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What You See by Hank Phillippi Ryan

What You See

Photo Credit: Forge Books 10/20

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

What You See

Jane Ryland, our favorite reporter, is back with a story that intertwines lies, blackmail, and family drama.

Jane is interviewing for new reporter job- one back on television- when she hears the news about an incident at Fanueil Hall. The TV station sends her to the scene with a small recorder and tells her to get the story.

Jane’s love interest, Detective Jake Brogan, is already there and trying to determine what happened. With multiple people on the scene- shooting video and taking pictures on a lovely day- he knows in his gut that someone, somewhere has the crime on camera and can help them. The problem is finding the person! Continue reading →

BEA 2015 (Books. NYC. Fun. Did I mention books?)

Bea 2015

I know! I know! I’m so late with this post. I know most people are now planning their BEA 16 trip and I’m just now posting about my BEA 15. Oh well!

After the fun of BEA 14 last year, Kristin and I immediately started making plans for #BEA15OrBust! Feeling like slightly seasoned pros- we made our plans.

Then BEA changed things.

Seriously.

Instead of having the Blogger conference all day on Wednesday and BEA being Thursday, Friday and Saturday- they changed it to half a day on Wednesday, all day Thursday and Friday- and Book Con (which was included in your BEA badge last year- would be a separate ticket.)

Ok. No biggie. We talked- we knew what we wanted to do (no Book Con for us or Blogger Conference). We decided to arrive on Tuesday, then leave on Saturday.

Back in Mississippi, I awoke at 4:30 am- COMPLETELY convinced that something was amiss and I was going to have problems on my flight (after last year’s debacle- one could hardly blame me for this feeling!)

But, no problems- except arriving at the airport ridiculously early and finding out that even though I TRIPLE confirmed that a shuttle would be around to pick me back up on Saturday- Holiday Inn Express in Flowood, MS says “our shuttle doesn’t run on Saturday”. Jerks.

I breeze through security and breeze through my layover at Atlanta- eager to get to NYC. I arrive between 3 & 4pm, let Kristin know I am on my way to hotel and then arrive at Holiday Inn Express Times Square.

Kristin and I head to Javits Center to pick up badges, then decide to head to Gotham Market for an early supper (I was starving because I’m usually too nervous to eat much on travel days!) and then went walking around Times Square (where I bought some new earrings at Fossil!)

Wednesday:

We got up early on Wednesday with the brilliant idea of arriving early-ish at Javits, reading the Publishers Weekly magazine ( an absolute gem of info we discovered last year) and hanging out till the doors opened to let people in at BEA. This was a great plan- Kristin and I were relaxed, got to chit-chat with people, take pictures and mark addition items on our list. Continue reading →

Pretending to Dance by Diane Chamberlain

Pretending to Dance by Diane Chamberlain

Photo Credit: St. Martin’s Press 10/6

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

Pretending to Dance

Molly Arnette is a good liar. Married to a man she adores, living in San Diego, and eager to adopt a baby since she is unable to have a child- Molly feels fear as the adoption process turns personal- and the social worker begins to question Molly about her past.

Why is Molly nervous?

Because she’s told a lie. A lie, that if her husband found out, might destroy every bit of happiness she has found. And Molly could not handle that- especially since she lost so much happiness when she was 14 and living in North Carolina.  Continue reading →

{Giveaway} L.A. Long is giving away a Kindle Paperwhite!

giveaway giveaway

Ya’ll today is a giveaway that will make you do cartwheels, backflips, and jazz hands all over the house! ( Pictures or it didn’t happen 😉

Back to serious giveaway talk.

So, L.A. Long is giving away a Kindle PaperWhite that will come pre-loaded with 2 of her books- her newest- IT’S NOT TOO LATE FOR THERAPY (released August 5th), a romantic suspense- OPERATION NO COINCIDENCE and then- just to sweeten the pot- 3 books of the winner’s choice.

SQUEE. *Faints dead away from the excitement*

Since I just did a post about 5 Reads To Put The Ho-Ho-Ho In Your Holiday (and I did refrain from reminding us all how many shopping days till Christmas!) I cannot refrain from *gently reminding* you all that a Kindle PaperWhite would make a great gift for the holidays for your mom, dad, kids, nieces, nephews or your favorite blogger 🙂

Follow me for the giveaway details. There may be milk and cookies involved (maybe not- you’ll have to take a chance!) Continue reading →

The Coincidence of Coconut Cake by Amy Reichert

the coincidence of coconut cake

Photo Credit: Goodreads

Traveling With T purchased this book for pleasure reading.

The Coincidence of Coconut Cake

Summary from Goodreads:

YOU’VE GOT MAIL meets HOW TO EAT A CUPCAKE in this delightful novel about a talented chef and the food critic who brings down her restaurant—whose chance meeting turns into a delectable romance of mistaken identities.

In downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lou works tirelessly to build her beloved yet struggling French restaurant, Luella’s, into a success. She cheerfully balances her demanding business and even more demanding fiancé…until the morning she discovers him in the buff—with an intern.

Witty yet gruff British transplant Al is keeping himself employed and entertained by writing scathing reviews of local restaurants in the Milwaukee newspaper under a pseudonym. When an anonymous tip sends him to Luella’s, little does he know he’s arrived on the worst day of the chef’s life. The review practically writes itself: underdone fish, scorched sauce, distracted service—he unleashes his worst.

The day that Al’s mean-spirited review of Luella’s runs, the two cross paths in a pub: Lou drowning her sorrows, and Al celebrating his latest publication. As they chat, Al playfully challenges Lou to show him the best of Milwaukee and she’s game—but only if they never discuss work, which Al readily agrees to. As they explore the city’s local delicacies and their mutual attraction, Lou’s restaurant faces closure, while Al’s column gains popularity. It’s only a matter of time before the two fall in love…but when the truth comes out, can Lou overlook the past to chase her future?

Set in the lovely, quirky heart of Wisconsin, THE COINCIDENCE OF COCONUT CAKE is a charming love story of misunderstandings, mistaken identity, and the power of food to bring two people together.

 

Traveling With T’s Thoughts:

I don’t always review books that I buy for pleasure reading- I usually mention the heck out of them on my social media- but sometimes the urge just strikes me to talk more than a Facebook or Twitter update! Continue reading →

Parchment and Old Lace by Laura Childs

parchment and old lace by laura childs

Photo Credit: Berkley 10/6/2015

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

Parchment and Old Lace

Carmela is having a lovely night with the man that puts the va-va-voom in her heartbeat- Detective Edgar Babcock. A nice dinner, a walk home with moonlight and romance in the air- well, life doesn’t get much sweeter for Carmela.

Until…

Screams are heard from the cemetery as Edgar and Carmela walk by. Edgar races off to find out what is happening and Carmela is close behind. The cemetery on a normal day is spooky enough- but at night, it’s off the charts spooky. Especially when Carmela discovers who was screaming…. Continue reading →

{Giveaway} Bliss by Shay Mitchell and Michaela Blaney

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Hey readers of Traveling With T! Today, I have a giveaway of BLISS by Shay Mitchell (you might know her from PRETTY LITTLE LIARS) and Michaela Blaney.

This debut novel will be available on 10/6 from St. Martin’s Press- and big thanks to them for providing a giveaway copy for you, the darling readers of Traveling With T!

Want to know more about BLISS? Walk this way…. Continue reading →

Literary Friday ya’ll……….

literary friday

 

Hello! And welcome to a late night edition of Literary Friday! This week has flown by (or maybe it’s because I was on vacation through Tuesday- so I’ve had a short week!) Anyway, this Literary Friday is going to be short and sweet because while I did plan ahead for my blog posts- I have not found a minion to take over reading my emails or searching out best posts for my Literary Friday. But enough about that- let’s get this party started!

 

1. Deep South Magazine and their #literaryfriday: Banned Book Week, Diane Chamberlain interview and much more!

 

2. Giveaways: Traveling With T has 2 happening: MENAGERIE by Rachel Vincent and A Visa Gift Card up to $1,000 bucks from author Peter Golden. Doing Dewey has 1 that readers will be particularly interested in- AFTER YOU by JoJo Moyes. And lastly, Always With A Book has one for a book that I have in my reading stack- NIGHT BLINDNESS!  Continue reading →