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April 2, 2024
WWW Wednesday – 3 April 2024
WWW Wednesday was created by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and was taken over by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. To participate answer the 3 W’s:
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?
I’m about 40% into this one and enjoying it!
Mystery on the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
I’m hoping to finish this one up today. I need to know who the killer is!
Mind Games by Nora Roberts
I’m not too far into this one but I’m enjoying it! I don’t know why but the relationship with the grandmother is making me all teary thinking about my childhood with my grandmother.
Recently Finished:Bride by Ali Hazelwood
I really liked this one! I’d like to see more books in this world!
Reading Next:A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen
April’s Probably Smut Book Club pick.
Have you read any of these? What are you reading this week?
April 1, 2024
Top Ten Tuesday: April Showers
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and The Bookish and currently hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.
Top Ten Tuesday: April Showers – Books with Rain on the CoverThis week’s TTT is all about books with rain on the cover or in the title, or books with storms in them or anything to do with rain. We’ll see how many I can get… I may do a mixture of rain on the cover and storms in the story! This would be so much easier if it was snow…
1. No Strangers Here by Carlene O’Conner
2. The Search Party by Hannah Richell
3. Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Canas
I’m cheating… this has lightning on the cover but no rain. Close enough!
4. Summer Rental by Rektok Ross
5. Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney
6. The Guest List by Lucy Foley
7. Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout
We’re just going to say lightning counts..
Book with a storm in it 
Another book with a storm in it
Rain in the title.
What books did you pick for this prompt? Did you find it hard or easy?
March 25, 2024
💖 THE CLASSICS COLLECTION BY CATHERINE COWLES 💖
The preorder is NOW LIVE for The Classics Collection of the Lost & Found Series by Catherine Cowles.
There are 3 tiers being offered for this collection!
Tier 1: The Book Boyfriend Choose One or More of Your Favorite Titles to Add to Your Shelf
$29.99 per book
Tier 2: Honorary Hartley Get the Entire Lost & Found Classics Collection
Foiled Cloth Hardbacks
$119.99
Tier 3: The Mayor of Cedar Ridge Get the Ultimate Lost & Found Collector’s Box
All 5 Foiled Cloth Hardbacks with Special Goodies
$149.99
This is an open preorder and will close on April 15th, 2024.
Preorder Here → https://geni.us/LostFoundCollection
About Catherine CowlesWriter of words. Drinker of Diet Cokes. Lover of all things cute and furry, especially her dog. Catherine has had her nose in a book since the time she could read and finally decided to write down some of her own stories. When she’s not writing she can be found exploring her home state of Oregon, listening to true crime podcasts, or searching for her next book boyfriend.
Connect with CatherineAmazon: https://amzn.to/2IEQXSw
Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Lc4mU0
Twitter: https://twitter.com/catherinecowles
Pinterest: http://bit.ly/2RFY7Jv
Instagram: http://bit.ly/31TE3rJ
Goodreads: http://bit.ly/2xdUZLn
BookBub: http://bit.ly/2J3dWWF
Website: https://www.catherinecowles.com/
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March 21, 2024
Book Blogger Hop: 22-28 March, 2024
The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Jennifer @ Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ended on December 31, 2012. With Jennifer’s permission, Billy @ Ramblings or a Coffee Addicted Writer relaunched the hop on February 15, 2013. Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end the following Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt featuring a book related question. The hop’s purpose is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.
March 22-28, 2024 Question of the Week:Do you remember your first library visit?
Answer:Not my first visit, no. I do remember in elementary school they used to walk us over to the public library once a month since it was only a few blocks away. The first time was probably when I was in the first grade and I can’t remember the books I picked out or anything, I can just visualize the children’s section of the library. I remember once the school didn’t get us back on time with our books so we all had a 10 cent fine.
Do you remember your first library visit?
March 20, 2024
Time Travel Thursday: 21 March
Time Travel Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog where readers take a look back at what they were reading this time last year (or the year before or the year before that…) and compare it to what you are reading now.
21 March 2022
Two years ago today I read Barbarian’s Touch in a single night. It wasn’t one of my favorites of the series but they were all quick reads.
Currently Reading:
I’m about halfway through Murder at the Mena House.
Comparison:You couldn’t get two books that are more different! One is a spicy sci-fi romance set on a far away planet. The other is a cozy mystery set in Egypt in the 1920s. I am enjoying Murder at the Mena House better than Barbarian’s Touch as well.
