Thank you @berkleypub for this free copy!New book alert from Amanda Quick!
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TIGHTROPE by AMANDA QUICK
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Synopsis:
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An unconventional woman and a man shrouded in mystery walk a tightrope of desire as they race against a killer to find a machine that could change the world.
Former trapeze artist Amalie Vaughn moved to Burning Cove to reinvent herself, but things are not going well. After spending her entire inheritance on a mansion with the intention of turning it into a bed-and-breakfast, she learns too late that the villa is said to be cursed. When the first guest, Dr. Norman Pickwell, is murdered by his robot invention during a sold-out demonstration, rumors circulate that the curse is real.
In the chaotic aftermath of the spectacle, Amalie watches as a stranger from the audience disappears behind the curtain. When Matthias Jones reappears, he is slipping a gun into a concealed holster. It looks like the gossip that is swirling around him is true—Matthias evidently does have connections to the criminal underworld.
Matthias is on the trail of a groundbreaking prototype cipher machine. He suspects that Pickwell stole the device and planned to sell it. But now Pickwell is dead and the machine has vanished. When Matthias’s investigation leads him to Amalie’s front door, the attraction between them is intense, but she knows it is also dangerous. Amalie and Matthias must decide if they can trust each other and the passion that binds them, because time is running out.
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I have not read any Amanda Quick novel and I know I am missing a whole lot! So what best way to remedy that is to actually read one! Here comes the newest novel with much mystery and intensity, I am on board! What’s your favorite Amanda Quick book? .
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❝Love is the death of duty. Duty is the death of love.❞ .
Goodbye Game of Thrones.
A history we've been a part of. It was bittersweet. Would I have hoped for a different ending? Definitely. Would I have wanted a few more episodes to tie every loose ends? Yes. I think that's what most of us have hoped for. But still, thank you Game of Thrones and everyone who has been part of it. You gave us world class entertainment!
Even Kit Harington himself thought the ending was "disappointing", a huge part of me agrees. Isaac Hempstead Wright even told in an interview that he thought the script he got, him being the one to rule the six kingdoms, was a complete joke. And I could definitely see why. And as much as I bend over and backwards to make sense of the ending, I am still left underwhelmed. It is true, Game of Thrones is the kind of show that just couldn't please everybody, there will always be some fans who'll feel utter disappointment - myself included. I wanted so much more for each character, their story arcs were beautifully developed the whole series only to end up lackluster, only to meet such fate. Sure, this is Game of Thrones, not fairy tale, that's very clear from the very first season. I can't speak for other people, but here's what I thought: the show deserved an epic ending and I don't mean that all those cinematography and the hard work went unappreciated, they were not. If for anything, when I knew this season isn't at par to the expectations we have been fed to hope for, cinematography, musical scoring, CGI are all I was looking forward to each week. It was beautiful, I never said it wasn't.
The only solace I have is GRMM's blogpost,"I expect these last two books of mine will fill 3000 manuscript pages between them before I'm done..and if more pages and chapters and scenes are needed. I'll add them. xxx How about this? I'll write it. You read it. Then everyone can make up their own mind and argue about it on the internet." I am here for that.
So for now let's bid our farewell, for the entertainment and company they offered, for the shock and tears, for the hope and cheers. Game of Thrones, you will be sorely missed.
❝In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds, but into my own.❞
― Anna Quindlen, How Reading Changed My Life
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Happy Tuesday! A day after GoT finale. I will do a separate post about that. I am still processing everything. For this post, let’s talk about something else. Let’s talk about a book that challenged you, it need not be a difficult read, just a book that was outside your comfort zone. Mine would be A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. It’s not about the length of it, (sure it has 700+ pages) but the events that transpired, it was heavy and unimaginable I had to pause in between pages to contemplate. It was moving and it will inhabit your soul. I still got that ache whenever I think about it. Definitely still one of my fave books of all time, and I get that it isn’t for everyone. •••
So what’s yours? #reading
HOW NOT TO DIE ALONE by RICHARD ROPER is @bookofthemonth May Selection.
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A darkly funny and life-affirming debut novel for readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine the story of one man who is offered a second chance at life and love when he develops an unexpected friendship--if he can expose the white lie he told years ago that grew into so much more.
Andrew's day-to-day is a little grim, searching for next of kin for those who die alone. Thankfully, he has a loving family waiting for him when he gets home, to help wash the day's cares away. At least, that's what his coworkers believe.
Andrew didn't mean for the misunderstanding to happen, yet he's become trapped in his own white lie. The fantasy of his wife and two kids has become a pleasant escape from his lonely one bedroom with only his Ella Fitzgerald records for company. But when new employee Peggy breezes into his life like a breath of fresh air, Andrew is shaken out of his routine. She doesn't notice the wall he's been safely hiding behind and their friendship promises to break it down.
Andrew must choose: Does he tell the truth and start really living his life, but risk losing his friendship with Peggy? Or will he stay safe and alone, behind the façade? How Not to Die Alone is about the importance of taking a chance in those moments when we have the most to lose. Sharp and funny, warm and real, it's the kind of big-hearted story we all need.
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The mere mention of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely fine has me completely sold! Sounds like a great and heartwarming read! This is definitely high on my TBR! 💕
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❝Sometimes when you read, it’s like certain sentences strike home and knock you flat. It’s as if they say everything you have tried to say, or tried to do, or everything you are.❞
― Gunnhild Øyehaug, Knots: Stories
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Been a while since I had a lazy Saturday afternoon, so I seized the moment and just took a nap. Naps are hard to come by these days, so when you’re given the chance, you take it! 😂 Seriously though, being an adult, working five days a week, going home to province each weekend, juggling personal stuff and social life is a hard act. And it gets tiring and frustrating at times. So whenever I get the chance to regroup, I always take it. You should always look out for yourself, take a breather! Life is tough but you’re tougher! •••
Tell me something nice you did for yourself today. 💕
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