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Judith D Collins
- Dec 1, 2021
- 4 min
Wish You Were Here
By: Jodi Picoult ISBN: 9781984818416 Publisher: Random House Publication Date: 11/30/2021 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2021 LIST From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a deeply moving novel about the resilience of the human spirit in a moment of crisis. Diana O’Toole is perfectly on track. She will be married by thirty, done having kids by thirty-five, and move out to the New York City suburbs, all while climbing the professional ladder in
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Judith D Collins
- Nov 23, 2021
- 3 min
Mercy
Atlee Pine Book 4 of 4 By: David Baldacci ISBN: 978-1538719725 Publisher: Grand Central Publication Date: 11/16/2021 Format: Hardcover/Audiobook Narrators: Brittany Pressley & Kyf Brewer (favorites) My Rating: 5 Stars + TOP BOOKS OF 2021 LIST FBI Agent Atlee Pine’s harrowing search for her long-lost sister Mercy reaches a boiling point in this breakneck thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci. For her entire life, FBI agent Atlee Pine has been sea
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Judith D Collins
- Nov 18, 2021
- 11 min
Once Upon A Wardrobe
By: Patti Callahan ISBN: 0785251723 Publisher: HarperMuse Publication Date: 10/19/2021 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars ++ COVER REVEAL Top Books of 2021 From Patti Callahan, the bestselling author of Becoming Mrs. Lewis, comes another enchanting story that pulls back the curtain on the early life of C. S. Lewis. “Where did Narnia come from?” The answer will change everything. Megs Devonshire is brilliant with numbers and equations, on a scholarship at Oxford, and dreams
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Judith D Collins
- Nov 18, 2021
- 11 min
Everything We Didn't Say
By: Nicole Baart ISBN: 9781982115081 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 11/02/2021 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars ++ QA with the Author Top Book of 2021 List From the author of Little Broken Things, a “race-to-the-finish family drama” (People) following a mother who must confront the dark summer that changed her life forever in order to reclaim the daughter she left behind. Juniper Baker had just graduated from high school and was deep in the throes of a summer roman
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Judith D Collins
- Nov 18, 2021
- 6 min
The Lincoln Highway
By: Amor Towles ISBN: 978-0735222359 Publisher: Viking Publication Date: 10/05/2021 Format: Audiobook Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Marin Ireland , Dion Graham My Rating: 5 Stars ++ TOP BOOKS OF 2021 LIST “[T]ransporting . . . a rollicking cross-country adventure, rife with unforgettable characters, vivid scenery and suspense that will keep readers flying through the pages.” —TIME “An absolute beauty of a book. Every character is a gem, the many locations spring to vivid
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Judith D Collins
- Nov 17, 2021
- 5 min
Oh, William!
Amgash Series (3 of 3) By: Elizabeth Strout ISBN: 0812989430 Publisher: Random House Publication Date: 10/19/21 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars ++ (ARC) Top Book of 2021 List Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout explores the mysteries of marriage and the secrets we keep, as a former couple reckons with where they’ve come from—and what they’ve left behind. “Elizabeth Strout is one of my very favorite writers, so the fact that Oh William! may well be my favorite of he
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Judith D Collins
- Nov 17, 2021
- 6 min
The Santa Suit
By: Mary Kay Andrews ISBN: 1250279313 Publisher: St Martin's Press Publication Date: 09/28/21 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2021 LIST From May Kay Andrews, the New York Times bestselling author of Hello, Summer, comes a novella celebrating the magic of Christmas and second chances in The Santa Suit. When newly-divorced Ivy Perkins buys an old farmhouse sight unseen, she is definitely looking for a change in her life. The Four Roses, as the farmhou
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Judith D Collins
- Nov 11, 2021
- 8 min
Christmas in Peachtree Bluff
By: Kristy Woodson Harvey Peachtree Bluff #4 ISBN: 978-1982189402 Publisher: Gallery Books Publication Date: 10/26/21 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars ++ (ARC) Top Books of 2021 List COVER REVEAL Exciting News! NBC TV series! In the newest installment of New York Times bestselling author Kristy Woodson Harvey’s Peachtree Bluff series, three generations of the Murphy women must come together when a hurricane threatens to destroy their hometown—and the holiday season in
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Judith D Collins
- Nov 5, 2021
- 4 min
Rock Paper Scissors
SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SERIES FROM NETFLIX By: Alice Feeney ISBN: 978-1250266101 Publisher: Flatiron Publication Date: 09/07/21 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2021 LIST Rock Paper Scissors is the latest exciting domestic thriller from the queen of the killer twist, New York Times bestselling author Alice Feeney. Think you know the person you married? Think again… Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a week
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Judith D Collins
- Oct 24, 2021
- 5 min
In Another Light
By: A. J. Banner ISBN: 9781542031103 Publisher: Lake Union Publication Date: 10/05/21 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars ++ (ARC) Q&A with the Author TOP BOOKS OF 2021 The death of a look-alike stranger leads a grieving woman down a troubling path in this riveting novel by A. J. Banner, bestselling author of The Poison Garden. Three years ago mortuary cosmetologist Phoebe Glassman lost her husband in a tragic accident. No longer the hopeful wife and mother she once was,
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Judith D Collins
- Sep 15, 2021
- 6 min
Abused
Series: Casey Cort Legal Series #10 By: Aime Austin Pub Date: 09/15/2021 Publisher: Moore Digital Media Format: e-book & paperback My Rating: 5 Stars ++ (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2021 Author Q&A Interview He said. She said. He’s dead. Nicole Long is one failed breathalyzer away from unemployment. Lulu Mueller’s dream man is turning into a nightmare. Casey Cort is facing her first murder case, but her client is mute. Abused is the next installment in the high stakes Casey Cort le
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Judith D Collins
- Sep 14, 2021
- 7 min
Her Perfect Life
By: Hank Phillippi Ryan ISBN: 125025888X Publisher: Forge Books Publication Date: 09/14/2021 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) Author Q&A Sept 14th TOP BOOKS OF 2021 HER PERFECT LIFE by @hankpryan hits shelves Sept. 14 and I cannot wait — her twisty, page-turning thrillers are amazing. Here’s the scoop: Everyone knows Lily Atwood—and that may be her biggest problem. The beloved television reporter has it all — fame, fortune, Emmy awards, an adorable seven-year-old
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Judith D Collins
- Aug 17, 2021
- 5 min
The Family Plot
By: Megan Collins ISBN: 1982163844 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 08/17/2021 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars Top Books 2021 Author Q&A Elevator Ride When a family obsessed with true crime gathers to bury their patriarch, horrifying secrets are exposed upon the discovery of another body in his grave in this chilling novel from the author of Behind the Red Door and The Winter Sister.
At twenty-six, Dahlia Lighthouse has a lot to learn when it comes to the real w
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Judith D Collins
- Aug 13, 2021
- 6 min
Dark Roads
By: Chevy Stevens ISBN: 1250133572 Publisher: St Martins Press Publication Date: 08/03/21 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars ++ (ARC) TOP BOOKS 2021 The acclaimed and beloved author of Still Missing is back with her most breathtaking thriller yet. For decades, people have been warned about the Cold Creek Highway. Hitchhikers have vanished along it over the years, and women have been known to have their cars break down... and never be seen again. When Hailey McBride decides
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Judith D Collins
- Aug 10, 2021
- 7 min
The Perfect Family
By: Robyn Harding ISBN: 1982169397 Publisher: Gallery Books Publication Date: 08/10/21 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars Author Q&A Interview Top Books of 2021 The bestselling author of the The Swap—praised by Samantha M. Bailey, author of Woman on the Edge, as “wickedly delicious, addictive, utterly compelling”—explores what happens when a seemingly perfect family is pushed to the edge by cruel, vindictive, and increasingly dangerous attacks. Thomas and Viv Adler have
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Judith D Collins
- Aug 3, 2021
- 7 min
When All Light Fails
Series: Ryan Demarco #5 By: Randall Silvis ISBN: 172822358X Publisher: Poisoned Pen Publication Date: 08/03/21 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars ++ Top Book 2021 A new mystery from Randall Silvis, critically acclaimed master of crime fiction When powerful men pull strings to get what they want... someone almost always ends up dead There's not much that would convince retired police sergeant Ryan DeMarco to take on another private investigation case, but he can't refuse
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Judith D Collins
- Jul 28, 2021
- 5 min
The Therapist
By: B. A. Paris ISBN: 1250274125 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication Date: 07/13/2021 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars ++ July Q&A with the Author! Top Books of 2021
The multimillion-copy New York Times bestselling author B.A. Paris returns to her heartland of gripping psychological suspense in The Therapist--a powerful tale of a house that holds a shocking secret.
