Review: The Blame by Kerry Wilkinson

The Blame

by Kerry Wilkinson 

Publisher: Bookouture

Pages: 427

Format: eARC

Buy the Book: Amazon

Goodreads:  Paige, Richard and me. We thought we’d be friends forever. But everything changed the day we took the short cut home from school along the old railway line. I wish we’d gone the long way. I wish we hadn’t seen our classmate, pale and still in the undergrowth. And I wish we hadn’t promised to keep one, awful detail a secret just between us…

Twenty years later, I have a brand-new life, and try never to think about my old one.

But I’m dragged back when Paige calls out of the blue. Richard has been accused of something terrible. Everyone back home is whispering about the body we found years ago, and saying Richard deserves to be locked up…

Before I know it, I’ve returned to the small town I thought I’d never see again. Paige is almost the same as I remember – jet black hair, slender frame – but why does she seem so nervous? She’s adamant the only way to clear our friend’s name is to tell the truth about what we saw twenty years ago.

Can I really trust that Paige is on my side – or is she hiding her own dark secret? And if we clear Richard’s name, will the blame fall on me?

When we find a strange note in Richard’s flat, one thing is for certain: someone else knows the truth too. All three of us are in danger… 

Kritters Thoughts:  Once you are accused of one thing, it can be pretty easy for friends, enemies and the public to cast blame for other things.  Richard is arrested for the murder of a former teacher and a dead body that he and a friend discovered comes back up and becomes a part of the current narrative.  Told from the point of view of Harry, said friend who found the body of a classmate with Richard and who had left this small town in England for Canada a long time ago.  He is summoned back by their mutual friend Paige, so they can get to the truth and free Richard as she is convinced that he is innocent.  

This was a great mystery/thriller that had such great ups and downs and the clues were dropped at just the right spot.  Following Harry and Paige as they investigated in hopes of freeing Richard and finding the killer, I love it when the investigation is led by amateurs.  Without spoiling a thing, I can say I was so happy with the who of the who dun it and although it definitely came together real quickly at the end, if I read it again, maybe I could have found a clue or two a little faster!

I read a variety of books that are set across the pond as it will and sometimes the books read as though they could be set anywhere and the specific "english" terms aren't distracting, but they were so in this one.  Every once in awhile as I was reading, I had to almost decipher the word and figure out what they were really talking about and it took me out of the plot a time or two.  I say this in case you are a reader that avoids books that aren't set in the United States.  

I liked this one.  It was good, but not sure if it would be one that I would hope to continue to follow as I feel as though the book was completely self contained and maybe wouldn't work in a series form.  

Rating: definitely a good read, but can't read two in a row

Ebook 2021 Challenge: 9 out of 100

Disclosure of Material Connection:  I received one copy of this book free of charge from Bookouture.  I was not required to write a positive review in exchange for receipt of the book; rather, the opinions expressed in this review are my own.

Review: Gone Too Soon by Dani Atkins

Gone Too Soon

by Dani Atkins

Publisher: Bookouture

Pages: 393

Format: eARC

Buy the Book: Amazon

Goodreads:  I’d have done everything differently if I had known she'd be gone so soon… 

When Lisa married Alex, she gave his life meaning. She was a professional astronomer: a stargazer. And when she gazed at Alex, she saw that behind his tough exterior was a man she could love.

Alex, Lisa and their young son Connor made a happy little universe. But then Lisa dies in a train crash, and their perfect world is destroyed. Alex is shattered by loss, and overwhelmed by the difficulties of being a single father to a six-year-old boy. How can he and Connor carry on without Lisa lighting up their lives?

Then Alex meets four strangers. Two men and two women, who never met Lisa, but whose lives changed profoundly because of her. As Alex hears their stories, he begins to realise the world may not be as cruel and senseless as it seems. If you can find the strength to start over, there are new beginnings and silver linings in even our most heartbreaking moments…

Kritters Thoughts:  Alex's life takes a major turn when his wife suddenly dies in a large train accident, but when he discovers that she made a decision about her body after she died, he realizes that this could change his life.  Told through Alex and one of the people who's life is impacted by Lisa's death, Molly, this story takes twists and turns as Alex deals with grief and tries to figure out a new path in life.

