LET'S GET COZY! GOING THROUGH THE NOTIONS: A PREVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

 
GOING THROUGH THE NOTIONS
 A Deadly Notions Mystery
BY CATE PRICE

ABOUT THE BOOK:

A retired schoolteacher—and yes, daughter of an F. Scott Fitzgerald fan—Daisy Buchanan has finally found her calling in the quaint village of Millbury, Pennsylvania. While her husband endlessly renovates their old house, Daisy happily presides over Sometimes a Great Notion, a quirky shop that sells sewing bits and bobs, antiques, and jewelry.

Daisy has her eye on an antique dollhouse and a classic Singer Featherweight at the local auction—until her friend and mentor, auctioneer Angus Backstead, is led away in handcuffs. It appears he bashed in the head of a drinking buddy who stole a set of fancy fountain pens. Daisy’s sure the sprightly old-timer couldn’t have done it. But if Daisy can’t stitch together the bidder truth—and soon—Angus will be going once, going twice... gone forever.
 
Includes creative tips for vintage notions! 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Cate Price was born in England and came to the U.S. when she was sixteen. She is a regular sight on the streets of her home town walking her two amazing rescue dogs, and enjoys gardening, yard sales, and cooking with friends. Her previous (unpublished) books span the genres of romantic comedy, romantic suspense and murder mysteries, and have finaled in numerous contests, including the prestigious Daphne Du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and Romance Writers of America.

Writing the first book in the Deadly Notions mystery series proved to be rather an expensive project, because while researching auction houses, she also became addicted to bidding on box lots.

She is currently hard at work on the next book in the series, A Dollhouse to Die For.

Cate loves to connect with friends at her website, www.cateprice.com, via email at cate@cateprice.comor on Facebook at www.facebook.com/catepriceauthor. 

PRAISE FOR GOING THROUGH THE NOTIONS:

"A fun fast-paced debut filled with eccentric characters, quirky humor, and small-town drama."—Ali Brandon, national bestselling author of A Novel Way to Die

"Going Through The Notions has everything I read cozy mysteries for—a terrific setting, a smart plot, and well-rounded, clever characters. Lucky us—it's the first in an all-new series—and I can't wait for the next one! Cate Price is a natural-born storyteller."—Mariah Stewart, New York Times bestselling author of The Long Way Home

"Small town charm—big time stakes. Cate Price has penned a winner!"—Laura Childs, New York Times bestselling author of Sweet Tea Revenge

GIVEAWAY

THANKS TO KAYLEIGH AND THE GOOD FOLKS

AT BERKLEY PRIME CRIME AND PENGUIN BOOKS,

I HAVE ONE COPY OF GOING THROUGH THE NOTIONS,

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ARE YOU LISTENING? JAMES PATTERSON'S MISTRESS: AN AUDIO BOOK REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

WELCOME TO BOOKIN' WITH BINGO'S" 
ARE YOU LISTENING? DAY"
I AM EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE TODAY'S
AUDIO BOOK CHOICE....

Read By Kevin T. Collins

BY JAMES PATTERSON

and DAVID ELLIS   

 

ABOUT THE BOOK:

James Patterson's scariest, sexiest stand-alone thriller since The Quickie.

Ben isn't like most people. Unable to control his racing thoughts, he's a man consumed by his obsessions: movies, motorcycles, presidential trivia - and Diana Hotchkiss, a beautiful woman Ben knows he can never have.

When Diana is found dead outside her apartment, Ben's infatuation drives him on a hunt to find out what happened to the love of his life.

Ben soon discovers that the woman he pined for was hiding a shocking double life. And now someone is out to stop Ben from uncovering the truth about Diana's illicit affairs.

In his most heart-pumping thriller yet, James Patterson plunges us into the depths of a mind tortured by paranoia and obsession, on an action-packed chase through a world of danger and deceit.ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 240 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. Mr. Patterson also writes the bestselling Women's Murder Club novels, set in San Francisco, and the top-selling New York detective series of all time, featuring Detective Michael Bennett. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family. - See more at: http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/james-patterson/alex-cross-run/9780316097512/#desc

JAMES PATTERSON has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 240 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. Mr. Patterson also writes the bestselling Women's Murder Club novels, set in San Francisco, and the top-selling New York detective series of all time, featuring Detective Michael Bennett. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family.

DAVID ELLIS is a lawyer and award-winning author of nine novels.
As an author, Dave won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel for Line of Vision.  Since then, he has published Life Sentence, Jury of One, In the Company of Liars, and Eye of the Beholder.

In 2009, The Hidden Man debuted Dave’s series character, Jason Kolarich. The Hidden Man was nominated for the L.A. Times Book Prize and Barry Award. His second Jason Kolarich novel, Breach of Trust, was based in part on the scandal involving impeached Governor Rod Blagojevich and was recently released in paperback as well. Dave’s third Jason Kolarich novel, The Wrong Man, was released on June 28, 2012 and has been nominated for the Silver Dagger Award for outstanding legal thriller.
Dave’s fourth Jason Kolarich thriller,The Last Alibi, was released on August 1, 2013.  

