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Glad to be of service. :)

Looks like a good reading month for you, Rhonda!

Books are dangerous things in Collins's alternate universe, a place vaguely reminiscent of 19th-century England. It's a world in which people visit book binders to rid themselves of painful or treacherous memories. Once their stories have been told and are bound between the pages of a book, the slate is wiped clean and their memories lose the power to hurt or haunt them.

After having suffered some sort of mental collapse and no longer able to keep up with his farm chores, Emmett Farmer is sent to the workshop of one such binder to live and work as her apprentice. Leaving behind home and family, Emmett slowly regains his health while learning the binding trade. He is forbidden to enter the locked room where books are stored, so he spends many months marbling end pages, tooling leather book covers, and gilding edges. But his curiosity is piqued by the people who come and go from the inner sanctum, and the arrival of the lordly Lucian Darnay, with whom he senses a connection, changes everything.

The Binding Bridget Collins

After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra—the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter—has finally realized that no one is coming to their rescue. No one, except for Marra herself.

Seeking help from a powerful gravewitch, Marra is offered the tools to kill a prince—if she can complete three impossible tasks. But, as is the way in tales of princes, witches, and daughters, the impossible is only the beginning.

On her quest, Marra is joined by the gravewitch, a reluctant fairy godmother, a strapping former knight, and a chicken possessed by a demon. Together, the five of them intend to be the hand that closes around the throat of the prince and frees Marra's family and their kingdom from its tyrannous ruler at last.

Nettle & Bone T. Kingfisher

Wealthy Washington suburbanites Marissa and Matthew Bishop seem to have it all—until Marissa is unfaithful. Beneath their veneer of perfection is a relationship riven by work and a lack of intimacy. She wants to repair things for the sake of their eight-year-old son and because she loves her husband. Enter Avery Chambers.

Avery is a therapist who lost her professional license. Still, it doesn’t stop her from counseling those in crisis, though they have to adhere to her unorthodox methods. And the Bishops are desperate.

When they glide through Avery’s door and Marissa reveals her infidelity, all three are set on a collision course. Because the biggest secrets in the room are still hidden, and it’s no longer simply a marriage that’s in danger.

The Golden Couple Greer Hendricks

Awwww that's great - I'm adding it to TBR!

Obviously I need to read it sooner rather than later!

Lindsey wrote: "I finished another one of my picks - . I just loved this book! 5 stars. It was so delightful and heartwarming. And made me ..."

I went out and got the audio of this on your recommendation. Looking forward to it!

Glad you liked them!

-- here it is, Pam, and it is indeed tangerine. :)

Beth I'm not seeing a shelf with that name. Are you referring to your 1Q22-TBR? If you can let us know, Joy has volunteered to pick for you.

Lindsey wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "My May authors

Fannie Flagg


Carolyn Brown
[bookcover:The ..."

Excellent I love Carolyn brown!

You're past the deadline but I'll pick for you -- I think you should read Michael Faber!

Post for participation goes up on the 19th of each month, picking starts the 25th. Hope to see you for next month!

Winner of the Moderator Recommends Poll for May 2022 - Run Rose Run

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 most beloved entertainer and its #1 bestselling author could have created.

Run Rose Run Dolly Parton James Patterson

Desley, for you I pick:



Enjoy!

May pairs are posted here.

Denise wrote: "My Three:
Colleen Hoover

Marie Benedict
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Denise, I'm picking Marie Benedict for you -- I've read two of your three and liked both.

Quiet month for this challenge this month!
Pairs are posted here.

Good point, Mary!

My picks: