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    Review: Gillian Flynn’s Crime Thriller Trilogy

    by Catherine March 25, 2020
    by Catherine March 25, 2020

    In my opinion, Gillian Flynnโ€™s crime thriller novels entice you in the same way that true crime documentaries do; Making a Murderer isnโ€™t easy watching, but you have to finish it anyway. And I think that Flynnโ€™s three novels Gone…

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    by Rebecca September 13, 2019
    by Rebecca September 13, 2019

    Bruised, broken, lost. Confined to a room in the middle of nowhere with no hope of escaping on your own. Everyone around you seems to be preparing for something. Something big. Something dangerous. And thereโ€™s nothing you can do to…

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    Review: Lady in the Lake

    by Joli August 12, 2019
    by Joli August 12, 2019

    When I was reading about this book and saw that it “combines modern psychological insights with elements of classic noir,” I knew I wanted to read it. It didn’t disappoint! This book was one that was pretty hard to put…

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    Review: The Cutting Room

    by Rebecca June 26, 2019
    by Rebecca June 26, 2019

    When it comes to art, it is often said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. To some, a particular work of art is genius. A masterpiece. To others, it barely qualifies as art. Artists often push the…

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    Review: Before She Knew Him

    by Caleigh March 15, 2019
    by Caleigh March 15, 2019

    I almost always enjoy my TLC picks. Mostly that’s because TLC has great books, but also within Literary Quicksand, we each choose books we think will be a good fit for us to review. But this one – holy, I…

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    Review: You Were Always Mine

    by Rebecca October 22, 2018
    by Rebecca October 22, 2018

    What. A. Thriller. Nicole Baartโ€™s You Were Always Mine is a phenomenal novel. It is brimming with family tensions, heartache, and the unconditional love of a mother for her children. It grabs hold of the reader with raw emotion and…

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    Review: When the Lights Go Out

    by Rebecca September 4, 2018
    by Rebecca September 4, 2018

    When the Lights Go Out is a captivating suspense novel by Mary Kubica, written from the alternating perspectives of two young women: Jessie, a teenage girl trudging through the pain and sorrow of her motherโ€™s impending last breath, and Eden,…

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    Book Review: The Last Thing I Told You

    by Amber July 26, 2018
    by Amber July 26, 2018

    If you’re looking for a well-written dark and twisty thriller, The Last Thing I Told You is a must read. I haven’t read any of Arsenault’s other books, but I have always been a fan of psycho-thrillers. This story revolves…

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    Review: Then She Was Gone

    by Joli June 7, 2018
    by Joli June 7, 2018

    Mysteries and suspense novels aren’t usually my favorite thing to read, but after reading Lisa Jewell’s The Girls in the Garden back in 2016, I knew I wanted to read her new release, Then She Was Gone. I was hearing…

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    Review: My Absolute Darling

    by Joli March 21, 2018
    by Joli March 21, 2018

    Before I begin with this review, please note that there is a trigger warning: child abuse. My library always has a display of books that are new to the rotation. I love heading over there every time I pick up…

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Good morning ๐ŸŒ„ My #coffeeandcurrentlyreading to Good morning ๐ŸŒ„ My #coffeeandcurrentlyreading today is Twice a Daughter by @juliemcgue. I was in the mood for a memoir so I'm glad this was in my #tbr basket!

Blurb:
Julie is adopted. She is also a twin. Because their adoption was closed, she and her sister lack both a health history and their adoption papersโ€•which becomes an issue for Julie when, at forty-eight years old, she finds herself facing several serious health issues.

To launch the probe into her closed adoption, Julie first needs the support of her sister. The twins talk things over, and make a pact: Julie will approach their adoptive parents for the adoption paperwork and investigate search options, and the sisters will split the costs involved in locating their birth relatives. But their adoptive parents aren't happy that their daughters want to locate their birth parentsโ€•and that is only the first of many obstacles Julie will come up against as she digs into her background.

Julie's search for her birth relatives spans years and involves a search agency, a PI, a confidential intermediary, a judge, an adoption agency, a social worker, and a genealogist. By journey's end, what began as a simple desire for a family medical history has evolved into a complicated questโ€•one that unearths secrets, lies, and family members that are literally right next door.

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Hi ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป I'm Joli, for those who haven't yet se Hi ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป I'm Joli, for those who haven't yet seen my face! This is my little corner desk in my little bedroom in my little house, and it's often where I work on the LQ blog!

I have a question for you. Are you a bookstagrammer wishing you had a blog sometimes so you could post longer reviews or book lists? Or maybe you have a book blog and you're interested in posting elsewhere to gain links to your site and expand your blog/writing?

I am always open to guest blog posts and new regular contributors on LQ! I added a link to our Write for Us form in my bio. We get a decent amount of traffic and Google tends to like us (swipe for an example).

So there you have it, just wanted to share this little invite โ˜บ๏ธ. Have a lovely day ๐ŸŒ„

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๐Ÿ“š Book Review ๐Ÿ“š Sometimes a book finds you, ๐Ÿ“š Book Review ๐Ÿ“š

Sometimes a book finds you, and this book found me at the perfect time. Check out my new post the blog to find out why! And to get a review of @chipgaines book on networks. Not networking. (Important difference!) - #LQBecky 

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April 9, 1960 is my sweet mom's birthday. She wasn April 9, 1960 is my sweet mom's birthday. She wasn't a huge reader in her adult life, but she sure did work hard to instill a love of reading in her kids. She read to me every night when I was a girl, and we made it through every one of her collection of Trixie Belden books ๐Ÿ’œ. I'm so happy to have her collection, which she got when she was a girl. 

She died suddenly and unexpectedly in November of 2014 and man, do I miss her. Had to set up this pretty Trixie stack today on her birthday ๐ŸŽ‚.

Sending my love and deep empathy today to anyone else who has lost a mom ๐Ÿ’œ.

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Good morning ๐ŸŒ„ it's supposed to rain here all d Good morning ๐ŸŒ„ it's supposed to rain here all day, AND I have my first cold in over a year ๐Ÿคง. Bleh. But on the positive side, I'm loving my bright and cheery #tbr basket that's full of goodies, and my pup is beautiful as always ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿป. Her name is Freya and she's a black lab mix ๐Ÿ–ค. 

What's coming up on your TBR you're most excited for? I'm looking forward to all of these very much, but The Lost Apothecary is so widely loved and hyped, I probably have to pick that one!

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Funny story: I legitimately thought it was Thursda Funny story: I legitimately thought it was Thursday until I logged into bookstagram and saw @minnesota_mailer's post saying "happy hump day". So thanks for keeping me running on the right day, booksta ๐Ÿ˜‚. Anyway, this beautiful #bookmail showed up at my house yesterday just because I have a Little Free Library! How awesome is that?? @celadonbooks sent out a number of copies for LFLs across the nation. If you're local, you can find THE MAIDENS hitting my LFL on May 1st! Stay tuned for a picture of it going in on that day!

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If you need me...don't bother, I'm busy ๐Ÿ˜‚ #amr If you need me...don't bother, I'm busy ๐Ÿ˜‚

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Happy Easter๐Ÿฐ to those celebrating today! I hop Happy Easter๐Ÿฐ to those celebrating today! I hope you have nice weather and a few sweets ๐Ÿ™ƒ๐Ÿฌ. My 2.5-year-old is just discovering certain candies for the first time and was very excited this morning to find jelly beans in her Easter basket. I borrowed a few for this picture while she was outside with daddy ๐Ÿ˜‚.

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