Avid Reader and Geek Girl's bookshelf: read en-US Sun, 11 May 2025 11:34:44 -0700 60 Avid Reader and Geek Girl's bookshelf: read 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Home Sweet Murder (Murder Is Forever #2)]]> 59003862
HOME SWEET MURDER: Lawyer Leo Fisher and his wife Sue are a sixty-one-year-old couple enjoying a quiet Sunday dinner at home. Until a man in a suit rings their front door claiming to be an SEC agent. By the end of the evening, two people will be shot, stabbed, and tortured. And two others will fare worse . . .

MURDER ON THE RUN: The middle-aged housekeeper found dead with a knife in her throat was bad. But the little boy was worse. After a bloody double homicide that puts Omaha, Nebraska, on the map, Detective Derek Mois promises the boy's parents he will catch the killer, no matter how long or far he runs . . .]]> James Patterson 1473560802 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.94 2018 Home Sweet Murder (Murder Is Forever #2)
author: James Patterson
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Merry Ever After (Under the Mistletoe Collection, #2)]]> 220786953
A single mother working in a thrift store. A gentle giant farmer who ³¦²¹²Ô’t find jeans that fit. When opposites attract, they find themselves making alterations in more ways than one in this smoking-hot short story by #1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey.

Evie Crowe is starting over in a strange town with her newborn, and men are the furthest thing from her mind. If only the quiet, hulking farmer, Luke Ward, would stop coming into the thrift shop and piquing her reluctant interest. Evie wants to stay single all the way—she ³¦²¹²Ô’t trust anything more than friends-with-holiday-benefits. But Luke is in it for the long haul. He’s fixed on making this a Christmas Evie will remember forever. If she gives him a chance.

Tessa Bailey’s Merry Ever After is part of Under the Mistletoe, a stirring collection of December romances that thrill and tingle all the way. They can be read or listened to in one swoony sitting.]]> Tessa Bailey Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 2.58 2024 Merry Ever After (Under the Mistletoe Collection, #2)
author: Tessa Bailey
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 2.58
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Big Little Spells (The Witchlore Series) (Witchlore, 2)]]> 156735266 1 Hazel Beck Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.50 2023 Big Little Spells (The Witchlore Series) (Witchlore, 2)
author: Hazel Beck
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Masks and Mirrors (West Side Witches #2)]]> 202486598
Saving the fae realm was never going to be a walk in Central Park. But when a mysterious fire erupts at the restaurant, and Zelda’s newly transformed ex-boyfriend manages to get himself into even more trouble, it’s about to get more complicated than a seven-layer sandwich.

With the help of Jester the mini poodle, Poppy the fire witch, a charming fae prince, and an unlikely crew of vampires—and maybe even nutty Aunt Belinda visiting from Florida—Zelda must follow a trail of mysterious magic through otherworldly dimensions and bring the fae realm back to life once and for all.

This book was previously published as Undercover Royal.]]> 276 Kate Moseman 1957320230 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.67 2023 Masks and Mirrors (West Side Witches #2)
author: Kate Moseman
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)]]> 61918479
A novel of terrible first impressions, hilarious second chances, and the joy in finding your perfect match.

Dr. Briana Ortiz’s life is seriously flatlining. Her divorce is just about finalized, her brother’s running out of time to find a kidney donor, and that promotion she wants? Oh, that’s probably going to the new man-doctor who’s already registering eighty-friggin�-seven on Briana’s “pain in my ass� scale. But just when all systems are set to hate, Dr. Jacob Maddox completely flips the game . . . by sending Briana a letter.

And it’s a really good letter. Like the kind that proves that Jacob isn’t actually Satan. Worse, he might be this fantastically funny and subversively likeable guy who’s terrible at first impressions. Because suddenly he and Bri are exchanging letters, sharing lunch dates in her “sob closet,â€� and discussing the merits of freakishly tiny horses. But when Jacob decides to give Briana the best gift imaginable—a kidney for her brother—she wonders just how she can resist this quietly sexy new doctor . . . especially when he calls in a favor she ³¦²¹²Ô’t refuse.]]> 11 Abby Jimenez 1549135139 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 4.41 2023 Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)
author: Abby Jimenez
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Maid's Secret (Molly the Maid, #3)]]> 228432083
When a daring art heist takes place at the Regency Grand, Molly’s life is threatened. The question is who’s out to get her, and why? Long-buried secrets will be revealed in this intriguing and heartwarming novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest

A wedding. A heist. A secret.

Molly Gray’s life is about to change in ways she could never have imagined. As the esteemed Head Maid and Special Events Manager of the Regency Grand Hotel, two good things are just around the corner—a taping of the hit antiquities TV show Hidden Treasures and, even more exciting, her wedding to Juan Manuel.

When Molly brings in some old trinkets to be appraised on the show, one item is revealed to be a rare and coveted artifact worth millions. Molly becomes a rags-to-riches sensation, and a media frenzy swirls as she prepares to sell her priceless treasure. Then, on auction day, the treasure suddenly vanishes, and Molly and her friends find themselves at the center of the boldest art heist in recent memory.

But the key to this mystery lies in the past, in a long-forgotten diary written by Molly’s Gran. For the first time ever, Molly learns about her grandmother’s how she was born into a wealthy family and fell head-over-heels in love with a young man her parents deemed below her. As fate would have it, Gran’s greatest love was someone Molly knows quite well.

A spirited heist caper and an epic love story, The Maid’s Secret is a spell-binding whodunit that will capture your heart.]]> Nita Prose Avid Reader and Geek Girl 5 Overall Book Rating: stars



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]]> 3.85 2025 The Maid's Secret (Molly the Maid, #3)
author: Nita Prose
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2025
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Beneath the Truth (Beneath #7)]]> 35619748 Listening Length: 8 hours and 18 minutes

From author Meghan March comes the final sexy stand-alone set in the Beneath world of New Orleans.

I used to believe there were lines in life you don't cross. Don't lie. Don't cheat. Don't steal. Until I learned people don't always practice what they preach. I turned in my badge and gun and walked away from everything. Then I got the call no one wants, and I'm back in New Orleans. What I don't expect is for her to be here, too. Another line you don't cross? Don't touch your best friend's little sister. She's always been off-limits. Too bad I don't follow the rules anymore.]]> 9 Meghan March Avid Reader and Geek Girl 4 series-i-finished-reading 3.5 stars 4.15 2017 Beneath the Truth (Beneath #7)
author: Meghan March
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2021/04/10
date added: 2025/05/11
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3.5 stars
]]> <![CDATA[Dirty Together (The Dirty Billionaire Trilogy, #3)]]> 27207328 My wife.

I love saying those words.

She’s mine, and if she thinks I’m going to let her run without tracking her down and bringing her back to where she belongs—with me—then she’s about to be introduced to a new reality.

Because I’ll fight dirty to give her the happily ever after she deserves.

Dirty Together is the final book in The Dirty Billionaire Trilogy and should be read following Dirty Billionaire and Dirty Pleasures.]]> 207 Meghan March 1943796904 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 4 series-i-finished-reading 3.5 stars 4.12 2016 Dirty Together (The Dirty Billionaire Trilogy, #3)
author: Meghan March
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2020/11/16
date added: 2025/05/11
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3.5 stars
]]> <![CDATA[Real Good Love (Real Duet, #2)]]> 33878172 From USA Today bestselling author Meghan March comes a sexy new duet with a hero you won't want to miss.

I’ve had my fair share of bad boys, but nothing prepared me for what it was like to be with a real good man.
Logan Brantley changed everything.
Somewhere along the way, what started as a fling became the best part of my life.
He makes me want all the things I’ve never had, like forever and happily ever after, but nothing worth having comes easily.
Everyone is betting on us to fail, but I’m ready to fight for this real good love.

Real Good Love is the conclusion of the Real Duet and should be read following Real Good Man.]]> 6 Meghan March Avid Reader and Geek Girl 3 series-i-finished-reading 3.5 stars 3.97 2017 Real Good Love (Real Duet, #2)
author: Meghan March
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2017
rating: 3
read at: 2019/03/07
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]]> The Tenant 223318133
Blake Porter is riding high, until he's not. Fired abruptly from his job as a VP of marketing and unable to make the mortgage payments on the new brownstone he shares with his fiancée, he's desperate to make ends meet.

Enter Whitney. Beautiful, charming, down-to-earth, and looking for a room to rent. She's exactly what Blake's looking for. Or is she?

Because something isn't quite right. The neighbors start treating Blake differently. The smell of decay permeates his home, no matter how hard he scrubs. Strange noises jar him awake in the middle of the night. And soon Blake fears someone knows his darkest secrets�

Danger lives right at home, and by the time Blake realizes it, it'll be far too late. The trap is already set.

9 hrs. 43 min.]]> 10 Freida McFadden Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.79 2025 The Tenant
author: Freida McFadden
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2025
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]]> <![CDATA[Ambush or Adore (Delightfully Deadly #3)]]> 59643078
INTELLIGENCER

Agatha Woosmoss, the Wallflower, is the greatest intelligencer of her generation. And no one knows she exists. She has been invisible, capable, and cunning for well over four decades. Her greatest skill is in her ability to go forever unnoticed. Except by one man.

VERSUS INTELLECTUAL

Pillover Plumleigh-Teignmott is a professor of ancient languages at Oxford University. He’s tried to ignore his training as an Evil Genius and live a quiet life away from politics and intrigue. When an assignment goes horribly wrong, Agatha must hide and heal. So she goes to ground with the only person who’s always kept her safe, Pillover.

Can Pillover hold onto the deadly woman who specializes in getting away? Will Agatha realize that patience is indeed a virtue, and that perhaps it is good to be noticed by the one who waits? Spinning off from the Finishing School series, this story stands on its own and spans decades but was written after Defy or Defend. May contain vampires, old injuries, lost love, and the reappearance of many favorite characters.]]> Gail Carriger Avid Reader and Geek Girl 3 Overall Book Rating: 3.0 stars
I just did not enjoy this book as much as I usually enjoy her books; this one just wasn’t for me. I think part of it was format, in scenes over the years, instead of in one time period, and flowing. I understand why it was formatted that way; I didn’t like it. Also, it was lacking in spice �.


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author: Gail Carriger
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2025/05/09
date added: 2025/05/11
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Overall Book Rating: 3.0 stars
I just did not enjoy this book as much as I usually enjoy her books; this one just wasn’t for me. I think part of it was format, in scenes over the years, instead of in one time period, and flowing. I understand why it was formatted that way; I didn’t like it. Also, it was lacking in spice �.


Narrator Rating: 4.0 stars
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]]> <![CDATA[Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal]]> 225379
And how was this death related to another apparent suicide fourteen years earlier -- that of Dorothy "Dolly" Hearn, a spectacularly beautiful dental student? A star athlete and homecoming queen in high school, Dolly later dated Bart Corbin in dental school. Was there a connection, or was the answer to be found in a secret -- even dangerous -- relationship Jenn Corbin was having outside her marriage? For "Too Late to Say Goodbye," Ann Rule has interviewed virtually everyone in any way related to the story -- the victims' families, police investigators, prosecutors, and sources from Georgia to Australia -- to uncover the truth behind the headlines of these two sensational deaths. What emerges is an incredible tale of jealous rage; of stunning circumstantial and physical evidence that runs from the steamy to the macabre toalmost-unheard-of forensic techniques; and of a tragic irony -- a fateful discovery that motivated the killing. The definitive unraveling of one of the strangest murder investigations of our time, "Too Late to Say Goodbye" is perhaps the finest achievement of a truly great writer's career.]]> 480 Ann Rule 0743238524 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 3 Overall Book Rating: 3.5 stars
While not a bad book, it wasn’t great either. It moved a bit too slowly for my taste, it was on the medium-slow end of pacing. My other problem with the book was that it was extremely repetitive.

However, it was an interesting true story, and the author did an excellent job focusing more on the victims and their families than on the killer. I also thought the epilogue/author’s note was a terrific addition to the book, though it would have been better as a forward so more people might read it.


Narrator Rating: 3.5 stars
The narrator was one of the better ones for this author. She did a decent job, just nothing spectacular.


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author: Ann Rule
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average rating: 4.02
book published: 2007
rating: 3
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Overall Book Rating: 3.5 stars
While not a bad book, it wasn’t great either. It moved a bit too slowly for my taste, it was on the medium-slow end of pacing. My other problem with the book was that it was extremely repetitive.

However, it was an interesting true story, and the author did an excellent job focusing more on the victims and their families than on the killer. I also thought the epilogue/author’s note was a terrific addition to the book, though it would have been better as a forward so more people might read it.


Narrator Rating: 3.5 stars
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]]> Insider (Exodus End, #1) 33643753 Logan just wants inside her.

She’s finally ready to rock...
Toni Nichols set aside her dreams to raise her little sister, but now she's reaching for the stars as the creator of a revolutionary interactive biography about Exodus End. She’s on tour with the rock band to immerse herself in their world, but how will she ever gain the trust of four veteran superstars who've been burned by the media before? Nobody said this was going to be easy. Then again, good things can come in hard packages.