There is no spoiling the fact that Alex's wife Lisa dies in the first or second chapter and that is the early catalyst that sets this story in motion.  For me, it was interesting reading those early chapters and seeing the affects of a large scale accident on a family member trying to get answers.  You see those events take place and you see the catastrophe on tv and I often think of the first responders and the investigation, but have never thought about the family members who want answers and how difficult that can be, even with the technology that we currently have.

The other thing that intrigued me was the potential hurdles if/when a donor patient interacts with a donor family.  The way the author handled the interactions from my point of view felt honest full of a real mix of emotions.  From covering a scar to the awkward questions about the deceased, I would love to know the accuracy of this piece of fiction, but also hope that it is pretty close to real life!

This was a great book that tackles a topic - organ donation - that I don't know that I have ever read about.  I love reading books about human topics that I don't have experience with and feel could be taboo and this one was well done.  

Rating: absolutely loved it and want a sequel

Ebook 2021 Challenge: 8 out of 100

Disclosure of Material Connection:  I received one copy of this book free of charge from Bookouture.  I was not required to write a positive review in exchange for receipt of the book; rather, the opinions expressed in this review are my own.

Review: The Minders by John Marrs

The Minders

by John Marrs

Publisher: Berkley

Pages: 416

Format: eARC

Buy the Book: Amazon

Goodreads:  In the 21st century, information is king. But computers can be hacked and files can be broken into - so a unique government initiative has been born. Five ordinary people have been selected to become Minders - the latest weapon in thwarting cyberterrorism. Transformed by a revolutionary medical procedure, the country's most classified information has been taken offline and turned into genetic code implanted inside their heads.

Together, the five know every secret - the truth behind every government lie, conspiracy theory and cover up. In return, they're given the chance to leave their problems behind and a blank slate to start their lives anew.

But not everyone should be trusted, especially when they each have secrets of their own they'll do anything to protect...

Kritters Thoughts:  How does a country guarantee that it can keep its secrets in a technology age that doesn't feel safe?  In this version of Britain, there is a group of people who are concerned about the safety of country secrets, so a team of people have come up with an interesting solution - put the country secrets into people and hopefully within five years they can come up with a long term solution that is impenetrable.  

This book takes place in the same "world" as The Passengers and The One, not a series, but reading those two first could help.  I had read The Passengers before reading this book, but not The One and now I want to go back and get that one done.  I think there were things about that book embedded in this one that I may have missed, but it didn't take away from my overall reading.

Told through the perspective of the actual minders before their lives are changed and then after as they leave everything behind to keep the country's secrets.  It was interesting to see very different people react to an extreme situation in very different ways - I did have to make notes as we met each character, so I could ensure that I kept them straight throughout.  

I love the combination this book makes with a mystery with fantastic pacing, but a science fiction dystopian feel that allows me to dip my toes into the science fiction scene and enjoy a wild ride.  I hope to read more from John Marrs as his books keep me guessing while pushing my boundaries.

Rating: absolutely loved it and want a sequel

Ebook 2021 Challenge: 6 out of 100

Disclosure of Material Connection:  I received one copy of this book free of charge from Berkley.  I was not required to write a positive review in exchange for receipt of the book; rather, the opinions expressed in this review are my own.

Review: The Ravine by Wendy Lower

The Ravine

by Wendy Lower

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pages: 272

Format: eARC

Buy the Book: Amazon

Goodreads:  In 2009, the acclaimed author of Hitler’s Furies was shown a photograph just brought to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The documentation of the Holocaust is vast, but there are virtually no images of a Jewish family at the actual moment of murder, in this case by German officials and Ukrainian collaborators. A Ukrainian shooter’s rifle is inches from a woman's head, obscured in a cloud of smoke. She is bending forward, holding the hand of a barefooted little boy. And—only one of the shocking revelations of Wendy Lower’s brilliant ten-year investigation of this image—the shins of another child, slipping from the woman’s lap.

 
Wendy Lower’s forensic and archival detective work—in Ukraine, Germany, Slovakia, Israel, and the United States—recovers astonishing layers of detail concerning the open-air massacres in Ukraine. The identities of mother and children, of the killers—and, remarkably, of the Slovakian photographer who openly took the image, as a secret act of resistance—are dramatically uncovered. Finally, in the hands of this brilliant exceptional scholar, a single image unlocks a new understanding of the place of the family unit in the ideology of Nazi genocide.     

