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2019 Bookish Resolutions

February 13, 2019 / bookishconnoisseur / 4 Comments

Now that we're a full month and a half into 2019, I figured it was about time I laid out my bookish resolutions of the year. Better late than never, right? First, my Goodreads goal is to read at least 85 books. I read 90 last year, so this goal shouldn't be too hard to … Continue reading 2019 Bookish Resolutions

Beat the Backlist 2019

January 1, 2019January 1, 2019 / bookishconnoisseur / 5 Comments

Happy 2019 everyone! This year, in order to try and manage my TBR (a bit), I'll be participating in NovelKnight's Beat the Backlist Challenge! The rules of this challenge are simple, books must be read from start to finish in 2019 and your chosen books must have been published in 2018 or earlier. All info … Continue reading Beat the Backlist 2019

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Happy Monday lovelies! I’m partnering with @booksparks for the #SRC2019 to tell you about all the books you need to have on your summer TBR. Today’s spotlight goes to Sky Queen by @jakundert ! Check the hashtag for more recommendations! ✈️ Synopsis: It's 1967, and Katherine Roebling is a Chicago-based stewardess caught between the hold of highflying travel and the call of her Native American ancestors just as the women's movement is taking the US by storm. As she vacillates between an ever-present mystical ancestral feather and her alluring stewardess life of excitement and travel, she embarks on a journey from one adventure to the next--each episode bringing her closer to her predestined calling. A chance meeting with a college student from Athens, Greece at a Chicago Playboy Mansion Press Party and her visit to the Oracle of Delphi intertwine with Katherine's discovery of the treasure inside herself. Ultimately, she gains wings that allow her to glide over society's barriers; she abandons the so-called glamorous life she's been living, creates her own path, and embarks upon a new career at the Smithsonian in DC--one that will take her on a miraculous experience of personal growth and uncharted paths. . . #partner #booksparks #skyqueen #judykundert #historicalfiction #historicalfictionnovel #summertbr #summerreads #summerreading #bookishconnoisseur #booklove #bibliophile #booksofinsta #timetoread

Happy happy Tuesday! I’m super excited to be partnering with @kayepublicity to tell you about a fantastic summer romance, Crashing the A-List by @fizzygrrl ! This book is pitched as Younger meets Sex in the City with a bit of Benedict Cumberbatch and I AM HERE FOR IT! ✨ Synopsis: After four months of unemployment, former book editor Clara Montgomery is still stuck sleeping on her little brother’s ugly couch in Queens. Determined to keep her minuscule savings account intact, she takes a job clearing out abandoned storage units, but is in no way prepared for stumbling upon dead snakes or trying to identify exactly where the perpetual stench of beets is emanating from. . When Clara comes across a unit that was once owned by an escort service, she finds the brothel “résumé” of a younger Caspian Tiddleswich… an astonishingly famous British actor. Her best friend thinks she should sell the gossip to a tabloid to fund her way off the couch from hell, but Clara instead manages to track down Caspian’s contact info, intending to reassure him that her lips are sealed. . Unfortunately, Caspian misinterprets Clara’s attempt at altruism and shows up on her doorstep, accusing her of blackmail. When the paparazzi capture a photo of them together, Caspian’s PR team sees an opportunity to promote his latest film—and if Clara wants to atone for her “crimes,” she’ll have to play along. Pretending to be Caspian’s girlfriend seems like it will be a tolerable, if somewhat daunting, penance… until their fake romance becomes something more than either of them expected. . . #crashingthealist #summerheacock #summertbr #summerreads #summerreading #kayepublicity #harlequinpublicityteam #harlequinbooks #contemporarybooks #romance #contemporaryromance #bookishconnoisseur #adultfiction #booklove #bookphotography

