More Then A Story by Jenni Bara

 

More Than A Story (Becoming an Evans) by Jenni Bara 

Growing up in Hollywood, most of Corey Matthews’s life played out in the headlines on the celebrity gossip channels. Now the heavily sought-after baseball star keeps his life private, avoiding reporters as much as possible. But one mistake leads to a green-eyed thorn in his side blackmailing him for a story.

After a personal tragedy, Taran Murphy’s career is all she has left. She needs her job, and her boss wants Corey’s story. So when she gets the chance, she goes after the sexy all-star pitcher. She didn’t expect that getting to know the man behind the larger-than-life athlete would change everything.

Soon the best part of Corey’s life is the sassy gossip writer who drives him crazy. When he drops his guard and lets her in, Taran has to decide whether what she really needs is Corey or his story. 

(This is book 4 in this series) 

My Mini Review without spoilers: 

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I absolutely loved this story and Corey & Taran. I loved how the Author takes you into the story and makes you root for these two. I love the way the story follows and makes you want to keep on reading. This was such a great story on love, friendship and all of Thee above. I highly recommend you reading and buying a copy or two!

He's A Keeper: A Grumpy-Sunshine Sports Romance By Stacy Travis

 Drunk-texting a grumpy soccer star?

Best worst decision of my life. 

Especially when the player is the sinfully handsome, foul-mouthed Holden Sanders… my new library assistant.

The benched bad boy needed an image makeover, I needed to save my job, and his star status was just what the library ordered to raise awareness for our fundraising campaign. The press can’t get enough of Mr. Growly reading to kids.

It's win-win and completely platonic.

Until I need a shoulder to cry on after drowning my heartbreak in too many margaritas. I only typed that invitation to his brawny biceps and perfect pectorals for fun–I never meant to hit send. Holden isn’t the kind of guy to care about tears and feelings, least of all mine. He’s made it clear good girls aren’t his type.

But he shows up–with his strapping shoulder, a box of tissues, and a supersized bag of Doritos.

That’s when I realize there’s more to him than meets the eye.

One soulful, smoldering mistake of a kiss has me craving more, and the heat between us quickly builds to a blaze neither of us can control.

But I’m not the only one guarding secrets, and Holden’s might push us to the breaking point.

Even if I’m surrounded by books, I know better than to believe in storybook endings.

And yet, I want to believe...this man is a keeper.

He's a Keeper is a standalone romance in the San Francisco Strikers series with no cliffhangers and a HEA.

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Spoiler free mini review. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.💫 Read by me. 

First time reader of a soccer romance novel and I loved it. I really enjoyed The character development of Holden and Molly! These two will definitely stick with me for awhile. Thanks again for letting me review this book and read it. Read it all. Great book. 

Wreck My Mind by Brooke Taylor

 Treasure abounds for those who dare, but only truth can set you free in this island paradise.

Truth…

Because honesty is always the best policy.

Mysteries abound on Marakata Cay—an exotic, Eden-esque island owned by a multi-billionaire known as OZ. Perhaps the biggest secret of all is the one haunting capable and passionate Aziza. Dutifully, Zee has served the eccentric and reclusive OZ as his right hand, even to the detriment of her own freedoms. In fact, she’s never so much as stepped foot off the island since washing up on its shores. But when the man she’s falling in love with disappears amidst lies and betrayal, Zee begins to wonder. Has the paradise sanctuary protecting her from her past actually been a trap?

Or dare?

Because with great risks come even better rewards.

Former Navy SEAL Michael Cooper has spent his life thwarting death. Playing scarecrow for Beryl Enterprises as OZ’s Director of Defense and Specialized Operations is no exception. But for the first time in his life, Coop finds himself truly facing reality—he’s not invincible. Not at all. When OZ offers Coop an insanely lucrative mission, he’s in no position to turn it down. The deep-sea treasure recovery should be easy for a man with Coop’s diving and demolition skills, but the job comes with more than its fair share of danger. Sharks, modern-day pirates, and the possibility of losing the love of his life, the beautiful and tenacious Aziza.

Even Eden had a snake, and for the first time in the island paradise’s illusive history, money and power can’t mend what’s been wrecked upon its shores, daring Aziza to pull the curtain back and reveal the truth, no matter the cost.

I really thought this book showed a lot of spice. This is the second book in this series. I could not stop reading this book. The characters, the style of writing can you say HOT and showed lots of Steam. It’s a sweet & fast paced story that will want you wanting more. Coop, I’ll definitely be thinking of him for awhile. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Read for this gal. 

Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton & James Paterson

 

Run, Rose, Run: A Novel:

From America’s most beloved superstar and its greatest storyteller—a thriller about a young singer-songwriter on the rise and on the run, and determined to do whatever it takes to survive.

Every song tells a story. 

She’s a star on the rise, singing about the hard life behind her. 

She’s also on the run. Find a future, lose a past. 

Nashville is where she’s come to claim her destiny.  It’s also where the darkness she’s fled might find her.  And destroy her. 

Run, Rose, Run is a novel glittering with danger and desire—a story that only America’s #1 beloved entertainer and its #1 bestselling author could have created.

About the Author

Dolly Parton is a singer, songwriter, actress, producer, businesswoman, and philanthropist. The composer of more than 3,000 songs, she has sold over 100 million records worldwide, and has given away millions of books to children through her nonprofit, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

James Patterson is the world's bestselling author. The creator of Alex Cross, he has produced more enduring fictional heroes than any other novelist alive. He lives in Florida with his family.

Now my review without spoilers: 

I cannot say enough about this book. I Listened to it on audio a.k.a. audible. I also read along with the book at times too. I personally felt that listening to it through audio a.k.a. audible was my preference because of the narrators throughout the story. I could not get enough of the story. I absolutely loved it from the beginning to the very end. There are parts in there that really pulled at my heart strings, and definitely made me tear up. I felt like I was in the story along with the characters that the authors created. Such a beautiful story. I loved with the narration How they made these characters come to life. I highly recommend this book and give it a five star review. Probably my personal favorite book of 2022 so far. Maybe I’m just biased. But I truly love this novel. If you get the opportunity, please read it you will not be sorry! This story will stay with you for a while. I am sorry it’s over. Annie Lee, Thank you for a great story! 

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Fever Dream: A psychological thriller by Britney King

 Review and spoiler Free

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The year is 1962, and every night Grace lays her head on her pillow at the Texas State Lunatic Hospital, she reminds herself she is not what they say she is.

Her children and her husband are not dead. They’re searching for her.

Someone knows the truth.

Strangely, that someone is hell-bent on making sure the truth stays buried.

The question is… why?

Meanwhile, Grace has bigger fish to fry, starting with her new roommate.

Elizabeth is certifiable, and she has star status—a deadly combination, Grace realizes.

The kind of woman who has everyone in the palm of her hand, Elizabeth gives even the most menacing of nurses a run for their money, takes bad intentions to a whole new level, and makes crazy look seductive as hell.

Grace learns fast: the best way to deal with lunacy is to befriend it. It may be her only ticket out. She also learns there’s more to her new bunkmate than meets the eye. She’s vile, she’s cunning—and possibly faking it.

The question is… why?

With riveting twists and a breakneck pace, Fever Dream is a propulsive thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Now it’s my Turn…👇🏼👇🏼

I felt like I was in a trace reading this book. I could not put it down. It was that good. This is definitely a thriller you want to check out. I really was drawn to the character of Grace for me. Come on everyone please check out this hold on to your seat thriller today. 

I’d like to thank the author for my complementary eARC! 

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism By: Amanda Montell

 Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

By: Amanda Montell

The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power.

What makes “cults” so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The reason why so many of us binge Manson documentaries by the dozen and fall down rabbit holes researching suburban moms gone QAnon is because we’re looking for a satisfying explanation for what causes people to join—and more importantly, stay in—extreme groups. We secretly want to know: could it happen to me? Amanda Montell’s argument is that, on some level, it already has . . .

