @Librarybelle Thanks for your reply, Librarybelle. 5d
SilversReviews @Monica5 😊 Thanks for your comment!! 5d
SilversReviews @BookmarkTavern I just can‘t get into non-fiction. Enjoy when you read the ones you choose, and thanks for your comment. 5d
SilversReviews @JessClark78 Reference books are quite interesting and very necessary. Thanks for your comment. 5d
SilversReviews @AmyG Fiction is the BEST in my opinion. 😊 Thanks for your comment. (edited) 5d
SilversReviews @Deblovestoread Thanks for your comment - I applaud folks that read non-fiction. 😊 I just cannot get interested. 😊 5d
Bluebird I love both, but am reading lots more fiction these days as most of my reading now is via audiobook—and audio doesn‘t work well for me with nonfiction. 5d
SilversReviews @Bluebird Thank you for your comment - fiction has always been a favorite. 5d
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The Ways We Hide: A Novel | Kristina Mcmorris
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#ITTAKESALLKINDS
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
@LitsyEvents
#LitsyEvents

PROMPT: WITH MAP

A hidden map along with other gadgets…find out where these gadgets are disguised.

Fenna is approached by an intelligence officer who wants her to help them defy the Germans.

She helps invent gadgets for soldiers that look like one thing but could be a razor or a compass or anything to help soldiers escape.

https://tinyurl.com/456bfpaz

Eggs Excellent choice 👌🏼 6d
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The Cake Therapist | Judith Fertig
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@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
@LitsyEvents
#LitsyEvents

PROMPT: WITH THERAPIST

CHICK LIT

Just as cake and icing go together, THE CAKE THERAPIST blends generations and sweets and turns both into one heartfelt story.

You will be running to your nearest bakery to get some sweet treats and perhaps trying to figure out if you are chocolate and raspberry or BLUEBERRY and lemon.

REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/4rssem47

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 🍰 👍🏻 7d
Eggs How lovely 🍋🫐🍐 7d
SilversReviews @Eggs 😀😀 6d
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Panpan

Yvonne Rudellat is a divorced woman with a grown daughter with nothing to do to help the war effort until she is approached to help with explosives in France.

We follow Yvonne through her training and her bravery.

It did get a bit confusing and dragged at times because there were so many characters and because of the back and forth and the details about the operations.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/y2c5c6y9

@bookmarked

dabbe #fanofthepan! 🤩🤩🤩 6d
SilversReviews @dabbe Thanks for your comment. It was not a favorite but well written. (edited) 6d
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Next to Love: A Novel | Ellen Feldman
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@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
@LitsyEvents
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PROMPT: LOVE

Men leaving, women hoping, both wanting to return to normal, but.......WW II was on the verge of beginning.  

The book was nostalgic, poignant, and filled with emotions you definitely became a part of.  

You will be able to follow the women through their daily lives and to see what life was like during the post-war era.  

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Eggs Sounds quite good 👍🏼 1w
SilversReviews @Eggs I read it a while ago, but it does sound like I liked it. 😊 1w
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Pierce | Patrick B. Simpson
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“Introducing Pierce, the exciting debut from up-and-coming thriller writer Patrick B. Simpson.

Coming in hot with Pierce, Simpson weaves a harrowing mystery of an underdog janitor determined to uncover the killer of a beautiful, young professor he‘d had a budding romance with.”

FULL SPOTLIGHT: https://tinyurl.com/3zjcatr2

@patrickb_simpson
@mindbuckmediabookpub

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The Stolen Marriage | Diane Chamberlain
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Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#ITTAKESALLKINDS
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
@LitsyEvents
#LitsyEvents

TODAY‘S PROMPT: ABOUT MARRIAGE

Tess, Tess, Tess, what did you do?  Is that the only decision you could have made?

THE STOLEN MARRIAGE can only be described as addictive, amazing, and fantastic. 

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/3bpadkuu

Eggs 🩵 Diane Chamberlain 🩵 1w
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I found some crocuses in my yard - Yippee!!

Spring is around the corner along with some books you will want to check out.

Hope you can stop by - Happy Reading!!

