Tuesday, July 06, 2021

Waiting to Read Wednesday: While We Were Dating / Silence in the Library / The Final Girl Support Group / The Word Exchange


The New
Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly feature hosted by the marvelous Tressa at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss upcoming release we are excited about that we have yet to read.


While We Were Dating
(The Wedding Date #6) by Jasmine Guillory

Release Date: July 13, 2021 by Berkley
Two people realize that it's no longer an act when they veer off-script in this sizzling romantic comedy by New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory.

Ben Stephens has never bothered with serious relationships. He has plenty of casual dates to keep him busy, family drama he's trying to ignore and his advertising job to focus on. When Ben lands a huge ad campaign featuring movie star Anna Gardiner, however, it's hard to keep it purely professional. Anna is not just gorgeous and sexy, she's also down to earth and considerate, and he can't help flirting a little...

Anna Gardiner is on a mission: to make herself a household name, and this ad campaign will be a great distraction while she waits to hear if she's booked her next movie. However, she didn't expect Ben Stephens to be her biggest distraction. She knows mixing business with pleasure never works out, but why not indulge in a harmless flirtation?

But their lighthearted banter takes a turn for the serious when Ben helps Anna in a family emergency, and they reveal truths about themselves to each other, truths they've barely shared with those closest to them.

When the opportunity comes to turn their real-life fling into something more for the Hollywood spotlight, will Ben be content to play the background role in Anna's life and leave when the cameras stop rolling? Or could he be the leading man she needs to craft their own Hollywood ending? [Goodreads Summary]
Why I want to read this: I have read a couple of Jasmine Guillory's novels in the is series and enjoyed them. This one sounds good too! 


Silence in the Library
(Lily Adler Mystery #2) by Katharine Schellman

Release Date: July 13, 2021 by Crooked Lane Books
Regency widow Lily Adler didn't expect to find a corpse when visiting a family friend. Now it's up to her to discover the killer in the charming second installment in the Lily Adler mysteries.

Regency widow Lily Adler has just started to feel settled into her new London home when her semi-estranged father arrives, intending to stay with her while he recovers from an illness. To placate and avoid him, she takes his place in a social visit with Lady Wyatt, a woman Lily doesn't know. But when Lily arrives for her second visit, she finds the household in an uproar: Sir Charles, Lady Wyatt's much older husband and a friend of Lily's father, is dead in his library. All signs indicate that he tripped and struck his head on the mantelpiece. But when Bow Street constable Simon Page is called to the scene, he suspects that Sir Charles was murdered.

Mr. Page was there when Lily caught her first murderer, and he trusts her insight into the world of London's upper class. With the help of Captain Jack Hartley, they piece together the reasons that Sir Charles' wife, sons, and nephew might have wanted him dead. But everyone who might have profited from the old man's death seems to have an alibi. With no clear suspect, the trio nearly conclude that the death was an accident after all... until Lily receives a mysterious summons to speak with one of the Wyatts' maids, only to find the young woman dead from poison when she arrives.

Mr. Page believes the surviving family members are hiding the key to Sir Charles' death, and it isn't long before Lily realizes that her father may know what it is. To uncover the truth, Lily must convince the father who doesn't trust or respect her to help catch his friend's killer before anyone else in the Wyatt household dies. [Goodreads Summary]
Why I want to read this: I love a good historical mystery and when I came across this title, I knew I had to add it to my wish list. I have not read the first book though--so that is going on the list too! 


The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

Release Date: July 13, 2021 by Berkley
A fast-paced, thrilling horror novel that follows a group of heroines to die for, from the brilliant New York Times bestselling author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires.

In horror movies, the final girl is the one who's left standing when the credits roll. The one who fought back, defeated the killer, and avenged her friends. The one who emerges bloodied but victorious. But after the sirens fade and the audience moves on, what happens to her?