Our culture tends to provide pretty flimsy answers to questions of cult influence, mostly having to do with vague talk of “brainwashing.” But the true answer has nothing to do with freaky mind-control wizardry or Kool-Aid. In Cultish, Montell argues that the key to manufacturing intense ideology, community, and us/them attitudes all comes down to language. In both positive ways and shadowy ones, cultish language is something we hear—and are influenced by—every single day.  

Through juicy storytelling and cutting original research, Montell exposes the verbal elements that make a wide spectrum of communities “cultish,” revealing how they affect followers of groups as notorious as Heaven’s Gate, but also how they pervade our modern start-ups, Peloton leaderboards, and Instagram feeds. Incisive and darkly funny, this enrapturing take on the curious social science of power and belief will make you hear the fanatical language of “cultish” everywhere.

👇🏼My Review & Thoughts…🌟🌟🌟🌟READ👇🏼👇🏼

I listened to this book on audio. I think I got more out of it by doing it that way then physically holding the book in my hands. I learned so much about different Cults.  It was such an interesting read and I will not give any spoilers and it definitely made me think about all the different types of Cults That have been around for many years whether it’s political, or for one’s own personal gain. I definitely recommend either physically reading the book or listening to it on audio. I totally enjoyed listening to it on audio because of the narrator she made it completely worthwhile. 

The Fashion Orphans By Randy Susan Meyers & M.J. Rose

 

Book Tour 

Special thank you to @getredprbooks & @letstalkbookspromo for having me join this book tour!! Also thank you to the Authors @randysusanmeyers & @mjroseauthor  #TheFashionOrphans #LetsTalkBookPromo 

The Fashion Orphans

Here’s a quick synopsis of the book followed by my thoughts: 👇🏼

Two estranged sisters find that forgiveness never goes out of style when they inherit their mother’s vintage jackets, purses… and pearls of wisdom 

Estranged half-sisters Gabrielle Winslow and Lulu Quattro have only two things in common: mounds of debt and coils of unresolved enmity toward Bette Bradford, their controlling and imperious recently deceased mother. 

Gabrielle, the firstborn, was raised in relative luxury on Manhattan’s rarefied Upper East Side. Now, at fifty-five, her life as a Broadway costume designer married to a heralded Broadway producer has exploded in divorce. 

Lulu, who spent half her childhood under the tutelage of her working-class Brooklyn grandparents, is a grieving widow at forty-eight. With her two sons grown, her life feels reduced to her work at the Ditmas Park bakery owned by her late husband’s family. 

The two sisters arrive for the reading of their mother’s will, expecting to divide a sizable inheritance, pay off their debts, and then again turn their backs on each other. 

But to their shock, what they have been left is their mother’s secret walk-in closet jammed with high-end current and vintage designer clothes and accessories— most from Chanel. 

Contemplating the scale of their mother’s self-indulgence, the sisters can’t help but wonder if Lauren Weisberger had it wrong: because it seems, in fact, that the devil wore Chanel. But as they being to explore their mother’s collection, meet and fall in love with her group of warm, wonderful friends, and magically find inspiring messages tucked away in her treasures — it seems as though their mother is advising Lulu and Gabrielle from the beyond — helping them rediscover themselves and restore their relationship with each other.

Now here’s my thoughts…..  No spoilers

I loved the characters in this book. I have a sister so it made me sad that they drifted. I loved how it explored the characters direction in this book and definitely talked about fashion. Which I would say is more my sister‘s league than mine. She loves fashion. Plus it takes place in my most favorite city New York City. Which is actually where my sister and I have called our sisters trip throughout the years but the pandemic kind of messed that up the past two years. Overall this is a great story about relationships with your family, the relationships between siblings in particular and the art of forgiveness. I highly recommend this book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

If You Ask Me: (And of Course You Won't) Betty White

 Betty White 

If You Ask Me 

(And of Course You Won’t) 

Audio Book 

{2011}

I listed to this amazing, heartfelt audio book while being snowed in over the past two days.  I have adored this woman my entire Adult Life. I had this on hold at the library with Libby since I found out she passed away. It could not have come at a more reasonable time. 

