Falling Behind

Happy Wednesday Everyone!!! So my Traveling Sisters and I decided to try out a new meme today. Usually on Wednesdays we post our Can't Wait Wednesday, but this week we are going to do a post on the books we have fell behind on. Admit it, we have all been there!  Normally we will post this on Friday and call it Falling Behind Friday but we are going to give it a go and see what you think today. Please pop over to  Brenda and Norma at Two Sisters Lost in a Coulee and Christina at Recipe and a Read  

So to answer Bethany's question the story is.... I have failed to read The Exes' Revenge by Jo Jakeman. Quite honestly I can't wait to read this book! It just has fallen through the cracks and gotten lost in the shuffle of all the other books on the TBR pile. No fear though, this is on our list for November for a must read. My Traveling Sisters and I have realized this book needs to be read and soon!

You are so welcome for me getting this 80's song Don't You Forget About Me from The Breakfast Club stuck in your head all day......Don't, Don't, Don't, Don't you......Nope The Exes' Revenge I will not forget about you!

I have heard so much positive feedback on this book and I am expecting a fun, suspense filled ride with a little karma on the side.  I can't wait to read this with a bunch of my Traveling Sisters!!

Goodreads Summary


 A wickedly dark debut thriller about three women who've all been involved with the same man and realize the one thing they have in common is that they all want revenge against him...

Divorces are often messy, and Imogen's is no exception. Phillip Rochester is controlling, abusive, and determined to make things as difficult as possible. When he shows up without warning demanding that Imogen move out of their house by the end of the month or he'll sue for sole custody of their young son, Imogen is ready to snap.

In a moment of madness, Imogen does something unthinkable--something that puts her in control for the first time in years. She's desperate to protect her son and to claim authority over her own life.

But she wasn't expecting both Phillip's ex-wife and new girlfriend to get tangled up in her plans. These three very different women--and unlikely allies--reluctantly team up to take revenge against a man who has wronged them all.

Sneak Peek Sunday

Happy Sunday my peeps! It is once again time for Sneak Peek Sunday! This is a time when I give you a sneak peek into what myself and my Traveling Sisters are planning on reading together soon. Please pop over to see what Norma and Brenda at Two Sisters lost in a Coulee and Christina at Recipe and a Read have to say.

I was casually scrolling through NetGalley, minding my own business and then I saw it. Holy crap, The Hiding Place by C.J. Tudor was up for request! I could not hit request fast enough.

Word spread quickly between the Traveling Sisters as we awaited to be approved. Since The Chalk Man was such a creepy, chilling read, I am sure Tudor  is going to have a wild ride awaiting us with her latest. Then I got approved.............

 I can't wait to see what my Traveling Sisters have to say about this one. Check out the blurb for this chilling thriller and see what you think. Who has read this one already??? I would love to hear your thoughts on it.

Goodreads Summary

The thrilling second novel from the author of The Chalk Man, about a teacher with a hidden agenda who returns to settle scores at a school he once attended, only to uncover a darker secret than he could have imagined.

Joe never wanted to come back to Arnhill. After the way things ended with his old gang--the betrayal, the suicide, the murder--and after what happened when his sister went missing, the last thing he wanted to do was return to his hometown. But Joe doesn't have a choice. Because judging by what was done to that poor Morton kid, what happened all those years ago to Joe's sister is happening again. And only Joe knows who is really at fault.

Lying his way into a teaching job at his former high school is the easy part. Facing off with former friends who are none too happy to have him back in town--while avoiding the enemies he's made in the years since--is tougher. But the hardest part of all will be returning to that abandoned mine where it all went wrong and his life changed forever, and finally confronting the shocking, horrifying truth about Arnhill, his sister, and himself. Because for Joe, the worst moment of his life wasn't the day his sister went missing.

It was the day she came back.

With the same virtuosic command of character and pacing she displayed in The Chalk Man, CJ Tudor has once again crafted an extraordinary novel that brilliantly blends harrowing psychological suspense, a devilishly puzzling mystery, and enough shocks and thrills to satisfy even the most seasoned reader.