Kritters Thoughts:  A non fiction deep dive into a photo that is so disturbing as it recounts a firing squad in Ukraine as they kill their fellow men, women and children who are Jewish as they were advised that they needed to be eliminated so they can create the utopia they dream of.  

As Wendy Lower takes a deep dive behind this photo to find out who is in it, who took it and if there can be resolution to these heinous acts.  It was interesting to read a book (a shorter one, but a full one) that solely focused on one photograph and how these pieces of evidence were crucial when it came to finding justice for those who survived World War II.  

Although a little dry at times, I would recommend this book to those who have read all of the historical fiction books to see a different side of this moment in time and to find out how those who were left were able to find an ounce of justice.  

Rating: enjoyable, but didn't leave me wanting more

Ebook 2021 Challenge: 10 out of 100

Disclosure of Material Connection:  I received one copy of this book free of charge from Netgalley  I was not required to write a positive review in exchange for receipt of the book; rather, the opinions expressed in this review are my own.

It's Monday, What are you Reading?

It was a long hard week and a busy weekend full of projects, so not much reading accomplished this go around!

A meme hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. 

Finished this past week:

The Girl in the Missing Poster by Barbara Copperthwaite

Almost Famous Women by Megan Mayhew Bergman

The Speed of Light by Elissa Grossell Dickey

The Hopefuls by Jennifer Close

Bring Me Back by BA Paris

Out of Darkness, Shining Light by Petina Gappah

Currently Reading:

A Child of My Own by Vanessa Carnevale

Next on the TBR pile:

What the Heart Wants by Audrey Carlan

Review: The Paris Dressmaker by Kristy Cambron

The Paris Dressmaker

by Kristy Cambron

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Pages: 400

Format: eARC

Buy the Book: Amazon

Goodreads:  Paris, 1939. Maison Chanel has closed, thrusting haute couture dressmaker Lila de Laurent out of the world of high fashion as Nazi soldiers invade the streets and the City of Lights slips into darkness. Lila’s life is now a series of rations, brutal restrictions, and carefully controlled propaganda while Paris is cut off from the rest of the world. Yet in hidden corners of the city, the faithful pledge to resist. Lila is drawn to La Resistance and is soon using her skills as a dressmaker to infiltrate the Nazi elite. She takes their measurements and designs masterpieces, all while collecting secrets in the glamorous Hôtel Ritz—the heart of the Nazis’ Parisian headquarters. But when dashing René Touliard suddenly reenters her world, Lila finds her heart tangled between determination to help save his Jewish family and bolstering the fight for liberation.

Paris, 1943. Sandrine Paquet’s job is to catalog the priceless works of art bound for the Führer’s Berlin, masterpieces stolen from prominent Jewish families. But behind closed doors, she secretly forages for information from the underground resistance. Beneath her compliant façade lies a woman bent on uncovering the fate of her missing husband . . . but at what cost? As Hitler’s regime crumbles, Sandrine is drawn in deeper when she uncrates an exquisite blush Chanel gown concealing a cryptic message that may reveal the fate of a dressmaker who vanished from within the fashion elite.

Kritters Thoughts:  Two women in Paris, both of their stories in two different years that are just four years apart, but almost a world apart!  Lila de Laurent is a dressmaker and while working with Chanel and then on her own, she is able to be a part of the Resistance in her own unique way.  Sandrine Paquet says goodbye to her husband and must live with her in laws with her child and unfortunately catches the eye of a captain of the Nazi regime, but she uses him to her advantage to do her own part for the Resistance.  

It took a bit for me to realize we had two women and both stories were to take place in 1939 and 1943 and would progress until they collide.  Once realized, I reread a few pages and took some notes, so I could keep each woman's story apart, but what I loved most was when their stories ended up intermingling and the genius behind the way they did.  

The timing of reading this book was interesting as I read it shortly after another book about a woman in the Resistance who was coordinating supply drops, so I appreciated seeing a different aspect of French women contributing to the war effort in their own way and how many different ways that could take place.  Being in the heart of Paris in this book compared to the country of France in the other, I enjoyed the extra fever that was brought in this book as you saw the Nazi party come in and then retreat.    

