The Boyfriend Swap by Meredith Schorr

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

The Boyfriend Swap

Summary: Is Christmas really the most wonderful time of the year? New Yorkers Robyn Lane and Sidney Bellows aren’t so sure.

Robyn has always dated struggling creative types. For once, her parents would love her to bring someone with health insurance and a 401(k) to their Chrismukkah celebration. Her actor boyfriend doesn’t qualify. While across town, Sidney’s professional life already belongs to her parents. She’s an attorney at her father’s law firm and she works tirelessly to keep her love life private. If she brings her lawyer boyfriend to their annual Christmas extravaganza, her parents will have the wedding planned by New Year’s Eve.

A mutual friend playfully suggests they trade boyfriends for the holidays. The women share a laugh, but after copious amounts of wine, decide The Boyfriend Swap could be the perfect solution. This way, Robyn can show off her stable attorney boyfriend and Sidney’s high-society family will take no interest in her flakey actor beau.

It’s a brilliant plan—in theory. In practice—not so much. When Will turns out to be the boy-next-door Robyn crushed on hard throughout her teenage years, and Sidney’s family fawns all over Perry like he’s an Oscar-winner rather than a D-list wannabe, one thing is certain: The Boyfriend Swap might just change their lives forever. Continue reading →

#FuturisticFriday Review: You Do You by Sarah Knight

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

You Do You

Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck and Get Your Sh*t Together comes more straight talk about how to stand up for who you are and what you really want, need, and deserve–showing when it’s okay to be selfish, why it’s pointless to be perfect, and how to be “difficult.”


Being yourself should be easy, yet too many of us struggle to live on other people’s terms instead of our own. Rather than feeling large and in charge, we feel little and belittled.

Sound familiar? Bestselling “anti-guru” Sarah Knight has three simple words for you:

YOU DO YOU.


It’s time to start putting your happiness first–and stop letting other people tell you what to do, how to do it, or why it can’t be done. And don’t panic! You can do it without losing friends and alienating people. Knight delivers her trademark no-bullsh*t advice about:

The Tyranny of “Just Because”
The social contract and how to amend it
Turning “flaws” into strengths–aka “mental redecorating”
Why it’s not your job to be nice
Letting your freak flag fly
How to take risks, silence the doubters, and prove the haters wrong
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Literary Friday ya’ll…

 

Ya’ll……. It’s COLD. We had a mixture of sleet/snow here today and I about froze getting myself to the post office to drop off a birthday card.

I was going to get a pedicure tomorrow- but since the highs are only going to be in the 30’s and I hate, hate, hate putting on my real shoes right after a pedi ( you’re just never dry enough for real shoes right after) I’m going to hold off another week (Next Saturday temps are supposed to be in the high 50’s)

I forsee a lot of being curled up in my warm blanket with a good book or watching some DVD’s with the cats this weekend 🙂  Continue reading →

#FuturisticFriday Review: Every Breath You Take by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke

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This book was purchased by Traveling With T for her own personal reading.

Every Breath You Take

Summary:  “Queen of Suspense” Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke are back with their fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Under Suspicion series; Every Breath You Take follows television producer’s Laurie Moran investigation of the unsolved Met Gala murder—in which a wealthy widow was pushed to her death from the famous museum’s rooftop.

Laurie Moran’s professional life is a success—her television show Under Suspicion is a hit, both in the ratings and its record of solving cold cases. But her romantic break from former host Alex Buckley has left her with on-air talent she can’t stand—Ryan Nichols—and a sense of loneliness, despite her loving family.

Now Ryan has suggested a new case. Three years ago, Virginia Wakeling, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and one of the museum’s most generous donors, was found in the snow, after being thrown from the museum’s roof on the night of its most celebrated fundraiser, the Met Gala. The leading suspect then and now is her much younger boyfriend and personal trainer, Ivan Gray.

Ivan runs a trendy, successful boutique gym called Punch—a business funded in no small part by the late Virginia—which happens to be the gym Ryan frequents. Laurie’s skepticism about the case is upended by a tip from her father’s NYPD connection, and soon Laurie realizes there are a bevy of suspects—including Virginia’s trusted inner circle.

As the Under Suspicion crew pries into the lives of a super wealthy real estate family with secrets to hide, danger mounts for several witnesses—and for Laurie. Continue reading →

#FuturisticFriday Review: Something Like Happy by Eva Woods

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

Something Like Happy

Summary: With wry wit and boundless heart, Eva Woods delivers an unforgettable tale of celebrating triumphs great and small, seizing the day, and always remembering to live in the moment.

“It’s simple, really. You’re just meant to do one thing every day that makes you happy. Could be little things. Could be big. In fact, we’re doing one right now…”

Annie Hebden is stuck. Stuck in her boring job, with her irritating roommate, in a life no thirty-five-year-old would want. But deep down, Annie is still mourning the terrible loss that tore a hole through the perfect existence she’d once taken for granted—and hiding away is safer than remembering what used to be. Until she meets the eccentric Polly Leonard.

Bright, bubbly, intrusive Polly is everything Annie doesn’t want in a friend. But Polly is determined to finally wake Annie up to life. Because if recent events have taught Polly anything, it’s that your time is too short to waste a single day—which is why she wants Annie to join her on a mission…

One hundred days. One hundred new ways to be happy. Annie’s convinced it’s impossible, but so is saying no to Polly. And on an unforgettable journey that will force her to open herself to new experiences—and perhaps even new love with the unlikeliest of men—Annie will slowly begin to realize that maybe, just maybe, there’s still joy to be found in the world. But then it becomes clear that Polly’s about to need her new friend more than ever…and Annie will have to decide once and for all whether letting others in is a risk worth taking. Continue reading →

Literary Friday, ya’ll….

 

It’s the first Friday of 2018. We’ve been having frigid temperatures the past few days and I’ve been bundling up and staying warm as much as I can. My kitty cats have been staying in and I’ve been wearing my Ugg knock off slippers (5 bucks at Sam’s Club and they are very comfy!) so my feet are extra toasty and warm.

I’ve been reading The Last Mrs.Parrish (enjoying so far!) and I got back to listening to Up and Vanished podcast (I only have a few episodes left!)

I’m also one of the co-hosts of #InstaWithBooks #NewYearWithBooks- and you should def be participating!

Let’s kick off this first Literary Friday of 2018! Continue reading →

#FuturisticFriday Picks: Find Your Next Read Jan-March 2018

 

Is your 2018 off to a great start? Well, it’s about to get started with a great BOOKISH bang as Katie and I share the books publishing between January-March 2018 that we are looking forward to the most.

Some of you may know that Katie and I have pretty different taste in books mainly, but we do over lap from time to time- keep your eyes peeled for the books that we both picked!

Get those gift cards you got for the holidays ready to use!  Continue reading →