It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

 

The It’s Monday! What Are You Reading meme is hosted at BookDate

I’m also linking to The Sunday Post @ Caffeinated Reviewer

And the Sunday Salon @ ReaderBuzz

Life…

It’s been another quiet week, with not much variance in the routine except my son was home sick from school for a few days, and I attended parent/teacher night for my daughter, who is doing very well so far this year. She is in the top 5 for every class, and came first in Chemistry, Ancient History and Art.

School holidays start next week so we have a few end-of-term things on. My middle son and daughter are part of an acapella singing group at school and have a performance this Wednesday night, and the mid year academic award ceremony for the juniors are on Thursday and I’ve received an invitation, which means at least one of the boys have earned an award.

If you reside in Australia, don’t forget to enter my giveaway for a print copy of All That Impossible Space by Anna Morgan, it could be a great read for you or the teen in your life.

GO HERE TO ENTER

——————————————-

What I’ve Read Since I last Posted…

Six Minutes by Petronella McGovern

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

Wild Horses of the Summer Sun by Tory Bilski

The Roadhouse by Kerry McGinnis

———————————————

New Posts

Review: While You Were Reading by Ali Berg & Michelle Kalus

Review: The Boy in the Photo by Nicole Trope

Review: The Flight Girls by Noelle Salazar

Review & Giveaway: All That Impossible Space by Anna Morgan

Review: The Baby Doctor by Fiona McArthur

Stuff on Sunday: In Case You Missed It…June 2019

———————————————

What I’m Reading This Week

You just dropped off your child at the bus stop.

A panicked stranger calls your phone.

Your child has been kidnapped.

The stranger then explains that their child has also been kidnapped, by a completely different stranger.

The only way to get your child back is to kidnap another child – within 24 hours.

Your child will be released only when the next victim’s parents kidnap yet another child.

And most importantly, the stranger explains, if you don’t kidnap a child, or if the next parents don’t kidnap a child, your child will be murdered.

You are now part of The Chain.

++++++

“How far would you go to get your daughter back?

It’s been twelve months since Alison Miller-Juul’s world fell apart when her six-year-old daughter, Amalie, drowned. Twelve months of sympathy cards, grief counselling and gritting her teeth, but it’s still only the vodka and pills that seem to work.

Alison no longer cares about anything. She can’t smile at her step-son, she can’t answer her friends’ texts, she can’t even look at her husband. All Alison wants is Amalie back.

Then she learns that the girl who received her daughter’s heart lives just a few streets away. Unlike Amalie, this girl has a future. She’s alive because Amalie’s heart beats for her. And in the darkest recess of Alison’s brain, an idea begins to take shape…

++++++

Tom Hope doesn’t chase rainbows. He does his best on the farm – he milks the cows, harvests the apples, looks after the sheep – but Tom’s been lonely since his wife Trudy left, taking little Peter with her to go join the holy rollers.

Enter Hannah Babel, quixotic smalltown bookseller: the second Jew – and the most vivid person – Tom has ever met. When she asks him to move in, and help her build Australia’s most beautiful bookshop, Tom dares to believe they could make each other happy.

But it is 1968: twenty-four years since Hannah and her own little boy arrived at Auschwitz. Tom Hope is taking on a battle with heartbreak he can barely even begin to imagine.

++++++

The highly anticipated first book by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, the voices behind the #1 hit podcast My Favorite Murder!

Sharing never-before-heard stories ranging from their struggles with depression, eating disorders, and addiction, Karen and Georgia irreverently recount their biggest mistakes and deepest fears, reflecting on the formative life events that shaped them into two of the most followed voices in the nation.

In Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered, Karen and Georgia focus on the importance of self-advocating and valuing personal safety over being ‘nice’ or ‘helpful.’ They delve into their own pasts, true crime stories, and beyond to discuss meaningful cultural and societal issues with fierce empathy and unapologetic frankness.

———————————————

Thanks for stopping by!