Kate’s 2¢: “Quiet In Her Bones” by Nalini Singh

“Quiet In Her Bones” by Nalini Singh

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   The narrative arc of this psychological thriller is well done. It will keep you turning this way, then that, until you’re not sure who’s who or which end is up.

   This story was read by Raj Varma. He has a very thick accent as he speaks the various dialects. https://www.audible.com

The narrator, Indian-born and English educated, Author: Nalini Singh | Narrator: Raj Varma Release Date: February 23, 2021 In this gripping thriller set in New Zealand, New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh takes you into the twisted world of an exclusive cul-de-sac located on the edge of a sprawling forest.

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Of Indian descent, Nalini Singh was born in 1977 in Rotuma, and moved to New Zealand as a child.[1] She attended Mount Roskill Grammar School.

Writing[edit]

In 1999, Singh placed third in the Romance Writers of New Zealand’s “Clendon Award”. Then in 2001 her manuscript “Coaxing the Sheik” won the Jane Porter Award for highest-placed Mills and Boon, as well as the Clendon Award’s Readers’ Choice Award that year.[2] It went on to be her first book sale as “Desert Warrior”, sold to Silhouette Desire in September 2002 (published in 2003).

Her books have appeared on the New York Times best-sellers list,[3] the USA Today best-sellers list,[4] and the Publishers Weekly best-sellers list.[5]

She has won several other awards including the Sir Julius Vogel Award for best novella/novelette (twice, in 2008 and 2009).[6] Alpha Night won the Favourite Paranormal Romance at the 2020 Australian Romance Readers Awards.[7]

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Quiet in her bones DB102275

Singh, Nalini. Reading time: 11 hours, 40 minutes.

Read by Raj Varma.

Suspense Fiction

Mystery and Detective Stories

Ten years ago, New Zealand socialite Nina Rai disappeared without a trace–along with a quarter of a million dollars in cash. Everyone assumed another runaway trophy wife. Now her bones are found in the woods surrounding her elite neighborhood and secrets of privileged families are revealed. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.

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Kate’s 2¢:” The House Across the Lake” by  Riley Sager

“The House Across the Lake” by  Riley Sager

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   It is obvious from the beginning that Casey has a deeper problem than drinking.  What is so troubling that she drinks? When all is revealed, the ending is exciting and poetically just.

–The house across the lake is Made of glass, steel, and stone, it reflects the chilly water and the grey autumn sky, using them to  mask whatever was happening inside.

–No matter how much you look, something just below the surface will always remain hidden.

–Why bother if you’re not going to give it your all.

–What was fuzzy to the naked eye, is now crystal clear with the binoculars.

–Any reflective surface was capable of capturing a soul.

–The sunset makes the water sparkle like pink champagne, but I know it’s not.

–Len lurks down there, waiting for another victim.

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Todd Ritter, also known under the nom de plume of Riley Sager and Alan Finn, is an American author of thriller novels.

(Note that Riley Sager is a pseudonym used by the male author Todd Ritter, however as Todd seems to be marketing the pseudonym as a female we are addressing “Riley Sager” as if it is a female until we can get confirmation otherwise) There are those that are born with a silver spoon, or so an idiom soberly pipes.

   Ritter grew up in a ranch-style house in Pennsylvania.[3] Before becoming a full-time novelist Ritter worked as a journalist, editor and graphic designer.[4][5]

Writing career[edit]

As of 2022 Ritter has released six novels as Sager and three novels under his real name, the latter of which make up the Kat Campbell series.[6] Ritter has also released one novel under the penname Alan Finn, Things Half in Shadow.[7] He referenced the choice to write under the name Sager, stating that “since we were looking for a new publisher, one could argue that editors would be willing to go with someone who had a clean slate, rather than a critically acclaimed author with a spotty sales record.”[8] The author’s website for “Riley Sager” initially lacked an author photo or any gender identifying language, including pronouns.[9] This has since changed, as the current website features a photo of Ritter and uses male pronouns.[10]

www.rileysagerbooks.com

As Riley Sager[edit]

