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Welcome! I'm Debbie and I love reading. You probably do to or you wouldn't be visiting my blog. I was born and raised in Texas and have lived here all of my life. I am married and I have one daughter who is now grown and married so I am an empty nester.
Just Busy Reading
2y ago
Real Easy by Marie Rutkoski
Published by Henry Holt and Company on January 18, 2022
Genres: Fiction, Thrillers, Crime, Women, Feminist
Pages: 320
Format: ARC, Audiobook
Source: ARC from Publisher, NetGalley
Bringing to mind Gillian Flynn and Tana French but completely unique, Marie Rutkoski's Real Easy is a compulsive, tenacious, and unexpectedly hopeful thriller.
It’s 1999 and Samantha has danced for years at the Lovely Lady strip club. She’s not used to mixing work and friendship—after all, between her jealous boyfriend and his young daughter, she has enough on her plate. But the newest dan ..read more
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2y ago
The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
Published by St. Martin's Publishing Group on January 11, 2022
Genres: Fiction, Women, Family Life, General
Pages: 352
Format: ARC
Source: ARC from Publisher
A community’s past sins rise to the surface in New York Times bestselling author Diane Chamberlain’s The Last House on the Street when two women, a generation apart, find themselves bound by tragedy and an unsolved, decades-old mystery.
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Growing up in the well-to-do town of Round Hill, North Carolina, Ellie Hockley was raised to be a certain type of proper Southern lady. Enrolled in c ..read more
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2y ago
Smile and Look Pretty by Amanda Pellegrino
Published by Harlequin on March 8, 2022
Genres: Fiction, Coming of Age, Feminist, Women, Humorous, General
Pages: 355
Format: ARC
“[A] 9 to 5 for the Instagram generation... Darkly funny and bitingly modern.” —Andrea Bartz, author of Reese’s Book Club Pick We Were Never Here
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED BY FORTUNE ⋅ FEMINIST BOOK CLUB ⋅ THE NERD DAILY ⋅ BOOKISH ⋅ MOTHERLY
What happens when four assistants risk everything to say enough is enough?
Best friends Cate, Lauren, Olivia and Max are overworked and underpaid assistants to some of the most powerful peopl ..read more
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3y ago
Sleeping Bear by Connor Sullivan
Published by Simon and Schuster on July 6, 2021
Genres: Fiction, Thrillers, Espionage, Suspense, Political
Pages: 400
Format: Audiobook
“Sleeping Bear is one of the very best thrillers you’ll read this year. It’s one of those rare novels that keeps getting better and better and better. Remember the author’s name—Connor Sullivan.” —James Patterson, New York Times bestselling author
Perfect for fans of Brad Thor and Vince Flynn, this white-knuckled debut thriller follows a former Army veteran seeking solitude in the Alaskan wilderness after her husband’s death—o ..read more
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3y ago
The Sinful Lives of Trophy Wives by Kristin Miller
Published by Random House Publishing Group on 2021
Genres: Fiction, Thrillers, Suspense, Psychological, Women
Pages: 288
Format: ARC
Source: ARC from Publisher, NetGalley
Meet the trophy wives of Presidio Terrace, San Francisco's most exclusive--and most deadly--neighborhood in this shrewd, darkly compelling novel from the New York Times bestselling author of In Her Shadow.
Mystery writer Brooke Davies is the new wife on the block. Her tech-billionaire husband, Jack, twenty-two years her senior, whisked her to the Bay Area via private jet and ..read more
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3y ago
The Godmothers by Camille Aubray
Published by HarperCollins on June 15, 2021
Genres: Fiction, Historical, World War II, Friendship, Women
Pages: 432
Format: Audiobook
Named a Most Anticipated Novel of the Summer by Newsweek, Buzzfeed, and Veranda
“A fascinating, fast-paced trip into the Mob underworld.”--People magazine
" Aubray marries history, suspense and womanhood in a story perfect for devouring.”--Newsweek
An irresistible novel about four women who marry into a prosperous Greenwich Village Italian family, and then must take charge of the ..read more
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3y ago
The Therapist Published by HarperCollins Publishers on 2021
Genres: Fiction, Domestic, Thriller
Pages: 368
Format: Audiobook
Source: ARC from Publisher, NetGalley
TELL ME YOUR SECRETS...
'Tense and compulsive' Louise Candlish, bestselling author of The Other Passenger
'Suspicion, betrayal and dark secrets abound' TM Logan, bestselling author of The Catch
'A delicious web of lies' Jane Corry, bestselling author of I Made a Mistake
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When Alice and Leo move into a newly renovated house in The Circle, a gated community of exclusive houses, it is everything they've ..read more
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3y ago
The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
Published by Simon and Schuster on May 18, 2021
Genres: Fiction, Women, Humorous, General, Romance, Romantic Comedy
Pages: 368
Format: Audiobook
The New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners returns with a witty and effervescent novel about what happens when two people with everything on the line are thrown together by science—or is it fate? Perfect for fans of The Rosie Project and One Plus One.
Single mom Jess Davis is a data and statistics wizard, but no amount of number crunching can convince her to step back into the dating world. R ..read more
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3y ago
Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
Published by Harlequin on May 18, 2021
Genres: Fiction, Thrillers, Psychological, Domestic, Crime, Suspense
Pages: 325
Format: Audiobook, eBook
Source: personal copy
"Dark and twisty, with white-knuckle tension and jaw-dropping surprises." —Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark
In this smart and chilling thriller, master of suspense Mary Kubica takes domestic secrets to a whole new level, showing that some people will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.
People don't just disappear without a trace…
Shelby Tebow is the first ..read more
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3y ago
That Summer by Jennifer Weiner
Published by Atria Books on May 11, 2021
Genres: Fiction
Pages: 432
Format: Audiobook
Daisy Shoemaker can’t sleep. With a thriving cooking business, full schedule of volunteer work, and a beautiful home in the Philadelphia suburbs, she should be content. But her teenage daughter can be a handful, her husband can be distant, her work can feel trivial, and she has lots of acquaintances, but no real friends. Still, Daisy knows she’s got it good. So why is she up all night?
While Daisy tries to identify the root of her dissatisfaction, she’s also receiving misdirect ..read more