Title: Listen for the LieAuthor: Amy TinteraGenre: Thriller, MysteryPublished On: March 5, 2024Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: Paperback via publisherPages: 352 Synopsis: What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn’t matter? After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend …
Hello Readers! As usual, January was a loooooong month, but I’m not complaining. I needed it! I’m still trying to catch up on reading and blogging from my hiatus in December. I only read 4 books and 1 short story in January (for a total of 1,487 pages), but 3 of them were advanced copies …
Title: The FuryAuthor: Alex Michaelides Genre: Thriller, MysteryPublished On: January 16, 2024Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: Paperback via publisherPages: 320 Synopsis: A masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex–movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneous trip to a private Greek island is upended by a murder ― from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient. This …
Title: If We’re Being HonestAuthor: Cat ShookGenre: Contemporary FictionPublished On: April 18, 2023Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 304 Synopsis: For fans of We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange and All Adults Here by Emma Straub, Cat Shook’s debut novel If We’re Being Honest is the snappy, smart, heartwarming story of the Williams family, and the sweltering summer that rewrote their …
Title: Growing Up BidenAuthor: Valerie Biden OwensGenre: Memoir Publishes On: April 12, 2022Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: physical (publisher)Pages: 288 Synopsis: A memoir from Valerie Biden Owens, longtime political strategist, one of the first female campaign managers in United States history, and younger sister of Joe Biden. In this revelatory, engrossing memoir, Valerie Biden Owens shares stories …
Title: ElsewhereAuthor: Alexis Schaitkin Genre: Literary FictionPublished On: June 28, 2022Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: physicalPages: 240 Synopsis: Richly emotive and darkly captivating, with elements of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and the imaginative depth of Margaret Atwood, Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin conjures a community in which girls become wives, wives become mothers and some of them, quite simply, …
Title: The MaidensAuthor: Alex MichaelidesGenre: Fiction, ThrillerPublished On: June 15, 2021Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: physicalPages: 352 Synopsis: Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek Tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike—particularly by the members of a secret society …
Title: Hollywood ParkAuthor: Mikel JollettGenre: MemoirPublished On: May 26, 2020Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: physical copyPages: 384 Synopsis: “Hollywood Park is a triumph.” ~O, The Oprah Magazine Hollywood Park is a remarkable memoir of a tumultuous life. Mikel Jollett was born into one of the country’s most infamous cults, and subjected to a childhood filled with poverty, addiction, and …
Title: Good Boy: My Life in Seven DogsAuthor: Jennifer Finney BoylanGenre: Non-fiction, MemoirPublished On: April 21, 2020Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: Physical CopyPages: 272 Synopsis: From bestselling author of She’s Not There, New York Times opinion columnist, and human rights activist Jennifer Finney Boylan, Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs, a memoir of the transformative power of loving …
Title: Saint XAuthor: Alexis SchaitkinGenre: Literary Fiction, ThrillerPublished On: February 18, 2020Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: PhysicalPages: 352 Synopsis: Claire is only seven years old when her college-age sister, Alison, disappears on the last night of their family vacation at a resort on the Caribbean island of Saint X. Several days later, Alison’s body is found in …