Guilty Wives, Dave’s first novel co-authored with best-seller James Patterson, was released in March of 2012. The international thriller, which chronicles the story of four frustrated wives who vacation in Monte Carlo and end up the most wanted criminals in French history, spent over two months on the New York Times bestseller list.

As a lawyer, Dave prosecuted and convicted Governor Rod Blagojevich in the Impeachment trial before the Illinois Senate. He currently serves as Special Counsel to the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives.  He has argued dozens of cases at the trial and appellate levels, specializing in constitutional law.

Dave currently lives near Chicago with his wife Susan, their children Abigail, Julia, and Jonathan, and their pug, Otis. 

AN EXCERPT FROM MISTRESS:

Chapter 1

Let’s see what she has in her medicine cabinet. I mean, as long as I’m here.

Careful, though. Before you turn on the light, close the bathroom door. The rest of her apartment is dark. Best to keep it that way.
What do we have here...lotions, creams, moisturizers, lip balm, ibuprofen. 

What about the meds? Amoxicillin for a sinus infection...lorazepam for anxiety...

Diana has anxiety? What the heck does she have to be anxious about? She’s the most put-together woman I know.

And what’s this? Cerazette for...birth control. She’s on the pill? Diana is on the pill? She never told me that. She isn’t having sex with me. Not yet, anyway. So who is she having sex with?
 

Diana, every time I think I have you figured out, you remind me that you’re a mystery. TO FINISH READING THIS EXCERPT, VISIT JAMES PATTERSON'S WEBSITE HERE.

 

SOME OTHER BOOKS FROM, OR COMING SOON FROM, JAMES PATTERSON:

                   

                   

                    

 

MY THOUGHTS/REVIEW:

MISTRESS from James Patterson and David Ellis is a strange thriller told in first person by a somewhat unusual character. This narrator would be Ben, who is the editor of an online newspaper that runs thanks to his own work and financial support. Ben is often hard to follow as he rambles from one thing to another but I think it is this creative genius in him that makes one intrigued by this character. He also is very much in love with Diana although this is a very one-sided love affair that Diana doesn’t really take part in. When the worst thing imaginable happens for Ben, his life suddenly is turned upside down. “His” Diana is dead. He is understandingly horrified because he actually witnesses her fall from the balcony but refuses to accept that she committed suicide.

It is Ben’s persistent investigations that leads him to find out more about Diana than anyone else knew. What happens next is where the mystery really picks up and things spiral almost out of control, leaving the reader wondering just what is going on. More deaths, with people now connecting them to Ben, gives the plot line a new twist. Ben believes he is the only one who can find the truth, but as has been asked before, can he handle the truth?

The extremely complex plot does give readers reason to almost want to set the book aside with frustration but there is just too much left unanswered and so one reads on. As always, Patterson books have a way of keeping the reader engaged be it the short “let’s read just one more” chapter, or the intriguing characters. MISTRESS is no different but as a stand alone novel, readers don’t have much frame of reference with which to work from to figure this one out. It is a good one to tuck under your arm and finish out these hot summer days with!   

 GIVEAWAY 
THANK YOU TO MITCH AND MY GOOD
FRIENDS AT HACHETTE BOOKS FOR AN

AUDIO BOOK COPY OF MISTRESS

THAT I AM ABLE TO OFFER AS A

GIVEAWAY TO ONE LUCKY READER 

  

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THE PANOPTICON: A REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

  

THE PANOPTICON

BY JENNI FAGAN 

ABOUT THE BOOK: 

A dazzling debut novel by one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists featuring an unforgettable young heroine

Anais Hendricks, fifteen, is in the back of a police car. She is headed for the Panopticon, a home for chronic young offenders. She can't remember what’s happened, but across town a policewoman lies in a coma and Anais’s school uniform is covered in blood.

Raised in foster care from birth and moved through twenty-three placements before she even turned seven, Anais has been let down by just about every adult she has ever met. Now a counter-culture outlaw, she knows that she can only rely on herself. And yet despite the parade of horrors visited upon her early life, she greets the world with the witty, fierce insight of a survivor.

Anais finds a sense of belonging among the residents of the Panopticon – they form intense bonds, and she soon becomes part of an ad hoc family. Together, they struggle against the adults that keep them confined. When she looks up at the watchtower that looms over the residents though, Anais knows her fate: she is an anonymous part of an experiment, and she always was. Now it seems that the experiment is closing in.

Named one of the best books of the year by the Times Literary Supplement and the Scotsman, The Panopticon is an astonishingly haunting, remarkable debut novel. In language dazzling, energetic and pure, it introduces us to a heartbreaking young heroine and an incredibly assured and outstanding new voice in fiction. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

JENNI FAGAN was born in Livingston, Scotland. She graduated from Greenwich University and won a scholarship to the Royal Holloway MFA. A published poet, she has won awards from Arts Council England, Dewar Arts and Scottish Screen among others. She has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, was shortlisted for the Dundee International Book Prize, and was named one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists in 2013. The Panopticon is her first novel.

