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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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  • jhscolloquium

    Book Reviews | Guest Authors
    ๐Ÿ“–๐ŸŒน ๐“๐“พ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“’๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐ŸŒน๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ“–๐ŸŒน ๐“๐“พ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“’๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐ŸŒน๐Ÿ“– ๏ผน๏ฝ๏ฝ•๏ผ‡๏ฝ’๏ฝ…ใ€€๏ผฉ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ–๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ…๏ฝ„ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ 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“ Sometimes the Instagram algorithm gods perform good deeds. One day, they showed me @alannagraceauthor's account & I began following her. On February 26th, she raved about ๐—ช๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐”๐ฉ๐จ๐ง ๐š ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ž, a book I had never heard about which was written by an author, ๐‰๐ž๐ง๐ง ๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐›๐ฒ writing as Eliza Gordon, I was not familiar with. Jenn graciously sent me a digital copy of the book, but I loved it so much I had to buy a physical copy for my home library, & have been recommending it to all of my friends & followers. ๐—ช๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐”๐ฉ๐จ๐ง ๐š ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ž is the book we all need when the world at large &/or events occurring around & impacting us just feel too heavy, too overwhelming, too cruel. It's the book you want to crawl under a blanket with, silence your phone, & immerse yourself in Rosie's journey, cheering for her & the folks who love her. It is an ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ story that reminds us there really are wonderful, loving people all around us who are dedicated to caring for each other. Jenn has also written three series, with a new one launching in August. ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ฒ๐š is Book 1 in her Hendry Family Saga. In addition, she's a book editor & will be releasing ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ƒ๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐Œ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ: ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ & ๐€๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐…๐ข๐ฑ๐ž๐ซ soon. So we'll have a lot to chat about & I hope you can either join us this Friday or watch the video of our discussion which will be posted here. แดกสœแด€แด› ส™แดแดแด‹(๊œฑ) แดกแดแดœสŸแด… สแดแดœ ส€แด‡แด„แดแดแดแด‡ษดแด… แด›แด แด€ ส€แด‡แด€แด…แด‡ส€ แดกสœแด ษช๊œฑ ษชษด ๊œฑแด‡แด€ส€แด„สœ แด๊œฐ แด€ แด„สœแด€ส€แดษชษดษข & สŸษช๊œฐแด‡-แด€๊œฐ๊œฐษชส€แดษชษดษข ๊œฑแด›แดส€ส แด›สœแด€แด› แดกษชสŸสŸ สŸษช๊œฐแด› แด›สœแด‡ษชส€ ๊œฑแด˜ษชส€ษชแด›๊œฑ แดกสœแด‡ษด แด›สœแด‡ส แด€ส€แด‡ ๊œฐแด‡แด‡สŸษชษดษข แดแด แด‡ส€แดกสœแด‡สŸแดแด‡แด… ส™ส สŸษช๊œฐแด‡ แด€ษดแด…/แดส€ แดกแดส€สŸแด… แด‡แด แด‡ษดแด›๊œฑ? #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #JennSommersby #ElizaGordon #WishUponARosie #SGABooks
    ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€ ๐Ÿ‘ญ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค by Avery Bi ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€ ๐Ÿ‘ญ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค by Avery Bishop, is a survivor's story. Twenty years ago, identical 15 -year-old twin girls were abducted while walking in the woods behind their home. They had distinctly different personalities. Megan was a "good girl," but Allison had grown defiant, getting poor grades, cutting classes, partying, & Megan had just found Allison & her friend drinking & smoking pot. Allison stomped out the back door, Megan followed her, & they encountered a man who seemed kind, pretending to looking for his dog. He overpowered, drugged, & abducted them, & held them in cages, abusing & nearly starving them for 147 days until Megan miraculously escaped, but Allison was never found. In the aftermath, Megan was convinced to pen a memoir. Eventually, she attended college & married a successful attorney with whom she shares an adorable 5-year-old daughter. The 20th anniversary edition of her book is to be released, putting Megan back in the news, but interest in the case never waned among true crime afficionados. Bishop relates the story through 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. Secrets, lies, betrayals, blackmail, & an ongoing hunt for the serial kidnapper/murderer figure in a tautly-constructed, relentless tale. The short chapters are fast-paced, & Bishop cleverly revealing salient details at expertly-timed junctures that compel the story forward. One of the twists is easily guessed, but there is more to the story, including ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ Megan escaped, but Allison did not; the lasting impact of trauma & survivor's guilt on Megan's psyche; & the enduring, complicated power of sibling relationships. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค is engrossing, entertaining, & thought-provoking, & has made me an ๐€๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ fan. แดกสœแด€แด› แดกแด€๊œฑ แด›สœแด‡ สŸแด€๊œฑแด› ส™แดแดแด‹ แด›สœแด€แด› แด‹แด‡แด˜แด› สแดแดœ ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข แด˜แด€๊œฑแด› สแดแดœส€ ส™แด‡แด…แด›ษชแดแด‡? #UpcomingRelease #Colloquium #BookReviewer #ThrillerBookLoversThePulse #TheGirlsInTheDark #AveryBishop #RobertSwarthood #Bookouture
    ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€ โš–๏ธ Author ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ immediately b ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€ โš–๏ธ Author ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ immediately became one of my favorite authors when I read ๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ a few years ago & it remains one of my all-time favorite psychological thrillers. I highly recommend it. Now, he has crafted another fast-paced, keep-'em-guessing thriller. ๐Š๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž is just as twisty, twisted, & masterfully constructed. Short, action-packed chapters alternate between the weeks leading up to the murder of one of his main characters & the days immediately following the crime during which the investigation proceeds. I ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ it. At the heart of the story is Allison Brice, a highly successful former prosecutor now in private practice. She is convinced her husband, Finley, is a philanderer. He's been out of work for several years & claims always to be on the verge of a big deal that will put his sales career back on track. She is also sure that her beloved younger brother, Luke, a renowned high school baseball coach, is mixed up with a woman who is using him & will ruin his life. Allison can't tolerate either situation, so she ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต take matters into her own hands. Lies. Betrayals. Faulty assumptions that lead to erroneous conclusions. Toxic relationships. Revenge. Blackmail. Ellis creates thoroughly fascinating, multi-layered characters who are smart, keeping secrets, & intent on staying one move ahead of their nemesis. Even if that individual is a spouse or family member. Of course there are legal complications. Criminal charges. Looming potential prison sentences. Because Ellis is not just an attorney, but an esteemed justice of the Illinois Appellate Court, all of the legal issues are plausible & explained in a straight-forward, easy to understand manner. ๐Š๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž is a riveting, emotionally complex, & memorable thriller, brilliantly imagined & flawlessly executed. โญโญโญโญโญ Pre-order your copy now. It will be released on ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐Ÿน๐Ÿถ, ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿผ. สœแดแดก ษช๊œฑ สแดแดœส€ ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข ษขแดษชษดษข แด›สœษช๊œฑ แดแดษดแด›สœ? แดกสœแด€แด› ส™แดแดแด‹ สœแด€๊œฑ ส™แด‡แด‡ษด แด›สœแด‡ สœษชษขสœสŸษชษขสœแด› ๊œฑแด ๊œฐแด€ส€ ษชษด แด€แด˜ส€ษชสŸ? #UpcomingRelease #Colloquium #BookReviewer #ThrillerBookLoversThePulse #KeepThemClose #DavidEllis #GPPutnamsSons
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐“พ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“’๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผด๏ผจ๏ผก๏ผฎ๏ผซ ๏ผน๏ผฏ๏ผต๏ผŒ ๏ผซ๏ผฒ๏ผฉ๏ผณ๏ผด๏ผฉ๏ผฎ๏ผ I very much ๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐“พ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“’๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผด๏ผจ๏ผก๏ผฎ๏ผซ ๏ผน๏ผฏ๏ผต๏ผŒ ๏ผซ๏ผฒ๏ผฉ๏ผณ๏ผด๏ผฉ๏ผฎ๏ผ I very much enjoyed chatting with ๐Š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐Š๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ about her fabulous debut novel, ๐๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, which is now available in paperback! We discussed her decision to pursue writing full-time, inspiration for the book, journey to publication . . . and more! (Not sure why Instagram cut off the broadcast prematurely. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ) Three books that Kristin has read recently & recommends: ๐Ÿ“™ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ by ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐Ÿ“˜ ๐€๐ง๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž by ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐Ÿ“— ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ by ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด: ๐˜๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ด? A shocking murder occurs in the home of Angie & David Sheehan, shattering their lives. Desperate to defend their family, they turn to small-town lawyer Martine Dumont for help. Martine isnโ€™t just their legal counsel. Sheโ€™s also the mother of Angieโ€™s first love, Julian, a now-successful New York City criminal defense attorney. As Julian & Angie confront their shared past, & long-buried guilt from a tragic accident years ago, they navigate their own culpability . . . and the unresolved feelings between them. Spanning decades, from the ski slopes of rural Colorado to the streets of pre-9/11 New York City & back again, ๐๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž is an examination of the complexities of familial loyalty, the journey of redemption, & the profound experience of true forgiveness. สœแด€แด˜แด˜ส ๊œฐส€ษชแด…แด€ส! 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…? แด€ษดส ๊œฐแดœษด แด˜สŸแด€ษด๊œฑ? ษช'สŸสŸ ส™แด‡ สœแด€แด ษชษดษข สŸแดœษดแด„สœ แดกษชแด›สœ ๊œฐส€ษชแด‡ษดแด…๊œฑ แด›แดแดแดส€ส€แดแดก แด€ษดแด… แด ษช๊œฑษชแด›ษชษดษข สŸแดแด…ษช'๊œฑ ษดแด‡แดก ส™แดแดแด‹๊œฑแด›แดส€แด‡, @แดษชษขสœษดษชษขสœแด›๊œฑส™แดแดแด‹๊œฑสœแดแด˜, แดกษชแด›สœ แดส ๊œฑแดษด๊œฑ! #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #Penitence #PenitenceBook #KristinKoval #DebutNovel #BookClubFiction #CeladonBooks #CeladonReadTogether
    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ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ญ 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ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ 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“ Last year, @celadonbooks invited me to participate in a Read Together of ๐๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, the debut novel by ๐Š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐Š๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ. The book is a riveting, emotional story of a family in crisis. It's a compelling mystery and deeply impactful tale, and a very accomplished debut. I'll be discussing it with Kristin this Friday. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ it is now available in paperback! ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด: ๐˜๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ด? A shocking murder occurs in the home of Angie & David Sheehan, shattering their lives. Desperate to defend their family, they turn to small-town lawyer Martine Dumont for help. Martine isnโ€™t just their legal counsel. Sheโ€™s also the mother of Angieโ€™s first love, Julian, a now-successful New York City criminal defense attorney. As Julian & Angie confront their shared past, & long-buried guilt from a tragic accident years ago, they navigate their own culpability . . . and the unresolved feelings between them. Spanning decades, from the ski slopes of rural Colorado to the streets of pre-9/11 New York City & back again, ๐๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž is an examination of the complexities of familial loyalty, the journey of redemption, & the profound experience of true forgiveness. สœแด€แด แด‡ สแดแดœ แด‡ษดแดŠแดสแด‡แด… แด€ษดส แด…แด‡ส™แดœแด› ษดแดแด แด‡สŸ๊œฑ แด›สœษช๊œฑ สแด‡แด€ส€? ษช๊œฐ ๊œฑแด, ษขษชแด แด‡ แดแด‡ สแดแดœส€ ส€แด‡แด„แดแดแดแด‡ษดแด…แด€แด›ษชแดษด(๊œฑ)! #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #Penitence #PenitenceBook #KristinKoval #DebutNovel #CeladonBooks #CeladonReadTogether
    ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€ ๐Ÿ’ป ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐Œ๐œ๐ƒ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ has long been ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€ ๐Ÿ’ป ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐Œ๐œ๐ƒ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ has long been one of my favorite authors. And just when I think her writing can't get any better . . . she surprises me with another exceptionally good thriller that surpasses her previous books. It's not necessary that you read her ๐‰๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‹๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ in order, but I can't recommend strongly enough that you ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ. Because the stories' impact is cumulative, the nuanced context increasingly powerful. Jess Lambert's life changed forever on the night she was involved in a motor vehicle accident. She was driving & suffered permanent injury, but her beloved daughter, Isla, was killed. She returned to her job as a detective with new purpose to solve cases & help victims of crime. But her dedication comes at the highest conceivable price & in the 4th volume, ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐—ช๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ž, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ Jess values is on the line, including her own freedom. The stories are intricately, deftly plotted, the characters fully formed & believable. McDonald explores their emotional struggles & motivations with unsparing honesty & insight. Jess' internal dialogue is wrenchingly, heartbreakingly raw, & McDonald's writing has a cinematic quality that draws readers into the quirky town of Black Lake which is itself an indispensable character in the tense stories. Contemporary, fast-paced, riveting, & emotionally resonant, ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐—ช๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ž is the culmination of an engrossing dramatic arc that establishes yet another benchmark in McDonald's outstanding writing. Get caught up on the series & pre-order your copy of ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐—ช๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ž now! It will be released on ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐Ÿฝ, ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿผ. แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ แด€ ๊œฐแด€ษด แด๊œฐ ๊œฑแด‡ส€ษชแด‡๊œฑ? ษช๊œฐ ๊œฑแด, ส€แด‡แด„แดแดแดแด‡ษดแด… แดษดแด‡ แด๊œฐ สแดแดœส€ ๊œฐแด€แด แดส€ษชแด›แด‡๊œฑ! #UpcomingRelease #Colloquium #BookReviewer #ThrillerBookLoversThePulse #AllTheLiesWeSee #ChristinaMcDonald #JessLambertSeries #IntrigueInkPublishing
    ๐ŸŽฌ ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€ ๐Ÿ›ณ Lou maxed out her credit card to ๐ŸŽฌ ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€ ๐Ÿ›ณ Lou maxed out her credit card to get there, convinced her small role in a major Hollywood film is the star-making vehicle she has chased for a decade. Marnie's career as a publicist teeters on the brink, as does her perfect relationship with Ben. They're both harboring destructive secrets. Constance hopes to revive her career as a stylist after it imploded because of her obsession with a megastar who is one of the producers of the film Lou hopes will provide her big break. ๐—ช๐ž ๐—ช๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ž-๐’๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ž ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐š๐ฎ's tale of 3 young women, their myriad bad decisions & ill-advised choices, is a cleverly crafted, intricately interwoven examination of ambition, the politics that fuel the entertainment industry, how stories the media reports are carefully constructed, & the insidious ways that power corrupts. It's deliciously entertaining & skillfully told from the main characters' POVs, police interviews, & a salacious podcast. ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด: ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด. ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ. Hollywood -- make it French -- for 12 days. The red carpet rolls out to the Riviera for the Cannes Film Festival. The most famous people are here to celebrate themselves. The world watches in awe. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ with a heavy dose of envy, at least for 3 young, ambitious, talented women who can't seem to climb up the Hollywood ladder. They swirl in the glitz, but the VIP invitations are so hard to come by, the A-list out of reach. It's enough to drive them a little crazy. To make them snap & do things they might or definitely ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ regret. It's good that they're invisible until a multi-million-dollar necklace vanishes & a dead body is found floating in the Mediterranean. Then the heat of the spotlight they desperately craved burns so hot they have nowhere to hide. Now their biggest dreams are even ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ out of reach. Or can you get away with theft & murder ๐˜ช๐˜ง you want it badly enough? แดกสœแด€แด›'๊œฑ สแดแดœส€ ๊œฐแด€แด แดส€ษชแด›แด‡ ษดแดแด แด‡สŸ แด›สœแด€แด› แด˜แดส€แด›ส€แด€ส๊œฑ สœแดสŸสŸสแดกแดแดแด…/แด›สœแด‡ แด‡ษดแด›แด‡ส€แด›แด€ษชษดแดแด‡ษดแด› ษชษดแด…แดœ๊œฑแด›ส€ส? #UpcomingRelease #Colloquium #BookReviewer #ThrillerBookLoversThePulse #WeWouldNeverTell #AnneSophieJouhanneau #SourcebooksLandmark
    ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐•Œ๐•ก๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ โ„๐•–๐•๐•–๐•’๐•ค๐•– ๐Ÿ“ฃ Author ๐‘. ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐ƒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž writes ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐•Œ๐•ก๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ โ„๐•–๐•๐•–๐•’๐•ค๐•– ๐Ÿ“ฃ Author ๐‘. ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐ƒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž writes what he knows. He lives in a restored 200 year-old home on a small island in Mid-Coast Maine & sets his atmospheric fictional stories in New England. His award-nominated Gus Wheeler FBI Thriller series consists of 2 volumes: ๐Š๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐š ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ฌ & ๐—ช๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ. If you haven't read the books yet, you have time to get caught up because the 3rd installment, ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ, will be released on July 29, 2026. It sounds creepily fascinating & I can't wait to read it. ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด: ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ . . . The disfigured body of a missing teenager is found in an unmarked grave in northern Maine. FBI agent Gus Wheeler & his partner arrive on scene & discover a ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ grave, but the remains are so badly burned, identification proves difficult. Yet the 2 bodies have something strange in common: a large lead cross laid upon each chest. The locals are uncooperative, & rural law enforcement is 2 steps behind. Enlisting help from a Theology & Biblical Studies expert, they discover the murders are lifted straight from ancient scripture, the burials consistent with an archaic religious practice. Connecting the victims to a specific church adhering to a strict doctrine of the Old Testament creates more confusion than clarity. As the investigation widens, the agents face threats & suspicion. Then someone inside the church begins leaving them clues, but are they friend or foe? With time running out, Gus must determine if their secret guide is leading them toward the answers . . . or deeper into an underworld of twisted dogma & ancient rituals. แดกสœแด€แด› ส™แดแดแด‹(๊œฑ) แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ แดแด๊œฑแด› แด‡xแด„ษชแด›แด‡แด… แด€ส™แดแดœแด› ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข ษชษด แด€แด˜ส€ษชสŸ? #UpcomingRelease #Colloquium #BookReviewer #ThrillerBookLoversThePulse #RJohnDingle #GusWheelerFBIThrillerSeries #TulePublishing #PsychologicalThriller
    ๐Ÿ“š ๐“œ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฌ๐“ฑ ๐“ฆ๐“ป๐“ช๐“น-๐“ค๐“น ๐ŸŒท๐Ÿชป Once again, the magic number w ๐Ÿ“š ๐“œ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฌ๐“ฑ ๐“ฆ๐“ป๐“ช๐“น-๐“ค๐“น ๐ŸŒท๐Ÿชป Once again, the magic number was 8๏ธโƒฃ! That seems to be my "sweet spot" in terms of how many books I am able to read in any given month, considering all of my other activities & responsibilities. They were all excellent & I highly recommend every book I read in March! โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ๐Ÿ“– ๐†๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ๐š by ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐Ÿ“– ๐—ช๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐—ช๐ข๐ฅ๐๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ by ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐Ÿ“– ๐Š๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง by ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ข ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ๐Ÿ“– ๐€ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ซ by ๐˜ˆ.๐˜”. ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ & ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ข ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐Ÿ“– ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ข๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ by ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ ๐˜‘. ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐Ÿ“– ๐€ ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ by ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐Ÿ“– ๐€๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐ซ ๐€๐ฌ ๐’๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ง๐ž๐ฐ by ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜ˆ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐Ÿ“– 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 by ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ษช'แด ษดแดส€แดแด€สŸสŸส ษขส€แดแดœษดแด…แด‡แด… ษชษด ส€แด‡แด€สŸษชแด›ส & แด€ แดษชษดแดส€ สŸแด‡แด€ษขแดœแด‡ ษดแด‡แดก๊œฑ แดŠแดœษดแด‹ษชแด‡. ส™แดœแด› แด›สœแด‡๊œฑแด‡ แด…แด€ส๊œฑ, ษช ๊œฐษชษดแด… แดส๊œฑแด‡สŸ๊œฐ แด›แดœส€ษดษชษดษข แด๊œฐ๊œฐ แด›สœแด‡ ษดแด‡แดก๊œฑ & แด€แด„แด›ษชแด แด‡สŸส สŸแดแดแด‹ษชษดษข ๊œฐแดส€ ส™แดแดแด‹๊œฑ ษช แด„แด€ษด แด‡๊œฑแด„แด€แด˜แด‡ ษชษดแด›แด แดแดส€แด‡ แด›สœแด€ษด ษช๊œฑ แดœ๊œฑแดœแด€สŸ ๊œฐแดส€ แดแด‡. สœแดแดก แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ แด…แดษชษดษข? แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข แด›แด แด‡๊œฑแด„แด€แด˜แด‡ แดแดส€แด‡ ๊œฐส€แด‡Qแดœแด‡ษดแด›สŸส แด›สœแด‡๊œฑแด‡ แด…แด€ส๊œฑ? #MonthlyWrapUp #Colloquium #BookReviewer #ThrillerBookLovers #BookFriendsBookClub #TandemGlobalCOllective #TandemReadalong #PartnersInCrimeVirtualBookTours #BookBrowse #GhostsOfHiroshima #CharlesPellegrino #WhereTheWildflowersGrow #TerahSheltonHarris #KeeperOfLostChildren #SadeqaJohnson #APlaceToDieFor #AMStrong #SonyaSargent #CrownOfMidnight #SarahJMaas #ACrownOfStars #ShanaAbe #AsFarAsSheKnew #DianaAwad #ThomasAndMercer #EveryoneIsPerfectHere #JaneHaseldine
    ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐•Œ๐•ก๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ โ„๐•–๐•๐•–๐•’๐•ค๐•– ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐€๐ง๐๐ซ๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐๐ฒ was a running ba ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐•Œ๐•ก๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ โ„๐•–๐•๐•–๐•’๐•ค๐•– ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐€๐ง๐๐ซ๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐๐ฒ was a running back with the Philadelphiaย Eagles, Seattle Seahawks, & my beloved San Francisco 49ers. Nowย his experience navigating "worlds where performance is public,ย pressure is constant, and failure is unforgiving" informs hisย fiction writing. His debut novel, ๐“๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง, will beย published on 09/01/26, & is just the first book featuringย fictional Coltrane Davis. I'm always excited to discover a newย author ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ series, so I'm looking forward to reading this book. ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด: Coltrane Davis is at once a knight & a hustler. He has attainedย wealth & success, graduating from San Diego's back alleys to theย halls of power through his partnership with Saul Sollman, a crookedย kingmaker among the city's elite. Running multimillion dollar scamsย with Saul, he has been Saul's fixer, but now he wants out of theย hustle so to focus on his teenage daughter's burgeoning tennisย career & finally be the dad he has always wanted to be. But when the Los Angeles Chargers' star running back vanishes oneย evening before a big game, Coltrane is drawn into the investigationย into his whereabouts by Saul & his protรฉgรฉ, the player's agent.ย The stakes escalate with a gut-punch when the trail leads into Sanย Diegoโ€™s underworld of drugs & prostitution, & reveals cluesย to the disappearance of his daughter's best friend, whose loss hasย haunted him. Torn by the unreconcilable demands of the life he can'tย seem to quit & his fierce desire to protect his own, Coltraneย brings himself & his loved ones to the brink of destruction inย his quest to free himself from Saul's control & focus on whatย really matters: family. ๐“๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง promises to be a hard-hitting,ย heart wrenching crime story blending elements of jazz, football,ย & a gritty portrait of a city divided. แด„แด€ษด สแดแดœ ส™แด‡สŸษชแด‡แด แด‡ แด›สœแด€แด› แดแด€ส€แด„สœ ษช๊œฑ ษดแด‡แด€ส€สŸส แดแด แด‡ส€ แด€สŸส€แด‡แด€แด…ส? แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ ๊œฑแด€แด›ษช๊œฑ๊œฐษชแด‡แด…ย แดกษชแด›สœ สœแดแดก สแดแดœส€ ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข สœแด€๊œฑ ษขแดษดแด‡ แด…แดœส€ษชษดษข แด›สœแด‡ 1๊œฑแด› Qแดœแด€ส€แด›แด‡ส€ แด๊œฐ 2026? แด€ส€แด‡ย สแดแดœ ส€แด‡แด€แด„สœษชษดษข สแดแดœส€ ษขแดแด€สŸ(๊œฑ)? #UpcomingRelease #Colloquium #BookReviewerย #ThrillerBookLoversThePulse #NetGalley #TearTheCityDown #AndreHardyย #GrandCentralPublishing
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐“พ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“’๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผด๏ผจ๏ผก๏ผฎ๏ผซ ๏ผน๏ผฏ๏ผต๏ผŒ ๏ผช๏ผก๏ผฎ๏ผฅ๏ผ I had a great t ๐Ÿ“– ๐“๐“พ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“’๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐Ÿ“– ๏ผด๏ผจ๏ผก๏ผฎ๏ผซ ๏ผน๏ผฏ๏ผต๏ผŒ ๏ผช๏ผก๏ผฎ๏ผฅ๏ผ I had a great time chatting this afternoon with author ๐‰๐š๐ง๐žย ๐‡๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ž! Technical gremlins prevented us fromย broadcasting our conversation here on Instagram as planned, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต we recordedย it & you can watch here: https://youtu.be/zloCOYjyFqM Jane talked about her background in journalism, writing process,ย journey to publication, & her four-book ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐š ๐†๐จ๐จ๐๐ข๐งย ๐Œ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ which features a Detroit crime reporterย who works to balance her professional & home lives while chasingย stories that place her in danger ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ confronting her troubledย past. Of course, we talked about her new stand-alone book,ย 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, a psychologicalย thriller full of surprising developments & shocking revelations.ย It will be published on ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐Ÿฝ, ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿผ, and is availableย for preorder now! ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด: ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต. Itโ€™s been 15 years since Carly Bennettโ€™s mother was brutallyย murdered during a home robbery. In the ensuing years, and a stellarย career as an English professor far away from the picture-perfectย stepfamily that abandoned her at boarding school. When a male colleague is found dead in Carlyโ€™s office -- her nameย scrawled next to his body -- everything sheโ€™s strived to achieve isย at stake. There are eerie similarities to her motherโ€™s attack, andย Carly is determined to uncover the truth. Yet things take a bizarre turn when she suddenly experiences lostย time, waking up in strange places, and flashes of dormant memories .ย . . that canโ€™t possibly be real. Because, if they ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, she wasย ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ the night her mother was killed. Could Carly have been responsible for her mother's death?ย  Or is something more sinister at play in her stepfamilyโ€™s perfectย world? แดกสœแด‡ษด สแดแดœ แดกแด€แด›แด„สœ แด€ษด แด€แดœแด›สœแดส€ แด…ษช๊œฑแด„แดœ๊œฑ๊œฑ สœษช๊œฑ/สœแด‡ส€ ส™แดแดแด‹(๊œฑ), แดกสœแด€แด› ษชษด๊œฐแดส€แดแด€แด›ษชแดษดย แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ แดแด๊œฑแด› ษชษดแด›แด‡ส€แด‡๊œฑแด›แด‡แด… ษชษด สŸแด‡แด€ส€ษดษชษดษข? แดกสœแด€แด› Qแดœแด‡๊œฑแด›ษชแดษด(๊œฑ) แด…แด สแดแดœ แดกแด€ษดแด›ย แด›สœแด‡ ษชษดแด›แด‡ส€แด ษชแด‡แดกแด‡ส€ แด›แด แด€สŸแดกแด€ส๊œฑ แด€๊œฑแด‹? #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #EveryoneIsPerfectHereย #JaneHaseldine #Thriller #Mystery #UpcomingReleaseย #SevernHousePublishing #PartnersInCrimeVirtualBookTours
