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.

 

Traveling With T’s Thoughts: Continue reading →

{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 🙂

On to Literary Friday…… Continue reading →

{ 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 →

{Author Q&A + Giveaway} Heart of Stone by James W. Ziskin

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Today, I have James Ziskin stopping by to talk about Heart of Stone (plus a giveaway!)

 

Q&A with James W. Ziskin

Author of “Heart of Stone: An Ellie Stone Mystery”

Music plays an important role in the Ellie Stone books. Can you discuss how you use music in your plots? 

JWZ: Ellie has very strong opinions about music. She doesn’t much enjoy the top 40 hits of her era, 1960. In fact, she spends a great deal of time punching the buttons on her car’s radio, changing stations that never seem to play anything she likes. But she loves listening to classical music. Starting at a young age, she discovered that she had a remarkable talent for remembering melodies, orchestrations and phrasings in music. She recognizes the “voice” of the composer, much in the same way the rest of us recognize people’s voices. As a result, she can identify virtually any piece of classical music at the drop of a needle. This skill doesn’t help in solving crimes, but it is a byproduct of her intelligence. And that, of course, comes in handy when solving crimes.  Continue reading →

Regrets Only by M.J. Pullen

Regrets Only by M.J. Pullen, #Atlanta, #womensfiction

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

Regrets Only

Summary from Goodreads:

At thirty-three, Suzanne Hamilton has no regrets. A successful event planner with a swanky condo in a hot Atlanta neighborhood, she’s got a close group of friends and a list of men a mile long who would happily bend over backwards to win her heart. Plus, she’s just landed the event that will take her career to the next level.

Then a freak accident changes everything. Humiliated, with her career in tatters, Suzanne’s lost her business not to mention her self-respect. She’s managed, however, to retain the surprising support of her newest celebrity client: the sexy country music star, Dylan Burke. Against her better judgment, but without any better offers, Suzanne agrees to plan a wedding for one of the Burke sisters. But when she comes to realize her freak accident was anything but, her catalog of past relationships turns into a list of suspects and Suzanne must question everything—her career, her friendships, and most acutely, her own dating rules.

As it turns out she might have quite a bit to regret after all.

Taking place a few years after the events of The Marriage Pact, M. J. Pullen returns to the same captivating group of lovelorn friends, this time following Suzanne as she discovers that her trusty rules no longer apply. Raising the stakes, Pullen delivers an absorbing, romantic novel that shows how someone with a “perfect life” can lose it all—and then find everything.

 

 

Traveling With T’s Thoughts:

I must say that I really enjoyed Regrets Only more than The Marriage Pact (not that The Marriage Pact was bad- I just felt that I had seen the story line before- hello, My Best Friend’s Wedding, etc….) Continue reading →