Welcome to another Tuesday celebrating bookish events, First Chapter/Intros, hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea; and Teaser Tuesdays hosted by The Purple Booker.
Today’s feature is a NetGalley e-ARC from Patti Callahan Henry: The Bookshop at Water’s End, a story about the women who spent their childhood summers in a small southern town and discover it harbors secrets as lush as the marshes that surround it…
Intro: (Prologue – Mimi the Bookseller)
We are defined by the moods and whims of a wild tidal river surrounding our small town, cradling us in its curved basin. We don’t shape it; it shapes us. The gray-blue water brings us what it will and only when it desires. One sweltering, languid afternoon as I shelved dusty paperbacks, I looked up to see a ghost. The girl was the spitting image of a woman I knew years ago—too many summers ago to count. It could have been another whim of the river.
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Teaser: (Lainey McKay) Once Daisy had run off to find George and Piper, I tossed the letters back into the box. I carried it all to the garage and then used my phone to video chat with Tim so he could see I was about to set up my studio (46%).
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Synopsis: Bonny Blankenship’s most treasured memories are of idyllic summers spent in Watersend, South Carolina, with her best friend, Lainey McKay. Amid the sand dunes and oak trees draped with Spanish moss, they swam and wished for happy-ever-afters, then escaped to the local bookshop to read and whisper in the glorious cool silence. Until the night that changed everything, the night that Lainey’s mother disappeared.
Now, in her early fifties, Bonny is desperate to clear her head after a tragic mistake threatens her career as an emergency room doctor, and her marriage crumbles around her. With her troubled teenage daughter, Piper, in tow, she goes back to the beloved river house, where she is soon joined by Lainey and her two young children. During lazy summer days and magical nights, they reunite with bookshop owner Mimi, who is tangled with the past and its mysteries. As the three women cling to a fragile peace, buried secrets and long ago loves return like the tide.
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What do you think? Would you keep reading?
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I finished this yesterday so I know you’re in for a treat. I really enjoyed it.
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Thanks, Mary, I am happy you enjoyed it…I have loved several books by this author, and the sound of this one really grabs me.
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Yes, I would keep reading. This is on my TBR list. Enjoy!
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Thanks, Heather, I hope to start it later this week. Enjoy!
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Anything with bookshop in the title is a must check out for me, and this is an author I’ve been wanting to try.
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I feel the same way, Catherine…could there be anything better than a “bookish” setting? And then water, too. Looking forward to it; thanks for stopping by, and enjoy.
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I really want to read this one. I fell in love with the cover. The perfect summer read and it’s close to the top of my list!
My TT from Iced
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Thanks, Laura, I agree that the cover drew me in, too, and I love the sound of the blurb. Thanks for stopping by.
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I would! I really like the second teaser.
Mine: https://storytreasury.wordpress.com/2017/06/26/teaser-tuesday-thinking-machines/
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Thanks, Sonia, the second teaser kept my interest, too, wondering what it was all about.
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This book sounds fantastic! I don’t usually go for first person POV but I want to read this book. Thanks for sharing this one!
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Thanks, Sheery, I find that I really enjoy first person POV these days. I feel as though I am in the MC’s head. Enjoy!
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Sounds a little complicated and angsty for me. I hope you enjoy it. This week I am reading The Reluctant Queen by Sarah Beth Durst. Happy reading!
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Thanks for visiting, Kathy, and I like the complexity and the angst, I think. LOL. Enjoy yours!
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So get the need to escape to clear your mind and what better place by the sounds of it.
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Thanks, Emma, I completely agree! Enjoy your reading.
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I’d keep reading. I’m kind of curious about those letters.
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Thanks, Laura, I am curious, too. Enjoy your reading.
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