He's always ready to roll�
Adrenaline junkie Logan Schmidt lives for the rush of playing his bass guitar before thousands of screaming fans. When he's not performing onstage or in the bedroom, he's looking for his next thrill in extreme sports. So why does a sweet, innocent journalist get his heart pumping and capture his full attention? Is Toni the real deal or just digging up dirt on his band? Logan’s eager to rock Toni’s world and roll her in the sack, but when she starts to get too close to his heart, she takes her insider look to a place he may never be willing to go.]]> 19 Olivia Cunning Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.41 2015 Insider (Exodus End, #1)
author: Olivia Cunning
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.41
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> Love and Other Words 39826727
Love, loss, friendship, and the betrayals of the past all collide in this first women’s fiction novel from New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Christina Lauren (Autoboyography, Dating You / Hating You).

The story of the heart can never be unwritten.

Macy Sorensen is settling into an ambitious if emotionally tepid routine: work hard as a new pediatrics resident, plan her wedding to an older, financially secure man, keep her head down and heart tucked away.

But when she runs into Elliot Petropoulos—the first and only love of her life—the careful bubble she’s constructed begins to dissolve. Once upon a time, Elliot was Macy’s entire world—growing from her gangly bookish friend into the man who coaxed her heart open again after the loss of her mother...only to break it on the very night he declared his love for her.

Told in alternating timelines between Then and Now, teenage Elliot and Macy grow from friends to much more—spending weekends and lazy summers together in a house outside of San Francisco devouring books, sharing favorite words, and talking through their growing pains and triumphs. As adults, they have become strangers to one another until their chance reunion. Although their memories are obscured by the agony of what happened that night so many years ago, Elliot will come to understand the truth behind Macy’s decade-long silence, and will have to overcome the past and himself to revive her faith in the possibility of an all-consuming love.]]> 9 Christina Lauren Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.98 2018 Love and Other Words
author: Christina Lauren
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Romancing the Inventor (Supernatural Society, #1)]]> 33984602
Narrated by the wonderful Emma Newman, this is Gail Carriger's first steampunk lesbian romance featuring a maid bent on seducing a brilliant cross-dressing scientist who's too brokenhearted to notice. Or is she?

Vampires are keeping an inventor in their potting shed. Imogene wants to seduce her.

Imogene Hale is a lowly parlourmaid with a soul-crushing secret. Seeking solace, she takes work at a local vampire hive, only to fall desperately in love with the amazing lady inventor imprisoned there.

Genevieve Lefoux is heartsick, lonely, and French.

With culture, class, and the lady herself set against the match, can Imogene and her duster overcome all odds and win Genevieve’s heart, or will the vampires suck both of them dry?

New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger presents this stand-alone lesbian romance is set in her popular steampunk Parasolverse, full of class prejudice, elusive equations, and paranormal creatures taking tea.

Supernatural Society stories can be read in any order. Look for surprise appearances from popular Parasol Protectorate characters and the occasional strategic application of cognac.

Delicate Sensibilities?

This story contains women pleasing women and ladies who know what they want and pursue it, sometimes in exquisite detail.

Listening Length: 5 hours and 37 minutes]]> 6 Gail Carriger Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 4.18 2016 Romancing the Inventor (Supernatural Society, #1)
author: Gail Carriger
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> 49 Miles Alone 220632917
Four days alone in the desert. Except they're not as alone as they think.

A year ago, Katie and her cousin Aster survived a night that left their world and easy friendship fractured. Desperate to heal and leave the past behind them, they tackle four days of hiking in the Utah backcountry. But the desert they've loved for years has tricks up its sleeve.

An illness, an injury, and a freak storm leave them short on confidence and supplies. When they come across a young couple with extra supplies on the trail, they're grateful and relieved―at first. Riley exudes friendliness, but everything about her boyfriend Finn spells trouble. That night, after some chilling admissions about Finn from Riley, Katie and Aster wake to hear the couple fighting. Helpless and trapped in the darkness, they witness Riley's desperate race into the night, with Finn chasing after.

In the morning, they find the couple's camp, but Riley and Finn? Vanished. Katie is sure Riley is in trouble. And with help a two-day hike away, they know they are the only ones who can save her before something terrible happens. The clock is ticking and their supplies are dwindling, but Katie and Aster know they have to find Riley before Finn―or the desert―gets to her first.]]> 8 Natalie D. Richards Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.57 2024 49 Miles Alone
author: Natalie D. Richards
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Peril in Pink (Hudson Valley B&b Mystery, 1)]]> 210496793
It’s the grand opening of The Pearl B&B in Hudson Valley, and owner Jess Byrne has prepared the ultimate, Insta-worthy welcome, complete with her ex-boyfriend—reality singing sensation Lars Armstrong—performing live. As guests check in and mimosas are poured, Lars arrives with his stepdad-turned-manager Bob in tow. But things go south when Bob is found dead, and Lars is the prime suspect.

After a desperate plea from Lars, and knowing the reputation of her B&B is at stake, Jess agrees to help clear Lars� name, but the more she digs, the less sure she is that he’s innocent. Especially when he’s found at the scene of another murder.

With the guests under lockdown, the B&B in the press for all the wrong reasons, and a killer on the loose, Jess is in over her head. With the help of her best friend and business partner Kat, Jess is determined to uncover the truth before Lars is put behind bars and The Pearl is permanently cancelled.]]> 0 Sydney Leigh Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.67 2024 Peril in Pink (Hudson Valley B&b Mystery, 1)
author: Sydney Leigh
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2024
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]]> <![CDATA[Wicked Serve: Beyond the Play, Book 4]]> 229438260 Claim your new obsession from TikTok sensation Grace Reilly, a spicy brother’s rival hockey romance! Perfect for fans of Hannah Grace, Liz Tomforde and Elsie Silver.

He’s my brother’s biggest hockey rival…but he’s bringing the heat for me.

Nikolai

Hockey is my life, and I need to make this last season count. But when I’m forced to transfer to rival school McKee University for my senior year, I risk pissing off the captain, who happens to be the older brother of Isabelle the gorgeous beam of sunshine I messed around with in secret this summer.

Rekindling our fling could risk her brother icing me off the team—not to mention the fact that my scarred past makes having a real relationship impossible—and yet the moment I see Isabelle again, all my wild, burning feelings come rushing back.

Izzy

I have two goals for sophomore win back my old volleyball position, and forget I ever knew devilishly handsome hockey defenseman Nikolai Abney-Volkov. As the youngest and only daughter in a family full of athletes, failure isn’t an option.

But when Nik crashes back into my life, I ³¦²¹²Ô’t stay away from his broody charm. I’m determined to guard my heart this time, but between the furtive hookups and the heartfelt conversations, the lines between friends-with-benefits and more begin to blur.

As we fall deeper into a place we ³¦²¹²Ô’t come back from unscathed, we’ll have to make a fight for a future together, or watch it go up in flames.

Filled with swoons, spice, sports, and koalas, Wicked Serve is a don’t-miss new adult college sports romance.]]> Grace Reilly Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.25 2024 Wicked Serve: Beyond the Play, Book 4
author: Grace Reilly
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.25
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Booked for Murder (Old Juniper Bookstore Mysteries)]]> 220880552 In this atmospheric southern cozy debut, Madeline Brimley returns to the bookstore she inherited, discovering that small towns hold deadly secrets.

Madeline Brimley left small town Georgia many years ago to go to college and pursue her dreams on the stage. Her dramatic escapades are many but success has eluded her, leaving her at loose ends. But then she gets word that not only has her beloved, eccentric Aunt Rose passed, but she's left Madeline her equally eccentric bookstore housed in an old Victorian mansion in the small college town of Enigma. But when she arrives in her beat-up Fiat to claim The Old Juniper Bookstore, and restart her life, Madeline is faced with unexpected challenges. The gazebo in the back yard is set ablaze and a late night caller threatens to burn the whole store down if she doesn't leave immediately.

But Madeline Brimley, not one to be intimidated, ignores the threats and soldiers on. Until there's another fire and a murder in the store itself. Now with a cloud of suspicion falling over her, it's up to Madeline to untangle the skein of secrets and find the killer before she herself is the next victim.]]> 1 P.J. Nelson Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.33 2024 Booked for Murder (Old Juniper Bookstore Mysteries)
author: P.J. Nelson
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.33
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> Murder Between Friends 228445928 Two years ago, the murder of a neighbor tore three best friends apart—now the killer is going to walk free and the ex-friends are going to have to face the past—and each other—in another twisty thriller from the New York Times bestselling co-author of The Agathas .

Grace, Henry, and Ally grew up together on the same block. They used to be best friends--until Grace's testimony put Henry's brother, Jake, away for killing their English teacher. Now, two years later, Ally and Henry hate Grace, and Grace is doubting what she thinks she saw that night.

It feels like everyone's getting a second chance, then, when due to a mistrial, Jake is suddenly released. And Henry knows his brother is innocent, but when Grace reaches out to say she’s rethinking what she saw the night of the murder, Jake’s reaction is confusing. He doesn’t want Henry—or Grace—getting involved.

For Ally not getting involved isn’t an option, and there’s nothing Grace can say to convince Ally she’s not the enemy. But can Ally afford to push Grace out when she’s one of the only other people willing to believe in Jake’s innocence?

The clock is ticking. Jake’s new trial date is about to be set, and he's sure to be found guilty again unless there's new evidence to prove he's innocent. Grace, Henry, and Ally are going to have to decide whether you can trust an old friend now that they’re your enemy.]]> Liz Lawson Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.75 2025 Murder Between Friends
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]]> The Crash 223318201
She never arrives at her destination.

Stranded in rural Maine with a dead car and broken ankle, Tegan worries she's made a terrible mistake. Then a miracle occurs: she is rescued by a couple who offers her a room in their warm cabin until the snow clears.

But something isn't right. Tegan believed she was waiting out the storm, but as time ticks by, she comes to realize she is in grave danger. This safe haven isn't what she thought it was, and staying here may have been her most deadly mistake yet.

And now she must do whatever it takes to save herself—and her unborn child.

9 hrs. 13 min.]]> 10 Freida McFadden Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.21 2025 The Crash
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]]> <![CDATA[Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me: Dark Lord Davi, Book 2]]> 228447186 Dark Lord Davi rules the kingdom, but she must now break the time loop that binds her in this hilariously bloody conclusion to the Dark Lord Davi duology.

Davi has left the horde behind her, hoping to find a peaceful solution to keep the Kingdom from being destroyed this time. But her plan to guide the Kingdom to peaceful prosperity is thwarted when she finds her usual love interest, Prince Johann, already married and the bloodthirsty Duke Aster running the government. Johann's new husband is everything Davi is not, but he holds a key to the one mystery she can't solve - the origins of the time loop that has entrapped her.

With restless armies at her doorstep, Duke Aster reaching for power, and an ancient magician hounding her every turn, Davi must scheme her way to peace and uncover the truth behind her curse if she is to break the spell that binds her once and for all.]]> Django Wexler Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 0.0 2025 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me: Dark Lord Davi, Book 2
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]]> A Simple Twist of Fate 230803558 A witch and a shifter get a second chance at love in this new paranormal romantic comedy from USA Today Bestselling author April Asher.

At the bright-eyed age of eighteen, witch Harlow “Harry� Pierce attended her first Fates Haven Finding Ceremony certain the Blue Willow Wisp would lead her to her Fated match, her cougar shifter boyfriend, Jaxon Atwood. But Fate had other plans, guiding her best friend to him instead. With a broken heart, all her belongings, and a vow to never return, Harry did the only thing a broken-hearted witch could do. Run.

Thirteen years later, she returns to her magical hometown—with her half-human, half-shifter goddaughter in tow—hoping that not only would the town work its magic on the troubled teenager, but that the local Alpha of the Rocky Mountain Pack could help Grace identify—and control—her fiery abilities.

Jaxon Atwood was a shifter of few words and even less patience� until his mother retired as Alpha of the Rocky Mountain Pack and left the running of things to him. It’s a headache he didn’t need, and one that brought the witch who’d ripped his heart from his chest knocking on his door.

Ever since the disappearance of the town’s Fate Witch over a decade ago, Fates Haven’s magic has been slowly going haywire. There hasn’t been a Fated Match made in thirteen years, putting the town in serious jeopardy of losing its title of Most Fated Mates Per Population. But now, something is stirring in Fates Haven, Colorado, and it smells like the past, tastes like change, and looks like A SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE.]]> 1 April Asher Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 0.0 2025 A Simple Twist of Fate
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]]> A Killing Cold 223351055 A woman invited to her wealthy fiance’s family retreat realizes they are hiding a terrible secret—and that she’s been there before, by the bestselling author of What Lies in the Woods.

A whirlwind romance.
When Theodora Scott met Connor—wealthy, charming, and a member of the powerful Dalton family—she fell in love in an instant. Six months later, he’s brought her to Idlewood, his family’s isolated winter retreat, to win over his skeptical relatives.

Stay away from Connor Dalton.
Theo has tried to ignore the threatening messages on her phone, but she ³¦²¹²Ô’t ignore the footprints in the snow outside the cabin window or the strange sense of familiarity she has about this place. Then, in a disused cabin, Theo finds something impossible: a photo of herself as a child. A photo taken at Idlewood.