• Final Girls (2017)[11][12][13]

• The Last Time I Lied (2018)[14][15]

• Lock Every Door (2019)[16][17]

• Home Before Dark (2020)[18][19]

• Survive the Night (2021)[20][21]

• The House Across the Lake (2022)[22][23]

As Todd Ritter[edit]

Kat Campbell series[edit]

1. Death Notice (2010)[24][25]

2. Bad Moon (2011, also released as Death Falls)[26]

3. Devil’s Night (2013, also released as Death Night)[27][28]

As Alan Finn[edit]

• Things Half in Shadow (2014)[29]

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

The house across the lake: a novel DB108524

Sager, Riley. Reading time: 11 hours, 7 minutes.

Read by Bernadette Dunne.

Suspense Fiction

Mystery and Detective Stories

“Be careful what you watch for . . . Casey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press, has retreated to the peace and quiet of her family’s lake house in Vermont. Armed with a pair of binoculars and several bottles of bourbon, she passes the time watching Tom and Katherine Royce, the glamorous couple living in the house across the lake. They make for good viewing–a tech innovator, Tom is powerful; and a former model, Katherine is gorgeous. One day on the lake, Casey saves Katherine from drowning, and the two strike up a budding friendship. But the more they get to know each other–and the longer Casey watches–it becomes clear that Katherine and Tom’s marriage isn’t as perfect as it appears. When Katherine suddenly vanishes, Casey immediately suspects Tom of foul play. What she doesn’t realize is that there’s more to the story than meets the eye–and that shocking secrets can lurk beneath the most placid of surfaces. Packed with sharp characters, psych

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Kate’s 2¢: “The Poison Jungle” by Tui Sutherland

“The Poison Jungle” by Tui Sutherland

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   This could be a real scary story for the younger readers. Not only does this story have the Queen Wasp that is turning all the critters into zombies with white eyes, the plants the children might know are poisonous and very large.

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Tui T. Sutherland (born July 31, 1978 in Caracas, Venezuela)[1] is a Venezuelan-American children’s book author who has also written under the pen name Heather Williams. She shares another pen name, Erin Hunter, with writers Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, and others when they collaborate with editor Victoria Holmes on the Seekers and Warriors series of novels. She is also known for writing the Wings of Fire series of novels.

In 2009, she appeared as a contestant on Jeopardy!, becoming a two-day champion and winning a grand total of $46,200.[2]

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Early life[edit]

Tui T. Sutherland was born on July 31, 1978 in Caracas, Venezuela. Her mother, who is from New Zealand named her after the tui, a bird native to that country. Sutherland lived in Asuncion, Paraguay; Miami, Florida; and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; before moving to New Jersey in high school. While in high school she began doing theater, which consisted mostly of backstage work.[3]

Sutherland graduated from Williams College in 1998, after which she abandoned her ideas of a career in theater in favor of a career in fiction writing, which she found to be more stable.[3]

Personal life[edit]

Sutherland lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with her husband and their two children.[3]

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

The poison jungle: Wings of fire DB103875

Sutherland, Tui. Reading time: 7 hours, 28 minutes.

Read by Shannon McManus.

Fantasy Fiction

The surviving LeafWings hide in the Poison Jungle, waiting for a dragon clever and powerful enough to exact their revenge–and now they are searching for the jungle’s oldest and darkest mystery, one that could destroy them all. Sequel to The Hive Queen (DB 103871). Commercial audiobook. For grades 4-7. 2019.

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 Kate’s 2¢: “The Dangerous Gift: Wings of Fire” by Tui Southerland

“The Dangerous Gift: Wings of Fire” by Tui Southerland

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   In this episode, Queen Snowfall grows from a self-centered, paranoid brat into an experienced girl, worthy of being a Queen.

