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Audiobook Review—We Were Liars

  I wasn’t sure what to expect from We Were Liars. Certainly, the synopsis didn’t give much away. I anticipated a story about a group of friends in their early twenties, but the majority of the plot is...

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Audiobook Review—Little Mercies

A mother’s worst nightmare. Her biggest mistake. A tragic accident so unimaginable, you believe it would never happen to you. And then it does. Heather Gudenkauf reminds us that even the best of us,...

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Audiobook Review—Landline

I admire an author who can successfully write across the genres. From Eleanor and Park to Fangirl to Landline, Rainbow Rowell enchants her readers with touching tales of true love. I wasn’t sure what...

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Cheryl’s Column—The Matchmaker

Once again, Elin Hilderbrand’s characters gripped me in a way few other author’s character’s do. This most recent release has been snatched up immediately by Hildebrand devotees. While on a recent trip...

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Audiobook Review—The Collector

I was surprised at the mixed reviews on goodreads for The Collector. Many of the reviewers claimed The Collector wasn’t up to Nora Roberts’s standards. I’ve read a lot of Nora Roberts in my day and...

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Book Review—Big Little Lies

Do yourself a favor and add this novel to your library. Today. Everything about Big Little Lies deserves five stars. Plot. Characters. Pace. Themes. Imagery. Suspense. And in the case of the audiobook,...

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Audiobook Review—Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

 Colleen Hoover surpassed my expectations with her latest novel, Ugly Love. While her writing still reads like a script, the stage directions are more deliberate. Not only did I appreciate the...

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Audiobook Review—Madame Picasso

In much the same vein as The Paris Wife and Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, the author takes her readers back to the early 20th century to Gertrude Stein’s salon in Paris, where the most renowned...

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Audiobook Review—Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy

 I encourage you to read the synopsis carefully as it provides an excellent description of the real-life characters depicted in Liar, Temptress, Solider, Spy. We know little about the women who were...

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Audiobook Review—I’ll Give You the Sun

Wow! Jandy Nelson rocked my world with her most recent release, I’ll Give You the Sun. I can’t remember when I’ve enjoyed a young adult book as much, either audio or hardcopy. Her complicated plot...

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Audiobook Review—Not That Kind of Girl

Everybody’s got a story to tell. But some are better than others. And some things are better left unsaid. I found both to be the case in Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s...

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Cheryl’s Column—Audiobook Review—The Girls of August

 Four friends who met while their husbands met in Medical school at Vanderbilt start a tradition of going to a different beach house for a week each August to regroup. For years their tradition was...

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Cheryl’s Column—Audiobook Review—A Long Time Gone

One might say that it is with reluctance that Vivien Walker returns to her home in Indian Mound, Mississippi. But she does return, just as her mother, and her grandmother have before her. Generations...

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Audiobook Review—Leaving Time

 Remember ages ago, before digital readers sparked the evolution of change in the publishing industry, when we waited with bated breath for the next new novel from our favorite authors. Back when...

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Audiobook Review—The Perfume Collector

Finally! I got around to reading The Perfume Collector. I don’t know why it’s taken me so long. I’ve certainly heard enough good things about Kathleen Tessaro’s latest release from friends and...

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Audiobook Review—Hope to Die

James Patterson picks up where he left his readers hanging from a cliff in Cross My Heart. For Patterson fans this is the 22nd installment in the Alex Cross series. The Washington D.C. Homicide...

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AudioBook Review—Station Eleven

Of all the post-apocalyptic novels I’ve read, Station Eleven rings the most true. With our nation’s constant threat from foreign countries, I can totally imagine a nuclear holocaust bringing an end to...

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Audiobook Review—Before I Go

 No one wants to face their own mortality. Least of all 27-year-old Daisy who has only begun to live her life. She’s already fought, and won, one battle with breast cancer. But this time the prognosis...

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AudioBook Review—The Girl on the Train

 Frequently compared to Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train is the hottest book amongst book bloggers at the moment. Unable to secure an advanced review copy, I recently purchase this new release on...

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