I’ve been here before.
Theo has almost no recollection of her earliest years, but now she begins to piece together the fragments of her memories. Someone here has a shocking secret that they will do anything to keep hidden, and Theo is in terrible danger. Because the Daltons do not lose, and discovering what happened at Idlewood may cost Theo everything.]]> Kate Alice Marshall Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.74 2025 A Killing Cold
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]]> Dream On, Ramona Riley 228435221 A small-town waitress and a Hollywood star’s worlds collide in this new romance by Ashley Herring Blake, USA Today bestselling author of Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date.

Once upon a time, Ramona Riley was a student at a prestigious art school, with dreams of landing in Hollywood as a costume designer to the stars. But after her father’s car accident, she had to quit and return to her small New Hampshire town, Clover Lake, to help take care of her younger sister. Twelve years later, Ramona is still working at the town’s café, all but given up on her dream. But when a big-budget romantic comedy comes to Clover Lake to film, she wonders if this could be her chance. There’s only one problem—Dylan Monroe, her first kiss and Hollywood’s favorite wild child—is the star.

Dylan Monroe has always lived an unconventional life, having famous rock icons for parents. But she wants to prove that she’s not some chaotic, talentless nepo baby, that she has actual skills, that she’s just a normal person. To do that, Dylan takes on a project at a charming lake town—she even works at the town’s café (very quaint), shadowing a local waitress there (very cute), and asks her to take Dylan around to do Normal People Things.

But Dylan soon realizes it’s not just some small-town waitress she’s getting to know—Ramona Riley is someone she’s met before, someone who remembers her even more vividly. Before long, however, reality hits them, and both women must decide if the spark between them can fan the flames of their individual dreams, or if it will extinguish their light.]]> Ashley Herring Blake Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 4.17 2025 Dream On, Ramona Riley
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]]> TJIC (The Cocky Kingmans #5) 228357579 She's declaring war on the Kingman

He's the biggest pain in my�,
and the one thing I can't stop wanting.

She drives me crazy,
but hell if I don't crave every second of it.

Ready for the next Kingman brother to meet his match?]]> Amy Award Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 0.0 2025 TJIC (The Cocky Kingmans #5)
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]]> What Happens in Amsterdam 228421170 Falling in love with your husband is anything but convenient in this steamy romance from the New York Times bestselling author of Business or Pleasure.

Dani Dorfman has somehow made it to her thirties without knowing what she wants to do with her life. So when an office romance ends poorly and gets her fired, she applies for a job in Amsterdam, idly dreaming of escaping the mess she’s created, but never imagining she'll actually get it.

Except she does. By the end of her first week in Amsterdam, she’s never felt more adrift or alone. Then she crashes her bike into her high school ex-boyfriend—and suddenly life is blooming with new opportunities.

Wouter van Leeuwen was a Dutch exchange student Dani’s family hosted, a forbidden love that ended in a painful breakup. Years later, there’s still sizzling chemistry between them, and okay, maybe a little animosity. More importantly, Wouter needs to be married to inherit a gorgeous family home on a canal—and when Dani's job falls apart, she needs a visa. As the marriage of convenience pushes them together in unexpected ways, Dani must decide whether her new life is yet another mistake—or if it's worth taking a risk on a second chance.]]> Rachel Lynn Solomon Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 4.24 2025 What Happens in Amsterdam
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]]> <![CDATA[The Man Made of Smoke: A Novel]]> 228428542 "Fans of Thomas Harris will be creeped out by North’s hair-raising antagonist... This is a winner." —Publishers Weekly

The latest gripping serial killer thriller from the New York Times bestselling author Alex North.

Dan Garvie’s life has been haunted by the crime he witnessed as a child—narrowly escaping an encounter with a notorious serial killer. He has dedicated his life since to becoming a criminal profiler, eager to seek justice for innocent victims. So when his father passes away under suspicious circumstances, Dan revisits his small island community, determined to uncover the truth about his death. Is it possible that the monster he remembers from his childhood nightmares has returned after all these years?

With his signature shock and suspense, Alex North brings us The Man Made of Smoke. In turn emotional, introspective, and utterly terrifying, this is a story of fathers and sons, shadows and secrets, and the fight we all face to escape the trauma of the past.

A Macmillan Audio production from Celadon Books.]]> Alex North Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.38 2025 The Man Made of Smoke: A Novel
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I]]> 100701602
The hidden history of one of the world’s greatest inventors, a man who disrupted the status quo and then disappeared into thin air on the eve of World War I—this book answers the hundred-year-old mystery of what really became of Rudolf Diesel.

September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and England. On board is one of the most famous men in the world, Rudolf Diesel, whose new internal combustion engine is on the verge of revolutionizing global industry forever. But Diesel never arrives at his destination. He vanishes during the night and headlines around the world wonder if it was an accident, suicide, or murder.

After rising from an impoverished European childhood, Diesel had become a multi-millionaire with his powerful engine that does not require expensive petroleum-based fuel. In doing so, he became not only an international celebrity but also the enemy of two extremely powerful men: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil and the richest man in the world.

The Kaiser wanted the engine to power a fleet of submarines that would finally allow him to challenge Great Britain’s Royal Navy. But Diesel had intended for his engine to be used for the betterment of mankind and refused to keep the technology out of the hands of the British or any other nation. For John D. Rockefeller, the engine was nothing less than an existential threat to his vast and lucrative oil empire. As electric lighting began to replace kerosene lamps, Rockefeller’s bottom line depended on the world’s growing thirst for gasoline to power its automobiles and industries.

At the outset of this new age of electricity and oil, Europe stood on the precipice of war. Rudolf Diesel grew increasingly concerned about Germany’s rising nationalism and military spending. The inventor was on his way to London to establish a new company that would help Britain improve its failing submarine program when he disappeared.

Now, New York Times bestselling author Douglas Brunt reopens the case and provides an astonishing new conclusion about Diesel’s fate. “Equal parts Walter Isaacson and Sherlock Holmes, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel yanks back the curtain on the greatest caper of the 20th century in this riveting history� (Jay Winik, New York Times bestselling author).]]> Douglas Brunt 1797164058 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.91 2023 The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
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]]> Into the Woods 223133783
Listening Length: 10 hours and 45 minutes

Summer camp just got a whole lot hotter in this enemies-to-lovers romance, perfect for readers of Tessa Bailey and Lucy Score.

Teddy Knight’s band has just broken up in spectacular fashion after his longtime bandmate and—he’d thought—closest friend decides to go solo. So when he’s offered a last-minute gigÌýto fill in as an artist-in-residence at a summer arts camp—whichÌýcomes with a lake cabin andÌýlots of free timeÌýto workÌýon a revenge album—he takes it. No matter that he knows nothing about nature, dislikes kids, and is generally a grump.

Gretchen Miller is having a mid-life crisis. Luckily, her summer job as the dance teacher at Wild Arts summer camp will allow her to drop out of society for a while. Having sworn off dating, she decides she’ll go into the woods and become a crone. She might skip the “luring innocent children to their death� part of cronedom, but she’s all for the “curse men� aspect.

Teddy and Gretchen clash from the get-go when he mistakes her for a fan, and she relegates him to the “entitled jerkâ€� ash heap. Despite their determination to dislike each other, a wary friendship blooms as the magic of the woods starts to unwind them, and they spend long hours by the campfire talking about art, being stuck, and the idea of starting over.ÌýBut woods are often filled with monsters, and Teddy and Gretchen will have toÌýface their fears if they want to start over together.]]> 11 Jenny Holiday Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.98 2025 Into the Woods
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]]> <![CDATA[The Geographer's Map to Romance (Love's Academic, #2)]]> 229254034
Geography professors in a failed marriage of convenience inconveniently reconnect for an emergency mission in this swoony historical-fantasy rom-com.

Professor Elodie Tarrant is an expert in magic disasters. Nothing fazes her--except her own personal disaster, that is: Professor Gabriel Tarrant, the grumpy, unfriendly man she married for convenience a year ago, whom she secretly loves.

Gabriel is also an expert in magic disasters. And nothing fazes him either--except the walking, talking tornado that is his wife. They've been estranged since shortly after their wedding day, but that hasn't stopped him from stoically pining for her.

When magic erupts in a small Welsh village, threatening catastrophe for the rest of England, Elodie and Gabriel are accidentally both assigned to the case. With the fate of the country in their hands, they must come together as a team in the face of perilous conditions like explosions, domesticated goats, and only one bed. But this is easier said than done. After all, there's no navigational guide for the geography of the heart.]]> 11 India Holton Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.61 2025 The Geographer's Map to Romance (Love's Academic, #2)
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]]> Black Like Me 42603 John Howard Griffin decided to cross the color line. Using medication that darkened his skin to deep brown, he exchanged his privileged life as a Southern white man for the disenfranchised world of an unemployed black man. His audacious, still chillingly relevant eyewitness history is a work about race and humanity-that in this new millennium still has something important to say to every American.]]> 208 John Howard Griffin 0451208641 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 to-read, bought-by-library 4.10 1961 Black Like Me
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]]> Fool 18333902
Verily speaks Christopher Moore, much beloved scrivener and peerless literary jester, who hath writteneth much that is of grand wit and belly-busting mirth, including such laurelled bestsellers of the Times of Olde Newe Yorke as Lamb, A Dirty Job, and You Suck (no offense). Now he takes on no less than the legendary Bard himself (with the utmost humility and respect) in a twisted and insanely funny tale of a moronic monarch and his deceitful daughters—a rousing story of plots, subplots, counterplots, betrayals, war, revenge, bared bosoms, unbridled lust . . . and a ghost (there's always a bloody ghost), as seen through the eyes of a man wearing a codpiece and bells on his head.

Fool

A man of infinite jest, Pocket has been Lear's cherished fool for years, from the time the king's grown daughters—selfish, scheming Goneril, sadistic (but erotic-fantasy-grade-hot) Regan, and sweet, loyal Cordelia—were mere girls. So naturally Pocket is at his brainless, elderly liege's side when Lear—at the insidious urging of Edmund, the bastard (in every way imaginable) son of the Earl of Gloucester—demands that his kids swear their undying love and devotion before a collection of assembled guests. Of course Goneril and Regan are only too happy to brownnose Dad. But Cordelia believes that her father's request is kind of . . . well . . . stupid, and her blunt honesty ends up costing her her rightful share of the kingdom and earns her a banishment to boot.

Well, now the bangers and mash have really hit the fan. The whole damn country's about to go to hell in a handbasket because of a stubborn old fart's wounded pride. And the only person who can possibly make things right . . . is Pocket, a small and slight clown with a biting sense of humor. He's already managed to sidestep catastrophe (and the vengeful blades of many an offended nobleman) on numerous occasions, using his razor-sharp mind, rapier wit . . . and the equally well-honed daggers he keeps conveniently hidden behind his back. Now he's going to have to do some very fancy maneuvering—cast some spells, incite a few assassinations, start a war or two (the usual stuff)—to get Cordelia back into Daddy Lear's good graces, to derail the fiendish power plays of Cordelia's twisted sisters, to rescue his gigantic, gigantically dim, and always randy friend and apprentice fool, Drool, from repeated beatings . . . and to shag every lusciously shaggable wench who's amenable to shagging along the way.

Pocket may be a fool . . . but he's definitely not an idiot.]]> Christopher Moore Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 4.02 2009 Fool
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]]> <![CDATA[The Guy on the Right (The Underdogs, #1)]]> 53198219
Not cool, Mom.

I‘ve spent most of my life answering to Teddy, because I couldn’t make Theo work.

Except for here. College. The place where all bets are off, and I’ve managed to redeem myself.
There’s only one problem, my new roommate, Troy, is football royalty and looks like he stepped off the set of an Abercrombie shoot.

Doesn’t matter, I cook a mean breakfast for his panty parade, and we get along well.
And anyway, this year I got the girl. And she’s perfect.

That’s right. Theodore Houseman, former band geek, now marching band rock star has finally landed the girl of his dreams.

Everything is perfect.

That is, until Troy takes a good look at her.

I’m not going down without a fight. As a matter of fact, I’m not going down at all. As glorious as these days may be for my all-star roommate, Laney is my end game.

I may not know much about play strategy, but I’ve been the good guy my whole life. I’ve been listening and I know exactly what women want. Framed in a picture standing next to me, Troy may seem like Mr. Perfect, but he’s underestimating the guy on the right.


Spoiler alert: In this story, the underdog is going to win.]]> 11 Kate Stewart Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.92 2019 The Guy on the Right (The Underdogs, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)]]> 16181775
Don Tillman, professor of genetics, has never been on a second date. He is a man who can count all his friends on the fingers of one hand, whose lifelong difficulty with social rituals has convinced him that he is simply not wired for romance. So when an acquaintance informs him that he would make a “wonderful� husband, his first reaction is shock. Yet he must concede to the statistical probability that there is someone for everyone, and he embarks upon The Wife Project. In the orderly, evidence-based manner with which he approaches all things, Don sets out to find the perfect partner. She will be punctual and logical—most definitely not a barmaid, a smoker, a drinker, or a late-arriver.

Yet Rosie Jarman is all these things. She is also beguiling, fiery, intelligent—and on a quest of her own. She is looking for her biological father, a search that a certain DNA expert might be able to help her with. Don's Wife Project takes a back burner to the Father Project and an unlikely relationship blooms, forcing the scientifically minded geneticist to confront the spontaneous whirlwind that is Rosie—and the realization that love is not always what looks good on paper.