Happy Monday lovelies! I hope you all had a fantastic first week of July. I decided to take a bit of a social media hiatus for my mental health. But I’m back and ready to share ALL THE BOOKS! ❤️ ✨ Today I’m partnering with @getredpr to tell you about The Unbreakables by @lisabarr18 ! This sounds like such an lovely book about a woman finding herself. Check out the full synopsis below! 📖 The worst birthday ever might just be the gift of a lifetime… . It’s Sophie Bloom’s forty-second birthday, and she’s ready for a night of celebration with Gabe, her longtime, devoted husband, and her two besties and their spouses. Dinner is served with a side of delicious gossip, including which North Grove residents were caught with their pants down on Ashley Madison after the secret on-line dating site for married and committed couples was hacked. Thirty-two million cheaters worldwide have been exposed…including Sophie’s “perfect” husband. To add insult to injury, she learns Gabe is the top cheater in their town. . Humiliated and directionless, Sophie jumps into the unknown and flees to France to meet up with her teenage daughter who is studying abroad and nursing her own heartbreak. After a brief visit to Paris, Sophie heads out to the artist enclave of Saint-Paul-de-Vence. There, for the first time in a long time, Sophie acknowledges her own desires—not her husband’s, not her daughter’s—and rediscovers her essence with painful honesty and humor, reawakening both her sensuality and ambitions as a sculptor. . As she sheds her past and travels the obstacle-filled off beaten path, Sophie Bloom is determined to blossom. Allowing her true self to emerge in the postcard beauty of Provence, Sophie must decide what is broken forever...and what it means to be truly unbreakable. . . #theunbreakables #lisabarr #womenslit #womensfiction #friendship #femalestrength #getredpr #harpercollins #bookishconnoisseur #booklove #bookphotography #beautifulbooks #bibliophile #bookstagram

Happy Friday! Do you read historical fiction? I wrote a blog post about some of my historical fiction recommendations today and one of those books is One Upon A River by Diane Setterfield. ✨ I had the pleasure of reading this book as an ARC and completely fell in love. Huge thank you to my friends at @atriabooks for sending me a gorgeous finished copy! ✨ Head over to my blog (link in bio) to see more of my historical fiction recs and go give a listen to this week’s episode of @ourlifeinbooks_ where we also talk historical fiction! 💗 . . #onceuponariver #dianesetterfield #atriabooks #partner #bookishconnoisseur #timetoread #booklove #historicalfiction #ourlifeinbooks #bookblog #bookblogger #readersofinstagram #beautifulbooks #bookreviewer #bibliophile

What do you do to get out of a reading slump? I’m feeling a bit of that right now and suspense/thrillers usually pull me right out! ✨ Today I’m #partnering with @booksparks to share a suspense novel that has already pulled me in from the synopsis! Check out the synopsis for The Last Resort by @marissastapley below! 📖 The Harmony Resort promises hope for struggling marriages. Run by celebrity power couple Drs. Miles and Grace Markell, the "last resort" offers a chance for partners to repair their relationships in a luxurious setting on the gorgeous Mayan Riviera. . Johanna and Ben have a marriage that looks perfect on the surface, but in reality, they don’t know each other at all. Shell and Colin fight constantly: after all, Colin is a workaholic, and Shell always comes second to his job as an executive at a powerful mining company. But what has really torn them apart is too devastating to talk about. When both couples begin Harmony's intensive therapy program, it becomes clear that Harmony is not all it seems—and neither are Miles and Grace themselves. What are they hiding, and what price will these couples pay for finding out? . As a deadly tropical storm descends on the coast, trapping the hosts and the guests on the resort, secrets are revealed, loyalties are tested and not one single person—or their marriage—will remain unchanged by what follows. . . #thelastresort #marissastapley #booksparks #booksharks #SRC2019 #partner #bookishconnoisseur #timetoread #booklove #bibliophile #summertbr #summerreads #summerreading #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #mustread

Happy Wednesday lovelies! Today I’m #partnering with @booksparks to tell you about another of our books for the #SRC2019 lineup! Caroline Kepnes completely hooked me on her writing when I read You, so I’m beyond excited to read another of her wonderful books. This time, Providence! Check out the synopsis below and then go see the whole #SRC2019 lineup using the link in my bio! ✨ Growing up as best friends in small-town New Hampshire, Jon and Chloe are the only ones who truly understand each other, though they can never find the words to tell one another the depth of their feelings. When Jon is finally ready to confess his feelings, he's suddenly kidnapped by his substitute teacher who is obsessed with H.P. Lovecraft and has a plot to save humanity. . Mourning the disappearance of Jon and facing the reality he may never return, Chloe tries to navigate the rites of entering young adulthood and "fit in" with the popular crowd, but thoughts of Jon are never far away. . When Jon finally escapes, he discovers he now has an uncontrollable power that endangers anyone he has intense feelings for. He runs away to protect Chloe and find the answers to his new identity--but he's soon being tracked by a detective who is fascinated by a series of vigilante killings that appear connected. . Whisking us on a journey through New England and crashing these characters' lives together in the most unexpected ways, Kepnes explores the complex relationship between love and identity, unrequited passion and obsession, self-preservation and self-destruction, and how the lines are often blurred between the two. . . #providence #carolinekepnes #booksparks #booksharks #mysterybooks #thrillerbooks #mysterythriller #randomhouse #timetoread #summertbr #summerreads #summerreading #bookishconnoisseur #mustread #bibliophile #readallthebooks

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