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Tui T. Sutherland (born July 31, 1978 in Caracas, Venezuela)[1] is a Venezuelan-American children’s book author who has also written under the pen name Heather Williams. She shares another pen name, Erin Hunter, with writers Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, and others when they collaborate with editor Victoria Holmes on the Seekers and Warriors series of novels. She is also known for writing the Wings of Fire series of novels.

In 2009, she appeared as a contestant on Jeopardy!, becoming a two-day champion and winning a grand total of $46,200.[2]

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Early life[edit]

Tui T. Sutherland was born on July 31, 1978 in Caracas, Venezuela. Her mother, who is from New Zealand named her after the tui, a bird native to that country. Sutherland lived in Asuncion, Paraguay; Miami, Florida; and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; before moving to New Jersey in high school. While in high school she began doing theater, which consisted mostly of backstage work.[3]

Sutherland graduated from Williams College in 1998, after which she abandoned her ideas of a career in theater in favor of a career in fiction writing, which she found to be more stable.[3]

Personal life[edit]

Sutherland lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with her husband and their two children.[3]

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

The dangerous gift: Wings of fire DB103868

Sutherland, Tui. Reading time: 7 hours, 54 minutes.

Read by Shannon McManus.

Fantasy Fiction

Snowfall attempts to keep her tribe within IceWings territory, where it’s safe and isolated from others–until a storm of unidentified dragons flies in from the ocean, looking for asylum. Sequel to The Poison Jungle (DB 103875). Commercial audiobook. For grades 4-7. 2021.

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Kate’s 2¢:  “Talons of Power: Wings of Fire” by Tui Southerland

“Talons of Power: Wings of Fire” by Tui Southerland

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   Have you ever wondered what someone is thinking about you?  The dragonets are finding out about this dark magic  from a very, very old dark dragon.

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Tui T. Sutherland (born July 31, 1978 in Caracas, Venezuela)[1] is a Venezuelan-American children’s book author who has also written under the pen name Heather Williams. She shares another pen name, Erin Hunter, with writers Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, and others when they collaborate with editor Victoria Holmes on the Seekers and Warriors series of novels. She is also known for writing the Wings of Fire series of novels.

In 2009, she appeared as a contestant on Jeopardy!, becoming a two-day champion and winning a grand total of $46,200.[2]

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Early life[edit]

Tui T. Sutherland was born on July 31, 1978 in Caracas, Venezuela. Her mother, who is from New Zealand named her after the tui, a bird native to that country. Sutherland lived in Asuncion, Paraguay; Miami, Florida; and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; before moving to New Jersey in high school. While in high school she began doing theater, which consisted mostly of backstage work.[3]

Sutherland graduated from Williams College in 1998, after which she abandoned her ideas of a career in theater in favor of a career in fiction writing, which she found to be more stable.[3]

Personal life[edit]

Sutherland lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with her husband and their two children.[3]

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Talons of power: Wings of fire DB97833

Sutherland, Tui. Reading time: 7 hours, 54 minutes.

Read by Shannon McManus.

Friendship Fiction

Adventure

Fantasy Fiction

The war is over. The false prophecy has been fulfilled. But the dragonets still have enemies. A dark evil, buried for centuries, is stirring. Sequel to Escaping Peril (DB 97832). Commercial audiobook. For grades 4-7. 2016.

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Kate’s 2¢: “The Keeper of Happy Endings” by Barbara Davis

“The Keeper of Happy Endings” by Barbara Davis

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   I like the snippets of wisdom provided by the elder seamstress that begins almost every chapter.

— the ability to channel a person’s story…one’s echoes..through her finger-tips.

–Faith is the corner-stone of all magic.

— Ours is not to repeat the past, but to learn from it.

–Over distance, over time, Whatever trials might come, may the echoes of these once lost  hearts be forever joined as one.

   I enjoyed this story and absolutely love the happy, yet surprising, ending.

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Barbara Davis is a mystery, history and literary fiction author from New England though she was raised in the south. After fifteen years of schlepping a briefcase and wearing heels while working as a jewelry industry executive, she decided to follow her dreams.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

The keeper of happy endings DB108200

Davis, Barbara. Reading time: 12 hours, 39 minutes.