Sadie by Courtney Summers

I loved this book!!! 5 flipping fabulous stars!!

Sadie has lived a hard life, is the understatement of the year. We join up with Sadie when she is 19 and her sister would have been 13. Except Sadie's little sister was murdered and the killer is on the loose. Sadie's heart and soul has gone into raising her younger sister after their drug addicted mother Claire took off and escaped to Los Angeles. A child herself at 16, Sadie steps in to raise Mattie so they will not have to be separated by foster care. Mattie is all Sadie has in this life. Sadie is all Mattie has, except Mattie still idolized her mother as she was too young to see the truth.

Sadie completely falls apart upon learning of the death of Mattie. Sadie is on a mission hell bent on making the murderer pay. You see, Sadie knows who killed Mattie, it is someone from their past. She just doesn't know where to find him.

This book is so unique. The author has you following along with Sadie's journey as she hunts down the killer in Sadie's own chapters. Yet we also are following along with a radio podcast being put on by a fellow named West McCray. The podcasts are reporting the search for Sadie as she now has gone missing. So they are retracing all Sadie's steps along the way. I loved the podcast chapters, there was so much personality and it was so entertaining as they interviewed people that Sadie had come into contact with.

I loved this book! I did not pick up this book as an ARC because quite frankly I did not want to read a YA. Well then all the rave reviews started rolling in from people that I know read the same type of books I do and they loved it. So I picked up my copy of Sadie and whoa this is not your typical YA. There was a lot of hard core, not so pretty details. These details made you feel like you were right there with Sadie. I was rooting for Sadie all the way.

I read this with a group of my Traveling Sisters and Traveling Friends and everyone seemed to love it. We checked in and discussed our feelings on it and the podcast feature was quite the hit as was Sadie herself. Not everyone was too keen on the ending, which I totally understand. I personally loved the ending and thought it was a very clever and a thought provoking way to wrap it up. My lips are sealed, I can't say anymore, you need to read it yourself and see if you agree! Highly recommend Sadie girl!!! P.S. I love this cover! That crisp white with the red is so attractive. Yes I love my pretty covers!

Can't Wait Wednesday

Seriously, how is it Wednesday again, already?! Well you know what time it is........yep it is time for Can't Wait Wednesday! It is a time when I tell you about a book that myself and my Traveling Sisters are really excited about and we are going to read  together.  A couple weeks ago Brenda and Norma @twosistersinacoulee asked all the Traveling Sisters if they wanted a copy of One Day in December by Josie Silver........see my reaction below

Umm....yes please!!!  I am so excited that I got a copy. Pop in to see what Norma and Brenda at Two Sisters Lost in a Coulee and Christina at Recipe and a Read have to say about it.

So anyone that reads my reviews knows that I am a thriller book type of girl. Hence, the name of my blog. Every so often though I like to get a little crazy and shake things up a bit and read a different genre. You know, one where someone doesn't have to die...anyways, this looked like the perfect book. The story line sounds intriguing and fun, the title leads us to believe it takes place in December- which is right around the corner! Have you seen the cover? I ask again, have you seen that drop dead gorgeous cover? I am a sucker for a good cover.

Best of all, it is getting great reviews on Goodreads. I really can't wait to read this with my Traveling Sisters. I am sure it is going to be a hit!

Goodreads summary
 A love story about what happens after you meet, or rather, don't meet the one.

Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn't exist anywhere but the movies. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there's a moment of pure magic...and then her bus drives away.

Certain they're fated to find each other again, Laurie spends a year scanning every bus stop and cafe in London for him. But she doesn't find him, not when it matters anyway. Instead they "reunite" at a Christmas party, when her best friend Sarah giddily introduces her new boyfriend to Laurie. It's Jack, the man from the bus. It would be.

What follows for Laurie, Sarah and Jack is ten years of friendship, heartbreak, missed opportunities, roads not taken, and destinies reconsidered. One Day in December is a joyous, heartwarming and immensely moving love story to escape into and a reminder that fate takes inexplicable turns along the route to happiness.