#FuturisticFriday Review: Not A Sound by Heather Gudenkauf

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

Not A Sound

Summary: A shocking discovery and chilling secrets converge in this latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf

When a tragic accident leaves nurse Amelia Winn deaf, she spirals into a depression that ultimately causes her to lose everything that matters–her job, her husband, David, and her stepdaughter, Nora. Now, two years later and with the help of her hearing dog, Stitch, she is finally getting back on her feet. But when she discovers the body of a fellow nurse in the dense bush by the river, deep in the woods near her cabin, she is plunged into a disturbing mystery that could shatter the carefully reconstructed pieces of her life all over again.

As clues begin to surface, Amelia finds herself swept into an investigation that hits all too close to home. But how much is she willing to risk in order to uncover the truth and bring a killer to justice?

New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf has been described as “masterful” and “intelligent” and compared to Lisa Scottoline and Jodi Picoult. Introducing her most compelling heroine yet, she delivers a taut and emotional thriller that proves she’s at the top of her class. Continue reading →

Miss A Recommends: Good Night, Baby Animals: You’ve Had A Busy Day

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

Good Night, Baby Animals: You’ve Had A Busy Day

Summary: Whether they’re dashing, splashing, munching, or crunching, baby animals are ever-exploring! At home in their natural habitats, baby animals learn about the world that surrounds them. When the fun is done, it’s time for baby animals to go to sleep. After all, every baby animal has to rest.

Full of action, sound effects, and patterned text, each story features the adorable antics and accurate behavior of six wild animal babies: tiger, elephant, giraffe, rhinoceros, panda, and gorilla. This 64-page, beautifully designed story book is perfect for bedtime. Continue reading →

Literary Friday ya’ll…..

 

Hi all… This Literary Friday is coming late, but better late than never, right? Side note: Next week, I will be out of town for Book Expo. I will have some posts going live on Traveling With T ( so keep sharing, retweeting, pinning and all that jazz!) BUT I highly doubt that I’ll have a Literary Friday post for June 2nd. So, to my Literary Friday fans- I’ll try to make June 9th’s post extra filled with the good stuff 🙂

 

On to Literary Friday! Continue reading →

22 Beach Reads For Your Summer Vacation

I love beach reads. I love those covers that look so delicious that you could lick the cover. The blue backgrounds, the perfect summer skies, the lady in the lounge chair on the beach… Something about a beach read just speaks to my soul. So, I did the hard work for you- I made a list of 22 beach reads that will get you through summer in style- whether you are having fun at the beach or just trying to get some reading time in at the pool…..

And because I’m feeling super, super, super, SUPER generous- I’m giving away 3 gift cards (US only) to 1 lucky reader. A 10 dollar Itunes gift card to get that playlist of summer songs started, a 5 dollar Starbucks gift card for the perfect summer drink (make mine a caramel frappucino), and a 25 dollar gift to Amazon to buy a book or 2 for the upcoming vacation or staycation you will be taking! More details about the giveaway at the end of the post….

Are you ready for summer reading? Because here it comes! Continue reading →

#FuturisticFriday review: A Simple Favor by Darcey Bell

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

A Simple Favor

Summary: She’s your best friend.
She knows all your secrets.
That’s why she’s so dangerous.
A single mother’s life is turned upside down when her best friend vanishes in this chilling debut thriller in the vein of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train

It starts with a simple favor—an ordinary kindness mothers do for one another. When her best friend, Emily, asks Stephanie to pick up her son Nicky after school, she happily says yes. Nicky and her son, Miles, are classmates and best friends, and the five-year-olds love being together—just like she and Emily. A widow and stay-at-home mommy blogger living in woodsy suburban Connecticut, Stephanie was lonely until she met Emily, a sophisticated PR executive whose job in Manhattan demands so much of her time.

But Emily doesn’t come back. She doesn’t answer calls or return texts. Stephanie knows something is terribly wrong—Emily would never leave Nicky, no matter what the police say. Terrified, she reaches out to her blog readers for help. She also reaches out to Emily’s husband, the handsome, reticent Sean, offering emotional support. It’s the least she can do for her best friend. Then, she and Sean receive shocking news. Emily is dead. The nightmare of her disappearance is over.

Or is it? Because soon, Stephanie will begin to see that nothing—not friendship, love, or even an ordinary favor—is as simple as it seems.

A Simple Favor is a remarkable tale of psychological suspense—a clever and twisting free-fall of a ride filled with betrayals and reversals, twists and turns, secrets and revelations, love and loyalty, murder and revenge. Darcey Bell masterfully ratchets up the tension in a taut, unsettling, and completely absorbing story that holds you in its grip until the final page. Continue reading →

A Bridge Across The Ocean by Susan Meissner

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

A Bridge Across The Ocean

Summary: Wartime intrigue spans the lives of three women past and present in the latest novel from the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life .

February, 1946. World War Two is over, but the recovery from the most intimate of its horrors has only just begun for Annaliese Lange, a German ballerina desperate to escape her past, and Simone Deveraux, the wronged daughter of a French Resistance spy.

Now the two women are joining hundreds of other European war brides aboard the renowned RMS Queen Mary to cross the Atlantic and be reunited with their American husbands. Their new lives in the United States brightly beckon until their tightly-held secrets are laid bare in their shared stateroom. When the voyage ends at New York Harbor, only one of them will disembark…

Present day. Facing a crossroads in her own life, Brette Caslake visits the famously haunted Queen Mary at the request of an old friend. What she finds will set her on a course to solve a seventy-year-old tragedy that will draw her into the heartaches and triumphs of the courageous war brides and will ultimately lead her to reconsider what she has to sacrifice to achieve her own deepest longings. Continue reading →

Miss A Recommends: How Lucky Got His Shoe

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

How Lucky Got His Shoe

Summary: When a Humboldt penguin was born at the Santa Barbara Zoo, zookeepers saw that the baby was having difficulty walking. They worried his foot was not growing properly. Teva, a local shoe company, was asked to make him a shoe. If a big elephant with a foot problem could wear one, so could a small penguin. This is the true story, told with affection and illustrated with oil paintings, of how Lucky got his shoe, his name and his ability to walk and swim like all the other penguins. Continue reading →

Literary Friday ya’ll….

I’m getting ready to leave for Book Expo in just a few short days. So, I’m running around getting blog posts scheduled, social media and you know… trying to decide what to pack since I am NOT a light packer! If you will be at Book Expo, let me know! Continue reading →

Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Allie and Bea by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Today, Traveling With T has a book spotlight + continental US only giveaway of Allie and Bea by Catherine Ryan Hyde.

Catherine Ryan Hyde is the author of more than 30 best selling books. Her bestselling 1999 novel, Pay It Forward, was adapted into a major Warner Bros. motion picture starring Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunt. Continue reading →