Read by Dolly Lewis.

Historical Fiction

“Soline Roussel is well schooled in the business of happy endings. For generations her family has kept an exclusive bridal salon in Paris, where magic is worked with needle and thread. It’s said that the bride who wears a Roussel gown is guaranteed a lifetime of joy. But devastating losses during World War II leave Soline’s world and heart in ruins and her faith in love shaken. She boxes up her memories, stowing them away, along with her broken dreams, determined to forget. Decades later, while coping with her own tragic loss, aspiring gallery owner Rory Grant leases Soline’s old property and discovers a box containing letters and a vintage wedding dress, never worn. When Rory returns the mementos, an unlikely friendship develops, and eerie parallels in Rory’s and Soline’s lives begin to surface. It’s clear that they were destined to meet — and that Rory may hold the key to righting a forty-year wrong and opening the door to shared healing and, perhaps, a little magic.” — Provided by the publisher.

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Kate’s 2¢: “After Dark with The Duke” by Julie Anne Long

“After Dark with The Duke” by Julie Anne Long

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,    describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   The sexual tension is palpable throughout the story, even after they are intimate.

   I don’t know about the Historical part of this fictional story, but the Romance part lives up to a happy ending, as is traditional for the genre.

–Truth didn’t matter to those who have feasted upon judgement like wolves on lamb.

From www.julieannelong.com

Julie Anne Long is an American author of historical and contemporary romance novels. She writes the Pennyroyal Green series and the Hellcat Canyon series. Long began writing at a young age – the first thing she wrote was a book about apples, drawn with crayons.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

After dark with the duke DB108779

Long, Julie Anne, (Romance author). Reading time: 9 hours, 14 minutes.

Read by Justine Eyre.

Historical Fiction

Romance

“She arrives in the dead of night, a mob out for blood at her heels: Mariana Wilde, the “Harlot of Haywood Street,” an opera diva brought low by a duel fought for her favors. But the ladies of the Grand Palace on the Thames think they can make a silk purse from scandal: They’ll restore her reputation and share in her triumph… provided they can keep her apart from that other guest. Coldly brilliant, fiercely honorable, General James Duncan Blackmore, the Duke of Valkirk, is revered, feared, desired… but nobody truly knows him. Until a clash with a fiery, vulnerable beauty who stands for everything he scorns lays him bare. It’s too clear the only cure for consuming desire is conquest, but their only chance at happiness could lead to their destruction. The legendary duke never dreamed love would be his last battleground. Valkirk would lay down his life for Mariana, but his choice is stark: risk losing her forever, or do the one thing he vowed he never would… surrender.” — Provided

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Kate’s 2¢: “Modern Japanese short stories” by etal   Lippit

“Modern Japanese short stories” by etal   Lippit

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   Excerpts: The theme of a Mother eloping with her lover, from the author’s own experience…realistic descriptions of customs and circumstances in present day rural and urban Japan; the social confusion that followed the surrender of 1945 and criticism of the Japanese veneration of the elderly…best known for half humorous, half pathetic sketches of unimportant people and their eccentricities; part essay and part fiction…neo-sensualism; describes a young dancing girl wrapped in the sentimental atmosphere of his youth; ephemeral beauty of worldly things; solitude, loneliness and the vanity of things  cast their shadows over his works…The awakening of the hero that he is homosexual and that it will color his life; a penetrating account of a young acolyte whose unbalanced life becomes absorbed with the beauty of the temple, which he lights on fire.

   I enjoyed all of these stories and the poignancy of humanness that they reveal.

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Noriko Mizuta Lippit. Born. August 19, 1937. edit data. Noriko Mizuta (水田 宗子 Mizuta Noriko, born August 19, 1937) is the chancellor of Jōsai University and Josai International University in Japan. She is a scholar of comparative literature, having trained at Tokyo Women’s University and Yale University. She was awarded the Pro Cultura Hungarica prize in 2011 and the …

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Modern Japanese short stories: twenty-five short stories by Japan’s leading writers DB101916

Lippit, Seiji M; Seidensticker, Edward; Sargent, Geoffrey W; Morris, Ivan; Saito, George. Reading time: 20 hours, 9 minutes.

