Girls At The Bookstore

It is the spooky season so we had to turn to horror for our monthly book club read with Grady Hendrix's newest book The Final Girl Support Group SUMMARY: A fast-paced, thrilling horror novel that follows a group of heroines to die for, from the brilliant  New York Times  bestselling author of  The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires . In horror movies, the final girl is the one who's left standing when the credits roll. The one who fought back defeated the killer, and avenged her friends. The one who emerges bloodied but victorious. But after the sirens fade and the audience moves on, what happens to her? Lynnette Tarkington is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre twenty-two years ago, and it has defined every day of her life since. And she's not alone. For more than a decade she's been meeting with five other actual final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable, putting their lives back together, pi

 SUMMARY: Lindy Carmichael isn't feeling particularly joyful when she returns home to Wenatchee, Washington, for Christmas. The man she thought was "the one" has cheated on her with her best friend, and she feels completely devoid of creativity in her graphic-design job. Not even carolers or Christmas cookies can cheer her up--but Lindy's mother, Ellen, remembers an old tradition that might lift her daughter's spirits. Reading through a box of childhood letters to Santa and reminiscing about what she'd wished for as a young girl may be just the inspiration Lindy needs. With Ellen's encouragement, she decides to write a  new  letter to Santa, one that will encourage her to have faith and believe just as she'd done all those years ago. Little does Lindy know that this exercise in gratitude will cause her wishes to unfold before her in miraculous ways. And, thanks to some fateful twists of Christmas magic--especially an unexpected connection with a handso

 It's that time again, the time where we look forward and give you our most anticipated books for the upcoming month... JADE LEGACY BY FONDA LEE Paperback ,  736 pages Expected publication: November 30th 2021 by Orbit ** LOOKS LIKE RO IS GOING TO BE BUSY READING THIS WITH ITS 736 PAGES! BOOK THREE IN THE GREEN BONE SAGA ** SUMMARY: Jade, the mysterious and magical substance once exclusive to the Green Bone warriors of Kekon, is now known and coveted throughout the world. Everyone wants access to the supernatural abilities it provides, from traditional forces such as governments, mercenaries, and criminal kingpins, to modern players, including doctors, athletes, and movie studios. As the struggle over the control of jade grows ever larger and more deadly, the Kaul family, and the ancient ways of the Kekonese Green Bones, will never be the same. The Kauls have been battered by war and tragedy. They are plagued by resentments and old wounds as their adversaries are on the ascent and t

 SUMMARY: By all accounts, Thomas Gilbert Jr. led a charmed life. The son of a wealthy financier, he grew up surrounded by a loving family and all the luxury an Upper East Side childhood could provide: education at the elite Buckley School and Deerfield Academy, summers in a sprawling seaside mansion in the Hamptons. With his striking good lucks, he moved with ease through glittering social circles and followed in his father's footsteps to Princeton. But Tommy always felt different. The cracks in his façade began to show in warning signs of OCD, increasing paranoia, and--most troubling--an inexplicable hatred of his father. As his parents begged him to seek psychiatric help, Tommy pushed back by self-medicating with drugs and escalating violence. When a fire destroyed his former best friend's Hamptons home, Tommy was the prime suspect--but he was never charged. Just months later, he arrived at his parents' apartment, calmly asked his mother to leave, and shot his father poi

 SUMMARY: Ariel Devlin is a high-powered advertising executive with ambition and too much stress. Desperate for balance, she enrolls in a yoga school to teach her certain lessons. Breathe. Stay calm. Be in the moment. And ignore her sexy yoga teacher who is becoming a major distraction… Grant Madison runs a yoga school and lives by one code: don’t get involved with the students. But when Ariel walks into his studio, his resolve begins to crumble. He offers her a deal: a secret affair while in the studio, and the practice of tantric sex in the bedroom. But when lust turns into love, Ariel and Grant are forced to make a difficult choice. Can Ariel reject the career opportunity of a lifetime for the possibility of love? Can Grant ignore his past and take a chance on the future? Or will love be too high a price to pay for both of them? TEE'S THOUGHTS: Well...I have two words for All For You...Tantric Sex...Are you old enough to remember what Sting said about having sex with his wife Tr

 SUMMARY: One dinner party will destroy everything. It’s a perfect evening on the night that throws a wrecking ball into Abby’s life. There’s still a hint of summer sun in the purple-streaked sky. Abby and her best friend, Sienna, look on fondly as their two husbands laugh under the garden gazebo. None of them know it’s the last time the four of them will be together again. Bored of their daily routine and loosened up by wine, Abby finds herself going along with Sienna’s plan for their husbands to swap homes for the night. ‘How funny would it be – just for fun. Just to live a different life for a few hours. That’s all!’ But what starts out as just a little fun, has devastating consequences for all four of them. Alone with Sienna’s husband, Greg, Abby finds him unexpectedly charming. Inviting, even. And something happens that night that neither she nor Greg can take back. Abby is desperate to tell her husband and Sienna the truth, but with Greg holding another huge secret over her head,

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organize yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning TBR pile! This meme by  Kathryn at   The Book Date _____________________ WHAT I AM READING... GOLDEN BOY BY JOHN GLATT   I chose a true crime book for this month's read in our year-long nonfiction challenge and I am really enjoying it. It is a great study on how ignoring mental illness can destroy a family. SUMMARY: By all accounts, Thomas Gilbert Jr. led a charmed life. The son of a wealthy financier, he grew up surrounded by a loving family and all the luxury an Upper East Side childhood could provide: education at the elite Buckley School and Deerfield Academy, summers in a sprawling seaside mansion in the Hamptons. With his striking good lucks, he moved with ease through glittering social circles and followed in his father's footsteps to Pri

 The Sunday Salon is hosted by  Readerbuzz It's my favorite time of the year...I love the fall. The weather has turned cooler...kinda... it's now in the low 80's but the humidity has left the state and it makes it nice to get out. We have kept busy and my reading is a bit slower, but I am ok with that, I am loving not being confined to the air conditioning of the house. We have heard from the siding company, and they are hoping to start on the house toward the end of the month if all goes ok getting everything. Keeping our fingers crossed on that! We have continued to work on the butler's pantry. We have the cabinets painted, and started wallpapering, but somehow my husband miss measured and we had to reorder a run of paper, and that just came in yesterday, so we will be back at it this afternoon. I am loving my wallpaper, however, my mother thinks it is too wild LOL... We have been watching a lot of TV...we usually are not big TV watchers, but you know Halloween. We wa