    ๐Ÿ“š ๐”น๐• ๐• ๐•œ โ„‚๐•๐•ฆ๐•“ ๐•Š๐•–๐•๐•–๐•”๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•ค๐Ÿ“š ๐Ÿ“• ๐—ช๐š๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐ž Last month ๐Ÿ“š ๐”น๐• ๐• ๐•œ โ„‚๐•๐•ฆ๐•“ ๐•Š๐•–๐•๐•–๐•”๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•ค๐Ÿ“š ๐Ÿ“• ๐—ช๐š๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐ž Last month my in-person book club loved ๐€๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐‰๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ' multi-layered, emotionally resonant tale of friendship, loss, love, betrayal, chasing dreams, the recording industry, & the magic & power of music. It incorporates multiple themes that merit reflection & conversation. Thanks again to Celadon Books for generously providing a copy for each member. ๐Ÿ“” ๐†๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ๐š This month we read & discussed this important work of nonfiction by ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐จ. We are daughters of the Greatest Generation & students of history. When I recommended we read it, I had no idea that the narrative would prove to be so eerily timely. It's an illuminating, haunting examination of the events that brought about the end of World War II . . . & the aftermath. Portions are difficult to read & utterly unforgettable. But we owe it to the people of Hiroshima & Nagasaki, & their descendants, to read their stories & learn from them. Thank you, Blackstone Publishing. ๐Ÿ“˜ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž In April, we'll be reading & discussing ๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž, ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐š ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐š's debut novel. We all love a riveting legal thriller. Claims of libel & brainwashing by a licensed therapist for financial gain should provide plenty of twists, revelations, & fascinating characters to talk about! Thanks to Scribner for a copy. แด…แด สแดแดœ ส™แด‡สŸแดษดษข แด›แด แด€ษดส ษชษด-แด˜แด‡ส€๊œฑแดษด แดส€ แดษดสŸษชษดแด‡ ส™แดแดแด‹ แด„สŸแดœส™(๊œฑ)? ษช๊œฐ ๊œฑแด, แดกสœแด€แด›ย ส™แดแดแด‹๊œฑ สœแด€แด แด‡ สแดแดœ ส€แด‡แด€แด… & แด…ษช๊œฑแด„แดœ๊œฑ๊œฑแด‡แด… ส€แด‡แด„แด‡ษดแด›สŸส แด›สœแด€แด› สแดแดœ ส€แด‡แด„แดแดแดแด‡ษดแด… แด›แดย แดแด›สœแด‡ส€ แด„สŸแดœส™๊œฑ? #bookstagram #books #booklover #Colloquium #bookreviewer #Giftย #BookMail #BookMailIsTheBestMail #BookClubSelectionsย #BlackstonePublishing #BlackstoneInsiders #Scribner #CeladonBooksย #WaitForMe #AmyJoBurns #GhostsOfHiroshima #CharlesPelligrinoย #InHerDefense #PhilippaMalicka #ReadWithJennaย #ReeseWitherspoonBookClub
    ๐Ÿ“– ๐•ฎ๐–—๐–”๐–œ๐–“ ๐–”๐–‹ ๐•ธ๐–Ž๐–‰๐–“๐–Ž๐–Œ๐–๐–™ ๐Ÿ“– We completed the ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ“– ๐•ฎ๐–—๐–”๐–œ๐–“ ๐–”๐–‹ ๐•ธ๐–Ž๐–‰๐–“๐–Ž๐–Œ๐–๐–™ ๐Ÿ“– We completed the ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญย with ๐“๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ฆ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ & proceededย to read the second book in the series by ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐‰. ๐Œ๐š๐š๐ฌ,ย ๐•ฎ๐–—๐–”๐–œ๐–“ ๐–”๐–‹ ๐•ธ๐–Ž๐–‰๐–“๐–Ž๐–Œ๐–๐–™! What an epic adventure! Trained assassin Celaena Sardothien is nowย the King's Champion, living in the glass castle at Rifthold with theย opportunity to earn her freedom by serving the King of Adarlan. Theย fast-paced story is full of twists, shocking revelations, & muchย more!ย  ๐Ÿ‘‘ Mythical kingdoms ๐Ÿ‘‘ Intrigue & espionage ๐Ÿ‘‘ Multiple mysteries ๐Ÿ‘‘ Explorations of hidden regions of the massive glass castle whereย danger lurks ๐Ÿ‘‘ An ancient, supposedly dead language ๐Ÿ‘‘ Mythical creatures ๐Ÿ‘‘ Romance ~ and ~ ๐Ÿ‘‘ Lots of magic!ย  ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ Celaena's story does not end with ๐•ฎ๐–—๐–”๐–œ๐–“ ๐–”๐–‹ย ๐•ธ๐–Ž๐–‰๐–“๐–Ž๐–Œ๐–๐–™. It continues in volume 3 of the series, ๐•ณ๐–Š๐–Ž๐–—ย ๐–”๐–‹ ๐•ฑ๐–Ž๐–—๐–Š. There is also a prequel, ๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š ๐•ฌ๐–˜๐–˜๐–†๐–˜๐–˜๐–Ž๐–“'๐–˜ย ๐•ญ๐–‘๐–†๐–‰๐–Š, in which readers learn how 18-year-old Celaena came to be an assassin after being orphaned at just 8 years of age. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ & ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐•ฟ๐–๐–—๐–”๐–“๐–Š ๐–”๐–‹ ๐•ฒ๐–‘๐–†๐–˜๐–˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐•ฎ๐–—๐–”๐–œ๐–“ ๐–”๐–‹ ๐•ธ๐–Ž๐–‰๐–“๐–Ž๐–Œ๐–๐–™, & ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐“๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ฆ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ. สœแด€แด แด‡ สแดแดœ ส€แด‡แด€แด… แด›สœษช๊œฑ แดส€ แด€ษดส แด๊œฐ แด›สœแด‡ แดแด›สœแด‡ส€ ๊œฑแด‡ส€ษชแด‡๊œฑ แดกส€ษชแด›แด›แด‡ษด ส™ส ๊œฑแด€ส€แด€สœ แดŠ. แดแด€แด€๊œฑ? #Bookstagram #BookReviewer #ThroneOfGlassQuest #CrownOfMidnightBookTrain #TandemReadalong #TandemCollectiveGlobal #Fantasy #Romantasy #SarahJMaas #BloomsburyBooksUS
