My Reading Getaway

It is December and the holidays are near. As part of iRead Book Tours I’m sharing a wonderful holiday story today. Please check out the bottom of the post for a giveaway opportunity! Book Description: The world is not always perfect. A scraggly little tree named Needles must endure taunts, criticism, and setbacks to realize his goal of becoming a beautiful Christmas tree. This is a story of hope, dreams, desires, determination, and never giving up. It also offers the observation that what others think is beautiful may not really matter. Beauty is truly in the eyes of the beholder . . . and paired with the spirit of Christmas, maybe we can make the world just a little more perfect! Review: Needles is a Christmas tree not to be forgotten. He dreams of becoming someone’s perfect Christmas tree but because he is so small, many people walk by him. I loved Needles determination and his ability not to give up. This is a wonderful story for ages 4-9 to read and enjoy. The pictures are beautifu...

Happy Wednesday! Today I have a new-to-me author to share with you as part of Zooloo’s Book Tours. Behind Closed Doors was released yesterday and is an Amazon Editors’ pick in Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense (for very good reason). I’ve said it before but one of my favorite parts of being on a book tour is that I get introduced to new authors and books and I get to share them with you. This is a book I hope you will enjoy. About the book: Two kidnappings, thirty years apart. Can Stacey face her own dark past in order to save her stepdaughter? When Stacey’s ex-husband turns up on her doorstep begging her to help save his kidnapped thirteen-year-old daughter, Lyra, the terror is all too familiar. Stacey’s own violent kidnapping thirty years ago was never solved, and while a severe case of amnesia spares her from recalling the specific horrors, she remembers enough… Stacey knows her father never paid the ransom—she has the missing pinkie finger to prove it. She knows she was on...

The Young Federalists is a middle grade book perfect for ages 8-12. Thank you to iRead Book Tours for including me on this tour. a Book Description: Ever heard of The Federalist Papers? (Awaiting your confusion . . .) Probably not, huh? That’s alright! Not many kids do! But I promise, this book is setting out to change that. Join the three Kennedy siblings as they travel through the portal of American history to discover the importance behind the first Federalist Papers and its connection to the Constitution of the United States! Look out for ways that the first Federalist Papers might apply to our world today. Who knows, maybe it could help just as much now as it did back then! Oh! And watch out for a special guest appearance from . . . Alexander Hamilton! Meet the Author: Abigail Readlinger is a current high school junior at The Wilberforce School, located in Princeton, New Jersey, where she enjoys participating year-round on both the sport and debating teams. Homebound during the pa...

Happy publication day to Elyse Friedman’s newest book, The Opportunist!!!! Thank to MIRA books for including me on the blog tour. I always love hearing behind the book so I have a Q&A with the author. Blurb: A deliciously sly, compulsively readable tale about greed, power and the world’s most devious family. When Alana Shropshire’s seventy-six-year-old father, Ed, starts dating Kelly, his twenty-eight-year-old nurse, a flurry of messages arrive from Alana’s brothers, urging her to help “protect Dad” from the young interloper. Alana knows that what Teddy and Martin really want to protect is their father’s fortune, and she tells them she couldn’t care less about the May–December romance. Long estranged from her privileged family, Alana, a hardworking single mom, has more important things to worry about. But when Ed and Kelly’s wedding is announced, Teddy and Martin kick into hyperdrive and persuade Alana to fly to their father’s West Coast island re...

Today is my stop on Rachel’s Random Resources tour with Boldwood Books for The Family at No. 12. When Janette answers the door to a potential customer looking to board his dog, she never imagines he has nefarious plans. But minutes later he’s dead and in her cellar. Weeks later she realises she’s pregnant. And so she becomes Mother and the baby Child, and a hidden life begins. But all secrets come out eventually . . . Review: This is the first book I’ve read from this author so I didn’t have any expectations. The cover drew me in even before I read the blurb. The dark house tells you something sinister is going on. I was intrigued and horrified at the same time. This book is broken into three time zones. The first zone deals with horrific child abuse and neglect so if these are triggers for you, this may not be a good book for you. The author did a great job setting the story up for everyone that happened. Marta is a very interesting and complex character. Overall this is ...

I have  different type of book for you today than I normally read. It is always good to expand out of your comfort zone and I'm glad I did with this book. Don't forget to check out the giveaway at the bottom of the post. Book Description: Prudence Aldrich is a sex addict. Five weeks ago, she checked into the Serenity Hills rehab center to prevent that addiction from ruining every important relationship in her life. Now Prue must face the trail of destruction she left behind, including mending the broken bond with her teenage son, finalizing the divorce from her husband, Nick, and using a newly learned set of skills to ward off her insatiable cravings for male attention-a compulsion that puts her friendship with lifelong pal Lily to the test. Adding ever further complications to the hurdles in her path is the arrival into town of Alistair Prescott, her in-rehab romantic obsession, and the one person in the world most capable of throwing Prue off her recovery. Meanwhile, Serenity...

Happy Friday!!!! Today I have an amazing book to share with you from a new pen name author. Five Winters was published yesterday, December 1 st and it is also an Amazon Prime First Reads selection for December. If you love Sophie Cousens, Beth Moran, or Emily Stone, this is the perfect book for you. I cannot say enough great things about this book. I did not want to put it down and read it every chance I got until I finished it! About the book: A bighearted novel about motherhood, friendship, moving on, and love of all kinds. Ever since Beth Bailey was a girl, she’s been in love with her best friend’s older brother, Mark. She’s continued to hold out hope that maybe, someday, he’ll love her back. But now Beth is thirty-five years old, and on the day of Mark’s wedding to another woman, she finally accepts the wake-up call she needs to move on. Beth’s dream of marrying her first love may be over, but her other biggest desire is still within reach: becoming a mother. Having lost he...