PRAISE FOR THE PANOPTICON:

“Fagan has given us one of the most spirited heroines to cuss, kiss, bite and generally break the nose of the English novel in many a moon.”--The New York Times

“An exquisite first novel—Jenni Fagan has created a dark, disturbing, yet ultimately hopeful portrait of a young woman growing up alone in the Scottish foster care system.  To say it is haunting is an understatement—I kept wanting to set a place for Anais at the table with the rest of my children.”—Vanessa Diffenbaugh, author of The Language of Flowers

"The best debut novel I've read this year."—Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting

“Very literary and suspenseful. I like books set in an altered reality—one that feels familiar and yet also deeply unfamiliar, that embodies some of the dailiness of life, and yet slowly reveals itself to be a very different, much more sinister place.”—Gillian Flynn, O, The Oprah Magazine

“A heartbreakingly intelligent and sensitive heroine wrapped in an impossibly impenetrable exterior. Readers won’t be able to tear themselves away from this transcendent debut.”—Booklist, starred review

“This dazzling and distinctive novel has at its heart an unstoppable heroine…Fagan’s prose is fierce, funny and brilliant at capturing her heroine’s sparky smartness and vulnerability…Emotionally explosive.”—Marie Clair

MY THOUGHTS/REVIEW: 
Jenni Fagan's debut novel, THE PANOPTICON, is definitely deserving of the praise and awards it has garnered. If for no other reason, the well fleshed out characters, especially the protagonist Anais Hendricks, will capture your heart and interest from the first moment she is introduced. Readers will become so involved in THE PANOPTICON that one will be looking forward hopefully to a sequel. I have just finished the book and hope to post a longer review later but will tell you I highly recommend Fagan's novel, THE PANOPTICON, and hope you won't miss any chance you can to get a copy in your hands. 

GIVEAWAY

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AT CROWN AND RANDOM HOUSE PUBLISHERS,
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LET'S GET COZY! CROSS-STITCH BEFORE DYING: A PREVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

 

CROSS-STITCH BEFORE DYING

An Embroidery Mystery

BY AMANDA LEE

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Embroidery shop owner Marcy Singer is about to find out that show biz and sew biz don’t mix!

Marcy’s mom Beverly is the costume designer for a lavish, Bollywood-style production...and she suggests Tallulah Falls as a great place to shoot part of the film. Everyone at the embroidery shop, and around town, is in a flutter that a glamorous movie production is taking place in their midst. But when the star of the film is found murdered, the police suspect Marcy’s mom, who made it no secret she did not care for the diva’s attitude regarding her wardrobe.

Marcy might as well issue an open call for suspects, because the star had a long list of enemies. To save her mom’s career and keep her from accessorizing with handcuffs, Marcy and her friends will need to stitch together the clues to catch one crafty killer who may have designs on Marcy next...ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Amanda Lee is a pseudonym Gayle Trent is using for the new cozy mystery series featuring a heroine who owns an embroidery shop. The series is set on the Oregon Coast and features Marcy Singer, a spunky, thirty-something, entrepreneur who is handy with a needle.

Amanda/Gayle lives in Southwest Virginia with her husband and two beautiful children, a boy and a girl. She’s a full-time writer/editor/mom/wife and chief cook and bottle washer, and she loves every minute of it. Okay, not the bottle washing so much, but the rest of it is great.

SOME OTHER BOOKS BY AMANDA LEE/GAYLE TRENT:

           

           

                                                   

GIVEAWAY

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WEDNESDAY IS FOR WINNERS!

WELCOME TO BOOKIN' WITH BINGO'S
WINNERS' ANNOUNCEMENT!

THE WINNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED 

BY EMAIL AND HAVE UNTIL NOON 

AUGUST 30, TO REPLY WITH THEIR

INFORMATION OR A NEW WINNER

WILL HAVE TO BE CHOSEN! 

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THE GODDESS INHERITANCE

A Goddess Test Novel

BY AIMEE CARTER

THE WINNER IS:

#34 holdenj

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KILLER AMBITION 

A Rachel Knight Novel

BY MARCIA CLARK

THE WINNER IS:

#4 debbie

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RECIPES ACROSS AMERICA

735 of the Best Recipes from Across the Nation 

TASTE OF HOME BOOKS from 

READER'S DIGEST PUBLISHING

THE WINNER IS:

#72 (Part One) Carol N Wong

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CLOCHE AND DAGGER

  A Hat Shop Mystery

BY JEAN McKINLAY

THE WINNER IS:

#79 Becky

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CRAZY RICH ASIANS 
Read by Lynn Chen 
BY KEVIN KWAN

THE WINNER IS:

#37 Steve Capell

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DEATH AL DENTE

 A Food Lovers Village Mystery

BY LESLIE BUDEWITZ

THE WINNER IS:

#121 Rita

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IF BREAD COULD RISE TO THE OCCASION

 A Country Cooking School Mystery

BY PAIGE SHELTON

THE WINNER IS:

#58 Tammy Cuevas

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