Have you read either of these books?
Trope Reveal: Fragile Hearts by Catherine Cowles
USA Today bestseller, Catherine Cowles, has revealed the tropes for the first book in the Sparrow Falls Series, Fragile Sanctuary, coming May 16th!
Hate to Love / Enemies to Lovers
Brother’s Best Friend Ex Profiler
Hilarious Grandma
Found Family
Serial Unaliver
Age Gap
Forced Proximity
Grumpy x Sunshine
Belt Scene
Touch Her and Die Vibes Broken Hero
The scowl should’ve been my first clue to stay far away from Anson Hunt. The sexy smirk and the fact that he’s my brother’s best friend? Reasons two and three. Not to mention, he’s the new contractor working on my house.
He’s everything I’m not: grumpy, rude, and more than a little attached to his solitude. It doesn’t matter how many times I try to kill him with kindness; the man simply won’t crack.
Until he sees me shatter.
Because when my world comes crashing down around me, Anson is the one catching me as I fall. And as so-called accidents start plaguing every part of my life, it’s Anson who steps in to keep me safe.
As he does, I can’t help but feel a flicker of heat. And it only takes a single moment for that spark to ignite into flames, engulfing us both.
But Anson’s a man with secrets, and they have a price. When they’re revealed, neither of us will make it out unscathed…
Pre-Order Now ➝ https://geni.us/FragileSanctuaryAmzn
𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸: https://geni.us/FragileSanctuaryPB
𝗔𝗹𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸: https://geni.us/FragileSanctuarySEPB
𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘄/𝗕𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀: https://geni.us/FragileSanctuaryHC
About Catherine CowlesWriter of words. Drinker of Diet Cokes. Lover of all things cute and furry, especially her dog. Catherine has had her nose in a book since the time she could read and finally decided to write down some of her own stories. When she’s not writing she can be found exploring her home state of Oregon, listening to true crime podcasts, or searching for her next book boyfriend.
Connect with CatherineAmazon: https://amzn.to/2IEQXSw
Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Lc4mU0
Twitter: https://twitter.com/catherinecowles
Pinterest: http://bit.ly/2RFY7Jv
Instagram: http://bit.ly/31TE3rJ
Goodreads: http://bit.ly/2xdUZLn
BookBub: http://bit.ly/2J3dWWF
Website: https://www.catherinecowles.com/
Stay up to date with Catherine by joining her mail list:
March 19, 2024
Can’t Wait Wednesday: Granite Harbor
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released.
Granite Harbor by Peter Nichols
Thriller, Standalone
eBook, Hardcover, 320 pages
April 30, 2024 from Celadon Books
Blurb:A small town in coastal Maine is under threat from a serial killer in this crime novel from Peter Nichols – bestselling author of The Rocks
In scenic Granite Harbor on the coast of Maine, life has continued on–quiet and serene–for decades. That is until a local teenager’s body is found brutally murdered and hung in The Settlement, the town’s historic archaeological site. The way the body is displayed, hung from a handmade wooden structure, and the singular gruesome clue left inside the corpse, signal that this might not have been the killer’s first victim.
Alex Brangwen is adjusting to life as a single father and the town’s sole detective after a failed career as a novelist. This is his first murder case, and as both a parent and detective, Alex knows the people of Granite Harbor are looking to him to catch the killer and temper the fear that has descended over the town. But his skills as a detective are rudimentary, and he worries that they are more novelist’s intuition than investigator’s expertise.
Isabel, a single mother attempting to support her family while healing from her own demons, finds herself in the middle of the case when she begins working at The Settlement. Her son Ethan, and Alex’s daughter Sophie, were best friends with the victim. When another teenager is found murdered, the body left with the same gruesome detail, both parents are terrified that their child may be next.
As Alex and Isabel race to find the killer in their midst, the town’s secrets, past and present, begin bubbling to the surface, threatening to unravel the tight-knit community. At once a page-turning thriller and a captivating portrait of the social fabric of a small town, Granite Harbor evokes the place and atmosphere of a Jane Harper mystery with a terrifying villain reminiscent of Thomas Harris’s Buffalo Bill.