    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 recently found their way to my home . . . and thank the respective publishers who generously provided them! I'm looking forward to reading each one of this eclectic collection of books. ๐Ÿ“™ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐ž by ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ (Blackstone Publishing) ๐Ÿ“• ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ค๐ž by ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜น ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ (Blackstone Publishing) ๐Ÿ“˜ ๐—ช๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ค๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ by ๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด & ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ (Blackstone Publishing) ๐Ÿ“— ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐—ช๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž by ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ (Scribner) 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 (Kensington Publishing) ๐Ÿ“• ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž by ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ข (Scribner) 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) แด›สœแด€แด› สแดแดœ แด€ส€แด‡ แด˜แด€ส€แด›ษชแด„แดœสŸแด€ส€สŸส แด‡xแด„ษชแด›แด‡แด… แด›แด ส€แด‡แด€แด…? #bookstagram #books #booklover #Colloquium #bookreviewer #Gift #BookMail #BookMailIsTheBestMail #BlackstonePublishing #BlackstoneInsiders #ComeBackToMe #SaraFoster #TheIceOnTheLake #AlexMessenger #WhereTheSkyBegins #CindyDees #MaryWine #TheWitchesOfCambridge #AliceHoffman #WontBeLongNow #ElizabethHardinger #KensingtonPublishing #AllThatIsLeftOFLife #RobertaRecchia #Scribner
    ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐•Œ๐•ก๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ โ„๐•–๐•๐•–๐•’๐•ค๐•– ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐‰๐จ๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ญ is a Wall Street Jo ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐•Œ๐•ก๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ โ„๐•–๐•๐•–๐•’๐•ค๐•– ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐‰๐จ๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ญ is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author & Edgar Award winner. His 18 novels include 2025's ๐—ช๐ฒ๐ง๐๐œ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž, as well as ๐ˆ ๐๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐ซ and ๐Ž๐ซ ๐„๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž. He is a new-to-me author -- I have not read any of his previous books -- but won't be for long. His new novel, ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ, sounds creepily fascinating. It will be published on ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿธ, ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿผ, & is available for preorder. Doesn't it sound like a perfect thriller to curl up with as the weather cools down & Halloween approaches? ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด: Eight years ago, Hattie Conleeโ€™s world was torn apart when her son, Tommy, was convicted of being a serial killer known as the Bedfellow. Tommy escaped custody. He simply disappeared. And so did Hattie. She changed her name & moved to a coastal town in Maine in order to create an anonymous new life where no one would find her. Hattie couldnโ€™t have been more wrong. Investigative journalist Ross Eeling has come calling. He agrees to keep Hattieโ€™s new identity a secret on one condition: Hattie must tell him things sheโ€™s never told the vulture-like press before -- about her son, the murders of so many innocent women, the impact on a devastated family, & the depths of a motherโ€™s love. Ross wants the ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ. Dredging up the most painful moments of her life proves to be a revelation for Hattie, too. The past is more complicated & disturbing than she realizes. And its deadly repercussions are far from over. แดกสœแด€แด› ส™แดแดแด‹(๊œฑ) แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ แด…แด‡แด›แด‡ส€แดษชษดแด‡แด… แด›แด ๊œฐษชษดษช๊œฑสœ ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข ส™แด‡๊œฐแดส€แด‡ แด›สœแด‡ แด‡ษดแด… แด๊œฐ แด›สœแด‡ แดแดษดแด›สœ? #UpcomingRelease #Colloquium #BookReviewer #ThrillerBookLoversThePulse #JoeHart #NightCalls #ThomasAndMercer #NetGalley
    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„๏ผ๐Ÿ“จ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ 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„๏ผ๐Ÿ“จ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐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“ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES sent us to Zoom! I have long been a fan of author ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ž. Herย riveting four-book ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐š ๐†๐จ๐จ๐๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒย ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ focuses on a Detroit crime reporter who works toย balance her professional & home lives while chasing stories thatย place her in danger ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ confronting her troubled past. This Friday we'll be discussing her new stand-alone book,ย 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, a psychologicalย thriller replete with surprising developments and shockingย revelations. It will be published on ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐Ÿฝ, ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿผ, and isย available for preorder now! ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด: ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต. Itโ€™s been 15 years since Carly Bennettโ€™s mother was brutallyย murdered during a home robbery. In the ensuing years, and a stellarย career as an English professor far away from the picture-perfectย stepfamily that abandoned her at boarding school. When a male colleague is found dead in Carlyโ€™s office -- her nameย scrawled next to his body -- everything sheโ€™s strived to achieve isย at stake. There are eerie similarities to her motherโ€™s attack, andย Carly is determined to uncover the truth. Yet things take a bizarre turn when she suddenly experiences lostย time, waking up in strange places, and flashes of dormant memories .ย . . that canโ€™t possibly be real. Because, if they ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, she wasย ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ the night her mother was killed. Could Carly have been responsible for her mother's death?ย  Or is something more sinister at play in her stepfamilyโ€™s perfectย world? ส€แด‡แด„แดแดแดแด‡ษดแด… แด€ ส™แดแดแด‹ สแดแดœ แด‡ษดแดŠแดสแด‡แด… ส€แด‡แด„แด‡ษดแด›สŸส ส™ส แด€ ษดแด‡แดก-แด›แด-สแดแดœ แด€แดœแด›สœแดส€! #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #EveryoneIsPerfectHereย #JaneHaseldine #Thriller #Mystery #UpcomingReleaseย #SevernHousePublishing #PartnersInCrimeVirtualBookTours
    ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐”น๐• ๐• ๐•œ โ„๐•–๐•ง๐•š๐•–๐•จย ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ ๐€๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐ซ ๐€๐ฌ ๐’๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ง๐ž๐ฐ her husb ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐”น๐• ๐• ๐•œ โ„๐•–๐•ง๐•š๐•–๐•จย ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ ๐€๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐ซ ๐€๐ฌ ๐’๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ง๐ž๐ฐ her husband was an honest,ย principled man devoted to his family. No marriage is perfect &ย Ali's biggest flaw (he was an accountant, after all) was that he wasย a bit too frugal at times. Amira always knew that he dated a girlย his family would not have viewed as an acceptable wife, but manyย Muslim men did that before settling down. She never had any reasonย to doubt his love & believed that relationship remained where itย belonged -- in the past. But when Ali dies, Amira finds herselfย questioning everything as disturbing secrets come to light. Authorย ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ง๐š ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ takes readers on Amira's journey to find theย truth &, in the process, discover the strength, independence,ย & resilience within herself she never knew she could summon . .ย . until it became absolutely necessary. It's a fast-paced, rivetingย tale of a woman belatedly coming-of-age & stepping into her power that will keep you guessing! Publication date: April 1, 2026. ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด: For 23 years, Amira Abadi believed she had a strong, lovingย marriage. But after her husband, Ali, dies suddenly, that certaintyย is shattered. She discovers he purchased a house in another stateย without her knowledge. As whispers of betrayal spread through theirย tight-knit Arab-American community, but Amira doggedly refuses toย let others defile her husbandโ€™s legacy or her familyโ€™s future. But she uncovers decades-old secrets that challenge everything sheย ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต she knew. Her college-aged children struggle toย process their fatherโ€™s death as she balances protecting them withย her pursuit of the truth she can't live without knowing. Eachย revelation brings her closer to danger. ย  As Amira peels back layers of lies, she learns that the greatestย mystery isnโ€™t what her husband was hiding. Itโ€™s how far sheโ€™ll go toย uncover the whole truth. ษช แด…ษชแด…ษด'แด› แด‡แด แด‡ษด สœแด€แด แด‡ แด›ษชแดแด‡ แด›แด แด˜แด๊œฑแด› สŸแด€๊œฑแด› แดกแด‡แด‡แด‹ . . . ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ สœแดแดก แด€ส€แด‡ แด›สœษชษดษข๊œฑ ษขแดษชษดษขย ๊œฐแดส€ สแดแดœ? แดกสœแด€แด› ส™แดแดแด‹(๊œฑ) แด€ส€แด‡ สแดแดœ ส€แด‡แด€แด…ษชษดษข แด›สœษช๊œฑ แดกแด‡แด‡แด‹? #Thriller #Mystery #Colloquium #bookreview #UpcomingReleaseย #ThrillerBookLoversThePulse #DianaAwad #AsFarAsSheKnewย #MindysBookStudio
    AUTHOR CHAT with Amy Jo Burns, discussing her new AUTHOR CHAT with Amy Jo Burns, discussing her new book, WAIT FOR ME. โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Itโ€™s a Read with Jenna and Good Housekeeping pick. Thank you, AmyJo! I enjoyed our conversation immensely & appreciate your taking time to speak with me! Note: Originally posted March 13, 2026. This is a re-post, since I accidentally archived the original recording &, sadly, discovered that action could not be reversed! #Colloquium #BookReviewer #AuthorChat #AmyJoBurns #WaitForMe #CeladonBooks #ReadWithJenna #GoodHousekeeping
    ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐”น๐• ๐• ๐•œ โ„๐•–๐•ง๐•š๐•–๐•จ ๐Ÿ˜ ๐€ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ซ is an engrossi ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐”น๐• ๐• ๐•œ โ„๐•–๐•ง๐•š๐•–๐•จ ๐Ÿ˜ ๐€ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ซ is an engrossing & entertaining, fast-paced mystery. Authors ๐€.๐Œ. ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  and ๐’๐จ๐ง๐ฒ๐š ๐’๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ have crafted a taut story featuring an unreliable narrator that is creepily atmospheric, but also thought-provoking. ๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ: March 17, 2026. ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด: Jordan & her fiancรฉ, Sam, can hardly believe their luck when they are accepted into the Glendale, an exclusive Boston co-op dripping in historic turn-of-the-century splendor. Still reeling from devastating personal loss, they hope their new digs will let them heal the past & build a solid future. Jordanโ€™s joy soon turns to unease. Spending long hours alone while Sam, an attorney with a nonprofit that works to preserve historic buildings, is at work, she begins to suspect that all is not right with the Glendale. There is an empty apartment on the ground floor that nobody wants to talk about, and she has an unnerving, persistent sensation that she is being watched. She frequently hears a baby crying, even though she is assured that none of the other tenants in the building have a young child. Their relationship flounders as Sam grows distant & Jordan comes to a heartbreaking & terrifying conclusion. The Glendale will never let her go . . . at least, not alive. สœแด€แด˜แด˜ส ๊œฐส€ษชแด…แด€ส! 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…? #Thriller #Mystery #Colloquium #bookreview #UpcomingRelease #ThrillerBookLoversThePulse #AMStrong #SonyaSargent #APlaceToDieFor #ThomasAndMercer
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