When Alice and Leo move into a newly renovated house in The Circle, a gated community of exclusive
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Judith D Collins
- Jul 18, 2021
- 5 min
Poisoned
Legal Series: Casey Cort (9 of 10) By: Aime Austin ISBN: B08VYSM4DF Publisher: Moore Digital Media Inc Publication Date: 05/24/21 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars ++ TOP BOOKS OF 2021 People lie. Documents don’t. The quaint village of Brighthill in the southernmost part of Cuyahoga County is a bucolic Cleveland suburb bordered by a nature conservancy. But the green trees and greener grass are hiding a secret underneath. The well water that pours from the taps is being poison
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Judith D Collins
- Jul 14, 2021
- 11 min
What's Done in Darkness
By: Laura McHugh ISBN: 9780399590313 Publisher: Random House Publication Date: 06/22/21 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars +++ Top Books of 2021 Abducted as a teenager, a woman must now confront her past and untangle the truth of what really happened to her in this dark thriller from the author of The Wolf Wants In. One of 2021’s Best Beach Reads—OPRAH DAILY “Laura McHugh expertly delivers a harrowing tale of a world where little is what it first appears to be.”—Ron Rash, best
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Judith D Collins
- Jul 6, 2021
- 8 min
The One You're With
By: Lauren K. Denton ISBN: 0785232575 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publication Date: 7/6/2021 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars Author Elevator Ride Interview Top Books 2021 Written in Lauren K. Denton’s signature Southern style, The One You’re With tells a story of marriage, choices, and what a good life really looks like. High-school sweethearts Mac and Edie Swan lead a seemingly picture-perfect life in the sleepy-sweet community of Spring Hill, near Mobile, Alabama. Edie is
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 15, 2021
- 7 min
Confess to Me
By: Sharon Doering ISBN: 1789097193 Publisher: Titan Books Publication Date: 06/15/21 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars
COVER REVEAL Top Books 2021
A wickedly gripping thriller about family secrets, infatuation and the lies we bury to protect ourselves from the author of She Lies Close. Heather Hornne is going home. Haunted by a childhood tragedy and estranged from her family, Heather finds herself back in Hunther, Wisconsin after twenty years running from it. She ret
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 15, 2021
- 9 min
Bath Haus: A Thriller
By: P. J. Vernon ISBN: 0385546734 Publisher: Doubleday Publication Date: 06/15/21 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars ++ COVER REVEAL Elevator Q&A Interview Top Books of 2021 “Bath Haus is riveting: a gripping thriller about how quickly a life can unravel after a single bad decision. P. J. Vernon deftly reminds us that the terrifying traumas from childhood are often but a prelude to the nightmares we will walk into as adults. This book is stylish, smart, and scary as hell.”
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 5, 2021
- 10 min
The Other Black Girl
By: Zakiya Dalila Harris ISBN: 978-1982160135 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 06/01/21 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars + Author Q&A Interview Top Books of 2021
Get Out meets The Devil Wears Prada in this electric debut about the tension that unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publishing.
Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired of being the only Black employee at Wagner Books. F
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 4, 2021
- 6 min
That Summer
By: Jennifer Weiner ISBN: 9781501133541 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 05/10/21 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars +++
Author Q&A Interview
Top Books of 2021 Book Giveaway Contest Congrats to Winner! (see below) From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Summer comes another timely and deliciously twisty novel of intrigue, secrets, and the transformative power of female friendship. Daisy Shoemaker can’t sleep. With a thriving cooking business, ful
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