I have read most of Kristy Cambron's catalog and enjoyed each of them.  I would love to complete her list and look forward to her next one!

Rating: absolutely loved it and want a sequel

Ebook 2021 Challenge: 7 out of 100

Disclosure of Material Connection:  I received one copy of this book free of charge from Netgalley.  I was not required to write a positive review in exchange for receipt of the book; rather, the opinions expressed in this review are my own.

Review: The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck

The Invisible Woman

by Erika Robuck 

Publisher: Berkley

Pages: 368

Format: eARC

Buy the Book: Amazon

Goodreads:  France, March 1944. Virginia Hall wasn't like the other young society women back home in Baltimore--she never wanted the debutante ball or silk gloves. Instead, she traded a safe life for adventure in Europe, and when her beloved second home is thrust into the dark days of war, she leaps in headfirst.

Once she's recruited as an Allied spy, subverting the Nazis becomes her calling. But even the most cunning agent can be bested, and in wartime trusting the wrong person can prove fatal. Virginia is haunted every day by the betrayal that ravaged her first operation, and will do everything in her power to avenge the brave people she lost.

While her future is anything but certain, this time more than ever Virginia knows that failure is not an option. Especially when she discovers what--and whom--she's truly protecting.

Kritters Thoughts:  Virginia Hall was an American embedded in France who eventually became well known for her way to get much needed supplies to the resistance fighters hoping to rid their towns of the Nazi regime.  

The thing that I liked about this book was the different perspective of this war that has been written about time and time again.  Seeing the resistance fighters up close and personal and finding out the work that went in to get them supplies and to keep all of the things hidden was so interesting.  Knowing before starting this book that the main character was based on fact made reading her story so much more impactful.  

I also enjoyed that this book didn't end on D Day.  This made me learn more about how long it took for the Nazis to leave France and that it was a snap on D Day and life went back to normal - it was a slow return to a more normal French way of living.  

What I didn't love about the book were the oddly placed flashbacks to Virginia's past.  For me, most of them were distracting from the story and I thought that they possibly took away from the greater story.  If they had been more easily marked and pulled out from the story, I think I would have enjoyed those moments more, but just a thought.  

I also felt as though the story lost its pacing towards the middle.  Part of this could have been my timing as to when I was reading it, but the beginning was great getting to know Virginia and her mission and the back third was so good as she was finishing her missions and the reader is waiting for the Nazis to vacate the towns.    

I must say that I have read a few other books by Erika Robuck and loved them, this one just didn't completely work as well for me.  I loved the character and the unique viewpoint of World War II, but there were just a few things that I didn't fall in love with.

Rating: enjoyable, but didn't leave me wanting more

Ebook 2021 Challenge: 5 out of 100

Disclosure of Material Connection:  I received one copy of this book free of charge from Penguin Random House.  I was not required to write a positive review in exchange for receipt of the book; rather, the opinions expressed in this review are my own.

Review: The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner

The Nature of Fragile Things

by Susan Meissner 

Publisher: Berkley

Pages: 384

Format: eARC

Buy the Book: Amazon

Goodreads:  April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed.

Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly handsome. Sophie quickly develops deep affection for Kat, Martin's silent five-year-old daughter, but Martin's odd behavior leaves her with the uneasy feeling that something about her newfound situation isn't right.

Then one early-spring evening, a stranger at the door sets in motion a transforming chain of events. Sophie discovers hidden ties to two other women. The first, pretty and pregnant, is standing on her doorstep. The second is hundreds of miles away in the American Southwest, grieving the loss of everything she once loved.

The fates of these three women intertwine on the eve of the devastating earthquake, thrusting them onto a perilous journey that will test their resiliency and resolve and, ultimately, their belief that love can overcome fear.

Kritters Thoughts:  Sophie Whalen moved from NYC to San Francisco to change her life and boy did it!  Sophie Whalen answered a newspaper add for a widower who needed a companion and someone to help him with his daughter as they mourned the loss of a wife and mother.  All isn't what it seems and then things take a turn when San Francisco suffers an earthquake and subsequent fire that will alter Sophie's life.  