@susanmeissnerauthor
@patrickb_simpson
@audreyblakebooks
@jennifer_ryan_author
Deanna Raybourn
@lynnhblackburn
@penguinrandomhouse
Mindbuck Media
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SilversReviews @TheSpineView Oh. I‘m jealous. We have snow flurries today. ☹️ 1w
TheSpineView @SilversReviews I sometimes miss snow. 1w
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Only the Beautiful | Susan Meissner
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If you haven‘t read this book yet, you MUST get it in paperback.

FULL CELEBRATION AND REVIEW HERE: https://tinyurl.com/3arhnpsm

@susanmeissnerauthor
@penguinrandomhouse

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4/4

I suggest adding it to your TBR now!! 😊

Set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Pre-Civil War

Did I see Charlotte in the market?

Is that really Evie?

An excellent, well-researched but heartbreaking historical fiction read with endearing characters you will connect with and tension that will have your heart pounding when evil characters come on the scene. 5/5

Librarybelle Stacking! 1w
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The Transatlantic Book Club | Felicity Hayes-McCoy
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@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
@LitsyEvents
#LitsyEvents

TODAY‘S PROMPT: LONG DISTANCE

To cheer up her grandmother who just lost her beloved husband, Cassie, a free spirit, decided to start a transatlantic book club.

The book club was going to have readers from Ireland‘s Finfarran Peninsula and the town of Resolve in the United States where many Irish folks lived.

FULL REVIEW: http://tinyurl.com/3z3nm43r

Eggs Perfect 🤩 1w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great photo ❤️ 1w
SilversReviews @Eggs 😀😀Thanks. 1w
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“The Babadook meets The Blair Witch Project in this chilling contemporary horror novel about confronting trauma.

When fake spiritualist Brigit returns home to investigate the disappearance of two teenagers, the case eerily echoes her own sister‘s death sixteen years earlier.”

FULL SPOTLIGHT: https://tinyurl.com/2vuna5yt

@anomisting
@harpercollins

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@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
@LitsyEvents
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TODAY‘S PROMPT: SHELFIE

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SilversReviews @Eggs 😊 Thanks. 1w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love it! And I love the cover of 1w
Gissy 📚📚📚👌♥️♥️♥️ 1w
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Struck Dead | Andrea Kane
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“The fragile line between life and death… Families that will never be the same…
When a tragic hit-and-run takes the life of a hardworking family man, multi-millionaire Christopher Hillington becomes the prime suspect, and the whole city of New York alights with speculation as to what happened.

FULL SHOWCASE: https://tinyurl.com/hmbkprc8

@authorandreakane
@partnersincrimevbt

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The Last Year of the War | Susan Meissner
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@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
@LitsyEvents
#LitsyEvents

TODAY‘S PROMPT: WAR

HISTORICAL FICTION - WWII

A friendship made in an internment camp during WWII that lasted only eighteen months, but bonds and memories that lasted a lifetime.

If you enjoy historical fiction and Ms. Meissner's books, you will want to make room on your bookshelf for THE LAST YEAR OF THE WAR.

https://tinyurl.com/454r5vwn

tpixie I love this author AND historical fiction 🌺 2w
SilversReviews @tpixie Me too. 😀 Thanks for your comment. 2w
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Eggs Stacked 👏🏻👏🏻 2w
tpixie @SilversReviews no! I stacked it though! 2w
SilversReviews @tpixie GREAT!! Enjoy!! 1w
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Murder Road | Simone St. James
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HORROR - MYSTERY - PARANORMAL

Being a good Samaritan doesn‘t always work out.​

A wrong turn found Eddie and April Carter on a deserted road with a girl that was stabbed. They picked her up, she died, and they are now murder suspects.

A spine-tingling page turner with paranormal scenes and characters with secrets kept from each other and of course from us.​​

​​https://tinyurl.com/3fxnvxwm

@simonestjames
@penguinrandomhouse

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Another well-researched, poignant, heart-wrenching, fabulous, tissues-needed book.

It‘s the 1960s, and we follow the mindset of families and the only solution they think will work for everyone when they find out their daughter is pregnant out of wedlock and the boy wants nothing to do with the girl‘s problem.

Add it to your TBR!! You won‘t want to miss it. 5/5

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/yb5knx3a

@mchurchwriter
@bookmarked

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Bye, Baby: A Novel | Carola Lovering
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Mehso-so

Friends forever and then no more.

What happened?

We follow Billie and Cassie from their teenage years to adulthood.

BYE, BABY was not the thriller I was expecting but got good around 50% as things are revealed.

It was more about the lives of the characters and petty disagreements.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/53mdfadt

@carolatlovering
@stmartinspress
#ByeBabyNovel
#carolalovering
#stmartinspress

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Nosy Neighbors | Freya Sampson
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Full review will be on April 3.

What a delightful, sweet, heartwarming, as well as heartbreaking read with lovable, eccentric characters that will make you laugh and make you cry.

If you are a fan of Freya Sampson‘s books, you won‘t want to miss this book.

Thank you to the publisher for a copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

@freyasampsonauthor
@berkleypub
@penguinrandomhouse

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Kilt Trip | Alexandra Kiley
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“For fans of Emily Henry and Sarah Morgenthaler comes a brand-new Scotland-set romantic comedy.”

FULL SPOTLIGHT: https://tinyurl.com/3nac3392

@akileybooks
@harpercollins

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“Bestselling author Katherine Reay returns with an unforgettable tale of the Cold War and a CIA code breaker who risks everything to free her father from an East German prison.”

FULL SPOTLIGHT: https://tinyurl.com/2kya8tyn

@katherinereay
AngelaMelamud.com

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Only the Beautiful | Susan Meissner
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Thank you @bookbrowse for the book discussion win!!

@berkleypub
@susanmeissnerauthor

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Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#ITTAKESALLKINDS
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
@LitsyEvents
#LitsyEvents

TODAY‘S PROMPT: FAVORITE BOOKMARK - 😊

Eggs LOL 😂 🔖🤗 2w
TheSpineView 😂😂😂 2w
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SilversReviews I sometimes use a receipt. 😀 2w
InkedBookworm13 😄🤣 2w
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Ghost Island | Max Seeck
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“At the end of a dock stands a figure—a small figure, clad in a blue coat.

The figure calls out. You inch closer.

The figure vanishes, but what‘s left is a body on an icy shore.“

Sounds good doesn‘t it? Adding to your TBR?

FULL SPOTLIHT: https://tinyurl.com/5c9sufxb

@maxseeck
@berkleypub
@penguinrandomhouse

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Traveling Light | Lynne Branard
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Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#ITTAKESALLKINDS
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
@LitsyEvents
#LitsyEvents

TODAY‘S PROMPT: ROAD TRIP

Winning the bid for an unclaimed storage unit wasn't Alissa's favorite prize, but what she found inside ​actually changed her life.

FULL REVIEW: http://tinyurl.com/42tmsbrc

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 2w
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Two friends since high school and still friends, but one wishing she had what the other had.

We follow all the characters in this emotional, character-driven novel with all characters having current and past secrets.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/5cxyyxpd

@jencravenauthor
@bookouture

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The Teacher | Freida McFadden
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Thank you @bookswithsamiam from Instagram for the giveaway win!!

And…readers are an AWESOME community!! ♥️

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FULL REVIEW WILL BE ON APRIL 2.

Can you really keep a secret or does someone else always know it too?

A divorced woman, an abused woman, and a woman in a coma.

Which one of those three will be the one saying that she‘s not sorry?

Another good, but slow burn by Mary Kubica with an oh my goodness, unbelievable surprise. 4/5

Thank you to the publisher for a copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

@marykubica
@harpercollins

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“Sherlock Holmes has lost his dog? We have bigger crimes to solve. Go find him yourself!” That‘s what the Los Angeles Police Department told Basil Rathbone. The City Pound ridiculed him as well.”

FULL SHOWCASE and GIVEAWAY: http://tinyurl.com/r376vzfv

@crowens_author
@partnersincrimevbt

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“Decades after spending a summer in the Irish countryside with her parents—author Deborah Love and National Book Award winner Peter Matthiessen—Rue takes her young family back to Ireland to revisit locales from that season in the sixties.”

FULL SPOTLIGHT: http://tinyurl.com/ywre8392

@ruematthiessen
Mindbuck Media

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🍀Oooo..another fun month of prompts. 🍀
Thanks to @Eggs and @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks for keeping us filled with FUN things to do.

Hope you will join in too.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for sharing 💗 3w
SilversReviews @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks You are welcome. Thank you for the monthly fun. You and @Eggs are amazing. 3w
Eggs @SilversReviews Thanks Elizabeth 🤗 3w
SilversReviews @Eggs You are welcome!! 3w
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