Read by Doug Tisdale Jr..

Short Stories

A collection of Japanese literary short stories in translation. These stories cover a range of styles and subjects. A spider tattoo brings unexpected changes. A Buddhist priest finds his path to enlightenment in an unusual way. A widow regrets remarrying. Strong language and some violence. 1962.

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Kate’s 2¢: “All American Christmas” by Rachel Campos-Duffyand others

“All American Christmas” by Rachel Campos-Duffyand others

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   This is an interesting collection of diverse ways various celebrities celebrated Christmas with their families and what they brought forward to their immediate families. I like trying the recipes that are included in the book.

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All American Christmas DB106141

Campos-Duffy, Rachel; Watters, Jesse; Duffy, Sean Reading time: 6 hours, 34 minutes.

Peter Doocy

Biography

Journalism and the Media

Bestsellers

Holidays

The authors explore Christmas traditions from across the United States, presenting a collection of emotional stories and recipes from Fox News personalities. Includes contributions from Dana Perino, Maria Bartiromo, Brit Hume, Lauren Green, and others. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2021.

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Kate’s 2¢: “The language of butterflies: how thieves, hoarders, scientists, and other obsessives unlocked the secrets of the world’s favorite insect” by Wendy Williams; Angela Brazil,

“The language of butterflies: how thieves, hoarders, scientists, and other obsessives unlocked the secrets of the world’s favorite insect” by Wendy Williams; Angela Brazil,

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   This was, actually, a very interesting story. Some information was common knowledge and other facts were amazing to know

A few take-outs:

–A lepidopteran epiphany, an entire universe opened up

–The language of butterflies is the language of color

–Each is finely adapted to the ecosystem in which it lives.

–Most animals are multi-celluar and mobile. Most planats are multi-cellular and not mobile. Of course, there are exceptions to this rule of thumb.

–Monarch butterflies have one non-negotiable requirement: they need milkweed plants.

–Butterflies have been around since flowers and their proboscis is adapted to its favorite flower.

–Moths do not need flowers.

–The orange on a Monarch’s wings is a warning to stay away.

Chemical Ecology is a new branch of science.

–chemists have isolated the poison from the butterfly and found the identical toxin in milkweed.

–To preserve the butterfilies, you need to know what it likes to eat, where it likes to hang-out, and all about its life-style.

–Controled burns are not allowed to burn more than 50 acres at a time and must be out by sunset.

–Circadian rhythms are day and night. Circannual rhythms are seasonal

–The butterfliy has an innate molecule that, if it is a night molecule, it breaks down by morning, so the butterfly knows what time it is.

–Monarchs can learn and change their behavior, as long as milkweed is available.

–Along the central flyway, environmentalists are planting milkweed and other flowers to nutur the butterflies on their migration.

   In my weekly newspaper coloum for July 31, 1996, I wrote:      By the way, if you’re interested in attracting butterflies to your garden, plant the butterfly weed (asclepias tuberosa), a member of the milkweed family along with favorites such as lantana, zinnia, aster, cosmos, French marigold, coreopsis, purple corn-flower, and verbena.              To provide nectar throughout the entire growing season, plant azaleas in Spring, buddleia in Summer, and mums in the Fall.

            You might be able to entice some butterfly species to winter over if you hang a slender wooden box with side slits for access and bark strips inside to cling to.

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The language of butterflies: how thieves, hoarders, scientists, and other obsessives unlocked the secrets of the world’s favorite insect DB102826

Williams, Wendy; Brazil, Angela. Reading time: 8 hours, 40 minutes.

Read by Angela Brazil.

Animals and Wildlife

Nature and the Environment

Reveals the world of butterflies. Discusses their influence on scientific research, specializations within species, and the fascination they have for humans. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.

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