Hearing her stories, hearing her laughter, made me both laugh and cry ( and cry I do very easily.) 

Certain chapters stuck out and meant a lot to me. They hit home and rugged at my heart strings. Definitely when she talked about hosting Saturday Night Live, Letters, Loss, Cocoa, Stuffed Animals, Children, Since You Asked & lastly I’m 89? That one had me in the water works. 

Betty White narrating this audio book was like listening to an old friend that you have not talked to in a long time. I personally wish it was longer. I absolutely loved everything about this audio book. I plan on actually buying it and listening to it when I need a pick me up as Betty could always make me do. 

I miss her so much. I dedicated in her memory on what would have been her 100th birthday which was 17th January, 2022 to this pet organization my folks give to. The Betty White Challenge. It felt so good to do that. 

This was such a great Audio book. I highly recommend it. Thank you Betty for all you did on this planet. You are forever remembered by so many and loved too. 

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Here is the synopsis of the book/Audio 👇🏼

It-girl Betty White delivers a hilarious, slyly profound take on love, life, celebrity, and everything in between. 

Drawing from a lifetime of lessons learned, seven-time Emmy winner Betty White's wit and wisdom take center stage as she tackles topics like friendship, romantic love, aging, television, fans, love for animals, and the brave new world of celebrity. If You Ask Me mixes her thoughtful observations with humorous stories from a seven- decade career in Hollywood. Longtime fans and new fans alike will relish Betty's candid take on everything from her rumored crush on Robert Redford (true) to her beauty regimen ("I have no idea what color my hair is and I never intend to find out") to the Facebook campaign that helped persuade her to host Saturday Night Live despite her having declined the hosting job three times already. 

Featuring all-new material, with a focus on the past fifteen years of her life, If You Ask Me is funny, sweet, and to the point-just like Betty White. 

(May 3rd, 2011) 

The Child In The Photo by Kerry Wilkins

 My Review My thoughts…

The Child In The Photo by Kerry Wilkinson 

Description

I stare at the newspaper article about a baby snatched from the back of a car thirty years ago, and wonder why someone would post it through my door. Looking closer, my blood freezes. The little girl in the photo has an unusual scar – just like mine. I’ve never met anyone with one like it. Is this stolen child… me? 

Trembling with shock, I know I have to confront my mother. My parents got me through a horrific accident, helped me find a job I love, teaching art, and even with buying my own house. But was it all built on lies? 

She tells me the day I was born was the best day of her life, and I’m flooded with guilt for questioning her – but why do I catch her burning papers in the garden the next day? 

Then I come home to find a woman sitting on my doorstep, covered in bruises and claiming she knows who abducted me. I don’t know if I can trust her – or if I’ll be the next to get hurt. 

Because all the while, I’ve been hiding my own secret. Does whoever sent the article know what really happened the day of my accident? Desperate for the truth, I break into the house of my supposed kidnapper. Inside, I find a handwritten list of names. A shiver goes down my spine as I realise wasn’t the only child to be stolen. 

Here’s what I thought of this book without spoilers. This is also my very first book by the Author and I definitely plan on reading more. 

I was very engaged from the beginning of this book. Though at times it seem to lag more in the middle it totally picked up towards the mid middle to definitely the end of the book. The author had a Way of reeling the reader back in. I definitely was rooting for Hope and wanting her to get the answers that she’s so desperately needed. This book had its Jumpscares and definitely a mystery/thriller type of read which is what I love. I highly recommend this book and I definitely will not spoil the plot line. You’re in for a wild ride. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 

they didn’t know by Pam Eaton

they didn’t know by Pam Eaton 

Book Review by Me.😊

⭐️Trigger warnings: talks about attempted suicide, suicide,  and mental health issues. Please be advised.⭐️

How long can you pretend to be okay? And when do you start fighting for yourself?

