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  • jhsiess

    Musician | Book Reviewer | Retired Attorney
    Absolutely thrilled with the way the Hickok Homest Absolutely thrilled with the way the Hickok Homestead renovation has turned out! Still waiting on blinds for the sliding glass door & shutters for the picture window in the living room. Getting everything tidied up (so much dust everywhere) & organized. I'm confident my parents would approve. My mother would love all the counter space in the kitchen!
    This is a sight no one has seen since 1982! The r This is a sight no one has seen since 1982! The renovation of my beloved childhood home is underway! #1Son, Robert, is working hard, prepping for the contractor to work some magic. He's ripping out carpets, tack strips, & baseboards, and peeling off wallpaper. Not to mention cleaning out closets & cupboards. Lots of purging taking place. Look at those gorgeous hardwood floors! But no, I'm not going to leave them exposed, in part because, as is visible in the last photo, they aren't in all of the rooms. My parents added about 675 square feet to the house 43 years ago. In the family room, you can see the outline of where my bedroom used to be before it was converted. It's going to be beautiful again when this project is complete. I think Kenny & Ethel, the parental unit, would be proud. I know they'd be tickled about Robert's involvement! I still have to decide what colors to paint the exterior. ๐Ÿค” The dreadful beige & green have to go. Now, if I could just get those pesky home flippers to stop calling, texting, emailing, & snailmailing me with ridiculous lowball offers to buy the house, I'd be a happy woman. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ It's not for sale! Not now & not ever . . . at least as long as I'm sucking air into my lungs! #HickokHomestead #Family #HomeRenovation #HomeImprovement
    I didn't intentionally abandon this account. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ I didn't intentionally abandon this account. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ But my energy is usually focused on @jhscolloquium, where I post about books & authors. And life just happens . . . sometimes lobbing totally unexpected plot developments at us. More about that to follow. In the photo, I'm with some of my favorite people on the planet -- my boys & my grandnieces. Quinn is 10 & Raven will be 7 in September! They're headed to 5th & 1st grade this week. Matthew is still an Accountant with the State of California, Department of Social Services, & Robert is assisting me with a total renovation of the Hickok Homestead on Crescent Avenue. More about that in subsequent posts, too. ๐Ÿ“ธ: Nephew #1, Paul McKelvey #GrandauntieJanie #QuinnEileen #RavenMaxine #Family #FavoritePeople #MissingJudyMcKelvey #HickokHomestead
    ๐ŸŽ„ Delta Drama Peeps Annual Christmas Party๐ŸŽ„ It wa ๐ŸŽ„ Delta Drama Peeps Annual Christmas Party๐ŸŽ„ It was epic, but we missed Michael Grenie so we had a video call with him! Hope to see him soon. โค๏ธ #Friendship ##Priceless #Christmas2023 #DeltaDramaPeeps
    ๐ŸŽ„Whine Club ๐ŸŽ Our monthly Whine Club with our ann ๐ŸŽ„Whine Club ๐ŸŽ Our monthly Whine Club with our annual gift exchange fell on my birthday this year! ๐Ÿ“ธ: @jea955 & @linda.sunday.hansen #WhineClub #Christmas2023 #Friendship #Priceless
    ๐ŸŽ„Christmas 2023๐ŸŽ… Some things old (my mother's ani ๐ŸŽ„Christmas 2023๐ŸŽ… Some things old (my mother's animated carolers & her silly little elf atop her clock) & something new (my tree -- because I gave Matthew my tree for his new house). We got in the spirit right after Thanksgiving this year! #Christmas2023 #Retired #TisTheSeason๐ŸŽ„
    Enjoyed a cozy evening with Matthew at Boo Manor w Enjoyed a cozy evening with Matthew at Boo Manor watching @breakingbad again. He has decorated for Christmas and it's very cozy & homey. He loves Christmas and is enjoying his first holiday season in his first home! ๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ #Christmas2023 #HappyHolidays #BooManor #Matthew #Family #Retired #RetirementDoesNotSuck #SavorTheMoments #Priceless #BreakingBad #BingeWatching
    Their new single has been released to raise funds Their new single has been released to raise funds to help the people of #LahainaTown. #MauiStrong #LahainaStrong #Maui #DoobieBrothers #MichaelMcDonald #MickFleetwood https://youtu.be/PXdWmNjWFbg?si=0TuXgOwLNECRBsGU
    Relaxing afternoons & spectacular sunsets. ๐ŸŒด๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ˜Ž # Relaxing afternoons & spectacular sunsets. ๐ŸŒด๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ˜Ž #Vacation2023 #Maui #MauiStrong #LahainaStrong #Retirement #RetirementDoesNotSuck
    There's no place I'd rather be to cheer on our @49 There's no place I'd rather be to cheer on our @49ers! ๐Ÿ’›โค๏ธ๐Ÿˆโค๏ธ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿ’›โค๏ธ๐Ÿˆโค๏ธ๐Ÿ’› Maui nล ka สปoi! ๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒด๐ŸŒŠ #Maui #Vacation2023 #LahainaStrong #MauiStrong #Retirement #RetirementDoesNotSuck
    Matthew and I had a great time when we stayed in M Matthew and I had a great time when we stayed in Makena last month. But I'm so happy to be back at my favorite spot again. I'm staying on the 12th floor, as I have numerous times, enjoying this panoramic view from the lanai. Yes, it is different now as those of us visiting are sharing space with a large number of employees & Lahaina residents for whom this resort is their home for the time being. And it was heartbreaking to drive through Lahaina Town for the first time since the fire, especially when I got to the area along the Bypass where almost 100 crosses stand, one for each victim. I just passed through, but this transformed Maui is the everyday reality for its people. I can't help contemplating why such a beautiful, spiritual place & its citizens have to endure such destruction & tragedy. Of course, there are no answers. But aloha is more than a word; it is a belief & way of life. The word has been coopted commercially & socially, & gets thrown around casually, but it means presence (alo) & breath (ha). It is a profound concept when you ponder it. Aloha will carry Maui & its people through this time of grief, mourning, & manifesting a different future than was contemplated, just as everyone I have encountered has welcomed me with warmth & appreciation. In this ever-changing yet unchanging view from my lanai, I see & feel Maui's unbreakable spirit, & am grateful to be able to savor it & this indescribable beauty yet again. Maui nล ka สปoi! ๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒด๐ŸŒŠ #Maui #Vacation2023 #Kaanapali #LahainaStrong #MauiStrong