The Rosie Project is a moving and hilarious novel for anyone who has ever tenaciously gone after life or love in the face of overwhelming challenges.]]> 292 Graeme Simsion 1476729085 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 4.00 2013 The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
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]]> The Missing Half 228430491
Two women haunted by their sisters' unsolved disappearances band together in this captivating mystery from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All Good People Here and host of the #1 true crime podcast Crime Junkie.

Nicole “Nicâ€� Monroe is in a rut. At twenty-four, she lives alone in a dinky apartment in her hometown of Mishawaka, Indiana, she’s just gotten a DWI, and she works the same dead-end job she’s been working since high school, a job she only has because her boss is a family friend and feels sorry for her. Everyone has felt sorry for her forÌýtheÌýlast seven years—since the day her older sister, Kasey, vanished without a trace.

On theÌýnight Kasey went missing, her car was found overÌýaÌýhundred miles from home. TheÌýdriver’s door was open and her purse was untouched inÌýtheÌýseat next to it. The only real clue in her disappearance was Jules Connor, another young woman from the same area who disappeared inÌýtheÌýsame way, two weeks earlier. But with so little for the police to go on, both their cases eventually went cold.

Nic wants nothing more than to move on—from her sister’s disappearance andÌýtheÌýstate it’s left her in. But then one day, Jules’s sister, Jenna Connor, walks into her life and offers Nic something she hasn’t felt inÌýaÌýlong hope. What follows isÌýaÌýgripping tale of two sisters who will do anything to find theirÌýmissingÌýhalves, even if it means destroying everything they’ve ever known.]]> Ashley Flowers Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.79 2025 The Missing Half
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]]> The Argonauts 229468684 National Book Critics Circle Award winner, Criticism, 2015.

An intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and family.

Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts is a genre-bending memoir, a work of "autotheory" offering fresh, fierce, and timely thinking about desire, identity, and the limitations and possibilities of love and language. At its center is a the story of the author's relationship with the artist Harry Dodge. This story, which includes Nelson's account of falling in love with Dodge, who is fluidly gendered, as well as her journey to and through a pregnancy, is an intimate portrayal of the complexities and joys of (queer) family making.

Writing in the spirit of public intellectuals such as Susan Sontag and Roland Barthes, Nelson binds her personal experience to a rigorous exploration of what iconic theorists have said about sexuality, gender, and the vexed institutions of marriage and child-rearing. Nelson's insistence on radical individual freedom and the value of caretaking becomes the rallying cry of this thoughtful, unabashed, uncompromising book.]]> Maggie Nelson Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 to-read, reserved-at-library 0.0 2015 The Argonauts
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]]> <![CDATA[Reveling in Sin (The Sin Trilogy #3)]]> 42280780 To keep.
To cherish.
I’ve finally learned my lesson, and it’s time to prove I’m the man who’s worthy of her.
I don’t care what it takes, because failure is not an option.
No matter who or what stands in our way—this time, she’ll be mine forever.]]> 5 Meghan March Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.70 2018 Reveling in Sin (The Sin Trilogy #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mosquito (Obsession collection)]]> 195138717 B.A. Paris Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.45 2023 The Mosquito (Obsession collection)
author: B.A. Paris
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average rating: 3.45
book published: 2023
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]]> Ward D 137187526 spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward.

Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospital’s inpatient mental health unit. There are very specific reasons why she never wanted to do this required overnight rotation. Reasons nobody can ever find out.

And as the hours tick by, Amy grows increasingly convinced something terrible is happening within these tightly secured walls. When patients and staff start to vanish without a trace, it becomes clear that everyone on the unit is in grave danger.

Amy’s worst nightmare was spending the night on Ward D.

And now she might never escape.
]]> Freida McFadden 1666644226 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.44 2023 Ward D
author: Freida McFadden
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.44
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rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Husband Material (London Calling, #2)]]> 61718026
Now it seems like everyone around them is getting married, and Luc's feeling the social pressure to propose. But it'll take more than four weddings, a funeral, and a bowl full of special curry to get these two from "I don't know what I'm doing" to "I do".

Good thing Oliver is such perfect Husband Material.]]> 14 Alexis Hall Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.62 2022 Husband Material (London Calling, #2)
author: Alexis Hall
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students]]> 193756158 7 J. Reuben Appelman Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.38 2023 While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students
author: J. Reuben Appelman
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.38
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> Rockaway Bride (Girl Band #3) 52360655 A Rock Star Kidnaps a Runaway Bride�

Kidnapping the bride seemed like a good idea at the time.

Her fiancé stole my fortune, so I stole his woman.

Tit for tat. Or tat for tit. However you want to look at it.
The one thing I didn’t expect?

Willow Honeycutt, preschool teacher, boy band super fan, is completely crazy.

And somehow she’s turned the tables on me.

Now, she’s holding me hostage, and she won’t let me go until we hit every item on her sparkly new, completely insane bucket list.

And that last item?

That last item might cost me more than any fortune.

It very well might cost me my heart.

Rockaway Bride is a romping fun romance between a down-on-his-luck rock star and a boy band-loving preschool teacher, complete with a road trip, handcuffs, and fun with nuns. This romantic comedy stands alone with no cheating or cliffhangers and ends with a rockin' awesome happily ever after.]]> Pippa Grant Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 4.17 2018 Rockaway Bride (Girl Band #3)
author: Pippa Grant
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average rating: 4.17
book published: 2018
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]]> Bluebeard 214153853 In 1919, Kathryn Wombacher finds a lonely-hearts ad placed by one Walter Andrew:

"Would be pleased to correspond with a refined young lady or widow. Object, matrimony."

Kathryn and Walter fall in love and marry within weeks.

What Kathryn doesn’t know� is that her new husband is really James "Bluebeard" Watson, a notorious West Coast serial killer who catfished and married 22 women, murdering 10..

Based on newly unearthed evidence, Bluebeard is the definitive story of a sociopath who wielded love as a deadly weapon.

And it’s the story of a woman who discovered the unthinkable about her husband�

And dared to fight back.]]> 4 Jim Clemente Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.74 Bluebeard
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]]> Meaty 42094034 Smart, edgy, hilarious, and unabashedly raunchy New York Times bestselling author Samantha Irby explodes off the printed page in her uproarious first collection of essays.

Irby laughs her way through tragicomic mishaps, neuroses, and taboos as she struggles through adulthood: chin hairs, depression, bad sex, failed relationships, masturbation, taco feasts, inflammatory bowel disease and more. Updated with her favorite Instagramable, couch-friendly recipes, this much-beloved romp is treat for anyone in dire need of Irby’s infamous, scathing wit and poignant candor.]]> 8 Samantha Irby 1524783587 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.65 2013 Meaty
author: Samantha Irby
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]]> <![CDATA[America's Geekheart (Copper Valley Bro Code #2)]]> 49605547 Listening Length: 8 hours and 59 minutes

Remember that time you accidentally sexted your in-laws?

Yeah. I just did that. Except worse. Now my million social media followers are reading and sharing the rude, smartass message I meant to send privately to my little sister...and I’m officially public enemy number one.

I’m Beck Ryder. Former boy bander. Underwear model. Fashion mogul. And I just buried my entire leg in my mouth—not just my foot—modern internet style, and publicly insulted my sister’s neighbor.

Sarah Dempsey.

Also known as the woman of my dreams, who loves geeky TV shows, baseball, and giraffes, who’s just as turned on by food as I am, and who has a huge secret that I didn’t see coming.

Now it's time to grovel and apologize publicly on social media and hope that those same followers who helped start the raging shitstorm will help calm the waters.

Because Sarah doesn’t want the spotlight. For very good reasons that I ³¦²¹²Ô’t tell you right now and trying to convince her to be my fake girlfriend to fix this mess and make me look like less of a jackass is worse than taking a kick to the nuts by Jackie Chan.

And I thought modeling underwear made me feel naked.

Trying to start a relationship in the era of the twitterazzi isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be.

America’s Geekheart is a rockin� fun romantic comedy featuring a billionaire fashion mogul who got his start modeling underwear, the geeky girl next door with a secret the size of California, and more superstitions and secrets than you can shake a baseball bat at. It stands alone with no cheating or cliffhangers.]]> 9 Pippa Grant Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 4.21 2019 America's Geekheart (Copper Valley Bro Code #2)
author: Pippa Grant
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> When Stars Align: A Novel 229647594 “An entertaining and poignant coming-of-age story about three young celebrity friends who go through the ups and downs of fame in the glaring eye of the spotlight.â€â€”Mindy Kaling

Three girls in Hollywood who thought they’d rule the world. Reality bites in a touching novel about success, friendship, and redemption by a New York Times bestselling author.

Best friends Miranda Montana, Germaine St. Germaine-Chang, and Sicily Bell were the darlings of Hollywood who rose from teen success to in-demand idols of screaming fans and paparazzi. They rode the momentum like there was no tomorrow. But nothing lasts forever.

Now Miranda, the wild-child movie star, drifts from rehab to dead-end relationships as she tries for a comeback from a very public fall from grace. Germaine, the daughter of billionaire hotel moguls, has lost her purpose. And then there’s Sicily, the all-American pop star who had a record deal, sold-out concerts, and controlling parents who squeezed the very life out of her. After a decade, fate reconnects these three young women for a long-awaited confrontation with the secrets, betrayals, heartbreak, and family traumas of the past.

Settling old scores is just the beginning. It’s also time to repair the damage done and to hold fast to the most galvanizing success of their their friendship.]]> Melissa de la Cruz Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 0.0 2025 When Stars Align: A Novel
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]]> <![CDATA[We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder]]> 56707065 0 M. William Phelps 1705284884 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 3 audible-plus, audible Overall Book Rating: 3.5 stars
After seeing the documentary on this case (Little Miss Innocent), the book seems to have quite a bit of information that the doc left out, obviously to try to paint Kaitlyn as innocent. Though this book was biased in the other direction.

It was a decent book, but not that well-written. It was too long and very repetitive, especially on exculpatory evidence for Adam and Bill. I could have gone without all the talk of the relationship between Bill and his sister-in-law.

Overall, an informative read if you want the other side of the story from what the doc told. I just wish there were a more well-written book on this case that was unbiased.


Narrator Rating: 2.0 stars
I truly dislike this narrator of true crime books; he just sounds like a tabloid version of a true crime narrator.


Read if you're in the mood for something: dark, informative, reflective, tense, & medium-paced


Content Warnings
[spoilers removed]]]> 3.46 2020 We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder
author: M. William Phelps
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2020
rating: 3
read at: 2025/05/04
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Overall Book Rating: 3.5 stars
After seeing the documentary on this case (Little Miss Innocent), the book seems to have quite a bit of information that the doc left out, obviously to try to paint Kaitlyn as innocent. Though this book was biased in the other direction.

It was a decent book, but not that well-written. It was too long and very repetitive, especially on exculpatory evidence for Adam and Bill. I could have gone without all the talk of the relationship between Bill and his sister-in-law.

Overall, an informative read if you want the other side of the story from what the doc told. I just wish there were a more well-written book on this case that was unbiased.


Narrator Rating: 2.0 stars
I truly dislike this narrator of true crime books; he just sounds like a tabloid version of a true crime narrator.


Read if you're in the mood for something: dark, informative, reflective, tense, & medium-paced


Content Warnings
[spoilers removed]
]]> <![CDATA[She Waits for You Beyond the Dark (Death Games, #2)]]> 203579266
It’s been one month since Ian’s reunited friends escaped the hellish game of Meido and saved him. The survivors may have sealed the gate to the world of the dead shut and destroyed Empress Izanami, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t still reeling over the challenges they endured in her grim game. They can relax back in the world of the living, taking solace in the fact that they rescued Ian from the nightmare that tried to steal him away. There’s just one problem―Ian didn’t come home alone.

The empress―now possessing Ian's heart―hitched a ride into the world of the living and the only way to free Ian from her grasp, yet again, is to find three artifacts for her, sacred objects which have been hidden across many realms.

Unwilling to leave Ian behind a second time, Ian’s friends dive into a new deadly game, with challenges that not only test their mettle, but demand sacrifices―including their very lives. If they don’t solve each terrifying new task and retrieve the empress’s artifacts, Ian will be lost forever, but if they do, it's the end of their world as they know it.

There’s only one person the empress hasn’t accounted for, but he hasn’t been human in a long time, and he may not have the time to master his yÅkai powers fast enough to save his friends.]]> 304 Kristen Simmons 1250851165 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.86 2025 She Waits for You Beyond the Dark (Death Games, #2)
author: Kristen Simmons
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average rating: 3.86
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]]> Happy Wife 217927640 A young woman must find her missing husband and prove her innocence in this twisty, unputdownable novel set in an ultrawealthy Florida community where looks can kill.

Nora Davies doesn’t exactly fit in to Winter Park, Florida, where old-guard Floridians mix with the tax-fleeing coastal elite. Twenty-eight and barely making ends meet working at a country club, Nora feels like she’s going nowhere fast. Enter Will a prominent forty-six-year-old lawyer, father to a teenage daughter and recently divorced. The two set Winter Park’s socialÌýsceneÌýagogÌýwhen they fall in love and marry after a whirlwind Cinderella-style courtship.