Over a year ago the life Victoria (Tori) Adams had vanished. The cheerleader, the happy daughter, the extrovert—they all disappeared the night Tori attempted suicide. In an effort to save her, her parents moved her from the dry deserts of Arizona to a small coastal town in Connecticut. Now she’s standing on a frozen, desolate beach, constantly afraid to say the wrong thing to her mom, hiding the dark thoughts that plague her mind, and fighting to stay. 

When Tori discovers a secret room in her new house and its connection to the slightly-annoying-but-definitely-cute Nick Janus from auto shop class, she’s stuck between a painful past and torturous present. But as time passes and relationships deepen, Tori realizes that even though she’s still alive, she has a lot to learn about living. 

They Didn’t Know is a gripping, coming of age YA novel that deals with life after attempted suicide.

My review on this book without spoilers. 

What can I say? This was a book that I was completely drawn to especially by the cover and the synopsis of the book. The story of Tori Adams, was one that had me reeled in hook line and sinker. You knew that she was fighting some kind of battle. Then to have to move from Arizona to Connecticut to start in some respects a new life at a new school trying to make new friends was definitely a struggle for Tori.  Then entered Nick Janus The boy from auto shop class yes that’s a tiny spoiler alert. 

This definitely paints a picture of mental health and definitely talks about suicide. It definitely was at times very emotional for me to read. I think it has to do with the fact that I have a daughter around the same age as Tori in the book so it’s being a mom reading this about a teenage daughter with today society definitely kind of struck a chord. I definitely recommend us read but definitely look for trigger warnings as I stated above. It is a quick read and one that I definitely recommend. My 16-year-old daughter wants to read it she knows exactly what it’s about without spoilers that I’ve given to her so that’ll be her winter break book. Recommend this book. 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.💫 

 

Project Hail Mary: Andy Weir

 Audio Review From Me

Project Hail Mary: A Novel by Andy Weir. 

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This took me five weeks to listen to because I listen to it along with my husband as a “buddy read“ when I would be at work. I will not give out any spoilers. I am definitely not a sci-fi reader. My husband and I decided to listen to the audio version instead of physically reading the book. So he gifted me the Audible with his subscription of project Hail Mary. I will definitely say this about the narration, probably one of the best narrators I’ve ever heard of an audible Reader for a book since my husband uses this service more than I do. If I listen to books or listen and read books together, it’s usually via Libby or I get them off Apple/iTunes. My husband loves his audible subscription and keeps that up but this particular narrator for project Hail Mary, definitely kept me interested in the storyline and we looked forward to it on our weekend cleans because I’m a cleaning lady. If you’re really not a sci-fi reader like me, I do recommend this book whether you decide to read it, listen to it via Audible or however you can do your books via Libby or through Apple/iTunes the narrator alone makes this story. It makes you want to root for the characters which I did and yes I did cry. 

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. 

Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. 

All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. 

His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. 

And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone. 

Or does he? 

An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian—while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.

The Corpse Flower (A Kaldan and Scháfer Mystery) by Anne Mette Hancock

 🍂🍂Book Tour Stop🍂

The Corpse Flower (A Kaldan and Scháfer Mystery) by Anne Mette Hancock

Here’s a description of the book!🍂

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo meets Sharp Objects in this internationally bestselling psychological thriller, for fans of Jo Nesbø and Henning Mankell, now for the first time in English.
  

Danish journalist Heloise Kaldan is in the middle of a nightmare. One of her sources has been caught lying, and she could lose her job over it. Then she receives the first in a series of cryptic and unsettling letters from a woman named Anna Kiel. 

Wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of a young lawyer three years earlier, Anna hasn't been seen by anyone since she left the crime scene covered in blood. The police think she's fled the country until homicide detective Erik Scháfer comes up with a lead after the reporter who originally wrote about the case is found murdered in his apartment. Has Anna Kiel struck again, or is there more than one killer at large? And why does every clue point directly to Heloise Kaldan? 

Meanwhile, the letters keep coming, and they hint at a connection between Anna and Heloise. As Heloise starts digging deeper, she realizes that to tell Anna's story she will have to revisit the darkest parts of her own past--confronting someone she swore she'd never see again. 