    It's a great time to visit Maui because local busi It's a great time to visit Maui because local businesses need tourism to survive! And every business owner & employee thanked us for proceeding with our trip & supporting their efforts to help not just themselves, but their ohana, many of whom are now residing with them & looking for jobs. The aloha spirit at the Kula Lodge & Restaurant is amazing. They do not yet have clearance to use the water, but did that stop them from serving delicious food? Nope! The loco moco was outstanding, served in a paper bowl with plastic utensils and an ice cold bottle of water! They are bringing in barrels of fresh water to cook the items on a limited menu, & wash pots and pans. They even put big water bottles with pumps in the restrooms for guests to wash their hands & are offering stays in their quaint, charming lodge at steeply discounted rates for guests who don't mind a sponge bath! The staff are all upbeat, friendly, delighted to be working . . . and making it work. Over at the Maui Tropical Plantation, the Mill House is now Cafe O'Lei. The Maui onion soup is delicious & the setting beautiful, although this photo of the hillside & fields shows the effect of the ongoing drought on Maui. My photos from previous visits feature a lush, green hillside & crops growing in the fields. But as Californians know, the rain returns -- eventually -- and the grass & vegetation turn green again. I asked Matthew to snap a photo as I was driving of just one of the many fields around the Kahului airport where a total of approximately 10,000 rental cars are sitting idle that would normally be navigated all over the island by happy tourists. The cars have been sitting in what were once pineapple and sugar cane fields, but those industries are long gone. Now Maui relies on tourism & construction to keep its economy running. We stayed in south Maui & never ventured to the west side out of respect for Lahaina town & her people. Maui nล ka สปoi! ๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒด I can't wait to get back to the island. My body lives in Lodi most of the time .. . . but my soul resides on Maui. #Maui #MauiStrong #MauiTropicalPlantation #Vacation #Vacation2023 #Iโค๏ธHawaii #KulaLodgeAndRestaurant #Retirement #CafeOlei
    We usually get takeout from Miso Phat in Kahana, b We usually get takeout from Miso Phat in Kahana, but we're staying in Wailea this time & not venturing to the west side. There was no wait at the Kihei location, which we had never visited before!! The sushi was just as yummy!! And had a glass of Lodi wine -- Michael David -- with it. ๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿท๐Ÿฅข๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿก๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฆ€ #Vacation #Vacation2023 #Maui #MauiStrong #Iโค๏ธHawaii #Retirement #RetirementDoesNotSuck #IDeserveIt #IEarnedIt #Sushi #MisoPhat #MisoPhatKihei #NoFilter
    The view from our table at Mama's Fish House. Spec The view from our table at Mama's Fish House. Spectacular! And Matthew enjoying it after the meal. #Vacation #Vacation2023 #Maui #MauiStrong #Iโค๏ธHawaii #Retirement #RetirementDoesNotSuck #IDeserveIt #IEarnedIt #RetirementCelebration #PromotionCelebration #MamasFishHouse #NoFilter
    We finally celebrated my retirement, as well as Ma We finally celebrated my retirement, as well as Matthew's two promotions and purchase of his first home, at Mama's Fish House! We used the generous gift certificate presented to me at my retirement party on 10/29/21. Mahalo to my wonderful staff & colleagues! ๐ŸŒด๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒŠ #Maui #MauiStrong #Vacation #Vacation2023 #Retirement #RetirementDoesNotSuck #RetirementCelebration #Iโค๏ธHawaii #IDeserveIt #IEarnedIt #MamasFishHouse #PromotionCelebration #NoFilter
    Last night, we enjoyed a delicious, fun dinner at Last night, we enjoyed a delicious, fun dinner at Monkey Pod! The squash ravioli appetizer melted in my mouth. Then I relaxed on the comfy lanai for another dazzling sunset. #Maui #MauiStrong #Vacation #Vacation2023 #Iโค๏ธHawaii #Retirement #RetirementDoesNotSuck #IEarnedIt #IDeserveIt #NoFilter
    We had a lovely brunch at Nalu's where Poke served We had a lovely brunch at Nalu's where Poke served as our host! He is apparently 28 years old & quite a talker. It was not crowded at all, & the food was yummy! #Maui #MauiStrong #Vacation2023 #Vacation #Retirement #RetirementDoesNotSuck #IDeserveIt #IEarnedIt #NoFilter
    Perfection. #Maui #MauiStrong #Iโค๏ธHawaii #Vacatio Perfection. #Maui #MauiStrong #Iโค๏ธHawaii #Vacation2023 #Retirement #RetirementDoesNotSuck #IDeserveIt #IEarnedIt #NoFilter
    Aloha kakahiaka! @49ers football in paradise! #P Aloha kakahiaka! @49ers football in paradise! #Priceless! #Maui #MauiStrong #Vacation #Vacation2023 #Iโค๏ธHawaii #Retirement #RetirementDoesNotSuck #IDeserveIt #IEarnedIt #NinerGang #Niners #49ers #49erfaithful #FTTB๐Ÿˆ #NoFilter
    Sunset. #Maui #MauiStrong #Iโค๏ธHawaii #Vacation202 Sunset. #Maui #MauiStrong #Iโค๏ธHawaii #Vacation2023 #Retirement #RetirementDoesNotSuck #IDeserveIt #IEarnedIt #NoFilter
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    Book Reviews | Guest Authors
    ๐Ÿ“– โ–‘Aโ–‘uโ–‘tโ–‘hโ–‘oโ–‘rโ–‘ โ–‘Cโ–‘hโ–‘aโ–‘tโ–‘ ๐Ÿ“– & ๐”พ๐•€๐•๐”ผ๐”ธ๐•Ž๐”ธ๐• ๏ผด๏ฝˆ๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‹ ๏ฝ™๏ฝ๏ฝ• ๐Ÿ“– โ–‘Aโ–‘uโ–‘tโ–‘hโ–‘oโ–‘rโ–‘ โ–‘Cโ–‘hโ–‘aโ–‘tโ–‘ ๐Ÿ“– & ๐”พ๐•€๐•๐”ผ๐”ธ๐•Ž๐”ธ๐• ๏ผด๏ฝˆ๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‹ ๏ฝ™๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผŒ ๏ผฌ๏ฝ‰๏ฝš๏ผ What a great discussion I had with author ๐‹๐ข๐ณ ๐‹๐š๐ณ๐š๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ about her background, motivations to become a novelist, & journey to publication. We discussed all 4 of her books -- ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž, and ๐’๐ก๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, as well as her latest, ๐ƒ๐š๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, which was inspired, in part, by personal experience. ๐ƒ๐š๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ is a fast-paced, "relentless" thriller about a young woman fighting monumental battles. She is the story of a woman dealing with a frightening, ruthless stalker. The attorney she retains to protect her interests, as well as those of her vulnerable mother, fails her, as does the legal system. It's a contemporary, riveting, and fully plausible story. What is the author reading? Liz recommends the audio version of It's Not Her by Mary Kubica. Liz is graciously offering an audio version of one of her books to a lucky reader! How to Enter: 1. Watch the video of our discussion & decide which of Liz's four books -- ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐’๐ก๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž or ๐ƒ๐š๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ -- you'd like to read. 2. Post a comment stating the book you're choosing & ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ that's the one you most want to read. 3. Follow @authorlizlazurus ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ @jhscolloquium. Extra Entries: 4. Tag friends! One extra extra for each friend you tag (one per comment). 5. Share this reel as a story (tag @authorlizlazarus & @jhscolloquium) for two extra entries. ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ & ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐Ÿท๐Ÿน, ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿผ! If not entering the giveaway: สŸษชแดข สŸแด€แดขแด€ส€แดœ๊œฑ ษช๊œฑ แด€ ษดแด‡แดก-แด›แด-แดแด‡ แด€แดœแด›สœแดส€ & ษช'แด ๊œฑแด สœแด€แด˜แด˜ส แด›แด สœแด€แด แด‡ แด…ษช๊œฑแด„แดแด แด‡ส€แด‡แด… สœแด‡ส€ แดกส€ษชแด›ษชษดษข. แดกสœแด€แด› ษดแด‡แดก-แด›แด-สแดแดœ แด€แดœแด›สœแดส€(๊œฑ) สœแด€แด แด‡ สแดแดœ แด€แด…แด…แด‡แด… แด›แด สแดแดœส€ แด€แดœแด›แด-ส€แด‡แด€แด… สŸษช๊œฑแด› ส€แด‡แด„แด‡ษดแด›สŸส? #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #LizLazarus #DawnBeforeDarkness #MitchellCovePublishingLLC #Thriller #PsychologicalThriller #PsychologicalSuspense
