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Accidental Radio Silence… – Tales of a Book Addict
...well I certainly didn't intend to go dark for quite as long as I did. We spent the first week of July in Florida on a family vacation. When we got back it was straight back to work and I was absolutely covered up. Throw in a night up to St. Louis for the Hootie…
Review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn – Tales of a Book Addict
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Copyright: 2012 Pages: 415 Read: June 17 – 22, 2019 Rating: 3/5 Source: Paperbackswap Blurb: On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears…
Review: The River by Peter Heller – Tales of a Book Addict
The River by Peter Heller Copyright: 2019 Pages: 253 Read: June 30 – July 2, 2019 Rating: 2/5 Source: Library Blurb: Wynn an dJack have been best friends since freshman orientation, bonded by their shared love of mountains, books, and fishing. Wynn is a gentle giant, a Vermont kid never happier than when his…
Review: I’d Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel – Tales of a Book Addict
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel Copyright: 2018 Pages: 160 Read: July 16, 2019 Rating: 4/5 Source: Library Blurb: Reading isn't just a way to pass the time - it's a lifestyle. Books shape, define, and enchant us. They are part of who we…
Review: The Cutting Room by Ashley Dyer – Tales of a Book Addict
About The Cutting Room • Hardcover: 448 pages • Publisher: William Morrow (June 18, 2019) Detectives Ruth Lake and Greg Carver, introduced in the electrifying Splinter in the Blood, must stop a serial killer whose victims are the centerpiece of his macabre works of art. While Britain is obsessed with the newest hit true-crime television show, Fact, or…
Review: The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin – Tales of a Book Addict
The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin Copyright: 2019 Pages: 386 Read: July 6 – July 9, 2019 Rating: 5/5 Source: Library Blurb: When the renowned poet Fiona Skinner is asked about the inspiration behind her iconic work, The Love Poem, she tells her audience a story about her family and a betrayal that…
Review: The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib – Tales of a Book Addict
The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib Copyright: 2019 Pages: 384 Read: July 13 – July 15, 2019 Rating: 4/5 Source: Library Blurb: The chocolate went first, then the cheese, the fries, the ice cream. The bread was more difficult, but if she could just lose a little more weight, perhaps…
Review: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn – Tales of a Book Addict
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn Copyright: 2017 Pages: 494 Read: June 23 – July 5, 2019 Rating: 4/5 Source: Purchased new Blurb: 1947. In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family.…
Review: The Accidentals by Minrose Gwin – Tales of a Book Addict
About The Accidentals • Paperback: 416 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (August 13, 2019) Following the death of their mother from a botched backwoods abortion, the McAlister daughters have to cope with the ripple effect of this tragedy as they come of age in 1950s Mississippi and then grow up to face their own impossible choices—an unforgettable, beautiful novel…