Why I Want to Read This Book:You can imagine with an upcoming trip to Maine coming up this fall, I’m definitely in the mood to read books set there. I’m intrigued by the historical archaeological site and the killer sounds downright chilling. I also find it interesting that the detective is a “failed” novelist – I think that might make him even more dimensional as a main character. I might save this one for my fall trip to New England and read it on the plane if I can make myself wait!
Will you be checking this one out? What upcoming releases are you looking forward to?
March 17, 2024
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? – 18 March 2024
#IMWAYR is a weekly meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at The Book Date.
Last Week I Read:No Strangers Here by Carlene O’ConnorI enjoyed this one and I’m looking forward to the other book I picked up by this author. I liked that there was a little humor mixed in with the thriller. Kerrygold Irish Butter and a rabbit stuck in a vase… 
I love, love, loved this one! It was so addictive I ended up listening to it over 3 nights.
This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer
If you like horror, you have to read this book! A wonderful debut!
Currently Reading:Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth NeubauerI’m about 75 pages into this one and loving it. I like the setting and the main character! I’m excited to see where this one goes and can already tell I will continue the series.
Next Read: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
My last audiobook borrow of the month, this will be my next audiobook listen that I plan to start tomorrow.
What are you reading this week? Do you ever buy books in multiple formats (physical and audiobook for example like I did with The New Couple in 5B)?
Weekend Review: Stacking the Shelves and The Sunday Post
The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. See rules here: Sunday Post Meme.
Book Opportunity, Get Togethers, and St. Patrick’s DayHey Bookdragons! Happy Sunday! How was your week?
Tuesday we reached the lower 70s and it was such a gorgeous day I took a drive down to an indie bookstore an hour from my house. While I was paying for the horror novel I was buying I got to talking about my own books and the employee told me I should bring a copy of one of my books in and they might want to stock it.
Thursday I met with a few of my mom’s friends for an early St. Patrick’s Day dinner out (and since I’m pescatarian I stuck to just grilled cheese instead of corned beef). It was nice to have a meal with someone again since I’ve been solo since my mom passed in August except for a work lunch last month.
Also, Happy St. Patrick’s Day! The police department in the neighboring town that goes all out for the holiday had quite the eventful night last night from what I could hear listening to the sheriff’s department’s channel at work last night. I’m going to see if I can snag a leftover load of soda bread from the grocery store this afternoon and call it a day
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? – 11 March 2024
Cover Reveal: Fragile Sanctuary by Catherine Cowles
I skipped Time Travel Thursday due to not having an active book on March 14th in the past 2 years. I also skipped Book Blogger Hop.
Stacking the Shelves (below in joint post)
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? – 18 March 2024
Can’t Wait Wednesday: Granite Harbor (rescheduled from last week due to cover reveal)
Time Travel Thursday (if I have a book for that date)
Book Blogger Hop: Do you remember your first library visit?
Stacking the Shelves
Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Reading Reality. Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual.
Physical:I picked up a physical copy of The New Couple in 5B as I was finishing up the audiobook because I loved it so much.
This Wretched Valley was the book I was buying at that indie bookstore and I already devoured it! It was such a fantastic eerie read! If you like horror this is a must.
What books did you add to your shelves last week?
March 13, 2024
Cover Reveal: Fragile Sanctuary by Catherine Cowles
USA Today bestseller, Catherine Cowles, has revealed the covers for the first book in the Sparrow Falls Series, Fragile Sanctuary, coming May 16th!
Pre-Order Now ➝ https://geni.us/FragileSanctuaryAmzn
Cover Design by Hang Le
Photography by Madison Maltby
Blurb:The scowl should’ve been my first clue to stay far away from Anson Hunt. The sexy smirk and the fact that he’s my brother’s best friend? Reasons two and three. Not to mention, he’s the new contractor working on my house.
He’s everything I’m not: grumpy, rude, and more than a little attached to his solitude. It doesn’t matter how many times I try to kill him with kindness; the man simply won’t crack.
Until he sees me shatter.
Because when my world comes crashing down around me, Anson is the one catching me as I fall. And as so-called accidents start plaguing every part of my life, it’s Anson who steps in to keep me safe.
As he does, I can’t help but feel a flicker of heat. And it only takes a single moment for that spark to ignite into flames, engulfing us both.
But Anson’s a man with secrets, and they have a price. When they’re revealed, neither of us will make it out unscathed…
