Reading in White Bear Lake

  • Review: Those Girls by Chevy Stevens

    Title: Those Girls Author: Chevy Stevens (Author Website) (Facebook) Narrators: Jorjeana Marie/Emily Woo Zeller/Nicol Zanzarella Publisher:  Blackstone Audio Length:  11 hours and 29 minutes Source: Audiobook Jukebox‘s reviewer program   About the Book: (from Goodreads.com) Chevy Stevens is back with her most powerful, emotional thriller yet— a story of survival…and revenge. Life has never been easy for…

  • Review: Missing PIeces – Heather Gudenkauf

    Title: Missing Pieces Author: Heather  Gudenkauf (Author Website) (Facebook) Genre: Literature/Fiction Publisher:  MIRA (February 2, 2016) Length:  288 pages Source:  Netgalley.com ABOUT THE BOOK: (from Goodreads.com) Sarah Quinlan’s husband, Jack, has been haunted for decades by the untimely death of his mother when he was just a teenager, her body found in the cellar of their family…

  • Review: One More Day by Kelly Simmons (Blog Tour)

      Title: One More Day Author: Kelly  Simmons (Author Website) (Facebook) Genre: Literature/Fiction Publisher:  Sourcebooks Landmark (February 2, 2016) Length:  320 pages Source:  Netgalley.com ABOUT THE BOOK: (from Goodreads.com) Don’t look away No one wants to be the mother whose child disappears. It’s unthinkable, the stuff of nightmares. But when she turns her back to…

  • Coming Soon to a Bookshelf Near You: February 2016

    We are enjoying a snow day here in White Bear Lake.   What better time to share some books that have caught my eye.   These books will be available in February.  Maybe even get on the waitlist at the library for these upcoming titles. As a book blogger, I am able to request, read and provide feedback on…

  • Review: The Children’s Crusade by Ann Packer

    Title: The Children’s Crusade Author: Ann Packer (Author Website) (Facebook) Narrators: Cotter Smith, Frederick Weller, Thomas Sadoski, Marin Ireland and Santino Fontana Publisher:  Simon & Schuster Audio Unabridged edition (April , 2015) Length:  12 CDs Source: Audiobook Jukebox‘s reviewer program About the Book: (from Goodreads.com) From the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of The…

  • Review: Liar’s Bench by Kim Michele Richardson

    Title: Liar’s Bench Author: Kim Michele Richardson (Author Website) (Facebook) Narrator: Jorjeana Marie (Website) Publisher:  Blackstone Audio, Inc.; Unabridged edition (April 28, 2015) Length:  8 hours 59 minutes Source: Audiobook Jukebox‘s reviewer program About the Book: (from Goodreads.com) In 1972, on Mudas Summers’ seventeenth birthday, her beloved Mama, Ella, is found hanging from the rafters…

  • Review: Speaking in Bones by Kathy Reichs

      Title: Speaking in Bones Author: Kathy Reichs (Author Website) (Facebook) Genre: Fiction: Thriller & Suspense Publisher:  Random House Publishing Group– Bantam Dell – 7/21/15 Length:  320 pages Source: Net Galley About the Book: (from Goodreads.com) For every case Temperance Brennan has solved, there remain innumerable unidentified bodies in her lab. Information on some of…

  • Review: Black Dog Summer by Miranda Sherry

    Title: Black Dog Summer Author: Miranda Sherry (Author Website) (Facebook) Genre: Fiction: Thriller & Suspense Narrator: Jilly Bond  Publisher:  Highbridge Audio. 2/18/15 Length:  9.5 hrs • 8 CDs Source: Audiobook Jukebox‘s reviewer program About the Book: (from Goodreads.com) In this extraordinary debut novel reminiscent of The Lovely Bones and Little Bee, a mother watches from…

  • Review: Other Side of Midnight – Simone St James

    Title: Other Side Of  Midnight Author: Simone St. James  (Author Website) (Facebook) Genre: Fiction/Historical Narrator: Mary Jane Wells  Publisher:  Blackstone Audio, 04/07/15 Length:  10.0 hrs • 8 CDs Source: Audiobook Jukebox‘s reviewer program About the Book: (from Goodreads.com) London, 1925. Glamorous medium Gloria Sutter made her fortune helping the bereaved contact loved ones killed during…

  • Review: A Fortress Defiled by Connie Johnson

    Title: A Fortress Defiled Author: Connie Johnosn  (Author Website) (Facebook) Genre: Mystery Publisher:  Publish Green (May 28, 2015) Length:  231 pages Source:  Netgalley.com About the Book: (from Goodreads.com) Jillian Jax is an agent in the Special Homicide Unit, an elite division within the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. ‘Special’ in Jillian’s world, indicates murder that…

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