Literary Friday, ya’ll…

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Ya’ll… It’s hot. HOT. I do not look good sweating and as I was walking the yard looking for my missing cat last night, rescuing a bird, and then saving a frog’s life from one of my other cats- I was hot. Redfaced. Upset because my cat that was missing is my sweet cat- but the one who manages to find trouble (Last time he went missing- he came home with a broken hip and over 500 bucks later at vet- he at least can climb and jump again!) So, when I saw a furry black creature running toward me last night and then heard his signature “Brr-ing”- I scooped him up and took him in the house for our version of Facetime (Jerry rubs my face with his head and sings “Brr-ing”)  and me a very cold drink! Being a cat momma is tough work!

 

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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Free of Malice by Liz Lazarus

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Today, Liz Lazarus’s book, Free of Malice, is getting some spotlight attention at Traveling With T.  Besides having an interesting premise, it also has a theme song written by Atlanta musician, Thomas Barnette, who is also the inspiration for a character in the book.  How many books can say that, hmm???? Continue reading →

The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell

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This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration.

The Girls In The Garden

Summary from Goodreads:

Imagine that you live on a picturesque communal garden square, an oasis in urban London where your children run free, in and out of other people’s houses. You’ve known your neighbors for years and you trust them. Implicitly. You think your children are safe. But are they really?

On a midsummer night, as a festive neighborhood party is taking place, preteen Pip discovers her thirteen-year-old sister Grace lying unconscious and bloody in a hidden corner of a lush rose garden. What really happened to her? And who is responsible?

Dark secrets, a devastating mystery, and the games both children and adults play all swirl together in this gripping novel, packed with utterly believable characters and page-turning suspense.

 

 

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Try Not To Breathe by Holly Seddon

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This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration.

Try Not To Breathe

Summary from Goodreads:

For fans of Lianne Moriarty, Paula Hawkins, and Tana French, an arresting debut novel of psychological suspense: a young journalist struggles to keep the demons of her alcoholism at bay as she finds her purpose again in tackling the mystery of a shocking headline-making crime, still unsolved after fifteen years.

Amy Stevenson was the biggest news story of 1995. Only fifteen years old, Amy disappeared walking home from school one day and was found in a coma three days later. Her attacker was never identified and her angelic face was plastered across every paper and nightly news segment.

Fifteen years later, Amy lies in the hospital, surrounded by 90’s Britpop posters, forgotten by the world until reporter Alex Dale stumbles across her while researching a routine story on vegetative patients.

Remembering Amy’s story like it was yesterday, she feels compelled to solve the long-cold case.

The only problem is, Alex is just as lost as Amy—her alcoholism has cost her everything including her marriage and her professional reputation.

In the hopes that finding Amy’s attacker will be her own salvation as well, Alex embarks on a dangerous investigation, suspecting someone close to Amy.

Told in the present by an increasingly fragile Alex and in dream-like flashbacks by Amy as she floats in a fog of memories, dreams, and music from 1995, Try Not to Breathe unfolds layer by layer to a breathtaking conclusion.

 

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{Giveaway} The Tumbling Turner Sisters by Juliette Fay

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Hello folks! I know it’s been a bit giveaway-licious lately (and this trend is looking to continue as new Futuristic Friday books are being selected as we speak 😉

Thanks to the Wunderkind PR team- I have a copy of Juliette Fay’s latest book, The Tumbling Turner Sisters, to give away to 1 lucky US reader! Continue reading →

#SRC2016: June Selections

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Booksparks is becoming my go-to word to associate with summer reading 🙂 They select a variety of books (some big name easy to recognize and some that fly under the radar a bit) but the best thing about Booksparks is they get you EXCITED about reading. Their team is so social-licious, so you know when you post something- a RT or a like is headed your way. Even better: The folks that sign up for summer reading- well she share like crazy, get all inspired with our picture taking, and the community feeling- well, it’s just the best!

 

In case you missed May’s #SRC2016 readings- here are my posts: The Assistants, Don’t You Cry, The House of Bradbury, Appetite, and First Comes Love!

Grab the sunscreen because #SRC2016 is going to make June HOT 🙂 Continue reading →

Literary Friday, ya’ll….

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Miss A is coming to the house this weekend- we have Gazillion bubbles, chalk and lots of sunscreen for our weekend together. I’m going to the grocery store tonight to get ice cream cones and Goldfish crackers for our snack after pool time 🙂

So, my weekend is booked- but hopefully, I’ll have a little time to spend with All The Missing Girls by Megan Miranda (It’s a Katie at Doing Dewey’s June #FuturisticFriday selection and I’m pretty intrigued. It’s like a puzzle and I have a few pieces- but waiting on a few more to show up!) Nap time for Miss A will be reading time for T 🙂

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{ Giveaway} I Like You Just Fine When You Are Not Around by Ann Garvin

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Today, Ann Garvin’s latest- I Like You Just Fine When You’re Not Around, is being featured at Traveling With T! Plus, we’ll have a giveaway for a lucky US/CA person 😉

Who is Ann? She’s the founder of Tall Poppy Writers ( odds are, if you are an avid reader of books written by women- you’ve read a book by a Poppy!) She’s also an author and wears about a gajillion more hats as well.

Want to know more about the book? Skip this way, darlings…………  Continue reading →