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Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality by Brian Kilmeade #ARCReview #NetGalley #BookReview #Presidents #Roosevelt #SentinelBooks

Did you know that the first guest Theodore Roosevelt invited to the White House was Booker T. Washington? #TeddyandBookerT #Briankilmeade #theodoreroosevelt #bookertwashington #arcreview #netgalley #sentinelbooks #racerelations #bargainsleuth #bookreview

The New York Times bestselling author of George Washington’s Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates turns to two other heroes of the Theodore Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington.When President Theodore Roosevelt welcomed the country’s most visible Black man, Booker T. Washington, into his circle of counselors in 1901, the two confronted a shocking and violent wave of racist…

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The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters #BookReview #NewBooks #LiteraryFiction #HistoricalFiction #Mystery #CatapultBooks

A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, and fifty years later the mystery is solved. #TheBerryPickers #AmandaPeters #BookReview #LiteraryFiction #HistoricalFiction #audiobookreview #catapultbooks #bargainsleuth

A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mystery that haunts the survivors, unravels a community, and remains unsolved for nearly fifty years. July 1962. A Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family’s youngest child, vanishes. She is last seen by her…

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Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune by Anderson Cooper & Katherine Howe #BookReview #AudiobookReview #September2023Books #AmericanHistory #Biography

The bestselling authors of #Vanderbilt return with the history of the #Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune. #AndersonCooper #KatherineHowe #Bookreview #newbooks #biography #americanhistory #harpercollins #blackstoneaudio #bargainsleuth

The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family, the Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune. The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story–of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention. From 1783, when German immigrant John Jacob Astor first arrived in the United States, until…

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Gilded Girl by Pamela M. Kelley #HistoricalFiction #BookReview

One of the eras of United States history that fascinates me is the #GildedAge, which naturally drew me to #GildedGirl by #PamelaMKelley #AudiobookReview #BookReview #the400 #ParkAvenue #NewYorkCity #MrsAstor #bargainsleuth #bookstagram #booksta

A rags-to-riches saga set in the Gilded Age. When Eliza Chapman, a London ladies maid, learns that her real father is one of the richest men in New York City her whole world changes. He has sent a one-way ticket for her to join him, his mother and his two daughters at his palatial Manhattan mansion. Eliza suddenly has her own ladies maid and learns that she is expected to find a husband. As the…

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Blog Update: Less is More in 2024! Part 3

What have I been up to the past few weeks? Lots of reading and dealing with lots of berries. Click the link in my bio for the full story. #bookblogging #homesteading #prepping #canning #preserving #bookreviews #blogupdate #bargainsleuth #ARCreview

I had great expectations to get up some reviews this weekend. I am LOL right now because life just got in the way. I promised myself this year that I would concentrate on completing my Advanced Reader’s Copies, be selective in new ones I requested, and get back to reading more Nancy Drew books in an effort to read the collection I spent years curating. Well, I kind of sort of fell off the…

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Murder on the Cornish Cliffs (A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery #16) by Verity Bright #ARCReview #BookReview #NetGalley #Bookouture #CozyMystery #GoldenAgeMystery

#EleanorSwift is back with another holiday mystery. This time she stumbles upon a murder when visiting a friend of her late uncle. #MurderontheCornishCliffs #veritybright #bookouture #netgalley #bookreview #cozymystery #goldenagemystery #bargainsleuth

A festive invitation from an old family friend, the promise of gingerbread at the village inn, snowy walks on the Cornish coast with Gladstone the bulldog… But wait, is that a body on the beach? Winter, 1923. It’s nearly Christmas and Lady Eleanor Swift has received a rather strange letter from an old friend of her uncle. Mr Godfrey Cunliffe has asked her to stay in Cornwall for the holidays –…

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If You Would Have Told Me: A Memoir by John Stamos #audiobookreview #bookreview #memoir #Hollywood #Television #HenryHolt #MacMillanAudio

I remember #JohnStamos from #GeneralHospital, yet he's had a 40-year career since then. #Ifyouwouldhavetoldme is a #memoir that's interesting and inciteful if you're a fan. #bookreview #henryholt #fullhouse #ER #broadway #newbooks #bargainsleuth

If you would have told a young John Stamos flipping burgers at his dad’s fast-food joint that one day he’d be a household name and that, at the height of his success, he’d be living alone, divorced, with no kids, high on a cocktail of forgetting, he might’ve asked, “You want fries with that?”John burst onto the scene in General Hospital, propelling him into the teen idol stratosphere, a place…

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Eleanor Powell: Born to Dance (Screen Classics) by Paula Broussard & Lisa Royere #ARCReview #BookReview #NetGalley #UniversityPressofKentucky #Biography #Musicals #Hollywood #Broadway

I love musicals, and one of my favorite dancers who seems lost to history is #EleanorPowell. A new #Biography finally gives her her due. #BorntoDance #universitypress #ARC Review #NetGalley #BookReview #MGMMusicals #FredAstaire #BargainSleuth

When considering the best dancers in Hollywood’s history, some obvious names come to mind—Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and Bill Robinson. Yet often overlooked is one of the most gifted and creative dancers of all time, Eleanor Powell. Powell’s effervescent style, unmatched technical prowess in tap, and free-flowing musicality led MGM to build top-rate musicals around her unique talents, including…

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The Library Girls of the East End by Patricia McBride #ARCReview #BookReview #NetGalley #WWII #HistoricalFiction #BoldwoodBooks

