My Reading Getaway

Take My Husband just released yesterday and I’m so excited to be on tour with the publisher for this book. The idea behind this book is so interesting. What would you do if you thought your spouse had died and you were free from an unhappy marriage, only to find out they are still alive. Review: Laurel is unhappy in her marriage. When she gets a call that her husband is in the hospital after a car accident, she fantasizes about life without him on the way to the hospital. When she finds out he is fine, she can’t shake her thoughts. It is hard to say anything else without spoiling the book but it is one you will enjoy. The characters are frustrating at times and have you rooting for them at other times. It is described as a dark comedy and I agree. Author Interview: What inspired this book? We were several months into the pandemic and I was hard at work on another novel, when my husband burst into my office without knocking to tell me he’d heard a rumor that a toilet paper shi...

Saving the Seas for the Purple and Green is the story of a girl running along the ocean when she discovers garbage interfering with the wildlife. She wants to learn more about it and how she can help. This is a perfect book to learn about the ocean and protecting our natural resources. It is a mix of fiction and non-fiction which is wonderful for young children. The illustrations are beautiful and so is the story. I wanted to learn more about the author and this book.   Author Interview Q. Did you see a bit of yourself in Violet because you and she are both environmentalists? A. Yes, although I don’t run, I love walking along the beach and tidepooling.  On vacations, this is one of my favorite activities, just observing what is in tidepools and watching the ocean. I also do all I can to substitute other products for single use plastics and trying to minimize my own plastic waste. Q. What children’s book authors inspire you? A. Lynne Cherry, maybe best known f...

Love Book Tours brings you Stay Awake  by Megan Goldin. I’m showing you the UK cover but the US cover is very different. I love seeing covers change to appeal to a different audience. No matter which cover you pick up this is a book you will not want to miss! A murder she doesn’t remember committing. Or a killer she doesn’t remember meeting? Liv Reese wakes up in the back of a taxi with no idea where she is or how she got there. She is dropped off at her apartment, but is confronted by a stranger who claims to live there. Confused, she reaches for her phone to call for help – only to find that in its place is a bloodstained knife. That’s when she sees that her hands are covered in scribbles repeating the same two words: STAY AWAKE. Last she recalls, Liv was a successful writer for a New York magazine. Now, she’s lost and disoriented in the city. She is horrified to see news reports of a crime scene where the victim’s blood has been used to scrawl a message: the same message tha...

Today I have a lovely romcom to share with you. When Charley finds herself suddenly single on Christmas Day it feels like her world has fallen apart. Forced to move back in with her parents, she embarks on a journey of re-invention. When she meets Ed, who is on honeymoon alone after being jilted at the altar by a bride he's never met, it looks like her life may be taking a turn for the better. Fate, however, has other ideas, and she and Ed are forced apart. Will she find her way back to him, or are they just not meant to be? Review: The perfect light read! Charlotte broke up with her boyfriend of 10 year at Christmas. She heartbroken and has nowhere to live. Her parents invite her to go on vacation with them where she meets Ed. I could not put this book down. I loved watching Charlotte develop into herself. There are plenty of laughs in the book too. If you are looking for a lighthearted book with a strong female character, you will love this book. About the Author: Phoeb...

Thank you to  BiblioLifestyle  Book Tours for including me on the book tour for Switchboard Soldiers. I was so happy when my copy came in the mail! I love the cover showing the spirit of the women. If you want to preview the book you can go to the author's website listed below and read the first chapter. Blurb In June 1917, General John Pershing arrived in France to establish American forces in Europe. He immediately found himself unable to communicate with troops in the field. Pershing needed operators who could swiftly and accurately connect multiple calls, speak fluent French and English, remain steady under fire, and be utterly discreet, since the calls often conveyed classified information. At the time, nearly all well-trained American telephone operators were women—but women were not permitted to enlist, or even to vote in most states. Nevertheless, the U.S. Army Signal Corps promptly began recruiting them. Review: The book was published on July 12th and already has over...

One of my majors in college is Economics so when I saw this book come up for tour I jumped at the chance. I know economics is not the most thrilling topic for most people but it is a very important topic to understand. This book is not a quick read at 527 pages but if you want to read about economic events in everyday terms, it is worth the read. This book includes examples from as recent as May 2022, so it is very relevant. The author covers general topics as well as specific events such as the Great Depression and the Great Recession. It is broken into clear sections so if you are not interested in a topic, you can easily skip to what does interest you. Keep reading for the book description and don’t let the length of the book scare you away. It is a very interesting book. The author does express his personal opinions on some topics but there is enough information that you can form your own opinion as well. Stay tuned for a giveaway at the bottom of the post! Author Interview with Jo...

Today I’m bringing you The Good Husband on tour with Love Book Tours. This is a book that is hard to put down. A zealot sends his grief-stricken son on a murderous mission, in this heart-pounding novel. A chaotic stampede of Black Friday shoppers leads to Elsie’s tragic death—and leaves Jack, her husband of thirty-seven years, devastated. Unable to cope with his grief, he flees to his childhood home to be with his father, an overbearing religious zealot who puts his faith before everything—even his son. Jack’s father convinces him that Elsie had not died in vain. Her life was sacrificed to give Jack the strength he needs for his mission: to rid the world of greed. Embittered by his loss, Jack soon sets out to punish the depraved and eradicate the sinners from the world. The greedy killed his wife, and now they must pay. But how far is Jack willing to go to fulfil God’s plan—and how many innocent people will die?   Review: The book opens with the death of Jack’s wife, Els...

Today is my stop on Love Book Tours tour for Bury Your Secrets by M.R. Mackenzie. It is a crime fiction book set in Scotland. I recently visited Scotland so it was so interesting to read about place and be able to visualize it because I have seen it. I hope you enjoy my stop! One Saturday afternoon, three friends head north for a long weekend. On Monday, they will return home, having buried a body in the woods. For Hazel, reeling from the discovery of her long-term partner’s infidelity, a getaway to a remote coastal village with her best friends, Mickie and Claire, seems like the ideal remedy. And when a local man, Aidan, takes a shine to her, Hazel wonders if she’s ready to move on. Within hours, however, Aidan is dead, leaving Hazel and her friends with a dreadful choice: to come clean or mount a cover-up. Determined to protect Hazel at all costs, the friends forge a desperate pact. But secrets have a habit of catching up with you – and of testing the bonds of friendship to t...

My second tour with Rachel’s Random Resource's is a thrilling book by Alex Stone, The Other Girlfriend. The cover alone was enough to draw me into this book! She loves him… Lizzie Green once loved Tom Murphy with a passion that bordered on obsession. All she wanted was his love to be returned. Then one night something terrible happened and Tom left Lizzie broken hearted. She swore she would never let him hurt her again…. She loves him not. Now, ten years later, Tom turns up on Lizzie’s doorstep still as charming as ever. Lizzie knows he still has the power to break her heart and destroy her life again. But Lizzie can’t say no to him…. Can she? Review: This is a wonderful quick read with an unexpected ending. Lizzie struggles with anxiety that stems from her past. Tom, her childhood friend, was always there for her until he wasn’t. Now Tom is back and Lizzie has to face her past. As someone who has anxiety I loved the way the author described Lizzie. Her feelings were...

USA Today bestselling author Sara Ackerman’s newest book is available tomorrow. The Codebreaker’s Secret is a dual timeline historical fiction book set in Hawaii. It is set in 1943, just after Pearl Harbor and in 1965 when a journalist investigates a story. Please keep reading for an excerpt of this wonderful book. I love historical fiction and dual timelines so this book is perfect for me! 2 THE CODEBREAKER Washington, DC, September 1942 There was perhaps no more tedious work in the world. Sitting at a desk all day staring at numbers or letters and looking for patterns. Taking notes and making charts. Thinking until your brain ached. For days and weeks and years on end. The extreme concentration drove ome to the bottle, others to madness, and yet others to a quiet greatness that less than ten people in the world might ever know about. You might work for a year on cracking a particular code, only to have nothing to show for it but a tic in your eye and a boil on the back of your thig...

Along with Rachel’s Random Resources I’m happy to bring The Lodger to you today on it’s publication day! If you have Kindle Unlimited you can read the book for free. I can tell you it is a book worth reading! She’s in your home… Leigh Simons can’t say for sure what made her do it. A moment of madness, perhaps, but when the young, loud and gorgeous waitress at her favorite coffee shop reveals she is homeless, Leigh offers her the empty room in her house. In your head… Gina is the perfect lodger; Leigh, lonely and frustrated with her life, becomes infatuated with the woman – her boldness, her zeal. If only Leigh could be more like Gina… And missing without trace. So when Leigh returns from a work trip she’s shocked to find Gina missing. Where could the young woman have gone…and why? Leigh fears that something terrible has happened - why else would Gina leave her? But as she sets out to find her missing lodger, what Leigh discovers changes everything she knows about Gina….a...