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐„๐ƒ๐“ | 1๐ŸŽ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š.๐ฆ. ๐๐ƒ๐“ Author ๐‹๐ข๐ณ ๐‹๐š๐ณ๐š๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ pens psychological, legal thrillers dealing with contemporary issues. Her goal is to both educate and entertain. In ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž, and ๐’๐ก๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž she has addressed the criminal justice system, PTSD, responsible gun ownership, self-defense, and female empowerment. Her latest novel, ๐ƒ๐š๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, is the story of a woman dealing with a frightening and ruthless stalker; the failures of counsel retained to protect her interests, as well as those of her vulnerable mother, not to mention the legal system itself; and the unimaginable struggles she faces as she seeks to care for and protect her mother. It is a decidedly timely and riveting thriller. I hope you will join us during the IGLive broadcast or watch the recording of our conversation! #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #LizLazarus #DawnBeforeDarkness #MitchellCovePublishingLLC
    โ–‘Aโ–‘uโ–‘tโ–‘hโ–‘oโ–‘rโ–‘ โ–‘Cโ–‘hโ–‘aโ–‘tโ–‘ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผด๏ฝˆ๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‹ ๏ฝ™๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผŒ ๏ผฃ๏ฝ๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝŒ๏ฝ‰๏ฝŽ๏ผ Au โ–‘Aโ–‘uโ–‘tโ–‘hโ–‘oโ–‘rโ–‘ โ–‘Cโ–‘hโ–‘aโ–‘tโ–‘ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผด๏ฝˆ๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‹ ๏ฝ™๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผŒ ๏ผฃ๏ฝ๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝŒ๏ฝ‰๏ฝŽ๏ผ Author ๐‚๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ and I had an informative and candid conversation about the publishing industry, the state of journalism in the U.S. today, and, of course, her excellent books! ๐๐š๐ค๐ž๐ ๐€๐๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, her first volume of crime fiction, is the prequel to her ๐Š๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐š & ๐†๐จ๐จ๐๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ. The first installment, ๐‡๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐, is available now and ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ will be published on June 16, 2026. Once you start reading, you'll be ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ on the complex, tightly constructed mysteries populated by fascinating, fully-formed characters. Ken Goode is a San Diego police detective who has achieved his career goal of being assigned to the homicide division under the supervision of the man he considers his brother. Katrina Chopin is new to San Diego, but not investigative journalism. She is determined to get the story, but committed to doing so within the bounds of journalistic integrity and ethical guidelines. She has a very personal connection to one case . . . and a strong mutual attraction to Goode. Caitlin is also the author of a dozen compelling true crime books and we talked about three of my favorites: ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ค๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ง๐ž, and ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ. Her journey from investigative reporter to true crime author to crime novelist is an amazing story in and of itself! Her perseverance and tenacity brought her dream to fruition. You can read her account at www.jhsiess.com. What is the author reading? Caitlin recommends the 3rd book in @ericbeetner's Carter McCay trilogy. แดกสœแด€แด› ส™แดแดแด‹(๊œฑ) แดกษชสŸสŸ สแดแดœ ส™แด‡ ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข แด›สœษช๊œฑ แดกแด‡แด‡แด‹แด‡ษดแด…? #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #CaitlinRother #NakedAddiction #Hooked #Staged #KatrinaAndGoodeSeries #DeadReckoning #DownToTheBone #BodyParts #ThomasAndMercer #TrueCrime #CrimeFiction #UpcomingRelease
    ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐•Œ๐•ก๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ โ„๐•–๐•๐•–๐•’๐•ค๐•– ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฅ๐š ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ is a Canadian ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐•Œ๐•ก๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ โ„๐•–๐•๐•–๐•’๐•ค๐•– ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฅ๐š ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ is a Canadian authorย whose debut psychological thriller, ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ, wasย recognized by the Crime Writers of Canada Excellence Awards,ย Canadian Book Club Awards, Pen Craft Awards, & National Indieย Excellence Awards. Her second novel, ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ, will beย published ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐Ÿท๐Ÿป, ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿผ, & it sounds likeย a tense, engrossing tale that will keep me reading well into theย night! After reading the synopsis, I can't wait to see how the story unfolds. ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด: Professor Karla Dobbs has everything: literary acclaim, aย bestselling novel, & a film adaptation on the horizon. Until aย former student accuses her of plagiarism.ย ย  Natalie Silva claims that the novel in question is based on a realย tragedy & insists that the film be stopped . . . or there willย be consequences. Certain that she has done nothing wrong, Karlaย dismisses her. At first.ย  But as the world slips into lockdown, the truth begins to unravel,ย & the people behind the real story emerge, demanding answers.ย Threats & public scrutiny follow. Then come the submissions. Through a desperate attempt to stay afloat, her online mentorshipย program, Karla receives work from an anonymous writer known onlyย as The Protegรฉ. Each excerpt is disturbingly personal. Intimateย & predictive, with chilling precision. Someone is watching her. Someone is writing her. And as people around her begin to die, Karla realizes ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆย ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณย ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ . . . ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ดย ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด. ษชแด›'๊œฑ แด€สŸแดสœแด€ ๊œฐส€ษชแด…แด€ส! แด€ษดแด… แด€ แด›สœส€แด‡แด‡-แด…แด€ส แดกแด‡แด‡แด‹แด‡ษดแด… ษชษด แด›สœแด‡ แดœ.๊œฑ. แดกสœแด€แด› แด…แด สแดแดœย สœแด€แด แด‡ แด˜สŸแด€ษดษดแด‡แด…? ๐‘จ๐’๐’๐’‰๐’‚! ๐‘ฐ'๐’Ž ๐’‚๐’• ๐’Ž๐’š ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’š ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†, ๐’†๐’๐’‹๐’๐’š๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’๐’‡๐’• ๐’•๐’“๐’๐’‘๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’›๐’†๐’”, ๐’”๐’–๐’, & ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’–๐’๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’”๐’๐’†๐’†๐’‘ ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’“๐’‚๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’—๐’†๐’” . . . ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’๐’ ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’๐’” ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’•๐’”๐’๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“. ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒด๐ŸŒบ๐Ÿ˜Ž #UpcomingRelease #Colloquium #BookReviewerย #ThrillerBookLoversThePulse #TheMentor #AngelaDouglasย #PsychologicalThriller #UpcomingRelease #DreamscapeMedia
    ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐•Œ๐•ก๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ โ„๐•–๐•๐•–๐•’๐•ค๐•– ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐Š๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ž has long been ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐•Œ๐•ก๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ โ„๐•–๐•๐•–๐•’๐•ค๐•– ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐Š๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ž has long been an auto-read author forย me. Have you read her fabulous Everything Series --ย ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐—ช๐ž ๐Š๐ž๐ž๐ฉ, ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐—ช๐žย ๐‹๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐, & ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐—ช๐ž ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ž?ย If not, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ becauseย she has written the fourth & final book in the series,ย ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐—ช๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐. And it's a second chanceย story! I can't wait to read it because I ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ the firstย three books. Pre-order your copy now. It will be published onย ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐Ÿน, ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿผ! ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด: On the outside, Nadia Jacobs is a cool, confident architect at theย top of her game. But for the past decade, sheโ€™s been quietlyย building walls to keep the people she loves most at armโ€™s length.ย All because of him. Thomas Donato sacrificed everything when he forced Nadia to keep aย dangerous secret from everyone they knew. He did it to protect hisย family. But it cost him the woman heโ€™s secretly loved since theyย were kids. Now he wants back into Nadiaโ€™s life. Nadiaโ€™s heart does a familiarย skip-and-stumble when met with his hesitant smile, but she seesย through his bravado. Thomas is achingly alone. And letting him inย risks losing everyone & everything she holds dear. When his past abruptly crashes into their present, they are bothย suddenly on the run. Not only are they forced to confront theย price of a secret theyโ€™ve kept for a decade, but a truth even moreย treacherous: their feelings for each other. With time running out & nowhere to hide, will their love healย what darkness broke in them all those years ago, or will itย shatter them forever? ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐—ช๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ is a heart-pounding &ย suspenseful romance full of longing & a second chance at loveย against the odds. ษช'แด ษดแดแด› แด€ ส™ษชษข ส€แดแดแด€ษดแด„แด‡ ส€แด‡แด€แด…แด‡ส€, ส™แดœแด› ษช แด…แด สŸแดแด แด‡ ๊œฑแด‡แด„แดษดแด… แด„สœแด€ษดแด„แด‡ ๊œฑแด›แดส€ษชแด‡๊œฑ.ย ษช๊œฑ แด›สœแด‡ส€แด‡ แด€ ๊œฑแด‡แด„แดษดแด… แด„สœแด€ษดแด„แด‡ ๊œฑแด›แดส€ส แด›สœแด€แด› สแดแดœ สœแด€แด แด‡ สŸแดแด แด‡แด… &ย ส€แด‡แด„แดแดแดแด‡ษดแด…? #UpcomingRelease #Colloquium #BookReviewer #KerryLonsdaleย #EverythingSeries #EverythingWeKeep #EverythingWeGiveย #EverythingWeLeftBehind #EverythingWeFound #UpcomingReleaseย #SecondChanceRomance #Bookouture
    ๐Ÿ“š ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“œ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ต ๐Ÿ“ฌ I love to read big, messy, dramatic ๐Ÿ“š ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“œ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ต ๐Ÿ“ฌ I love to read big, messy, dramatic stories, as well as mysteries, thrillers, & lots of historical fiction. But sometimes I just want to curl up with a book that will remind of all the truly good people in the world & reassure me that things always ultimately work out. Thanks to @bibliolifestyle & @harperperennial for a copy of ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐—ช๐ข๐ฌ๐ก by ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ, author of ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฎ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ & ๐‚๐ข๐ฅ๐ค๐š'๐ฌ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ, two works of historical fiction that I loved. ๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ May 5, 2026, it is a decidedly contemporary story of courage, family, resilience, & hope, which is something I think we can all agree we need right now. ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด: Jesse is 15 years old. She loves her friends, her little brother, & her parents, even when theyโ€™re arguing, which feels constant these days. Most of all, she loves playing video games. Even from her hospital bed. Alex is 29. He doesn't love a lot of things & isnโ€™t really sure he knows ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ to. He's a virtual reality games designer with a desk that is completely empty except for his computer . . . much like his life sometimes feels. Jesse makes a wish. A simple one. She wants a video experience made of her life. Something tangible that will be there, just in case ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ isnโ€™t. One loving teenager. One lonely adult. Which one will get the happy ending? แดกสœแด€แด› ส™แดแดแด‹(๊œฑ) แด…แด สแดแดœ ส€แด‡แด„แดแดแดแด‡ษดแด… แดกสœแด‡ษด ๊œฑแดแดแด‡แดษดแด‡ แด›แด‡สŸสŸ๊œฑ สแดแดœ แด›สœแด‡ส แดกแด€ษดแด› แด›แด ส€แด‡แด€แด… แด€ ส™แดแดแด‹ แด›สœแด€แด› แดกษชสŸสŸ แดœแด˜สŸษช๊œฐแด› แด›สœแด‡แด & แดแด€แด‹แด‡ แด›สœแด‡แด สœแดแด˜แด‡๊œฐแดœสŸ แด…แด‡๊œฑแด˜ษชแด›แด‡ แด€สŸสŸ แด›สœแด‡ แด›แดœส€แดแดษชสŸ ษชษด แด›สœแด‡ แดกแดส€สŸแด… แด€ษดแด…/แดส€ แด›สœแด‡ษชส€ แด˜แด‡ส€๊œฑแดษดแด€สŸ สŸษช๊œฐแด‡? #BookMail #Bookstagram #Gift #bookreviewer #Colloquium #Bibliolifestyle #HarperPerennial #HeatherMorris #TheWish
    ๐Ÿ“šโ–‘Aโ–‘pโ–‘rโ–‘iโ–‘lโ–‘ โ–‘Wโ–‘rโ–‘aโ–‘pโ–‘-โ–‘Uโ–‘pโ–‘๐Ÿ“š April was a month o ๐Ÿ“šโ–‘Aโ–‘pโ–‘rโ–‘iโ–‘lโ–‘ โ–‘Wโ–‘rโ–‘aโ–‘pโ–‘-โ–‘Uโ–‘pโ–‘๐Ÿ“š April was a month of extraordinarily good books! And I discovered new authors whose work I enjoyed & have added them to my exceedingly long & never completed list of auto-buy authors. I read 1๏ธโƒฃ1๏ธโƒฃ books & 1๏ธโƒฃnovella in April. โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ๐Ÿ“– ๐—ช๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐”๐ฉ๐จ๐ง ๐€ ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ž by ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฃ๐˜บ (Writing as Eliza Gordon) ๐Ÿ“– ๐—ช๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐‹๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ by ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜”๐˜ค๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐Ÿ“– ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐—ช๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ž by ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜”๐˜ค๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ by ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ ๐Ÿ“– ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ by ๐˜Œ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐Ÿ“– ๐Š๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž by ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜Œ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐Ÿ“– ๐—ช๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฐ by ๐˜Œ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐Ÿ“– ๐˜๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ by ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ๐Ÿ“– ๐—ช๐ž ๐—ช๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ by ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ-๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ ๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐‹๐š๐ค๐ž by ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜”๐˜ค๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค by ๐˜ˆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐Ÿ“– ๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž by ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ข แด€แด˜ส€ษชสŸ 30 แดแด€ส€แด‹แด‡แด… แด›สœแด‡ แด‡ษดแด… แด๊œฐ แด›สœแด‡ 1๊œฑแด› 1/3 แด๊œฐ 2026. สœแดแดก ษช๊œฑ สแดแดœส€ ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข ษขแดษชษดษข ๊œฑแด ๊œฐแด€ส€ แด›สœษช๊œฑ สแด‡แด€ส€? แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ แดษด แด›ส€แด€แด„แด‹ แด›แด แดแด‡แด‡แด› แด€ษดส ษขแดแด€สŸ(๊œฑ) สแดแดœ สœแด€แด แด‡ ๊œฑแด‡แด› ๊œฐแดส€ สแดแดœส€๊œฑแด‡สŸ๊œฐ? #MonthlyWrapUp #Colloquium #BookReviewer #ThrillerBookLovers #BookBrowse #WishUponARosie #JennSommersby #WhatLiesInDarkness #ChristinaMcDonald #AllTheLiesWeSee #TheStrangerAtBlackLake #TheAstralLibrary #KateQuinn #InvasiveSpecies #EllerAdams #KeepThemClose #DavidEllis #WontBeLongNow #ElizabethHardinger #Yesterear #CaroClaireBurke #Putnam #WilliamMorrow #WeWouldNeverTell #PenguinRandomHouse #AnneSophieJouhanneau #TheGirlsInTheDark #AverBishop #InHerDefense #PhilippaMalicka
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž 5๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž 5๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ‘:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐„๐ƒ๐“ | ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐๐ƒ๐“ I discovered ๐‚๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ's true crime books many years ago via Pump Up Your Book, a virtual book tour group. That was well before Instagram, TikTok, etc. when my reviews were only published on my website. I was eager to read that first book because the story fascinated me, but it also had a slight connection to my career. I've read every successive book she has published since then. So of course I was enthusiastic when I heard she was pivoting to crime ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. Unsurprisingly, she is just as adept at creating engrossing, twisty novels as she is at relating the thoroughly researched details of actual crimes in her signature riveting style. She introduced San Diego police detective Ken Goode in ๐๐š๐ค๐ž๐ ๐€๐๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. (That was actually the first book she ever wrote.) His story continues in ๐‡๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐, set a year later in 2015, and ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž๐, which will be released on June 16, 2026. In those installments, he is joined by reporter Katrina Goode as he struggles to solve baffling crimes . . . and maintain his professionalism when he is tempted to cross ethical boundaries. Reading Caitlin's superbly-crafted novels, you would never suspect that her journey from being a true crime writer to fulfilling her dream of being a crime novelist was an onerous one spanning 17 years. We'll talk about how her determination & perseverance has paid off, challenges presented by a changing publishing industry, whether she'll write more true crime books, the additional novels in the series she has already completed, what she is writing now . . . and more! I hope you can join us during the IGLive broadcast. If you can't, but have questions you would like to ask Caitlin, submit them in a comment & watch the recording later to hear her responses. #Colloquium #AuthorChat #BookReviewer #TrueCrime #CrimeFiction #CaitlinRother #NakedAddiction #Hooked #Staged #ThomasAndMercer #PumpUpYourBook
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐—ช๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐—ช๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ“:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐„๐ƒ๐“ | ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐๐ƒ๐“ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค is a fast-paced, gripping thriller about 15-year-old twins who are kidnapped near their home & held captive for 147 days. But the more interesting aspect of the story is what happens when only one of them escapes. Related through two narratives, Megan's first-person account of present-day events & her emotional struggles, alternating with a third-person account of the girls' captivity which advances incrementally from the day of the kidnapping up to the escape. The book kept me up way too late because I couldn't stop reading the engrossing & surprisingly thought-provoking mystery. It made me an ๐€๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ fan & he has graciously agreed to chat with me about writing thrillers, publishing, "hint fiction" (his invention), & why Robert Swartwood, a bestselling & award-winning author, decided to start publishing books under a pseudonym! If you are able to join us during the IGLive broadcast, you can ask your burning questions. Or submit them in a comment & watch the recording later to hear his answers! #Colloquium #AuthorChat #BookReviewer #ThrillerBookLoversThePulse #TheGirlsInTheDark #AveryBishop #RobertSwarthood #Bookouture #Thriller #PsycholgicalThriller #Mystery
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ‘:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐„๐ƒ๐“ | ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐๐ƒ๐“ Even if you haven't read ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ ๐—ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง's novels yet, if you're a fan of TV dramas, including Homicide, Law & Order, House, JAG, Judging Amy, & Medium, you've seen his work. His long love of psychological thrillers & a desire to write alone, rather than in a collaborative TV writers' room, inspired him to pen his first novel, ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž, which he followed up with ๐Š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ. Recently, ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ% was released & he is adapting it as a pilot for NBC. Set just 20 years in the future, the United States is ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ privatized. The Big Six syndicates own schools, roads, police departments . . . even human beings. The murder of one of them sends an NYPD detective with an old-school sense of justice on a quest to find her killer, & a battle against the syndicates & the most ruthless, powerful AI in the world. I hope you will join us during the IGLive broadcast or watch the recording of what is sure to be a fascinating discussion! #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #MattWitten #TheNecklace #KillerStory #51PercentBook #OceanviewPublishing #LevelBestBooks #DystopianFiction #Thriller