My favorite historical fiction reads teach me about a point in history that I am unfamiliar with while reading a great story with characters that I am interested in and a plot that keeps me reading to the last sentence.  Sophie was a fantastic character to follow and I was rooting for her from the beginning.  The twists and turns in the plot happened at just the right time and the conclusion satisfied me to no end!  

I can vaguely remember hearing about this particular earthquake and the devastating effects that it had on this city and beyond.  It was so interesting to read this book with the 2021 perspective and how easily someone could disappear in 1906, especially amid a tragic and debilitating event.  I had to remind myself often of how different finding someone during this type of event in 1906 is from the here and now.    

I have read quite a few of Susan Meissner's books and they have all been so enjoyable.  I think there are two or three of her historical fiction novels that I need to read and would love to prioritize reading them soon.  

Rating: absolutely loved it and want a sequel

Ebook 2021 Challenge: 4 out of 100

Disclosure of Material Connection:  I received one copy of this book free of charge from Berkley.  I was not required to write a positive review in exchange for receipt of the book; rather, the opinions expressed in this review are my own.

It's Monday, What are you Reading?

A quiet week and weekend full of good books and a few short books!

A meme hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. 

Finished this past week:

The Vineyard at Painted Moon by Susan Mallery

The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

Cape May by Chip Cheek

Angels Burning by Tawni O'Dell

Helen in Love by Rosie Sultan

Currently Reading:

The Girl in the Missing Poster by Barbara Copperthwaite

Next on the TBR pile:

The Speed of Light by Elissa Grossell Dickey

Review: The Last Tiara by MJ Rose

The Last Tiara

by MJ Rose 

Publisher: Blue Box Press

Pages: 437

Format: eARC

Buy the Book: Amazon

Goodreads:  Sophia Moon had always been reticent about her life in Russia and when she dies, suspiciously, on a wintry New York evening, Isobelle despairs that her mother’s secrets have died with her. But while renovating the apartment they shared, Isobelle discovers something among her mother’s effects—a stunning silver tiara, stripped of its jewels.

Isobelle’s research into the tiara’s provenance draws her closer to her mother’s past—including the story of what became of her father back in Russia, a man she has never known. The facts elude her until she meets a young jeweler, who wants to help her but is conflicted by his loyalty to the Midas Society, a covert international organization whose mission is to return lost and stolen antiques, jewels, and artwork to their original owners.

Told in alternating points of view, the stories of the two young women unfurl as each struggles to find their way during two separate wars. In 1915, young Sofiya Petrovitch, favorite of the royal household and best friend of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, tends to wounded soldiers in a makeshift hospital within the grounds of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg and finds the love of her life. In 1948 New York, Isobelle Moon works to break through the rampant sexism of the age as one of very few women working in a male-dominated profession and discovers far more about love and family than she ever hoped for.

Kritters Thoughts:  Two storylines, both in the past.  Sophia Moon lived in St Petersburg, Russia as the world was falling apart and with her close proximity to the royal family of Tsar Nicholas II, she had a unique perspective on the family's final days.  Isobelle her daughter has returned to NYC where her mother fled when she was just an infant and is dealing with the ramifications of the unexpected death of her mother and the secrets that she left behind.  

Before I dive in, I will say, I am a huge MJ Rose fan.  If you are looking for an author that writes solid historical fiction that informs and entertains, then look no further.

What made this book feel unique other than where and when it took place was that both storylines were historically set.  Even Isobelle's storyline was more contemporary, she was living in NYC in 1949.  I think having her story be historical helped because she didn't have all the technology at her fingertips and it also made her have her own storyline with her involvement in the development of Oak Ridge, TN and her uniqueness as a woman architect at the time.  She had substance while also diving into her mother's past.  

To send a light warning, there were a few sex scenes and yes, they fit into the story and were appropriately placed, but in my humble opinion they didn't move the story along.  

My favorite feeling after finishing a historical fiction is the anticipation to read more books set in the time and place and this book did just that.  I am now in heavy pursuit of more books that will take me back to Russia during the time of Tsar Nicholas II and I want to know more about Russia and its people during this time. 