But Winter Park is fully upended when Will disappears the morning after a birthday bash Nora throws for him. Going back and forth between Nora and Will’s romance and the search in the wake of Will’s mysterious disappearance, Nora must answer the question from all Where. Is. Will?

Combining breathless suspense, glittering and juicy social dynamics, and an unforgettable cast of characters, Happy Wife is a clever and subversive novel that explores marriage, wealth, and the secrets that lurk behind closed doors.]]> 320 Meredith Lavender 0593974379 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 to-read, june-2025, requested 4.19 Happy Wife
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]]> Smile for the Cameras 219520689 An actress desperate to reclaim her fame must survive the real-life plot of the horror movie that made her famous in this psychologically twisted locked-room thriller influenced by '90s slasher films.

Twenty years ago, Ella Winters was the it girl. She made a name for herself in Hollywood and throughout America as the final survivor in the cult-classic slasher Grad Night. But the real horror is what happened when the cameras weren’t rolling—something terrible that Ella and her co-stars agreed never to speak of again. Shortly after the movie's premiere, Ella disappeared from the acting scene under the pretense of caring for her ailing mother, hoping for a quiet life out of the spotlight to ease her guilty mind.

Now, after her mother’s passing, Ella has decided to return to the silver screen. And with the cast and crew of Grad Night in the process of filming a reunion documentary, Ella has the perfect ticket back into Hollywood's good graces.ÌýWeighed down by the secret she’s been keeping all these years, Ella apprehensively makes the trip to the original set—a cabin in rural Tennessee—to reunite with her castmates for the first time in over a decade.ÌýBut when the actors begin to meet the exact gruesome fates of the characters they originally played, falling victim to someone dressed as the Grad Night villain, it's clear their secret is out.

Now, the question Can the final girl survive one last nightmare?]]> 320 Miranda Smith 0593983165 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 to-read, june-2025, requested 3.67 Smile for the Cameras
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]]> <![CDATA[A Lesson in Thorns (Thornchapel, #1)]]> 49705252
As Poe begins uncovering the house’s secrets, both new and old, she’s also pulled into the seductive, elegant world of Auden and his friends—and drawn to Auden’s worst enemy, the beautiful and brooding St. Sebastian. And as Thornchapel slowly tightens its coil of truths and lies around them, Poe, Auden and St. Sebastian start unravelling into filthy, holy pleasure and pain. Together, they awaken a fate that will either anoint them or leave them in ashes�
***
From the author of the USA Today bestselling New Camelot series comes an original fairy tale full of ancient mysteries, lantern-lit rituals, jealousy, money, murder, sacred torment, and obsessions that last for lifetimes...

***A Lesson in Thorns is the first of four books in the Thornchapel series.***
]]> Sierra Simone Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.80 2019 A Lesson in Thorns (Thornchapel, #1)
author: Sierra Simone
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> Losers: Part I (Losers, #1) 147976847
I’d been prom queen and cheer captain—high school’s most savage Queen Bee. I could have everything I wanted.

Except them. The freaks, the weirdos, the school’s ultimate losers: Manson, Jason, Lucas, and Vincent. Our hatred for each other couldn’t keep us apart, not even when my own mistake got Manson expelled and made me the ultimate villain to the rest of them.

One night was supposed to be enough.

I couldn’t resist forever. For one night, I gave myself over to the men I wasn’t supposed to want and satisfied the darkest parts of my soul. But some things are meant to stay in the dark. One night and it was over.

Nothing more than a game.

Now, with college behind me, our worlds collide yet again. Four men, all willing to share me as their plaything until my debt to them is paid. Another game to satiate my dark cravings, the twisted rules of which bring us all even closer than before. But games aren’t meant to last.

When the debt is paid and the game is done, what if I don’t want to walk away?

Losers: Part 1 is book one in the Losers duet. Although not required, it is recommended to listen to the novella The Dare before listening to Losers: Part 1.

Contains mature content.]]> 17 Harley Laroux Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 4.13 2022 Losers: Part I (Losers, #1)
author: Harley Laroux
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 4.13
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]]> Honkers Under the Holly 224222274 What happens when a struggling sports agent and a plus-size model fake an engagement to save a rescue goose? Christmas chaos, that’s what.

I didn’t plan to pretend to be in love with the gorgeous plus-size model who rescued a goose from the chopping block at Oktoberfest. But when Sir Honksalot destroys her apartment and my parents sell their shop right before Christmas, a fake engagement seems like the perfect solution to our mutual housing woes.

Now we’re house-sitting a mansion together, but confined to one room…with only one bed. We have to convince everyone we’re the most boring couple in L.A., while dealing with a delinquent waterfowl with a sock-stealing habit and feelings that don’t feel fake at all.

This curvy girl romance features a bad-tempered rescue goose with his own social media following, a sports agent who’s secretly a romantic at heart, and a baddie plus-size model who knows her worth—all set in a prequel to everyone’s favorite football family, the Kingmans.]]> Amy Award Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.75 Honkers Under the Holly
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]]> <![CDATA[10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1)]]> 180148349
Fake amnesia. Real feelings? Real problems.

Sam Becker loves—or, okay, likes—his job. Sure, managing a bed and bath retailer isn't exactly glamorous, but it's good work and he gets on well with the band of misfits who keep the store running. He could see himself being content here for the long haul. Too bad, then, that the owner is an infuriating git.

Jonathan Forest should never have hired Sam. It was a sentimental decision, and Jonathan didn't get where he is by following his heart. Determined to set things right, Jonathan orders Sam down to London for a difficult talk…only for a panicking Sam to trip, bump his head, and maybe accidentally imply he doesn't remember anything?

Faking amnesia seemed like a good idea when Sam was afraid he was getting sacked, but now he has to deal with the reality of Jonathan's guilt—as well as the unsettling fact that his surly boss might have a softer side to him. There's an unexpected freedom in getting a second shot at a first impression…but as Sam and Jonathan grow closer, can Sam really bring himself to tell the truth, or will their future be built entirely on one impulsive lie?]]> Alexis Hall Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.99 2023 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1)
author: Alexis Hall
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> First Born 59366155 From the acclaimed author of The Last Thing to Burn, a psychological thriller about the dark secrets that emerge when a woman’s twin sister is murdered, with his signature “intense, gripping, taut, terrifying, moving, and brilliant� (Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author) prose.

Sisters. Soulmates. Strangers.

Molly Raven lives a quiet, structured life in London, finding comfort in security and routine. Her identical twin Katie, living in New York, is the exact opposite: outgoing, spontaneous, and adventurous.

But when Molly hears that Katie has died, possibly murdered, she is thrown into unfamiliar territory. As terrifying as it is, she knows she must travel across the ocean and find out what happened. But as she tracks her twin’s final movements, cracks begin to emerge, and she slowly realizes her sister was not who she thought she was and there’s a dangerous web of deceit surrounding the two of them.]]> 368 Will Dean 198215652X Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.57 2022 First Born
author: Will Dean
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average rating: 3.57
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]]> The Demon Next Door 44164596 Burrough is widely admired as a master storyteller, and this chilling tale raises important questions of whether serial killers can be recognized before they kill or rehabilitated after they do. It is also a story of Texas politics and power that led the good citizens of the town of Temple to enable a demon who was their worst nightmare.
This title contains mature themes, including physical and sexual violence, that some listeners may find unsettling.]]> 3 Bryan Burrough Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.32 2019 The Demon Next Door
author: Bryan Burrough
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.32
book published: 2019
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]]> <![CDATA[A Court of Silver Flames (Part 2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #4)]]> 124943888
Nesta Archeron has always been prickly-proud, swift to anger, and slow to forgive. And ever since being forced into the Cauldron and becoming High Fae against her will, she's struggled to find a place for herself within the strange, deadly world she inhabits. Worse, she can't seem to move past the horrors of the war with Hybern and all she lost in it.

The one person who ignites her temper more than any other is Cassian, the battle-scarred warrior whose position in Rhysand and Feyre's Night Court keeps him constantly in Nesta's orbit. But her temper isn't the only thing Cassian ignites. The fire between them is undeniable, and only burns hotter as they are forced into close quarters with each other.

Meanwhile, the treacherous human queens who returned to the Continent during the last war have forged a dangerous new alliance, threatening the fragile peace that has settled over the realms. And the key to halting them might very well rely on Cassian and Nesta facing their haunting pasts.

Against the sweeping backdrop of a world seared by war and plagued with uncertainty, Nesta and Cassian battle monsters from within and without as they search for acceptance-and healing—in each other's arms.]]> Sarah J. Maas 1685085512 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 4.74 A Court of Silver Flames (Part 2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #4)
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]]> The Pairing 204422223
Time apart has done them good. Theo has found confidence as a hustling bartender by night and aspiring sommelier by day, with a long roster of casual lovers. Kit, who never returned to America, graduated as the reigning sex god of his pastry school class and now bakes at one of the finest restaurants in Paris. Sure, nothing really compares to what they had, and life stretches out long and lonely ahead of them, but—yeah. It's in the past.

All that remains is the unused voucher for the European tour that never happened, good for 48 months after its original date and about to expire. Four years later, it seems like a great idea to finally take the trip. Solo. Separately.

It's not until they board the tour bus that they discover they've both accidentally had the exact same idea, and now they're trapped with each other for three weeks of stunning views, luscious flavors, and the most romantic cities of France, Spain, and Italy. It's fine. There's nothing left between them. So much nothing that, when Theo suggests a friendly wager to see who can sleep with their hot Italian tour guide first, Kit is totally game. And why stop there? Why not a full-on European hookup competition?

But sometimes a taste of everything only makes you crave what you can't have.]]> Casey McQuiston 1250348617 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.51 2024 The Pairing
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average rating: 3.51
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]]> This Delicious Death 187188833 Four best friends, one music festival, and a cooler filled with human organs: this summer is about to get gory. ​​�

Jennifer’s Body fans will clamor for this new sapphic horror standalone from New York Times bestselling author Kayla Cottingham.

Three years ago, the melting of arctic permafrost released a pathogen of unknown origin into the atmosphere, causing a small percentage of people to undergo a transformation that became known as the Hollowing. Those impacted slowly became intolerant to normal food and were only able to gain sustenance by consuming the flesh of other human beings. Those who went without flesh quickly became feral, turning on their friends and family. However, scientists were able to create a synthetic version of human meat that would satisfy the hunger of those impacted by the Hollowing. As a result, humanity slowly began to return to normal, albeit with lasting fear and distrust for the people they'd pejoratively dubbed ghouls.

Zoey, Celeste, Valeria, and Jasmine are all ghouls living in Southern California. As a last hurrah before their graduation they decided to attend a musical festival in the desert. They have a cooler filled with hard seltzers and SynFlesh and are ready to party.

But on the first night of the festival Val goes feral, and ends up killing and eating a boy. As other festival guests start disappearing around them the girls soon discover someone is drugging ghouls and making them feral. And if they can't figure out how to stop it, and soon, no one at the festival is safe.]]> Kayla Cottingham Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.57 2023 This Delicious Death
author: Kayla Cottingham
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> Young Rich Widows 60744559
When the four partners of a prominent law firm are killed in a mysterious plane crash, their widows must come together to uncover the truth in this explosive, edge-of-your-seat novel.

It’s 1985 in Providence, Rhode Island, and the four partners of a prominent, mafia-affiliated law firm have been killed in a private jet that went down outside New York City. Four very different women have just lost the loves of their lives: Justine, a former fashion model adjusting to suburban life; Camille, a beautiful, young second wife some suspect is a gold digger; Krystle, committed to leaving the firm to her sons after her husband worked his whole life to support them all; and Meredith, a stripper at the local club who was in a secret relationship with the firm’s sole female partner. While the crash is initially ruled a tragic accident, something’s not adding up: The team wasn’t supposed to be in New York that day, and it’s soon revealed that there was a very large sum of cash that burned up with the plane. The women find themselves thrown together in search of the truth, with new danger and threats unfolding at every turn.

Could a dissatisfied client be seeking revenge? Or were the partners involved in something bigger—something dangerous and deadly? What other secrets were the partners keeping, and how far might people go to ensure they stay hidden? The widows must find the answers in order to protect their inheritance, their families, and their lives.

Please note: This audio contains strong language, distressing situations, and descriptions of violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Discretion is advised.]]> Kimberly Belle Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.53 2022 Young Rich Widows
author: Kimberly Belle
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average rating: 3.53
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]]> Death at Morning House 217737290 From the bestselling author of the Truly Devious books, Maureen Johnson, comes a new stand-alone YA about a teen who uncovers a mystery while working as a tour guide on an island and must solve it before history repeats itself.

The fire wasn’t Marlowe Wexler’s fault. Dates should be hot, but not hot enough to warrant literal firefighters. Akilah, the girl Marlowe has been in love with for years, will never go out with her again. No one dates an accidental arsonist.

With her house-sitting career up in flames, it seems the universe owes Marlowe a new summer job, and that’s how she ends up at Morning House, a mansion built on an island in the 1920s and abandoned shortly thereafter. It’s easy enough, giving tours. Low risk of fire. High chance of getting bored talking about stained glass and nut cutlets and Prohibition.

