Goodreads Monday: The Girl Inside by Karyn Masters

2023-03-132023-02-13 ~ Jolie ~ Leave a comment

This is a weekly meme where anyone can choose a random book from their Goodreads TBR and highlight it. This meme was formerly featured on LaurensPageTurners and was taken over by Budget Tales Book Blog.

Greta Kavanagh has an exciting career as an interior designer for some of the most spectacular plantations in Louisiana. Her husband, Jax, owns an established psychiatry practice. Happily married and successful, you could say they have a bright future ahead of them. Of course, some things aren’t always as they appear. Jax has a patient, Evangeline, who is obsessed with him. She can’t decide whether she wants to love him, kill him, or destroy his life.

Evangeline has a tumultuous personality. She is unpredictable and only has one thing on her mind, abolishing anything that threatens her happiness. As Jax’s patient, she does more than confide in him, she falls under his spell, and they have secrets they’ll do anything to protect.

Is there more than meets the eye between doctor and patient? Is Jax living a lie?

This psychological thriller, with its numerous twists and turns, raises constant questions throughout the story, such as: Who is this mysterious woman? Where did she come from? Is she dangerous? How is she tied to Jax?

Is Greta a pawn in their game, or is she the queen?

Bookish Travels—February 2023 Desinations

2023-02-282023-02-27 ~ Jolie ~ 5 Comments

I saw this meme on It’s All About Books and thought, I like this!! So, I decided to do it once a month also. Many thanks to Yvonne for initially posting this!!

This post is what it says: Places I travel to in books each month. Books are lovely and take you to places you would never get to. That includes places of fantasy too!!

Bon Voyage!!

Please let me know if you have read these books or traveled to these areas.

Oremanta

United States

**New York (New York City, Long Island)**

**New York (New York City, Brooklyn)**, Pennsylvania (the Poconos), Indiana(Terre Haute, Indianapolis), Missouri (St. Louis, Kansas City), Oklahoma (Tulsa, Oklahoma City), Texas (Amarillo), Arizona (Bisbee, Tucson), New Mexico (Socorro, Las Cruces)

**New York (New York City, Hudson Valley)**

**Pennsylvania (Oak Plains, Pittsburgh)**, **Georgia (Mapleville)**

**California (Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Malibu, Santa Monica)**

**Alaska** **(Juneau), California (Los Angeles), New York (New York City)**

**Texas (San Antonio, Fort Hope,** **Fredericksburg, Austin, Stonewall, Johnson City)**

**Illinois (Chicago), Pacific Northwest (Beckett Island)**

**Massachusetts (Waltham, Watertown, Boston)**, **Montana**

**Texas (Williamson County, Austin), California (Orange County)**

**Illinois (Chicago, Joliet), Ohio (Mercy)**

**Massachusetts** (**Boston)**, **New York (New York City)**

Scotland

**Scottish Highlands, Glasgow, Ullapool, Lairg**

Afghanistan

Mexico

China

Zem’

Rusti

England

Aiol

**Pergamon**, **Aeolia, Malea**, **Aigiriossa**

Shantawi

Anatole

Russia

Uzbekistan

Columbia

Lightlark

Wilding

Valcora

The Netherlands

Switzerland

Andras

February 2023 Wrap Up

2023-02-272023-02-25 ~ Jolie ~ Leave a comment

Here is what I read/posted in February.

As always, let me know if you have read any of these books and (if you did) what you thought of them.

Books I Read:

**ARC from Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine, Ballantine Books**

**ARC from St. Martin’s Press, St. Martin’s Griffin**

**ARC from St. Martin’s Press, Wednesday Books**

Books I got from NetGalley:

**Invite from Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine, Bantam**

**Invite from Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine, Dell**

**Read Now from St. Martin’s Press, St. Martin’s Griffin**

**Invite from St. Martin’s Press, Minotaur Books**

**Wish granted from Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine, Dell**

**Wished granted from Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine, Del Rey**

**Limited time Read Now from Sourcebooks Fire**

**Read now from St. Martin’s Press, Wednesday Books**

Books I got from Authors/Indie Publishers:

Giveaway Winners

Books Reviewed:

Murder Up to Bat by Elizabeth McKenna—Review Here

Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire—Review Here

The Second You’re Single by Cara Tanamachi—Review Here

Jackal by Erin E. Adams—Review Here

The Drift by C.J. Tudor—Review Here

Not Your Ex’s Hexes by April Asher—Review Here

After the Music by Elena Goudelias—Review Here

Unnatural History by Jonathan Kellerman—Review Here

Take the Lead by Alexis Daria—Review Here

Once a Killer by Margaret Watson—Review Here

The Family Game by Catherine Steadman—Review Here

The Tracks We Leave by Maggie Maxfield—Review Here

Angeline by Anna Quinn—Review Here

Where Darkness Blooms by Andrea Hannah—Review Here

Reading Challenges

Buzzword Reading Challenge (Life and Death)—Death’s Queen—Finished 2-17-2023

Buzzword Reading Challenge (Verbs)—Deadly Awakening—Finished 2-18-2023

2023 Sami Parker Reads Title Challenge (book with direction in title)— Southern Rocker Boy—Finished 2-20-2023

2023 Sami Parker Reads Title Challenge (book with a season in title)—Summer’s Deadly Kiss—Finished 2-18-2023

Cover Scavenger Hunt (A Door)—Kurtain Motel—Finished 1-31-2023

The StoryGraph’s Onboarding Reading Challenge 2023 (Read a book you discovered via the community page)—Fine or Punishment—Finished 2-14-2023

The StoryGraph Reads the World 2023 (Columbia)—Lightlark—Finished 2-15-2023

The StoryGraph’s Genre Challenge 2023 (a nonfiction book about startups)—Lost and Founder by Rand Fishkin—Finished 2-2-2023

Beat the Backlist 2023 (cozy read or cover)—Her Long Walk Home—2-16-2023

Scavenger Hunt TBR Book Challenge (What color was on the previous prompt’s book’s cover? Read a book with the complimentary color on the cover)—The Demon Deception—Finished 2-3-2023

Scavenger Hunt (book written by a man using a woman’s perspective)—When They Came—Finished 2-9-2023

Popsugar Reading Challenge 2023 (A book you bought from an independent bookstore)—The Happy Chip—Finished 2-3-2023

2023 TBR Toppler (The newest book you own)—A Duke for All Seasons—Finished 2-8-2023

2023 Monthly Themes (Fantastical February)—Nostalgic Rain—Finished 1-30-2023

2023 Reading Challenge (A red book. Can have red on the cover or in the title)—My Sister and I—Finished 2-8-2023

2023 ABC Challenge ( B)—The Billionaire Shifter’s Curvy Match––Finished 2-11-2023

Romanceopoly 2023 (Free Choice)—A Guide to Being Just Friends—Finished 1-21-2023

2023 TBR Prompts (A book from an author you love)—Capture Me––Finished 1-14-2023

Top Ten Tuesday—Purple, Yellow and/or Green Covers

2021-02-18 ~ Jolie ~ 2 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

How it works:

She assigns each Tuesday a topic and then posts her top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join her and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.

I know I am late with my TTT (being Thursday….oops). But I have a good reason. I had appointments out of the wahoo Tuesday and couldn’t sit down to write this post until today. So, here it is. Hope you enjoy it!!

Please leave a comment about what your favorite purple, yellow, green covered books are!!

1 The Sweet Taste of Sin by Ember Casey