Rating: absolutely loved it and want a sequel

Ebook 2021 Challenge: 2 out of 100

Disclosure of Material Connection:  I received one copy of this book free of charge from Netgalley.  I was not required to write a positive review in exchange for receipt of the book; rather, the opinions expressed in this review are my own.

Review: White Collar Girl by Renee Rosen

White Collar Girl

by Renee Rosen

Publisher: NAL

Pages: 431

Format: ARC

Buy the Book: Amazon

Goodreads:  Every second of every day, something is happening. There’s a story out there buried in the muck, and Jordan Walsh, coming from a family of esteemed reporters, wants to be the one to dig it up. But it’s 1955, and the men who dominate the city room of the Chicago Tribune have no interest in making room for a female cub reporter. Instead Jordan is relegated to society news, reporting on Marilyn Monroe sightings at the Pump Room and interviewing secretaries for the White Collar Girl column.

Even with her journalistic legacy and connections to luminaries like Mike Royko, Nelson Algren, and Ernest Hemingway, Jordan struggles to be taken seriously. Of course, that all changes the moment she establishes a secret source inside Mayor Daley’s office and gets her hands on some confidential information. Now careers and lives are hanging on Jordan’s every word. But if she succeeds in landing her stories on the front page, there’s no guarantee she’ll remain above the fold.… 

Kritters Thoughts:  1955 and Jordan Walsh was conveniently named by her parents with a gender neutral name to hopefully help get her ahead at a time where women's options were limited - and it did!  Jordan gets a job at the Chicago tribune on the society news, but she has hopes to move to the city desk to be able to report the "real news."  

What I loved reading was watching Jordan in a man's world during a time where women weren't welcome beyond the home and seeing that Jordan's being a female actually helped her get to the heart of a story faster.  I loved that Jordan came from a family of writers and although she is following in her family's "trade", I didn't feel as though this got her the job at the Tribune and I liked seeing her work hard to get the stories and jobs she wanted.  

With the underlining plot of Jordan trying to find out what happened to her brother and if the accident was honestly an accident or a murder, I liked that this gave the story depth and gave it more than just a women trying to get a dream job in 1955.  I appreciated reading how she used her job to become a detective to find the truth and expose what happened to her brother.

Renee Rosen is a historical fiction author that I love to read as each book focuses on a woman in a moment of time and how they navigated the life and times that they were living in.  I have read three out of the seven of Renee Rosen's books and I hope to close that gap this year.    

Rating: definitely a good read, but can't read two in a row

Disclosure of Material Connection:  I received one copy of this book free of charge from Netgalley.  I was not required to write a positive review in exchange for receipt of the book; rather, the opinions expressed in this review are my own.

January - the start of a new year

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What a way to start the year! With a goal of reading 18 books a month, I am so glad that in the first month I am starting ahead of the goal! With cold weather, I was encouraged to curl up with a book a lot of evenings and weekends.

1. Those We Love Most by Lee Woodruff

2. The Girl From the Channel Islands by Jenny Lecoat

3. Coming of Age at the End of Days by Alice LaPlante (only read half)

4. A Reputation Dies by Alice Chetwynd Ley

5. The Last Tiara by MJ Rose

6. The Little Grave by Carolyn Arnold

7. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

8. The Summer Invitation by Charlotte Silver

9. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

10. The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner

11. Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham

12. White Collar Girl by Renee Rosen

13. A Promised Land by Barak Obama (audiobook, 29 hours!)

14. The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck

15. The Minders by John Marrs

16. The Paris Dressmaker by Kristy Cambron

17. Gone Too Soon by Dani Atkins

18. The Blame by Kerry Wilkinson

19. The Ravine by Wendy Lower

20. Something Like Normal by Trish Dollar

21. The Boy in the Field by Margot Livesey

22. This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

23. All that You Leave Behind by Erin Carr

Total pages read, clicked and flipped:  7,986

Where having I been Reading?:

Chicago, IL (2)

Jersey, England

California

London, England (3)

Russia

Dumfries, VA

Oklahoma (2)

New York City, NY (2)

Nebraska

San Francisco, CA

France

Paris, France

Ukraine

Fort Myers, FL

Oxford, England

Alabama