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Judith D Collins
- Feb 2
- 3 min
Prom Mom
By: Laura Lippman ISBN: 9780062998064 Publisher: William Morrow Publication Date: 07/25/2023 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JULY 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman tells the story of Amber Glass, desperately trying to get away from her tabloid past but compulsively drawn back to the city of her youth and the prom date who destroyed everything she was reaching for. Amber Glass has spent her entire adult life putting as much distance as pos
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Judith D Collins
- Dec 4, 2022
- 4 min
The Ingenue
By: Rachel Kapelke-Dale Narrator: Stephanie Willis Macmillan Audio ISBN: 9781250870681 Publisher: Macmillan Audio St. Martin's Press Publication Date:12/06/2022 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) DEC 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS My Dark Vanessa meets The Queen's Gambit in this new novel of suspense about the bonds of family, the limits of talent, the risks of ambition, and the rewards of revenge. When former piano prodigy Saskia Kreis returns home to Milwaukee after her mother'
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Judith D Collins
- Aug 1, 2022
- 7 min
When we Were Bright and Beautiful
By: Jillian Medoff ISBN: 978-0063142022 Publisher: Harper Publication Date: 08/02/2022 Format: Audiobook Narrator: Marin Ireland My Rating: 5 Stars AUG 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS TOP BOOKS OF 2022 LIST “When We Were Bright and Beautiful blew me away. Jillian Medoff’s gripping exploration of wealth, consent, and complicity tells the story of a loving family’s unraveling with the propulsive pace of the best thrillers. A masterful achievement.”—Aimee Molloy, New York Times bestsell
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Judith D Collins
- Jul 19, 2021
- 3 min
The Stranger Behind You
By: Carol Goodman ISBN: 0063082349 Publisher: William Morrow Publication Date: 07/06/21 Format: Other My Rating: Currently Reading Two-time Mary Higgins Clark Award-Winning Author! In the tradition of Daphne du Maurier and Shari Lapena, comes the newest mystery thriller from New York Times bestselling author Carol Goodman—a twisty, chilling story set in a former Magdalen Laundry in Manhattan that explores today’s #MeToo complexities. "In a twisting, mesmerizing story that is
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 16, 2021
- 3 min
Dream Girl
By: Laura Lippman ISBN: 0062390074 Publisher: William Morrow Publication Date: 06/22/21 Format: Hardcover My Rating: TBR “My dream novel. I devoured this in three days. The sharpest, clearest-eyed take on our #MeToo reckoning yet. Plus: enthralling." —Megan Abbott, Edgar Award-winning author of Dare Me and The Fever Following up on her acclaimed and wildly successful New York Times bestseller Lady in the Lake, Laura Lippman returns with a dark, complex tale of psychologica
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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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Judith D Collins
- Apr 21, 2021
- 4 min
Hour of the Witch
By: Chris Bohjalian ISBN: 0385542437 Publisher: Doubleday Publication Date: 05/04/21 Format: Hardcover My Rating: TBR “Absolutely riveting historical fiction that reads like the most page-turning of thrillers.” --Lisa Scottoline, bestselling author of Eternal A Read It Forward Most Anticipated Book * A Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book * A CrimeReads Most Anticipated Book * A Real Simple Best New Book * A GoodReads Most Anticipated Book * An AARP Most Anticipated Book A young P
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Judith D Collins
- Apr 6, 2021
- 8 min
Mother May I
By: Joshilyn Jackson ISBN: 9780062855343 Publisher: William Morrow Publication Date: 04/06/2021 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars Top Books of 2021 "A master of domestic suspense."
—Entertainment Weekly The New York Times bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Never Have I Ever builds on her success with this addictive novel of domestic suspense in which a mother must decide how far she is willing to go to protect her child and the life she loves—a chilling and tho
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
All Girls
By: Emily Layden ISBN: 1250270898 Publisher: St Martins Press Publication Date: 02/15/21 Format: Hardcover My Rating: TBR "A striking debut." ––Good Housekeeping "Sharp, engrossing."––Town & Country "For fans of Gossip Girl and readers of Curtis Sittenfeld and Emma Straub." ––Booklist "Intelligent, evocative, and empathetic." ––Kirkus "An exciting, innovative debut from a fresh new voice." ––Taylor Jenkins Reid A keenly perceptive coming of age novel for fans of Sally Rooney,
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Judith D Collins
- Oct 9, 2018
- 8 min
Not Our Kind
By: Kitty Zeldis ISBN: 0062844237 Publisher: Harper Publication Date: 9/4/2018 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars
With echoes of Rules of Civility and The Boston Girl, a compelling and thought-provoking novel set in postwar New York City, about two women—one Jewish, one a WASP—and the wholly unexpected consequences of their meeting.
Tne rainy morning in June, two years after the end of World War II, a minor traffic accident brings together Eleanor Moskowitz and Patrici
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