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€ย ๐Ÿ’ป ๐˜๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ by ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐จ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ค๐ž i ๐Ÿ“– ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€ย ๐Ÿ’ป ๐˜๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ by ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐จ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ค๐ž is not justย a bestseller. It is the current "you have to read it" book becauseย of readers' myriad reactions to the characters and story. The main character, Natalie Heller Mills, is a social mediaย influencer. She has developed a "lifestyle brand" centered aroundย her role as a "trad wife." With her husband and children, she livesย on a farm and every aspect of their life that she projects to theย world is carefully curated to present an ideally stylized existence.ย She sells related merchandise, naturally, and has become extremelyย wealthy. Behind the staged imagery, the family is far from perfect, ofย course. ๐˜๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ is fast-paced and engrossing. It is aย completely unique and creative tale, unlike any I've ever readย before. It is extremely well-written, with each character fullyย formed.ย  I have convinced my in-person book club to read ๐˜๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซย because I can't think of a book that is better suited to discussionย of its multi-layered, nuanced themes. Burke has constructed aย searingly astute and insightful story about life in the age ofย social media, with contemporary political and religious overtones.ย It is the most impressive debut novel I have read in some time &ย I can't wait to read more of her work. โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ สœแด€แด แด‡ สแดแดœ ส€แด‡แด€แด… สแด‡๊œฑแด›แด‡ส€สแด‡แด€ส€? ษช๊œฐ ๊œฑแด, ๊œฑสœแด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœส€ ษชแดแด˜ส€แด‡๊œฑ๊œฑษชแดษด๊œฑ แด€ษดแด… แดแด˜ษชษดษชแดษด.ย ษช๊œฐ ษดแดแด›, แด…แด สแดแดœ แด˜สŸแด€ษด แด›แด? #Colloquium #BookReview #Yesteryear #CaroClaireBurkeย #BookClubFiction #GMABookClub #KnopfPublishing #NetGalley
    โ–‘Aโ–‘uโ–‘tโ–‘hโ–‘oโ–‘rโ–‘ โ–‘Cโ–‘hโ–‘aโ–‘tโ–‘ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผด๏ฝˆ๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‹ ๏ฝ™๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผŒ ๏ผช๏ฝ‰๏ฝ๏ผ I had โ–‘Aโ–‘uโ–‘tโ–‘hโ–‘oโ–‘rโ–‘ โ–‘Cโ–‘hโ–‘aโ–‘tโ–‘ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผด๏ฝˆ๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‹ ๏ฝ™๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผŒ ๏ผช๏ฝ‰๏ฝ๏ผ I had a wonderful time chatting with award-winning author ๐‰๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‹'๐„๐ญ๐จ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž about his background in law enforcement and unique childhood experiences; how, after retiring, he was inspired to become a novelist; his writing approach & style; busy role as a volunteer and mentor to up-and-coming authors; and, of course, his excellent books. The Detective Nathan Parker series, set in Arizona, consists of four volumes so far: ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ, ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐—ช๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง, ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐, and ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ. This is a great time to start reading and get caught up on the series, because the fifth book, ๐—ช๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ, will be released in August 2026. I can't wait to read it. Set in Sacramento, there are three installments in the Detective Emily Hunter series: ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐, ๐‘๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ข๐ž๐ฌ (which was just nominated for an Anthony Award), and ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก. A fourth volume is in the works. Every one of Jim's books is fast-paced, populated by fully developed and fascinating characters, and sprinkled with humor. Additionally, he confronts contemporary social issues from multiple vantage points. That makes the books excellent choices for book clubs because there are plenty of aspects to discuss and debate. แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ แด€ ๊œฐแด€ษด แด๊œฐ แด€ษดส ส™แดแดแด‹ ๊œฑแด‡ส€ษชแด‡๊œฑ? ษขษชแด แด‡ แดแด‡ สแดแดœส€ ส€แด‡แด„แดแดแดแด‡ษดแด…แด€แด›ษชแดษด๊œฑ! #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #JamesLEtoile #DetectiveNathanParkerSeries #DetectiveEmilyHunterSeries #DeadDrop #DevilWithin #ServedCold #SinsOfTheFather #FaceOfGreed #RiverOfLies #IllusionOfTruth #Thriller #Mystery #PartnersInCrimeVirtualBookTours #LevelBestBooks #OceanviewPublishing
    โ–‘Aโ–‘uโ–‘tโ–‘hโ–‘oโ–‘rโ–‘ โ–‘Cโ–‘hโ–‘aโ–‘tโ–‘ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผด๏ฝˆ๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‹ ๏ฝ™๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผŒ ๏ผค๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‰๏ฝ…๏ฝŒ๏ฝŒ๏ฝ…๏ผ B โ–‘Aโ–‘uโ–‘tโ–‘hโ–‘oโ–‘rโ–‘ โ–‘Cโ–‘hโ–‘aโ–‘tโ–‘ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผด๏ฝˆ๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‹ ๏ฝ™๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผŒ ๏ผค๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‰๏ฝ…๏ฝŒ๏ฝŒ๏ฝ…๏ผ Bestselling, award-winning author ๐ƒ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž ๐†๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ graciously joined me to talk about her background, writing style, and latest novel, ๐๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฒ ๐’๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ซ. โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ She is commemorating her 25 years as a published author -- the Rookie Club, Rookie Club, Dr. Schwartzman, and Badland Series, as well as four other standalone novels. ๐๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฒ ๐’๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ซ is an excellent selection for books clubs. Danielle describes it as a literary thriller and, through her fascinating, fully developed characters, she explores multiple themes, including forgiveness, deciding whether or not to have children, fertility, and marital partners who disagree about the future they envision for themselves. At the heart of the story is a friendship developed in adolescence between Lexi, Mara, and Cate (Danielle says they really became sisters), a tragedy, and a reunion 16 years later. When Mara disappears just days before the baby she has agreed to carry for Lexi is due, Lexi begins searching for her. Twists, turns, surprising revelations, and questions about how well the friends ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ know each other figure into the fast-paced, action-packed, & clever mystery. แดกสœแด€แด› ส™แดแดแด‹(๊œฑ) แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ แด„แดœส€ส€แด‡ษดแด›สŸส ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข แด€ษดแด…/แดส€ สŸษช๊œฑแด›แด‡ษดษชษดษข แด›แด? #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #DanielleGirard #PinkySwear #AtriaBooks #EmilyBestlerBooks #Thriller #Mystery #LiteraryThriller
