Long Past Summer by Noué Kirwan, Nicola Lambo (Narrator)
Published August 2nd 2022 by HQN Books, Harlequin Audio
About the Book: With the Southern charm of SWEET HOME ALABAMA and the emotional complexity of IN FIVE YEARS, LONG PAST SUMMER is a sparkling second-chance romance from debut author Noué Kirwan, written from the author’s own perspective in the Black community.
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Happy Publication Day to Drew Davies on the publishing of The Locked Away Life!
The Locked-Away Life by Drew Davies
Published August 4th 2022 by Bookouture
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to The Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
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Needing to mix it up, I recently read two thrillers. One a psychological thriller, one a crime thriller. Both were enjoyable and kept me on the edge of my seat. Read on for my reviews.
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At the end of each year, I try to put together a list of “New to Me Authors” I read during the year. It takes forever, so I decided to borrow an idea and a graphic from Lucy at Bookworm Blogger. At the end of each month I will post all the new to me authors from that month. It is now the end of June, so let’s see what new authors I read. I will say, many of these new to me authors were wonderful and some have huge backlists, so my TBR is definitely growing.
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Sugar and Salt, For Butter or Worse and Bless Your Heart, Rae Sutton all deal with issues affecting women. Whether is is sexism, justice, the other woman, proving yourself, or just dealing with preconceived notions of being emotional and not smart enough, they are all here in one way or another. These are very different stories from one another, with one being Christian Fiction and one being a bit steamy, but all were enjoyable to read or listen to.
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The Orphan’s Mother by Marion Kummerow
Published July 29th 2022 by Bookouture
Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It’s all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, books for review from authors, Netgalley, Edelweiss or publishers, gifts or books you won. If you click on the covers, it will take you to Goodreads.
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