  

The Corpse Flower is the first in the #1 bestselling Danish crime series, the Kaldan and Scháfer mysteries. 

🍂Non Spoiler Review🍂

This is my very first Nordic Noir book I ever read. I was highly impressed and plan on reading more books like this. Especially the looking forward to this series. It’s a great story so I hope you want to take the time to get to know these characters & see where they go. 

Have you read Nordic Noir books before? If so, what do you love about them? 

You can also check out this review on my personal blog. Always grateful for the opportunity to read & review. 

🌟🌟🌟🌟 Book read for me.🍂🍂 

#thecorpseflower #letstalkbookspromo

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A Memoir Stolen Elizabeth Gilpin

 At fifteen, Elizabeth Gilpin was an honor student, a state-ranked swimmer and a rising soccer star, but behind closed doors her undiagnosed depression was wreaking havoc on her life. Growing angrier by the day, she began skipping practices and drinking to excess. At a loss, her parents turned to an educational consultant who suggested Elizabeth be enrolled in a behavioral modification program. That recommendation would change her life forever. 

The nightmare began when she was abducted from her bed in the middle of the night by hired professionals and dropped off deep in the woods of Appalachia. Living with no real shelter was only the beginning of her ordeal: she was strip-searched, force-fed, her name was changed to a number and every moment was a test of physical survival.  

After three brutal months, Elizabeth was transferred to a boarding school in Southern Virginia that in reality functioned more like a prison. Its curriculum revolved around a perverse form of group therapy where students were psychologically abused and humiliated. Finally, at seventeen, Elizabeth convinced them she was rehabilitated enough to “graduate” and was released. 

In this eye-opening and unflinching book, Elizabeth recalls the horrors she endured, the friends she lost to suicide and addiction, and—years later—how she was finally able to pick up the pieces of her life and reclaim her identity.

🖤No Spoliers🖤

Wow oh Wow. This Memoir is a Must Read. I cannot say how many times I was in tears with this book. I also listened along to it with Audible. It’s such a compelling story that really resonates and draws in the reader. I could not imagine all what Elizabeth had to go through. I want to Thank her for telling her story. This is a hard read. I’ll say that. It’s a read though that tells her story and draws the reader in. This will stick with me for quite sometime. 🌟🌟🌟🌟.💫 read from me. Add it to your TBR list. 

Catch Us When We Fall: A Novel By Juliette Fay

 🌟🌟Tour Stop 🌟🌟

Catch Us When We Fall by Juliette Fay. 

Publication Day  September 21st, 2021. Thank you to @juliette_fay @williammorrowbooks @getredprbooks & @letstalkbookspromo for the Widget of this book. 

Don’t worry no spoilers from me.😊 

On her own since the age of eighteen, Cass Macklin dated brilliant, troubled Ben McGreavy, convinced he was the smartest person she’d ever known. They partied their way through their twenties, slowly descending into a bleak world of binge-drinking and broken promises, inebriated for most of a decade. Now Ben is dead, and Cass is broke, homeless, scared…and pregnant.

Determined to have a healthy pregnancy and raise Ben’s baby, Cass has to find a way to stop drinking and build a stable life for herself and her child. But with no money, skills, or sober friends or family, the task seems insurmountable. At wit’s end, Cass turns to the only person with the means to help her: Ben’s brother Scott, third basemen for the Boston Red Sox, a man with a temper and problems of his own.

The two make a deal that neither one of them is sure they can live up to. As Cass struggles to take control of her life and to ask for help when she needs it, Scott begins to realize there’s a life for him beyond the baseball diamond.

By turns heartbreaking and humorous, with its message that change is possible, that forgiveness can be freely given, and that life, though imperfect, is worth embracing, Catch Us When We Fall is a story of human connectedness and hope.

🌟My thoughts, this was an emotional read for me. It is a book that hit in places where you just wanted to reach out and hug Cass at least I did. She was such a relatable character in this book. I haven’t had a character in a book that really touched my heart in a long while. If your like me, have the Kleenex handy. 