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ2๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ2๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ”:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐„๐ƒ๐“ | ๐Ÿ‘:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐๐ƒ๐“ ๐ƒ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž ๐†๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ is the bestselling author of the Badlands Series, Dr. Schwartzman Series, & Rookie Club Series, as well as 5 standalone books, including her latest, ๐๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฒ ๐’๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ซ. She is also the host of the ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ Podcast. (218 episodes so far!) So it might surprise you to know that she did not set out to be a writer. She planned to attend medical school, ended up working in finance, & was eventually inspired to start her writing career when she was encouraged by a romance author. ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต a dead body showed up early in the narrative of her first novel . . . and, as the saying goes, the rest is ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ history. Danielle has graciously agreed to chat with me about ๐๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฒ ๐’๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ซ, her writing journey & process, & more. I will definitely ask her about time management, given everything she does! I hope you can either join us during the IGLive broadcast or watch the video of our discussion. แด…แด สแดแดœ สœแด€แด แด‡ แด€ษดส แด›ษชแดแด‡ แดแด€ษดแด€ษขแด‡แดแด‡ษดแด› แด›ส€ษชแด„แด‹๊œฑ แด›สœแด€แด› แด‡ษดแด€ส™สŸแด‡ สแดแดœ แด›แด แด€แด›แด›แด‡ษดแด… แด›แด แด€สŸสŸ แด๊œฐ สแดแดœส€ ส€แด‡๊œฑแด˜แดษด๊œฑษชส™ษชสŸษชแด›ษชแด‡๊œฑ & แดส™สŸษชษขแด€แด›ษชแดษด๊œฑ, สแด‡แด› ๊œฑแด›ษชสŸสŸ ๊œฐษชษดแด… แด›ษชแดแด‡ แด›แด แด‡ษดแดŠแดส ส™แดแดแด‹๊œฑ? ๊œฑสœแด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœส€ แด›แด‡๊œฑแด›แด‡แด… แด›ษชแด˜๊œฑ & แด›แด‡แด„สœษดษชQแดœแด‡๊œฑ . . . ส™แด‡แด„แด€แดœ๊œฑแด‡ แดส แด›ส™ส€ สŸษช๊œฑแด› & ๊œฑแด›แด€แด„แด‹๊œฑ แด€ส€แด‡ แด€ สŸแด๊œฑแด› แด„แด€แดœ๊œฑแด‡. #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #DanielleGirard #PinkySwear #Atria #EmilyBestlerBooks #Thriller #Mystery
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐—ช๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐—ช๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐„๐ƒ๐“ | ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š.๐ฆ. ๐๐ƒ๐“ Author ๐‰๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‹'๐„๐ญ๐จ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž spent 29 years โ€œbehind bars.โ€ No, he was ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต an inmate. He held various positions within California's prison system, including parole agent, facility captain, associate warden (at a maximum-security prison), hostage negotiator, and Director of the Division of Adult Parole Operations. After retiring, he found himself reading a novel that wasn't particularly good . . . & challenged himself to see if, armed with material gathered during a career in which he "witnessed the extremes of human behavior, depravity to redemption,โ€ he could study the craft of writing & pen a better thriller. The fictional stories he crafts are heavily influenced by his interactions with gang leaders, drug traffickers, & serial killers, in addition to the men & women responsible for keeping criminals incarcerated in California's prisons safe . . . and the public safe from them. And his novels have been shortlisted for or won multiple awards. His Detective Nathan Parker series consists of 4 volumes so far: ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ; ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐—ช๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง; ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐; and, most recently, ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ. He set his Detective Emily Hunter series in Sacramento. In ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐, ๐‘๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, and this year's ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก, Emily works to solve cases while managing personal complications & responsibilities. Join us as we chat about how James transitioned from prison (San Quentin, in particular) to retirement to life as an award-winning writer with leadership roles in various professional organizations. And the "small world" connection that initially drew me to his books. I hope you can either join us during the IGLive broadcast or watch the video later. สœแด€แด แด‡ สแดแดœ แด‡แด แด‡ส€ ส™แด‡แด‡ษด แดแดแด›ษชแด แด€แด›แด‡แด… แด›แด ส€แด‡แด€แด… แด€ษด แด€แดœแด›สœแดส€'๊œฑ แดกแดส€แด‹ ส™แด‡แด„แด€แดœ๊œฑแด‡ แด๊œฐ แด€ แดแดœแด›แดœแด€สŸ แด˜ส€แด๊œฐแด‡๊œฑ๊œฑษชแดษดแด€สŸ แด€ษดแด…/แดส€ แด˜แด‡ส€๊œฑแดษดแด€สŸ แด„แดษดษดแด‡แด„แด›ษชแดษด? #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #JamesLEtoile #DetectiveNathanParkerSeries #DetectiveEmilyHunterSeries #LevelBestBooks #OceanviewPUblishing #PartnersInCrimeVirtualBookTours
    ๐Ÿ“– โ–‘Aโ–‘uโ–‘tโ–‘hโ–‘oโ–‘rโ–‘ โ–‘Cโ–‘hโ–‘aโ–‘tโ–‘ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผด๏ฝˆ๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‹ ๏ฝ™๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผŒ ๏ผฃ๏ฝˆ๏ฝ’๏ฝ‰๏ฝ“๏ผ I ๐Ÿ“– โ–‘Aโ–‘uโ–‘tโ–‘hโ–‘oโ–‘rโ–‘ โ–‘Cโ–‘hโ–‘aโ–‘tโ–‘ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผด๏ฝˆ๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‹ ๏ฝ™๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผŒ ๏ผฃ๏ฝˆ๏ฝ’๏ฝ‰๏ฝ“๏ผ I could have talked with bestselling, award-winning author ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ž for much longer about his long tenure in the publishing industry, philosophy about and approach to writing, techniques, and his latest novel, ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง. โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ What a wonderful conversationalist he is, not to mention knowledgeable & gracious! ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง is a thriller, but so much more. It is a witty, astute, & insightful look at American society &, more particularly, contemporary life in New York City. It is populated with fascinating, multi-faceted characters facing various challenges. It is a loving homage to a man who spent his entire working life serving as the doorman in the very building where Chris lives. In addition to being a fast-paced, action-packed suspense tale, it is a love story that will break your heart more than once. แดกสœแด€แด› แดกแด€๊œฑ แด›สœแด‡ สŸแด€๊œฑแด› ส™แดแดแด‹ สแดแดœ ส€แด‡แด€แด… แด›สœแด€แด› ส™ส€แดแด‹แด‡ สแดแดœส€ สœแด‡แด€ส€แด›? #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #TheDoorman #ChrisPavone #BookSparks #MCDPicador #FarrarStraussAndGiroux #Bestseller #Thriller #AwardWinningFiction
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐“พ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“’๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐“พ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“’๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐„๐ƒ๐“ | ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š.๐ฆ. ๐๐ƒ๐“ I'm looking forward to chatting tomorrow with acclaimed, bestselling author ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ž about his latest novel, ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง! Among the many accolades received, ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง was named a New York Times Notable Book of 2025 & one of the Best Thrillers & Mysteries of the Year by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Elle, Publishers Weekly, & Air Mail, among others. Chris is the also the author of ๐“๐ฐ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐›๐จ๐ง, ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ, & ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ฌ, and has won both the Edgar and Anthony awards. His books have also been shortlisted for the Strand, Macavity, & ThrillerFest awards, as well as the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. I hope you can either join us during the live broadcast or watch the video of our discussion which will be posted here. John Grisham described ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง as "a near-perfect blend of clever plotting, wicked social commentary, irresistible setting, truly memorable characters, & old-fashioned, page-turning fun," while Publishers Weekly heralded it as a "Tom Wolfeโ€“worthy dissection of Manhattan society in the post-Covid era." Huge thanks go to @BookSparks & MCD Picador/Farrar, Straus & Giroux for providing copies of ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง for my in-person book club & arranging our upcoming discussion! แดษชแด…-แดกแด‡แด‡แด‹ แด„สœแด‡แด„แด‹-ษชษด: แดกสœแด€แด› แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข แดษด แด›สœษช๊œฑ ส™แด‡แด€แดœแด›ษช๊œฐแดœสŸ แดกแด‡แด…ษดแด‡๊œฑแด…แด€ส? ษขษชแด แด‡ แดแด‡ แด€สŸสŸ สแดแดœส€ ส€แด‡แด„แดแดแดแด‡ษดแด…แด€แด›ษชแดษด๊œฑ! แดส สœแด‡แด€แด… ษช๊œฑ ๊œฑแด›ษชสŸสŸ ๊œฑแด˜ษชษดษดษชษดษข ๊œฐส€แดแด แด›สœแด‡ สŸแด€๊œฑแด› ส™แดแดแด‹ ษช ส€แด‡แด€แด… ษชษด แด€แด˜ส€ษชสŸ: สแด‡๊œฑแด›แด‡ส€สแด‡แด€ส€ ส™ส @caroclaireburke! ๐Ÿ˜ณ ษช สœษชษขสœสŸส ส€แด‡แด„แดแดแดแด‡ษดแด… ษชแด›! #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #ChrisPavone #TheDoorman #BookSparks #MCDPicador #FarrarStrausAndGiroux
    ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐Ÿ“š Time to share some of the books tha ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐Ÿ“š Time to share some of the books that have been delivered to my home recently and express my gratitude to the publishers who graciously provided them! All of these books were written by authors whose work I have read previously and, in some cases, for many years. I'm going to my Happy Place soon and what's on the agenda? Lots of poolside READING, of course! ๐Ÿ“™ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค by ๐˜ˆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ (Bookouture) ๐Ÿ“• ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ by ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ (Level Best Books) ๐Ÿ“˜ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐š๐œ๐ฌ by ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ (Berkley Publishing) ๐Ÿ“— ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ by ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ช (Grand Central Publishing) ๐Ÿ“” ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ by ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฉ๐˜ซ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ (Doubleday Books) สœแด€แด แด‡ สแดแดœ ส€แด‡แด„แด‡ษดแด›สŸส ส€แด‡แด„แด‡ษชแด แด‡แด… แดส€ แด˜แดœส€แด„สœแด€๊œฑแด‡แด… แด€ษดส ษดแด‡แดก ส™แดแดแด‹(๊œฑ) ส™ส แด€แดœแด›สœแดส€(๊œฑ) แดกสœแด๊œฑแด‡ แดกแดส€แด‹ สแดแดœ สœแด€แด แด‡ แด˜ส€แด‡แด ษชแดแดœ๊œฑสŸส แด‡ษดแดŠแดสแด‡แด…? ษช๊œฐ ๊œฑแด, ษขษชแด แด‡ แดแด‡ แด€สŸสŸ แด๊œฐ สแดแดœส€ ส€แด‡แด„แดแดแดแด‡ษดแด…แด€แด›ษชแดษด๊œฑ! #bookstagram #books #booklover #Colloquium #bookreviewer #Gift #BookMail #BookMailIsTheBestMail #Bookouture #TheGirlsInTheDark #AveryBishop #ThrillersBookLoversThePulse #51Book #MattWitten #LevelBestBooks #MattWitten #TheInsomniacs #AllisonWinnScotch #BerkleyPublishing #HopeRises #DavidBaldacci #GrandCentralPublishing #TheAmateur #ChrisBohjalian #DoubledayBooks
    ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐Ÿ“š So many intriguing books have arriv ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐Ÿ“š So many intriguing books have arrived in my mailbox recently! I very much appreciate the generosity of the publishers who have sent them to me. All of these books are by new-to-me authors! ๐Ÿ“™ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐—ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐ข๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ by ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ข ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ-๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด (Scribner Books) ๐Ÿ“• ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž by ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข (Scribner Books) ๐Ÿ“˜ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง by ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ (BookSparks & MCD Picador) ๐Ÿ“— ๐—ช๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐›๐จ๐ซ by ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜’๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ (Scribner Books) ๐Ÿ“” ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฐ by ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜’๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ & ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ (๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ) แด€แด˜ส€ษชสŸ ษช๊œฑ แด€สŸแดแด๊œฑแด› แดแด แด‡ส€! ๐Ÿ˜ณ แดกสœแด€แด› ส™แดแดแด‹(๊œฑ) แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ แดแด๊œฑแด› สŸแดแดแด‹ษชษดษข ๊œฐแดส€แดกแด€ส€แด… แด›แด ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข ษชษด แดแด€ส? #bookstagram #books #booklover #Colloquium #bookreviewer #Gift #BookMail #BookMailIsTheBestMail #TheFourWivesAndFiveDeathsOfRichardMilford #NafissaThompsonSpires #ScribnerBooks #YouBelongHere #MeganMiranda #TheDoorman #ChrisPavone #Booksparks #MCDPicador #WhaleHarbor #MaryBethKeane #TheMidnightShow #LeeKelly #JenniferThorne #CrownPublishing
    ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€ ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿซ ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ž's 1st stand-alon ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€ ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿซ ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ž's 1st stand-alone thriller, ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž, is a fast-paced, inventive, & intricately plotted mystery that will keep you guessing. Amid a large cast of fascinating, fully developed characters, Carly Bennett is at the heart of the tale. By all outward appearances, she is a successful professor of Creative Writing at USC, but she lacks confidence & struggles with โ€œimposter syndrome.โ€ The complex tale of deceit, betrayals, jealousy, malice, & psychopathy is told from the perspectives of 5e primary & a couple of minor characters through chapters that alternate between the present day and 15 years ago. Each is a third-person narrative that advances the story through incremental revelations about the events that occurred then & what is currently transpiring. Carly's life veers off-track & she searches for the truth about her mother's death when she was 12 yrs. old & a murdered co-worker. Carly is likable & sympathetic. She survived abandonment, lies, tragedy, & self-doubt. Now memories of her traumatic & painful childhood cause her to spiral out of control, questioning whether she could have brought about her motherโ€™s death. Readers will embrace & cheer for Carly to uncover the truth about the past, as well as the people she has recently welcomed into her life . . . & find peace, even though neither her life nor anyone elseโ€™s can ever truly be perfect. ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž is a riveting & entertaining mystery that proves once again what a skillful & creative writer Haseldine is. In her capable hands, the large cast of characters, numerous plot threads, & dual-timeline, multiple points-of-view narratives all meld seamlessly into a cohesive, engrossing tale. Indeed, ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž is a nearly perfect psychological thriller. ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ.๐Ÿ‘†โฃ แด€แด˜ส€ษชสŸ ษช๊œฑ แด€สŸแดแด๊œฑแด› แดแด แด‡ส€! ๐Ÿ˜ณ แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ แด…แด‡แด›แด‡ส€แดษชษดแด‡แด… แด›แด ๊œฐษชษดษช๊œฑสœ แด€ษดส ส™แดแดแด‹(๊œฑ) ส™ส แดแด€ส 1? #Colloquium #BookReviewer #JaneHaseldine #EVeryoneIsPerfectHere #SevernHousePublishing #PartnersInCrimeVirtualBookTours #PsychologicalThriller
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