Oh, and the deaths. Did anyone mention the deaths?]]> 9 Maureen Johnson Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.61 2024 Death at Morning House
author: Maureen Johnson
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]]> <![CDATA[Don't Want You Like a Best Friend: A Novel (Mischief & Matchmaking)]]> 197227304 11 Emma R. Alban Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.97 2024 Don't Want You Like a Best Friend: A Novel (Mischief & Matchmaking)
author: Emma R. Alban
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.97
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rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[People Like Them (Obsession Collection)]]> 197604694 2 Minka Kent Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.89 2023 People Like Them (Obsession Collection)
author: Minka Kent
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average rating: 3.89
book published: 2023
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]]> <![CDATA[A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria]]> 201852941
Now, in A Body Made of Glass, Crampton has drawn from her own experiences with health anxiety to write a revelatory exploration of hypochondria—a condition that, though often suffered silently, is widespread and rising. She deftly weaves together history, memoir, and literary criticism to make sense of this invisible and undercovered sickness. From the earliest medical case of Hippocrates to the literary accounts of sufferers like Virginia Woolf and Marcel Proust to the modern perils of internet self-diagnosis, Crampton unspools this topic to reveal the far-reaching impact of health anxiety on our physical, mental, and emotional health.

At its heart, Crampton explains, hypochondria is a yearning for knowledge. It is a never-ending attemptÌýto replace the edgeless terror of uncertainty with the comforting solidity of a definitive explanation. Through intimate personal stories and compelling cultural perspective, A Body Made of Glass brings this uniquely ephemeral condition into much-needed focus for the first time.]]> 1 Caroline Crampton Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 4.00 2024 A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria
author: Caroline Crampton
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]]> <![CDATA[All Shall Mourn (None Shall Sleep, #3)]]> 220127403 The third and final book in the None Shall Sleep Sequence.

Simon Gutmunsson is on the loose... Since the disastrous events of the College Killer case, the FBI is coming to terms with the fact that while catching one sociopath, they've released another. Chillingly manipulative, frighteningly intelligent, and wholly insane, Simon Gutmunsson is the worst of the worst. Now he's free, and on the run with his twin sister Kristin, and nobody in the FBI is smart enough to keep up...


Travis Bell's last investigation for FBI Behavioral Science nearly killed him. Supported by family and his partner Emma Lewis, now Travis just needs to get back on his feet. But Emma has been recruited to help the FBI hunt the ultimate sociopath, Simon Gutmunsson, and there's no way Travis is letting her go into this battle alone...


Emma Lewis has gained some perspective on life, and as her emotional walls come down, she realizes that only by working as a perfect team will she and Travis have any chance of beating the Gutmunsson twins at their own terrifying game. So in a journey that will take them from Moroccan souks to Mexican Day of the Dead celebrations, the stage is set for Simon and Kristin and Emma and Travis to meet up in an epic final showdown.

]]> 372 Ellie Marney 0648425835 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 4.05 2025 All Shall Mourn (None Shall Sleep, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Dream Girl Drama (Big Shots, #3)]]> 217540539 A steamy chance encounter between a professional hockey player and the manic pixie dream girl he just ³¦²¹²Ô’t seem to forget takes a turn when the pair realize that their parents are engaged—in an all-new rom-com by #1ÌýNew York TimesÌýbestselling author Tessa Bailey.

When professional hockey player Sig Gauthier’s car breaks down and his phone dies, he treks into a posh private country club to call a tow truck, where he encounters the alluring Chloe Clifford, the manic pixie dream girl who captivates him immediately with her sense of adventure and penchant for stealing champagne.

Sparks fly during a moonlight kiss and the enamored pair ³¦²¹²Ô’t wait to see each other again, but when Sig finally arrives to meet his dad’s new girlfriend over dinner, Chloe is confusingly also there. Turns out the girlfriend is Chloe’s mother. Oh, and they’re engaged.

Sig’s dream girl is his future stepsister.

Though the pair is now wary of being involved romantically, Chloe, a sheltered harp prodigy, yearns to escape her controlling mother. Sig promises to teach her the ins and outs of independence in Boston—but not inside his bedroom. They both know there can never be more than friendship between a famous hockey player and his high-society, soon-to-be stepsister. But keeping their relationship platonic grows harder amid the developing family drama, especially knowing they were meant for so much more�


]]> 10 Tessa Bailey Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.38 2025 Dream Girl Drama (Big Shots, #3)
author: Tessa Bailey
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]]> <![CDATA[One Lucky Subscriber (Busybodies Collection, #5)]]> 219839942
When a viral stunt goes off the rails, it’s chaos at the mall. Award-winning author Kellye Garrett explores how IRL the internet can get when someone almost dies in this taut and timely short story.

With sole custody of her brother, Kennedy has more to worry about than the antics of his favorite YouTube creators. But when one called Kidd launches an absurd challenge—with a large payday—to celebrate ten million subscribers, she winds up playing high-stakes hide-and-seek in the mall. After the game gets dangerous, she has to wonder: Is someone really out for the ultimate unsubscribe?

Kellye Garrett’s One Lucky Subscriber is part of Busybodies, a collection of quirky mysteries featuring amateur gumshoes who stumble upon peculiar cases. Calling all snoops! Read or listen to each arresting story in a single sitting.]]> Kellye Garrett Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.02 2024 One Lucky Subscriber (Busybodies Collection, #5)
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average rating: 3.02
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]]> <![CDATA[Burn It All Down (Hometown Antihero Book 4)]]> 227854891 VICTORY IS SWEETâ”VENGEANCE IS SWEETER.After three failed attempts on Kylene’s life, it looks like the Advocatus Diaboli might finally be done hunting her.

Or not.

Sure, our girl’s had a couple weeks reprieve from near-death experiences to deal with the lost dream of freeing her father from prison, but when mob witnesses with potential information that could break her dad’s case wide open again start dropping like flies, Kylene and Agent Dawson find themselves right back in the thick of things—and all the danger that entails.

Only this time, they won’t escape its grasp.

BURN IT ALL DOWN, the fourth and final YA mystery novel in the Hometown Antihero series by Amber Lynn Natusch.]]> 330 Amber Lynn Natusch 1959010190 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 4.48 Burn It All Down (Hometown Antihero Book 4)
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]]> Don't Let Him In 220327122
From #1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Jewell—three women are connected by one man in this kaleidoscopic thriller.

Restauranteur Paddy Swann was the life of the party until the day a man pushed him in the path of an oncoming train, leaving his twenty-something daughter Ash and wife Nina devastated. Shortly after Paddy’s funeral, the two women receive a surprise in the mail: a note and package from Nick Ratcliffe, an old friend of Paddy’s, and a nondescript lighter that once belonged to him decades ago. This unexpected gift draws Nick and Nina closer together—much to Ash’s dismay.

Martha is a small-town florist with dreams of expansion. She lives with her second husband Al, her baby, and two sons from her prior marriage. But they never seem to have any money, and with his constant traveling for work, she feels like a single parent—especially when an emergency makes her realize something needs to change.

But Nick and Al may not be who they say they are, leading these three women on a shocking collision course, wishing they had heeded a warning: Don’t let him in.]]> 10 Lisa Jewell Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 5.00 2025 Don't Let Him In
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]]> <![CDATA[Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating]]> 38642510
The New York Times bestselling “romance It Girls� (Kirkus) bring you a hilarious, sexy romance about love perpetually unrequited (and denied), in the vein of their Roomies and Beautiful Bastard.

Foul-mouthed, quirky, sharp-as-a-whip Hazel never thought she would win the heart of her gorgeous college TA, Josh. And, in fact, she didn’t. But what a difference ten years can make. Well...ten years, and a lot of legwork.]]> 7 Christina Lauren 1508259143 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.77 2018 Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
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average rating: 3.77
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]]> <![CDATA[The Honeymoon Crashers (Unhoneymooners, #1.5)]]> 128138997
A perfectionist maid of honor and a carefree, surfer-bro best man team up to plan a wedding and end up finding a spark of their own in the first audio original from author duo Christina Lauren, a full-cast sequel to theirÌýNew York TimesÌý²ú±ð²õ³Ù²õ±ð±ô±ô±ð°ùÌýThe Unhoneymooners.

Ami is determined to break the Torres family wedding curse. Her own disaster of a reception ended with all the guests getting food poisoning, and she left her cheating husband soon after. But even though she’s still processing her own divorce, Ami won’t let her twin sister Olive’s day be anything but perfect. Olive may think she wants a private ceremony in Maui, where she and her fiancé Ethan first fell in love, but Ami knows better and secretly flies the whole Torres family out to surprise the couple. Now she and her meticulously organized binder have less than two weeks to get everything together for the big day, thousands of miles from home.

Enter Brody, Ethan’s best man, who happens to be living in Maui and insists on helping with the preparations. His playfully elaborate schemes and happy-go-lucky attitude are the last thing Ami needs. When sparks start to fly, could it derail all her carefully laid plans?

Equal parts hilarious and swoon-worthy, this full-cast production is your ticket to the ultimate destination wedding, bringing to life both a captivating couple and an unforgettable family.ÌýThe Honeymoon CrashersÌýis Christina Lauren at their charming, hilarious best.]]> 5 Christina Lauren 1797158147 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.56 2023 The Honeymoon Crashers (Unhoneymooners, #1.5)
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average rating: 3.56
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]]> <![CDATA[Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (The Vacation Mysteries, #1)]]> 210352122
Ten days, eight suspects, six cities, five authors, three bodies . . . one trip to die for.

All that bestselling author Eleanor Dash wants is to get through her book tour in Italy and kill off her main character, Connor Smith, in the next in her Vacation Mysteries series―is that too much to ask?

Clearly, because when an attempt is made on the real Connor’s life―the handsome but infuriating con man she got mixed up with ten years ago and now can't get out of her life―Eleanor’s enlisted to help solve the case.

Contending with literary rivals, rabid fans, a stalker―and even her ex, Oliver, who turns up unexpectedly―theories are bandied about, and rivalries, rifts, and broken hearts are revealed. But who’s really trying to get away with murder?

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies is the irresistible and hilarious series debut from Catherine Mack, introducing bestselling fictional author Eleanor Dash on her Italian book tour that turns into a real-life murder mystery, as her life starts to imitate the world in her books.]]> Catherine Mack Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.48 2024 Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (The Vacation Mysteries, #1)
author: Catherine Mack
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average rating: 3.48
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]]> #CrimeTime 130048147
The first audio original from Jeneva Rose, the author of blockbuster bestseller The Perfect Marriage, #CrimeTime is a full-cast mystery written with her husband, Drew Pyne, perfect for fans of Only Murders in the Building and Finley Donovan Is Killing It.

Going viral has never been so dangerous.

Nadiya loves her privacy: living alone and writing a popular series of crime novels under a pen name, she’s worked hard to build the quiet life she cherishes. But all that changes when her long-lost half-brother Chase comes to town, needing a place to stay until he can get back on his feet. Chase’s dream job is Nadiya’s worst nightmare: he’s an aspiring TikTok star, oversharing on the internet at every opportunity.

When a burglary occurs in the apartment upstairs, Chase decides to film and post all the action. Unbeknownst to him, this was not a random break-in, but a targeted operation run by dangerous criminals. Overnight, Chase’s videos go viral, garnering millions of views and amassing a huge following of loyal #Chasers. It’s everything he’s ever dreamt of, except the attention has brought the wrong kind of heat. Chase and Nadiya are plunged into a world of organized crime, and together, they must uncover the truth and clear their names before they become the next victims.

Performed by a full cast and filled with both laugh-out-loud banter and shocking twists, #CrimeTime is a delightful romp through the murky, unpredictable realms of crime, family, and the TikTok algorithm.]]> 4 Jeneva Rose 1797157337 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.31 #CrimeTime
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]]> The Split 176501396 From critically-acclaimed author Kit Frick, this electrifying suspense novel explodes convention to deliver two interlocking thrillers in one, following a pair of sisters into a family’s dark past and illuminating how a single choice can drastically alter the trajectory of our lives.

Jane Connor is resigned to being the “plain Jane� of her family—pragmatic and dependable—so unlike her beautiful and impetuous younger sister Esme. When Esme calls Jane during a flash summer storm, announcing she’s left her high society husband, Jane is shocked to learn that her sister wishes to stay with her. Could this be an opportunity for them to become close again? The only catch: Esme needs a ride from the city to their small Connecticut hometown, and Jane is terrified of getting on the highway…because of what she did when they were teens.

Jane must either let Esme stand on her own two feet for once or jump to her flighty younger sister’s rescue—and her choice cleaves her life in two.

In one reality, Jane ³¦²¹²Ô’t overcome her fear and tells Esme to crash with a friend. Twenty-four hours later, her sister is missing. Tortured by regret, Jane dedicates herself to piecing together Esme’s life before her disappearance, unraveling a web of lies, broken relationships, and, finally, the truth.

In the other reality, Jane swallows her fear and offers her less-than-grateful sister a ride. But while Jane hopes living together in their childhood home will be healing, Esme is aloof and increasingly reckless. The tension between the sisters builds until they are finally forced to reckon with the explosive secret from their past that could destroy their fragile bond—and both their lives.

With a rollicking pace and shocking twists and turns, The Split captivatingly explores how little we know the ones we love—and how one small choice can change everything.]]> Kit Frick 1797170864 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.41 2024 The Split
author: Kit Frick
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average rating: 3.41
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]]> Under This Red Rock 210385506
When Mila is found brutally murdered in the caverns, Neely has to admit that her memories of that night are vague at best. With her monsters now out in the open and her grip on reality slipping, Neely must figure out who killed Mila . . . and face the possibility that it might have been her.]]> Mindy McGinnis 0063230445 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.48 2024 Under This Red Rock
author: Mindy McGinnis
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average rating: 3.48
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]]> The Rom-Commers 199249998
She’s rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own?

Emma Wheeler desperately longs to be a screenwriter. She’s spent her life studying, obsessing over, and writing romantic comedies―good ones! That win contests! But she’s also been the sole caretaker for her kind-hearted dad, who needs full-time care. Now, when she gets a chance to re-write a script for famous screenwriter Charlie Yates―The Charlie Yates! Her personal writing god!―it’s a break too big to pass up.

Emma’s younger sister steps in for caretaking duties, and Emma moves to L.A. for six weeks for the writing gig of a lifetime. But what is it they say? Don’t meet your heroes? Charlie Yates doesn’t want to write with anyone―much less “a failed, nobody screenwriter.� Worse, the romantic comedy he’s written is so terrible it might actually bring on the apocalypse. Plus! He doesn’t even care about the script―it’s just a means to get a different one green-lit. Oh, and he thinks love is an emotional Ponzi scheme.

But Emma’s not going down without a fight. She will stand up for herself, and for rom-coms, and for love itself. She will convince him that love stories matter―even if she has to kiss him senseless to do it. But . . . what if that kiss is accidentally amazing? What if real life turns out to be so much . . . more real than fiction? What if the love story they’re writing breaks all Emma’s rules―and comes true?]]> Katherine Center 1250344794 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.93 2024 The Rom-Commers
author: Katherine Center
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average rating: 3.93
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]]> Sociopath: A Memoir 176501392
Patric Gagne realized she made others uncomfortable before she even started kindergarten. Something about her caused people to react in a way she didn’t understand. She suspected it was because she didn’t feel things the way other kids did. Emotions like fear, guilt, and empathy eluded her. For the most part, she felt nothing. And she didn’t like the way that “nothing� felt.

She did her best to pretend she was like everyone else, but the constant pressure to conform to a society that she knew rejected anyone like her was unbearable. So Patric stole. She lied. She was occasionally violent. She became an expert lock-picker and home-invader. All with the goal of replacing the nothingness with…something.

In college, Patric finally confirmed what she’d long suspected. She was a sociopath. But even though it was the very first personality disorder identified—well over 200 years ago—sociopathy has been neglected by mental health professionals for decades. She was told there was no treatment, no hope for a normal life. She found herself haunted by sociopaths in pop culture, madmen, villains, and monsters. Her future looked grim.

But when Patric reconnects with an old flame, she gets a glimpse of a future beyond her diagnosis. If she’s capable of love, it must mean that she isn’t a monster. With the help of her sweetheart (and some curious characters she meets along the way) she embarks on a mission to prove that the millions of Americans who share her diagnosis aren’t all monsters either.]]> 11 Patric Gagne 1797170775 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.72 2024 Sociopath: A Memoir
author: Patric Gagne
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]]> <![CDATA[Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos]]> 127280328
For thousands of years, humans have wondered whether we're alone in the cosmos. Now, for the first time, we have the technology to investigate. The question should have an obvious yes or no. But once you try to find life elsewhere, you realize it is not so simple. How do you find it over cosmic distances? What actually is life?

As founding director of Cornell University's Carl Sagan Institute, astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger built a team of tenacious scientists from many disciplines to create a uniquely specialized toolkit to find life on faraway worlds. In Alien Earths , she demonstrates how we can use our homeworld as a Rosetta Stone, creatively analyzing Earth's history and its astonishing biosphere to inform this search. With infectious enthusiasm, she takes us on an eye-opening journey to the most unusual exoplanets that have shaken our worldview - planets covered in oceans of lava, lonely wanderers lost in space, and others with more than one sun in their sky! We also see the imagined worlds of science fiction and how close they come to reality.

We live in an incredible new epoch of exploration. As our witty and knowledgeable tour guide, Dr. Kaltenegger shows how we discover not merely new continents, like the explorers of old, but whole new worlds circling other stars and how we could spot life there. Worlds from where aliens may even be gazing back at us. What if we're not alone?]]> 288 Lisa Kaltenegger 1250283639 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 4.01 2024 Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos
author: Lisa Kaltenegger
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]]> <![CDATA[A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks]]> 208988520 From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human history told through the archaeological discoveries of twelve shipwrecks across time.

The Viking warship of King Cnut the Great. Henry VIII's the Mary Rose. Captain John Franklin's doomed HMS Terror. The SS Gairsoppa, destroyed by a Nazi U-boat in the Atlantic during World War II.

Since we first set sail on the open sea, ships and their wrecks have been an inevitable part of human history. Archaeologists have made spectacular discoveries excavating these sunken ships, their protective underwater cocoon keeping evidence of past civilizations preserved. Now, for the first time, world renowned maritime archeologist David Gibbins ties together the stories of some of the most significant shipwrecks in time to form a single overarching narrative of world history.

A History of the World in 12 Shipwrecks is not just the story of those ships, the people who sailed on them, and the cargo and treasure they carried, but also the story of the spread of people, religion, and ideas around the world; it is a story of colonialism, migration, and the indominable human spirit that continues today. From the glittering Bronze Age, to the world of Caesar's Rome, through the era of the Vikings, to the exploration of the Arctic, Gibbins uses shipwrecks to tell all.

Drawing on decades of experience excavating shipwrecks around the world, Gibbins reveals the riches beneath the waves and shows us how the treasures found there can be a porthole to the past that tell a new story about the world and its underwater secrets.]]> 15 David Gibbins Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.67 2024 A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
author: David Gibbins
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]]> She's Not Sorry 198971978
An ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient’s frightening past in this chilling thriller from the New York Times bestselling author ofÌýLocal Woman Missing and Just the Nicest Couple.

Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom to a teenage daughter and working as a full time nurse. While on duty at the hospital one day, a patient named Caitlin arrives in a coma with a traumatic brain injury, having jumped from a bridge and plunging over twenty feet to the train tracks below.Ìý

But when a witness comes forward with shocking details about the fall, it calls everything they know into question. Was CaitlinÌýpushedÌýand if so, by whom and why?Ìý

Meghan has always tried to stay emotionally detached from her patients, but this time, she mistakenly lets herself get too close until she’s deeply entangled in Caitlin’s and her family’s lives. Only when it’s too late, does she realize that she and her daughter could be the next victims.]]> 11 Mary Kubica 148822997X Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.62 2024 She's Not Sorry
author: Mary Kubica
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> Heavy Hitter 210618798
Taylor and Travis. Jennifer and A-Rod. Marilyn and Joe. When a professional athlete and a megawatt star fall in love, the world is obsessed . . .

With four chart-topping albums, Lacey Logan is a superstar whose life no longer feels like her own. Her every move is photographed, videoed, and dissected online, and her carefully curated Instagram feed studied by fans worldwide. To maintain her privacy, Lacey skillfully controls her narrative, showing fans and paparazzi what she wants them to see.

But when Lacey discovers her boyfriend is hiding two devastating secrets—a bad cocaine habit and a pregnant girlfriend—she begins to lose confidence and control of her own story. Then big-shouldered baseball player Jimmy Hodges, a former Rookie of the Year when Lacey was in high school, walks into the bar where she’s venting to a friend. With his shaggy beard and unfashionable button-down, Jimmy is the opposite of the picture-perfect guy Lacey thinks she wants. Soon, sparks fly and inhibitions go out the window when Lacey dares to take some chances.

Lacey and Jimmy are polar opposites. But could this be the forever after they both need?]]> 7 Katie Cotugno Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.08 2024 Heavy Hitter
author: Katie Cotugno
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.08
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> The Perfect Son 60445007
"Mrs. Cass, we were hoping your son could answer a few questions about the girl who disappeared last night..."

Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until the evening when two detectives show up at her front door.

A high school girl has vanished from Erika's quiet suburban neighborhood. The police suspect the worst--murder.

And Erika's teenage son, Liam, was the last person to see the girl alive.

Erika has always sensed something dark and disturbed in her seemingly perfect older child. She wants to believe he's innocent, but as the evidence mounts, she can't deny the truth--Liam may have done the unthinkable.

Now she must ask herself:How far will she go to protect her son?]]> 8 Freida McFadden Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.59 2019 The Perfect Son
author: Freida McFadden
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> The Wife Upstairs 59683117
Victoria Barnett has it all.

A great career. A handsome and loving husband. A beautiful home in the suburbs and a plan to fill it with children. Life is perfect—or so it seems.

Then she’s in a terrible accident� and everything falls apart.

Now Victoria is unable to walk. She ³¦²¹²Ô’t feed or dress herself. She ³¦²¹²Ô’t even speak. She is confined to the top floor of her house with twenty-four-hour care.

Sylvia Robinson is hired by Victoria’s husband to help care for her. But it turns out Victoria isn’t as impaired as Sylvia was led to believe. There’s a story Victoria desperately wants to tell... if only she could get out the words.

Then Sylvia discovers Victoria’s diary hidden away in a drawer.

And what’s inside is shocking.]]> Freida McFadden 1666527025 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.72 2020 The Wife Upstairs
author: Freida McFadden
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> One by One 122998368 not how Claire Matchett expected to spend her vacation.

She thought this would be a break from the stresses of work and raising her young children. A chance to repair her damaged marriage. A week of hiking and hot tubs with two other couple friends. It sounded like heaven.

Then Claire’s minivan breaks down on a lonely dirt road. With no cell reception, the group has no choice but to hike the rest of the way to their hotel. But it turns out the woods aren’t as easy to navigate as they thought.

Hours later, they are lost. Hopelessly lost.

And as they navigate deeper into the woods, the members of their party are struck down mysteriously one by one. Has a wild animal been hunting them? Or is the hunter one of them?

But as more time passes, one thing becomes clear: Only one of them will return home alive.]]> 7 Freida McFadden Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.46 2020 One by One
author: Freida McFadden
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> Do Not Disturb 60696620
To avoid spending her life in prison, Quinn makes a run for it. She leaves behind her home, her job, and her family. She grabs her passport and heads for the northern border before the police can discover what she’s done.

But when an unexpected snowstorm forces her off the road, Quinn must take refuge at the broken-down, isolated Baxter Motel. The handsome and kindly owner, Nick Baxter, is only too happy to offer her a cheap room for the night.

Unfortunately, the Baxter Motel isn’t the quiet, safe haven it seemed to be. The motel has a dark and disturbing past. And in the dilapidated house across the way, the silhouette of Nick's ailing wife is always at the window. Always watching.

In the morning, Quinn must leave the motel. She'll pack up her belongings and get back on the road to freedom.

But first, she must survive the night.


Do Not Disturb is a Hitchcock-style psychological thriller that will keep you tearing through the pages until you reach the shocking conclusion!]]> 325 Freida McFadden Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.47 2021 Do Not Disturb
author: Freida McFadden
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.47
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) (Vera Wong, #2)]]> 220380521
Vera Wong is back and as meddling as ever in this follow-up to the hit Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers.�

Ever since a man was found dead in Vera's teahouse, life has been good. For Vera that is. She’s surrounded by loved ones, her shop is bustling, and best of all, her son, Tilly, has a girlfriend! All thanks to Vera, because Tilly's girlfriend is none other than Officer SelenaÌýGray. The very same Officer Gray that she had harassed while investigating the teahouse murder. Still, Vera wishes more dead bodies would pop up in her shop, but one mustn't be ungrateful, even if one is slightly...bored.

Then Vera comes across a distressed young woman who is obviously in need of her kindly guidance. The young woman is looking for a missing friend. Fortunately, while cat-sitting at Tilly and Selena's, Vera finds a treasure Selena's briefcase.ÌýInside is a file about the death of an enigmatic influencer—who also happens to be the friend that the young woman was looking for.

Online, Xander had it a parade of private jets, fabulous parties with socialites, and a burgeoning career as a social media influencer. The only problem is, after his body is fished out of Mission Bay, the police can't seem to actually identify him. Who is Xander Lin? Nobody knows. Every contact is a dead end. Everybody claims not to know him, not even his parents.

Vera is determined to solve Xander's murder. After all, doing so would surely be a big favor to Selena, andÌýthere is nothing she wouldn't do for her future daughter-in-law.]]> Jesse Q. Sutanto Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 4.20 2025 Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) (Vera Wong, #2)
author: Jesse Q. Sutanto
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2025
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie]]> 220747099
My husband is dead.

I attended his funeral. I watched his casket be lowered six feet into the ground. (Actually, it may have been only five feet, but that still seems like more than enough.) And then we ate an array of finger sandwiches and deviled eggs and miniature beef wellingtons that cost more than my first car.

My point is, Grant is gone. And so are all his many, many deep, dark secrets which I never really ever bothered to ask him about. He is never coming back.

So why do I still see his face everywhere I go?

The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie is an utterly addictive, unputdownable, nail-biting, absolutely gripping psychological thriller novella with a shocking, breathtaking, heartstopping, spine-chilling twist that you won't see coming, will leave you stunned, and will literally have you picking your jaw up off the floor and bringing it to the nearest hospital for major facial reconstructive surgery.]]> Freida McFadden Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.32 2024 The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie
author: Freida McFadden
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.32
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Go Luck Yourself (Royals and Romance, #2)]]> 226019015 It’s enemies to lovers in this sexy and delightful holiday mash up that pairs the spare prince of Christmas with the crown prince of St. Patrick’s Day!