💫💫💫💫 Read hands down. I highly recommend this to your friends. 

#catchuswhenwefall  #letstalkbookspromo

Blush by Jamie Brenner

 OMG! I cannot put into words how I felt about this book. 💖No Spoilers💖 I loved the whole dynamic of this book. I relished in all the characters of this book. I rooted for them. I haven’t had a book in quite a long time hit me to the point of down right tears & goosebumps as I did with this book. Hands down one of my “Personal” Favorites I read in 2021. The Women of this book I could relate to them all in different ways but if I had to pick one who I felt I connected with was most definitely Leah following Sadie a close second. Oh how I longed for this book not to end. It was perfect in every single way. Towards the middle of the book it picked up speed and I wanted to savor each and every page. I highly recommend “Blush.” It’s a book that will take you in. Take you into the stories of these People and their lives. Like I stated, I cannot recommend this book enough. I give it FIVE stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Easily. Pick this book up. Share it with your girlfriends, Your Mother, Sister, or anyone who would love a great book.  

Synopsis of the book based off Amazon

From acclaimed author Jamie Brenner comes a stunning new novel about three generations of women who discover that the scandalous books of their past may just be the key to saving their family's future.  

For decades, the Hollander Estates winery has been the premier destination for lavish parties and romantic day trips on the North Fork of Long Island. But behind the lush vineyards and majestic estate house, the Hollander family fortunes have suffered and the threat of a sale brings old wounds to the surface. For matriarch Vivian, she fears that this summer season could be their last—and that selling their winery to strangers could expose a dark secret she's harbored for decades. Meanwhile, her daughter, Leah, who was turned away from the business years ago, finds her marriage at a crossroads and returns home for a sorely needed escape. And granddaughter Sadie, grappling with a crisis of her own, runs to the vineyard looking for inspiration.  
  
But when Sadie uncovers journals from Vivian's old book club dedicated to scandalous novels of decades past, she realizes that this might be the distraction they all need. Reviving the "trashy" book club, the Hollander women find that the stories hold the key to their fight not only for the vineyeard, but for the life and love they've wanted all along.  
  
Blush is a bighearted story of love, family, and second chances, and an ode to the blockbuster novels that have shaped generations of women. 

Call Me Elizabeth Lark by Melissa Colasanti

 

Your daughter went missing twenty years ago. Now, she's finally back. You thought she had returned a few times in the past, and your husband tells you she's not the one, but you feel it in your bones. 

Now, what will you do to keep her home? 

Twenty years ago, Myra Barkley's daughter disappeared from the rocky beach across from the family inn, off the Oregon coast. Ever since, Myra has waited at the front desk for her child to come home. One rainy afternoon, the miracle happens--her missing daughter, now twenty-eight years old with a child of her own, walks in the door. 

Elizabeth Lark is on the run with her son. She's just killed her abusive husband and needs a place to hide. Against her better judgment, she heads to her hometown and stops at the Barkley Inn. When the innkeeper insists that Elizabeth is her long lost daughter, the opportunity for a new life, and more importantly, the safety of her child, is too much for Elizabeth to pass up. But she knows that she isn't the Barkleys's daughter, and the more deeply intertwined she becomes with the family, the harder it becomes to confess the truth. 

Except the Barkley girl didn't just disappear on her own. As the news spreads across the small town that the Barkley girl has returned, Elizabeth suddenly comes into the limelight in a dangerous way, and the culprit behind the disappearance those twenty years ago is back to finish the job.

🤩My Review🤩 No Spoilers 

This book was such a great read for me. I will admit it did go slow for a bit in the beginning. Though mid way through the book… boom. I could not put it down. I was hooked. I was along for the ride with Elizabeth and Theo and rooting for them. I was so invested in Myra & Herb & Gwen. What all these folks were going though and the ending I didn’t see coming. One of my favorites I read in 2021. I highly recommend this book. It’s a ride that you won’t forget. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