BOOK GIVEAWAY: Win a Print Copy of The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

As I wait for the release of Kate Morton’s “The Clockmaker’s Daughter”.  My pre-ordered copy should arrive on October 15h or 16th!  To celebrate, I thought I would giveaway of a copy of her book, “The Forgotten Garden”.

A tiny girl is abandoned on a ship headed for Australia in 1913. She arrives completely alone with nothing but a small suitcase containing a few clothes and a single book; a beautiful volume of fairy tales. She is taken in by the dockmaster and his wife and raised as their own. On her twenty-first birthday, they tell her the truth, and with her sense of self shattered and very little to go on, "Nell" sets out to trace her real identity. Her quest leads her to Blackhurst Manor on the Cornish coast and the secrets of the doomed Mountrachet family. But it is not until her granddaughter, Cassandra, takes up the search after Nell's death that all the pieces of the puzzle are assembled. A spellbinding tale of mystery and self-discovery, The Forgotten Garden will take hold of your imagination and never let go.

Title: Forgotten Garden
Author: Kate Morton
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Pan; Unabridged edition (2008)
Length: 648 pages 

GIVEAWAY: I have one “previously read” copy of The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton to giveaway. To enter, please head over to Our Reading in WBL facebook page.  Please comment on the giveaway post with your favorite thriller/suspense book to be entered into the giveaway! We’ll announce a winner on October 16th.

Good luck.

GIVEAWAY: USA only, please.  - Please note this is a previously read edition!!

Happy Reading!

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Coming Soon to a Bookshelf Near You: Summer Edition

Hello Friends -

Beautiful weather in Minnesota and tomorrow the MN State Fair starts.  It is always bitter sweet as that means school is starting very soon.   Soccer Season has already started, and Tommy made the varsity team.  Life is good….my family is good!   I am meeting my reading goals, but slacking on writing reviews!

Currently Reading:

   

What are you reading???  What is your best summer read???

How to do you keep track of new books coming out??  I thought I would share some books that caught my eye so far this summer.   I know I have already gotten on the waitlist for a few at the library.   The books are still on order and I am not even the first person to request the book. 

I always have a TBR list that is ever growing, but I hate to forget about a book I heard of.  Maybe I will have a better chance with my TBR list when I retire - 15+ years from now!

Here are some new releases or upcoming release that have caught my eye.   I hope you find something that interests you as well!

GIVEAWAY:  I will be holding a give away of 1 previously read copy of Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris on Reading in White Bear Lake in September!!  Sign up to receive updates so you don’t miss your chance!

Happy Reading!

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GIVEAWAY: Win a Print Copy of Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

Title:  Baby Teeth
Author: Zoje Stage  (Website) (Twitter) (GoodReads)
Genre: Suspense, Thriller
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (July 17, 2018)
Length: 320
Source: Author/Publisher

About the Book: (Goodreads.com)

Sweetness can be deceptive.

Meet Hanna.

She’s the sweet-but-silent angel in the adoring eyes of her Daddy. He’s the only person who understands her, and all Hanna wants is to live happily ever after with him. But Mommy stands in her way, and she’ll try any trick she can think of to get rid of her. Ideally for good.

Meet Suzette.

She loves her daughter, really, but after years of expulsions and strained home schooling, her precarious health and sanity are weakening day by day. As Hanna’s tricks become increasingly sophisticated, and Suzette's husband remains blind to the failing family dynamics, Suzette starts to fear that there’s something seriously wrong, and that maybe home isn’t the best place for their baby girl after all.

 

GIVEAWAY: I have three copies of Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage to giveaway. To enter, please head over to Our Reading in WBL facebook page.  Please comment on the giveaway post with the latest book you read that you enjoyed and why to be entered into the giveaway! We’ll announce a winner on June 30th . Good luck.

GIVEAWAY: USA only, please.

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Happy Reading!

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Coming Soon to a Bookshelf Near You: May 2018

Hello Friends -

Finally, it is warming up in Minnesota, which has me wanting to make more time to read.   I love walking and listening to audio books.   I have joined a book club again.  This one meets every other month, which works well for me.   Most of the books selected for this year, I already had on shelf waiting to be read.  I decided to cancel my audible subscription and have been having good luck with downloading audiobooks from the library. 

I recently started the Cork O’Connor Mystery Series audiobooks.   Cork is a former cop living in the Minnesota's northern lake country.  I have listened to the first two books in the series.   As many know, my family loves the Duluth and North Shore area of MN.  So of course I will enjoy books set in that area as well.  William Kent Krueger does a very nice job weaving in the Anishinaabe culture into the stories. 

Currently Reading:

         

What are you reading???

To help with you with your May reading,  I thought I would share some books that have caught my eye.   These books will be available in May.  If you like, maybe even get on the waitlist at the library for these upcoming titles.  As a book blogger, I am able to request, read and provide feedback on upcoming titles.   I love being able to do this, but some months my ambitions are larger than what time allows.  I still have a full time job which interferes regularly with my reading/blogging schedule.  So I decided to share with you some upcoming releases that have caught my eye.    I would hate for you to miss an upcoming title due to my lack of time!!

Here are some books which will be available in bookstores in May 2018, that caught my eye!

         

    

GIVEAWAY:  We will be holding a give away of 3 copies of Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage on Reading in White Bear Lake in May!!  Sign up to receive updates so you don’t miss your chance!

Happy Reading!

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