I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Did some of you in the States get a lot of rain? We got quite the soaking Sunday night and I think we also managed to already hit 100 degrees. I don’t mind the rain but that heat. Bring on the popsicles!

Anyway so sorry for being the absent blogger again friends but between feeling tired from the heat and just some crazy work stuff, I haven’t felt much like blogging or crafting even. I think right now, what’s on my mind is vacation and that’s all I’m focusing on but there are some great things going on so I need to remember to pay attention to those joyful moments as well.

One of those being new books. So glad books can always brighten my day. Here are the latest books to arrive on my doorstep:

The Good Sister by Gillian McAllister. Martha and Becky Blackwater are more than sisters–they’re each other’s lifelines. When Martha finds herself struggling to balance early motherhood and her growing business, Becky steps in to babysit her niece, Layla, without a second thought, bringing the two women closer than ever. But then the unthinkable happens, and Becky is charged with murder.

Invitation to Die by Barbara Cleverly. Cambridge, 1924 in early summertime. May Balls, punting on the Cam, flirting and dancing the tango are the preoccupations of bright young people, but bright young Detective Inspector John Redfyre finds himself mired in multiple murders.

The Orphan’s Song by Lauren Kate. Venice, 1736. When fate brings Violetta and Mino together on the roof of the Hospital of the Incurables, they form a connection that will change their lives forever. Both are orphans at the Incurables, dreaming of escape. But when the resident Maestro notices Violetta’s voice, she is selected for the Incurables’ world famous coro, and must sign an oath never to sing beyond its church doors.

All of these sound like good fun to me. Which would you start with?

“Headlights glint on wet tarmac, the dazzle blinding them every few seconds. Waiting for a break in the traffic, they duck across the busy road, and she tightens her grip on the small hand inside the soft woolen glove, so has to run to keep up.”

I Let You Go
By Clare Mackintosh
Source: Advance review copy

The little boy lets go of his mother’s hand in an instant everything is completely altered. How could the driver not stop to help and how can anyone live with the knowledge that this precious five year old is now gone.

Jenna’s life is forever altered and she moves away from London. She has to get away from all the memories and without a real destination to go to she somehow ends up in a small coastal village. There in a dilapidated cottage with a barely working door lock and sparse furniture or belongings she starts to recreate her life.

In London for the detectives on the case of the hit and run, it’s been months of nobody saw anything but how can a mother disappear. Perhaps as the anniversary of the tragedy is approaching they can once again reach out to the community and try to get a lead.

Jenna has slowly been rebuilding her life and even has made some friends and gotten close to a special person but soon she’s going to have to face the past she left behind.

This was a gripping read with a fantastic plot twist I didn’t see coming. I’ve read a couple of her books now and will be eagerly looking for the another of her books to add to my nightstand.