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Best Books of 2015, Part 3: Adult Fiction
I hope everyone is having a lovely holiday! Welcome to Part 3 of my Best Books of 2015 round-up! Another year of reading is inching its way to an end! All around, I would say that it has been a pretty solid year of reads: from brilliant and moving picture books, to gems in young Read more
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EVERY WORD Blog Tour, Day Four: Review of Ellie Marney’s Every Word
Welcome to day four of the Tundra Books sponsored Blog Tour for Ellie Marney‘s Every Word! Today on Fab Book Reviews, I am featuring a review of Every Word, the second book in the Every series from author Ellie Marney! Review: Every Word (Every Breath #2) by Ellie Marney Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Tundra Read more
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Must Read Monday (20): Fire Colour One & Grounded
Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight older, recent, or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This week: Jenny Valentine’s Fire Colour One and Kate Klise’s Read more
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Review: The Lake House by Kate Morton
Review: The Lake House by Kate Morton Source: ARC courtesy of Simon & Schuster Canada. Thank you! Publication: October 20, 2015 by Atria Books Verdict: Very Good/Excellent Book Description: Living on her family’s idyllic lakeside estate in Cornwall, England, Alice Edevane is a bright, inquisitive, innocent, and precociously talented sixteen-year-old who loves to write stories. Read more
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Review: Nine Lives (A Lily Dale Mystery) by Wendy Corsi Staub
Review: Nine Lives (A Lily Dale Mystery) by Wendy Corsi Staub Source: ARC courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Publication: October 27, 2015 by Crooked Lane Books Verdict: Good/Very Good Book Description: In this warm and witty series debut from New York Times bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub, a widowed young mom plans a fresh Read more
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November Blog Tour for Ellie Marney’s Every Word
Coming up this month, I have the pleasure and delight of participating in the Tundra Books sponsored Blog Tour for Ellie Marney‘s Every Word. Every Word is the second book in Marney’s Every mystery series, which takes on the epic legend of Sherlock Holmes and turns him into a brilliant and troubled seventeen year old, Read more
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Review: Silent City (A Claire Codella Mystery) by Carrie Smith
Review: Silent City (A Claire Codella Mystery) by Carrie Smith Source: ARC courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Publication: October 13, 2015 Verdict: Very Good Book Description: NYPD Detective Claire Codella has just won a tough battle with cancer. Now she has to regain her rightful place on the force. she hasn’t even been Read more
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Review: The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
Review: The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Simon & Schuster Canada via Goodreads First Reads. Thank you! Publication: September 1, 2015 by Aladdin Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Following a series of murders, an apothecary’s apprentice must solve puzzles and decipher codes in pursuit of a secret that could destroy the Read more
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Must Read Monday (19): The Hanged Man by P.N. Elrod & The Strings of Murder by Oscar de Muriel
Happy Thanksgiving! Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight current and/or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This week’s focus is all on mystery and suspense. Read more
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Review: Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons by Denise Grover Swank
Review: Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons (Rose Gardner Mystery #2) by Denise Grover Swank Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Publication: September 15, 2015 by Crooked Lane Books Verdict: Good/Very Good Book Description: When Rose Gardner reports for jury duty in Denise Grover Swank’s New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, Read more
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