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I ended up with 19 finished books for March, 4 of them audio books.  Here is the full list. Little Miss Eyes of Blue, Holly Tierney-Bedord 🌟🌟🌟 One?, Jennifer L. Cahill 🌟🌟🌟🌟 The Bad Break, Jill Orr 🌟🌟🌟🌟 I Found You, Lisa Jewell 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Chain Letter, Christopher Pike 🌟🌟🌟🌟 The Name of the Star, Maureen Johnson 🌟🌟🌟🌟 The Madness Underneath, Maureen Johnson 🌟🌟🌟🌟 The Shadow Cabinet, Maureen Johnson 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Less, Andrew Greer 🌟🌟🌟 A Lily in the Light, Kristin Fields 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Don't Trust Me, Jessica Lynch 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Defending Jacob, William Landay 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 The Perfect Child, Lucinda Berry 🌟🌟🌟 The Names of Dead Girls, Eric Rickstad 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Audio I'll be Gone in the Dark, Michelle McNamara 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 A Stranger in the House, Shari Lapena 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Cross Her Heart, Sarah Pinborough 🌟🌟🌟🌟 All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 2019 Reading Challenge Update:  71/200

When Holly Tierney-Bedord contacted me and asked me to review her book, I jumped at the chance.  The plot was interesting and it was something out of my wheelhouse.  This book held my attention from beginning to end.  It will be released on April 14th, 2019 and I definitely recommend picking it up. The Plot (From Goodreads): Veloura is off to a rough start in life. While her parents aren't often there for her, the kindness of strangers, friends, and teachers helps to make up for what she's missing at home, and opens her eyes to the vast potential in the world around her and within herself. This book is the prequel to stand-alone thriller  The Woman America Loves a Latte. This book was difficult to read.  Veloura's parents are complete garbage, and that's putting it nicely.  Their love story starts sweetly enough.  They meet in 1977 when Paul comes into the diner where Marla works.  He then begins to come in as often as possible to get her attention.  She f

I was given a digital copy of One? by Jennifer L. Cahill.  She reached out to me through Twitter, and she was so sweet.  I couldn't wait to dive into her book.💙 The Plot (From Goodreads): It's London in the mid-noughties before Facebook, iPhones and ubiquitous wifi. Zara has just moved to London for her first real job and struggles to find her feet in a big city with no instruction manual. Penelope works night and day in an investment bank with little or no time for love. At twenty-eight she is positively ancient as far as her mother is concerned and the pressure is on for her to settle down as the big 3-0 is looming. Charlie spends night and day with his band who are constantly teetering on the verge of greatness. Richard has relocated to London from his castle in Scotland in search of the one, and Alyx is barely in one place long enough to hold down a relationship let alone think about the future. One? follows the highs and lows of a group of twenty-somethings living i

I know that I'm a super fast reader, but I finished this AMAZING book from Lisa Jewell in less than 24 hours.  That includes an 8 hour work shift, and roughly 7 hours of sleep.  The only thing I could think about when I finished was running to Barnes and Noble and immediately buying all of her books.  Let's dive in.  The Plot (from Goodreads):    East Yorkshire:  Single mum Alice Lake finds a man on the beach outside her house. He has no name, no jacket, no idea what he is doing there. Against her better judgement she invites him in to her home. Surrey:  Twenty-one-year-old Lily Monrose has only been married for three weeks. When her new husband fails to come home from work one night she is left stranded in a new country where she knows no one. Then the police tell her that her husband never existed. Two women, twenty years of secrets and a man who can't remember lie at the heart of Lisa Jewell's brilliant new novel. This.book.was.SO.GOOD.  I found myself comp

I finished this book and immediately thought, "I wish this wasn't going to be my first book review."  What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right?  Let's see if that's true. The plot is interesting enough.  Arthur Less is a failure.  He's a failed novelist.  He's also a failed lover, proven by the wedding invitation from his ex that shows up in his mail.  The love of his life has found someone else to love.  What does he do, as a functioning adult?  He accepts invitations to participate in literary events around the world in an attempt to avoid the nuptials.  Less travels to Mexico, Italy, Germany, Morocco, India, and Japan in an effort to avoid his grief.  This is a love story, a satirical look at Americans abroad, and an honest, if not painful look at relationships and how they progress over time. Sounds entertaining enough, right?  This book was 260 pages and I felt every single one of them.  I trudged through this book with all the grac

This is still a little insane to me.  Last week I wasn't even thinking a Bookstagram would be possible for me, let alone a blog!  What if I'm not interesting?  What if my reviews are terrible?  What if I actually have BAD taste in books? I guess we're going to find out.  Follow me.  Be patient with me.  Grow with me.  Let's explore as many amazing stories, wonderful authors, and unforgettable books as we can! 💙