#TheLibraryGirlsoftheEastEnd is a new #historicalfiction series by Patricia McBride set during the early days of #theblitz of #WWII in #London's #EastEnd. Fantastic! #arcreview #bookreview #netgalley #WWIIFiction #boldwoodbooks #bargainsleuth

The first instalment in a BRAND NEW series from bestselling author Patricia McBride 1940, London When Cordelia accepts the post of head librarian in Silver Town Library, her mother is more than a little disapproving. The East End has high levels of poverty and illiteracy, and her mother says it’s no place for a woman of her status. But Cordelia is determined to make a difference in these times…

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The Future by Naomi Alderman #NetGalley #ARCReview #BookReview #HarperCollins #LGBTQ #SpeculativeFiction #Dystopia #ScienceFiction

I like a solid apocalyptic story ,and this sounded like a good one. Is #TheFuture by Naomi Alderman worth all the hype? Check out my #ARCReview #BookReview to find out! #NetGalley #SimonandSchuster #speculativefiction #sciencefiction #bargainsleuth

When Martha Einkorn fled her father’s isolated compound in Oregon, she never expected to find herself working for a powerful social media mogul hell-bent on controlling everything. Now, she’s surrounded by mega-rich companies designing private weather, predictive analytics, and covert weaponry, while spouting technological prophecy. Martha may have left the cult, but if the apocalyptic warnings…

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Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen by Sarah James #BookReview #NetGalley #ARCReview #historicalmystery #LGBTQ #hollywood #Sourcebooks

When a playwright's nemesis, a gossip columnist, is found murdered in the same way as one of her murder mystery plays, all eyes turn to her as a suspect. #lastnightatthehollywoodcanteen #sourcebookslandmark #bookreview #ARCReview #netgalley #bargainsleuth

Perhaps the best place in 1943 Hollywood to see the stars is the Hollywood Canteen, a club for servicemen staffed exclusively by those in show business. Murder mystery playwright Annie Laurence, new in town after a devastating breakup, definitely hopes to rub elbows with the right stars. Maybe then she can get her movie made. But Hollywood proves to be more than tinsel and glamour. When despised…

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Murder Under the Mistletoe (A Jane Wunderly Mystery) by Erica Ruth Neubauer #CozyMystery #BookReview #KensingtonBooks #Christmas

#JaneWunderly is back with a #ChristmasNovella, #Murderunderthemistletoe. Catch up with one of my favorite heroines now! #ericaruthneubauer #cozymystery #bookreview #kensingtonbooks #christmasstories #historicalfiction #bargainsleuth

Recently engaged Jane Wunderly is celebrating Christmas with her fiancé at his ancestral home at the quaint English market town of Barnard Castle—where murder is the new family tradition . . . Northern England, 1926: Surprised by her eager acceptance of Redvers’ proposal, Jane is ready to spend the festive season deciphering the mysterious man she agreed to marry, while surviving scrutiny from…

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The Old Ducks' Hen Do by Maddie Please #ARCReview #BookReview #NetGalley #BoldwoodBooks #ContemporaryRomance #BacheloretteParty

A retired woman attends her sister's bachelorette weekend and runs into an old flame. Will it be rekindled? #TheOldDucksHenDo #MaddiePlease #NetGalley #BookReview #boldwoodbooks #contemporaryromance #contemporaryfiction #bargainsleuth

Recently retired, Denny Lambert is finding life just a little bit…well, dull. So when her stepsister Juliette announces she’s getting married – again! – and invites Denny on a hen do with the Old Ducks, Denny really can’t say no. Denny knows something about the Old Ducks and their wild exploits, but she’s just glad to be somewhere hot and sunny and away from her grey life back in the UK. She’s…

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What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile #1) by Isabel Ibanez #ARCReview #BookReview #NetGalley #Fantasy #HistoricalFiction #YoungAdult #WednesdayBooks

When her parents die, Inez inherits a fortune and a mysterious guardian, an archeologist. #WhattheRiverKnows #IsabelIbanez #ARCReview #NetGalley #BookReview #HistoricalFiction #YoungAdult #YAFantasy #WednesdayBooks #Cleopatra #egyptology #bargainsleuth

Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera belongs to the glittering upper society of nineteenth century Buenos Aires, and like the rest of the world, the town is steeped in old world magic that’s been largely left behind or forgotten. Inez has everything a girl might want, except for the one thing she yearns the most: her globetrotting parents—who frequently leave her behind. When she receives word of…

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Starlings by Amanda Linsmeier #BookReview #AudiobookReview #Wisconsin #YAFantasy #Gothic #Mystery #Horror #Delacorte

In the wake of her father's death, a teen girl discovers a side of her family she didn't know existed. #Starlings #AmandaLinsmeier #Wisconsinauthor #YAFantasy #YAGothic #YAMystery #Wisconsin #bookreview #audiobookreview #bargainsleuth

A dark YA fantasy debut perfect for fans of House of Hollow and Small Favors. In the wake of her father’s death, a teen girl discovers a side of her family she didn’t know existed, and is pulled into a dark–and ancient–bargain she is next in line to fulfill. Kit’s father had always told her he had no family, but four months ago his sudden death revealed the truth. Now she has a grandmother she…

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The Woman in Me by Britney Spears #BookReview #AudiobookReview #Memoir #Autobiography #PopMusic #GalleryBooks #SimonandSchusterAudio

I'm just a casual fan of Britney Spears, but after seeing the #Netflix documentary, I was anxious to hear her voice. #TheWomaninMe #audiobookreview #bookreview #popmusic #gallerybooks #simonandschusteraudio #britneyspears #memoir #bargainsleuth

The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope.In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible…