America’s First Daughter is the story of Thomas Jeffersons oldest daughter Patsy, and her life as young girl, daughter, wife, mother, and most importantly keeper of the legacy that was her father. What a fascinating book! Thomas Jefferson was a prolific writer, thousands of letters which are available , the authors used those historical letters and crafted a very well plotted believable tale. Most of which is based on fact, but some liberties were taken by the authors to create an interesting and cohesive story. Continue reading “This Chick Read: America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie”
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This Chick Read: Under Different Stars (The Kricket series Book 1) by Amy A. Bartol
What a great find! I saw a tweet about this book with a quote that read “So she’s a skeezer? What’s a skeezer? A boyfriend stealer. Lol.” That one line made me curious enough to look this book up on Amazon, and the synopsis made it sound good enough to read. As I started reading, the writing was so good, the main character, Kricket, was flawed and funny, that before I knew it, I had read the entire first book in the series and immediately bought the second. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Under Different Stars (The Kricket series Book 1) by Amy A. Bartol”
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This Chick Read: The Rejected Writers’ Book Club by Suzanne Kelman
The Rejected Writers’ Book Club was surprisingly charming and fantastically funny. The cast of characters all seemed slightly crazy, even more so set against the perfect straight man (or woman) Janet Johnson, the librarian. Somehow, Janet finds herself drawn into a caper by a group of older ladies, calling themselves The Rejected Writers’ Book Club. Doris, the leader and Alpha of the club, had “gasp”, had her book accepted by a publishing house in San Francisco. Continue reading “This Chick Read: The Rejected Writers’ Book Club by Suzanne Kelman”
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This Chick Read: Waylaid by Kim Harrison
What happens when the worlds of Rachel Morgan from Kim Harrison’s Hollows series and Peri Reed from The Drafter collides? You get the chance to find out in Waylaid a novella by the author who wrote both. Rachel Morgan is one of my absolute favorite fantasy characters and when that series ended, well, I was really unhappy. When I heard that she would be back in a novella, I jumped at the chance to read it ahead of its release on April 4th. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Waylaid by Kim Harrison”
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This Chick Read: Magic Stars (The Grey Wolf Part 1) by Ilona Andrews
Magic Stars is a novella about Derek and Julie, from the Kate Daniels series. This story takes place after Kate and Curran leave the Pack. Derek, who had also severed his ties with the pack to join Kate and Curran, was hunting down the killers to a family of four when his path intersects with Julie, Kate’s ward. Julie, a very head strong 16, takes a case that had come in to Kate’s business, and since Kate had been out, decided to investigate on her own. Derek and Julie realize that they are investigating the same crime, and join together to solve it. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Magic Stars (The Grey Wolf Part 1) by Ilona Andrews”
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This Chick Read: Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton
This YA book took me completely by surprise. I try not to read other reviews if I think I’m going to review a book myself, but I had read the synopsis. It sounded intriguing, but didn’t sound special, yep, insert foot here. I’ll get back to this statement, I promise, BUT, Rebel of the Sands did have some similarities to other YA novels. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton”
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This Chick Read: No One Knows by J. T. Ellison
Aubrey and Josh Hamilton seemed to have the perfect life. He was a med student at Vanderbilt and she was a grade school teacher. Newly married and very much in love, they’d known each other since they were children and knew everything about each other. One day, on their way to their friends bachelor party, Josh disappears, and Aubrey discovers she may not have know as much as she thought she did about her husband. The police look at Aubrey as the prime subject and her life goes into a tailspin. Continue reading “This Chick Read: No One Knows by J. T. Ellison”
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This Chick Read: The Brimstone Deception by Lisa Shearin
Lisa Shearin’s SPI Files series takes place in New York City, but it’s a New York that regular people don’t see. Unless you have taken Brimstone, a new designer drug that allows the user to “see” the true form of those around them. Something that SPI, does not want to happen. Humans would freak out if they knew what they were living among. Continue reading “This Chick Read: The Brimstone Deception by Lisa Shearin”
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This Chick Read: The Cosy Tea Shop in the Castle by Caroline Roberts
The Cosy Tea Shop in the Castle was a fun, light hearted romance. As an American reader, I got a kick out of the British witticisms, and cheeky humor. I’ll admit that part of the fun for me was trying to figure out some of the British slang, but the story was also well told. Ellie, at times felt a bit young, but I admired that she wanted to leave the safety of her parents house and boring job to open a tea shop in a castle. She had absolutely no experience at all, Continue reading “This Chick Read: The Cosy Tea Shop in the Castle by Caroline Roberts”
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This Chick Read: The Passenger by Lisa Lutz
“When I found my husband lying at the bottom of the stairs…”
Lisa Lutz engaged my imagination from the very first sentence of The Passenger. Did Tanya kill her husband or didn’t she? This question was only the first of many that I had as I read this book. Tanya was the first identity we knew our heroine as, but it certainly wasn’t the last. Continue reading “This Chick Read: The Passenger by Lisa Lutz”
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