Someone has been stealing Christmas’s joy, and there’s only one clue to the culprit—a single shamrock.

With Coal busy restructuring Christmas—and their dad now having a full midlife crisis in the Caribbean—Kris volunteers to investigate St. Patrick’s Day. His an ambassador from Christmas to foster goodwill. What could go wrong?

Everything, it seems. Because Prince Lochlann Patrick, Crown Prince of St. Patrick’s Day, happens to be the mysterious student that Kris has been in a small war with at Cambridge. They attempt to play nice for the tabloids, but Kris ³¦²¹²Ô’t get through one conversation without wanting to smash Loch’s face in—he’s infuriating, stubborn, loud, obstinate, hotâ€�

°Â²¹¾±³Ùâ€�hot?

Kris might be in some trouble. Especially when it turns out that the mystery behind Christmas’s stolen magic isn’t as simple as an outright theft. But why would a Holiday that Christmas has never had contact with, one that’s always been the very basis of carefree, want to steal joy? Can a spare prince even hope to unravel all this, or will Kris lose something way more valuable than his Holiday’s resources—like his heart?

A Macmillan Audio production from Bramble Books.]]> 11 Sara Raasch Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 4.41 2025 Go Luck Yourself (Royals and Romance, #2)
author: Sara Raasch
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 4.41
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]]> <![CDATA[We Are Never Meeting In Real Life]]> 37713392 We Are Never Meeting in Real Life., "bitches gotta eat" blogger and comedian Samantha Irby turns the serio-comic essay into an art form. Whether talking about how her difficult childhood has led to a problem in making "adult" budgets, explaining why she should be the new Bachelorette--she's "35-ish, but could easily pass for 60-something"--detailing a disastrous pilgrimage-slash-romantic-vacation to Nashville to scatter her estranged father's ashes, sharing awkward sexual encounters, or dispensing advice on how to navigate friendships with former drinking buddies who are now suburban moms--hang in there for the Costco loot--she's as deft at poking fun at the ghosts of her past self as she is at capturing powerful emotional truths.

Chapter titles:

My Bachelorette application --
A blues for Fred --
The miracle porker --
Do you guys pay your fucking bills or what? --
You don't have to be grateful for sex --
A Christmas carol --
Happy birthday --
A case for remaining indoors --
A total attack of the heart --
A civil union --
Mavis --
Fuck it, bitch. Stay fat --
Nashville hot chicken --
I'm in love and it's boring --
A bomb, probably --
The real housewife of Kalamazoo --
Thirteen questions to ask before getting married --
Yo, I need a job --
Feelings are a mistake --
We are never meeting in real life]]> 8 Samantha Irby 1524783560 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.78 2017 We Are Never Meeting In Real Life
author: Samantha Irby
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> Sounds Like Love 222117974
Her hometown has always given her surf, sand, and inspiration. But when her parents decide to close the family music venue, Joni’s life begins to fall off key â€� she couldn’t possibly write another song. Until a melody comes to her, half-formed, and with an imagined voice that she ³¦²¹²Ô’t forget.

But when the very real, very aggravating man behind the voice shows up in Vienna Shores � Joni can no longer deny their inexplicable telepathic connection.

To get out of each other’s heads, they’ll have to finish the song haunting them both. But there’s just one problem â€� they ³¦²¹²Ô’t agree on anything â€� and if they don’t change their tune, it might just end in heartbreak first…]]> Ashley Poston 0008644330 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 0.0 2025 Sounds Like Love
author: Ashley Poston
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 0.0
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rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Jock Blocked (Copper Valley Fireballs #1)]]> 53652293 She can't let him score�

Call it superstition, but when a guy bats as hot as Brooks Elliott, you don't mess with what's working. And what's working is him keeping his pants zipped and doing all of his scoring on the field.

So when I hear he's planning to ditch his V-card now that he's been traded to baseball's lovable losers � aka my home team and my reason for living every March through October � I do what any rational, dedicated, obsessed fan would do.

I make a plan to stop him.

But the thing about stopping him is that it requires spending time with him.

Lots. And lots. And lots of time.

And the more time I spend with him, the more I like him. Not as the guy who's going to help save my favorite team and finally bring home a championship ring, but as the guy who's helping me in my quest to bring back the team's old mascot. Who also loves making pancake and bacon sandwiches. And who would do almost anything for his love of the game.

But after all this time of jock-blocking him� do I even have a chance?

And if I do, are we both destined to a life of celibacy in the name of winning?

Jock Blocked is a home run of a romantic comedy featuring the world's most superstitious sports fan, baseball's oldest virgin hero, a rogue meatball, an adorable puppy with a cussing problem, and the best lovable losers. It stands alone and comes with a happily ever after more satisfying than a game-winning grand slam.]]> 8 Pippa Grant Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 4.30 2020 Jock Blocked (Copper Valley Fireballs #1)
author: Pippa Grant
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> The Writing Retreat 61271798
The Plot meets Please Join Us in this psychological suspense debut about a young author at an exclusive writer’s retreat that descends into a nightmare.

Alex has all but given up on her dreams of becoming a published author when she receives a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: attend an exclusive, month-long writing retreat at the estate of feminist horror writer Roza Vallo. Even the knowledge that Wren, her former best friend and current rival, is attending doesn’t dampen her excitement.

But when the attendees arrive, Roza drops a bombshell—they must all complete an entire novel from scratch during the next month, and the author of the best one will receive a life-changing seven-figure publishing deal. Determined to win this seemingly impossible contest, Alex buckles down and tries to ignore the strange happenings at the estate, including Roza’s erratic behavior, Wren’s cruel mind games, and the alleged haunting of the mansion itself. But when one of the writers vanishes during a snowstorm, Alex realizes that something very sinister is afoot. With the clock running out, she’s desperate to discover the truth and save herself.

A claustrophobic and propulsive thriller exploring the dark side of friendships and fame, The Writing Retreat is the unputdownable debut novel from a compelling new talent.]]> 12 Julia Bartz 1797151762 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.15 2023 The Writing Retreat
author: Julia Bartz
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.15
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> Good as Gone 29975458 273 Amy Gentry 0544920953 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.42 2016 Good as Gone
author: Amy Gentry
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.42
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> Gone Tonight 174043378 From the #1 bestselling co-author of The Golden Couple and The Wife Between Us!

"I'm a huge fan of Sarah Pekkanen's books, and GONE TONIGHT is her best yet." —Colleen Hoover

Catherine Sterling thinks she knows her mother. Ruth Sterling is quiet, hardworking, and lives for her daughter. All her life, it's been just the two of them against the world. But now, Catherine is ready to spread her wings, move from home, and begin a new career. And Ruth Sterling will do anything to prevent that from happening.

Ruth Sterling thinks she knows her daughter. Catherine would never rebel, would never question anything about her mother's past or background. But when Ruth's desperate quest to keep her daughter by her side begins to reveal cracks in Ruth's carefully-constructed world, both mother and daughter begin a dance of deception.]]> Sarah Pekkanen 125089459X Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.89 2023 Gone Tonight
author: Sarah Pekkanen
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> The Last Flight 52652923 Two women. Two Flights. One last chance to disappear.

Claire Cook has a perfect life. Married to the scion of a political dynasty, with a Manhattan townhouse and a staff of ten, her surroundings are elegant, her days flawlessly choreographed, and her future auspicious. But behind closed doors, nothing is quite as it seems. That perfect husband has a temper that burns as bright as his promising political career, and he's not above using his staff to track Claire's every move, making sure she's living up to his impossible standards. But what he doesn't know is that Claire has worked for months on a plan to vanish.

A chance meeting in an airport bar brings her together with a woman whose circumstances seem equally dire. Together they make a last-minute decision to switch tickets � Claire taking Eva's flight to Oakland, and Eva traveling to Puerto Rico as Claire. They believe the swap will give each of them the head start they need to begin again somewhere far away. But when the flight to Puerto Rico goes down, Claire realizes it's no longer a head start but a new life. Cut off, out of options, with the news of her death about to explode in the media, Claire will assume Eva's identity, and along with it, the secrets Eva fought so hard to keep hidden.

The Last Flight is the story of two women â€� both alone, both scared â€� and one agonizing decision that will change theÌýtrajectory of both of their lives.]]> 320 Julie Clark 1728215722 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 4.02 2020 The Last Flight
author: Julie Clark
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2020
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]]> Miracle Creek 40121959 Miracle Creek is a powerhouse debut about how far we'll go to protect our families, and our deepest secrets.

In rural Miracle Creek, Virginia, Young and Pak Yoo run an experimental medical treatment device known as the Miracle Submarine. A pressurized oxygen chamber that patients enter for therapeutic “dives,� it's also a repository of hopes and dreams: the dream of a mom that her child can be like other kids; the dream of a young doctor desperate to cure his infertility and save his marriage; the dream of the Yoos themselves, Korean immigrants who have come to the United States so their teenage daughter can have a better life.

When the oxygen chamber mysteriously explodes, killing two people, all these dreams shatter with it, and the ensuing murder trial uncovers imaginable secrets and lies. In Miracle Creek, Angie Kim takes a classic form—courtroom drama—and draws on her own experience as an immigrant, a lawyer, and the mother of a real-life "submarine" patient to turn it into something wholly original, unputdownable . . . real. This is a spellbinding novel by an exciting new voice.]]> 355 Angie Kim 0374156026 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.86 2019 Miracle Creek
author: Angie Kim
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> Imaginary Friend 43522576 Christopher is the new kid in town.
Christopher has an imaginary friend.

We can swallow our fear or let our fear swallow us.

Single mother Kate Reese is on the run. Determined to improve life for her and her son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night with her child. Together, they find themselves drawn to the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania. It's as far off the beaten track as they can get. Just one highway in, one highway out.

At first, it seems like the perfect place to finally settle down. Then Christopher vanishes. For six long days, no one can find him. Until Christopher emerges from the woods at the edge of town, unharmed but not unchanged. He returns with a voice in his head only he can hear, with a mission only he can complete: Build a treehouse in the woods by Christmas, or his mother and everyone in the town will never be the same again.

Twenty years ago, Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower made readers everywhere feel infinite. Now, Chbosky has returned with an epic work of literary horror, years in the making, whose grand scale and rich emotion redefine the genre. Read it with the lights on.]]> 705 Stephen Chbosky 1538731339 Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 3.52 2019 Imaginary Friend
author: Stephen Chbosky
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 3.52
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Scout Camp: Sex, Death, and Secret Societies Inside the Boy Scouts of America]]> 223598721 In this timely and deeply personal true crime memoir, acclaimed journalist, author, creator of the True Crime This Week podcast, and former Boy Scout James Renner, explores the dark side of an American institution, its pervasive culture of sexual abuse, and the traumatic—even deadly—repercussions of its long-buried secrets.

In the summer of 1995, at the largest Boy Scout camp in Ohio, a night of sexual violence ended with one counselor dead and another hospitalized. The death was ruled “accidental.� It wouldn’t be the last death associated with Seven Ranges Reservation.
Ìý
James Renner, too, was a counselor at Seven Ranges that year. He was always sure there must be more to the story of Mike Klingler’s death, because Renner also knew firsthand that the 900-acre camp was not the safe getaway it was portrayed to be. On Friday nights the boys were ushered into the woods for a frightening ceremony in which they learned the rules for becoming good young men—and, above all, that keeping secrets was a Scout’s duty. No matter how dark the secrets were.
Ìý
Determined to face his demons, Renner embarks on a journey back to that tumultuous summer and exposes a clandestine society that left indelible scars on the Scouts and the staff who were there. For Renner, it meant opening up about his twisted upbringing, his issues with trust and sexuality, and a lifetime of self-medication. The result is a deeply personal, no-holds-barred, and vitally important true crime memoir.
Ìý]]> 1 James Renner Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 0.0 Scout Camp: Sex, Death, and Secret Societies Inside the Boy Scouts of America
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]]> <![CDATA[The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It]]> 214480789 American presidents have often pushed the boundaries established for them by the Constitution; this is the inspirational history of the people who pushed back.

Imagine an American president who imprisoned critics, spread a culture of white supremacy, and tried to upend the law so that he could commit crimes with impunity. Constitutional law and political science professor Corey Brettschneider provides a thoroughly researched account of assaults on democracy by not one such president but by five―John Adams, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Woodrow Wilson, and Richard Nixon. These presidents illuminated the trip wires that can erode or even destroy our democracy. But Brettschneider shows that these presidents didn’t have the last word; citizen movements brought the United States back from the precipice by appealing to a democratic understanding of the Constitution and pressuring subsequent reform-minded presidents to realize the promise of “we the people.� This is a book about citizens―Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, Daniel Ellsberg, and more―who fought back against presidential abuse of power. Their examples give us hope about the possibilities of restoring a fragile democracy.]]> 1 Corey Brettschneider Avid Reader and Geek Girl 0 4.00 2024 The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It
author: Corey Brettschneider
name: Avid Reader and Geek Girl
average rating: 4.00
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