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 Maria Espadinha :

 Fame is a Serial Killer

How many famous people do we know whose lives have been taken by bullets?!
By exposing people to crowds, fame attracts an anonymous amalgam of strangers. Some will be fans but… others will be stalkers. In practical terms, it means the best and worst can happen. For Blair Baker, a small town girl turned into an instant celebrity, it was the worst…

Drop Dead Famous is a fast paced thriller that tackles the dark side of fame. I truly enjoyed it 👏  

 Allison Romeo  :

 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟!!

Folk horror fantasy!?! Seriously exactly what I was looking for from this read. Katrin is such a good FMC and I loved her drive to solve the mystery of the monster and to hunt the stag at the same time. I also loved the Aro representation in this one, as Katrin has no interest in a relationship.

The monster in this one was so interesting to me, collecting body parts from animals and humans to create its own body to become whole and become powerful.

This was incredible and I am so happy to have gotten the chance to read and be gifted this one. 

 Chris :

 Cute and different story and a cozy small town atmosphere - I mean, very small. But the folks are closer than any family relative and they look out for one another. The relationships within this group are diverse and interesting. I liked the concept of selling antique items out of a barn - that’s when people come in from all around to go shopping. Regular customer, dealers, friends.

And our two main characters, Ben and Libby, are down to earth, similar in their first all antiques and the two needing seclusion for two different reasons.
Of course you can see the romantic possibilities from the get go for these two and their journey to togetherness is heart warming.

Plus, this town has a book club, albeit a meager, tiny number, but they make it work and look forward to making it fun and with good food and local gossip, good intentions and advice. There were so many mentions about sweet tea I had to go and make myself some so that I could really get into the atmosphere of the book with the other characters. Sure seemed like they ate a lot too, but I controlled myself in that department.

A feel good, happy ending story, one that put me in a pleasant mood on closing the cover. 

 Kasa Cotugno  : 

 According to the author's note, Wealth of Shadows is based on fact, populated with people who actually lived, but because of reconstruction of conversations and personal details, has decided to designate this as fiction. Because of this, although a bit stodgy in style at times, the story is compulsively readable and intriguing with a fine sense of time. Moore displays a knowledge of economic forces and the power they hold over world events. I was particularly taken by the choice of introductory quotes that preceded each section, quoting every recognizable name from Adam Smith to Warren Buffett. 

 L A    :

  "A young author becomes the object of a fan’s desire―and rage―in the gripping new thriller by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden Nature."

A crazed fan shows up at Arden Bowie’s book signing. He appears to be a legit fan with a copy of her novel in hand. He continued to show up at every book signing. Arden reassures herself he is okay but should have listened to her own intuition when she took him up on coffee...a horrible mistake…
Now he is serving 5 years in a psychological ward but the more he is in custody the madder he gets still seeking revenge when he gets out...then he is out...I can't tell you how much this book keeps you on edge. I was terrified for Arden she had suffered enough.
Arden has moved away to Oregon and befriends Gideon who was a former LAPD detective. She is suffering from fear and finds herself wanting to be in isolation. I felt all of this. What a delusional and twisted person Dustin is.
I hope you have this one on your radar to read this summer because it is highly recommended! Nora Roberts was one of my favorite authors in my younger years of reading and I forgot how talented she is!!  

 Amy  :

 There's always that one weird kid in school who has no idea that they're weird; all of the other kids can tell them that they're weird, but they just go on being weird, and Tom Angleberger really does a fantastic job of showing how there needs to be a weird kid in every school to shake things up and make everyone else question their own place in the food chain. This book was a breath of weird, fresh air, and I really enjoyed the multiple narratives and the way that the characters grew to understand themselves and each other through the proclamations of Origami Yoda. I'd take his advice any day.