Lynnette Tarkington is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre twenty-two years ago, and it has defined every day of her life since. And she's not alone. For more than a decade she's been meeting with five other actual final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable, putting their lives back together, piece by piece. That is until one of the women misses a meeting and Lynnette's worst fears are realized--someone knows about the group and is determined to take their lives apart again, piece by piece.

But the thing about these final girls is that they have each other now, and no matter how bad the odds, how dark the night, how sharp the knife, they will never, ever give up. 
[Goodreads Summary]
Why I want to read this: Horror is not one of my go to genres, movie or book wise, but occasionally I dip in when the mood calls for it. I really liked The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires and there is just something about the sound of The Final Girls Support Group that says, "Read me!" and so on the wish list it goes.


Do any of these books interest you? What upcoming releases are you looking forward to reading?

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The Old(er) 
I have an embarrassing number of unread books sitting on the shelves in my personal library. Carole of Carole's Random Life in Books has given me the perfect excuse to spotlight and discuss those neglected books in her Books from the Backlog feature. After all, even those older books need a bit of love! Not to mention it is reminding me what great books I have waiting for me under my own roof still to read!

The Word Exchange
Alena Graedon
(Doubleday, 2014)
In the not-so-distant future, the forecasted “death of print” has become a reality. Bookstores, libraries, newspapers, and magazines are things of the past, and we spend our time glued to handheld devices called Memes that not only keep us in constant communication but also have become so intuitive that they hail us cabs before we leave our offices, order takeout at the first growl of a hungry stomach, and even create and sell language itself in a marketplace called the Word Exchange.

Anana Johnson works with her father, Doug, at the North American Dictionary of the English Language (NADEL), where Doug is hard at work on the last edition that will ever be printed. Doug is a staunchly anti-Meme, anti-tech intellectual who fondly remembers the days when people used email (everything now is text or videoconference) to communicate—or even actually spoke to one another, for that matter. One evening, Doug disappears from the NADEL offices, leaving a single written clue: ALICE. It’s a code word he devised to signal if he ever fell into harm’s way. And thus begins Anana’s journey down the proverbial rabbit hole . . .

Joined by Bart, her bookish NADEL colleague, Anana’s search for Doug will take her into dark basements and subterranean passageways; the stacks and reading rooms of the Mercantile Library; and secret meetings of the underground resistance, the Diachronic Society. As Anana penetrates the mystery of her father’s disappearance and a pandemic of decaying language called “word flu” spreads,
The Word Exchange becomes a cautionary tale that is at once a technological thriller and a meditation on the high cultural costs of digital technology.  [Goodreads Summary]
Why I want to read this: I cannot imagine a world without libraries and bookstores. The advent of e-books brought with it the fear it would mean the end of print books. Of course, we know that is not true. The Word Exchange landed on my TBR shelf in 2014 because this dystopian mystery appealed to me. It has not gotten the best reviews, which is what ultimately has kept in on the shelf and given me doubts about whether I will in fact read it.


Have you read The Word Exchange?  Does this book sound like something you would like to read? 

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42 comments:

  1. Final Girls sounds very interesting! So does Silence in the Library - I love historical mysteries!

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    1. Eustacia - I really like historical mysteries too. :-) Thank you for visiting.

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  2. Ohhh! While We Were Dating sounds sooo good!! I am eager to read about Ben and Anna, esp the movie star angle! Also, Final Girl Support Group is another one i am looking forward to!

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    1. Verushka - Me too! I look forward to While We Were Dating. And The Final Girl Support Group just sounds irresistible. Thank you for stopping by!

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  3. I'm starting The Final Girl Support Group later this week, I can't wait!

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    1. Tammy - I hope you enjoy it! Thank you for visiting!

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  4. I'm really wanting to read While We Were Dating also! Nice list!

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    1. Wendy - It sounds like a good one and I've liked a couple of her other books. Thank you for stopping by!

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  5. The Final Girl Support Group is high on my TBR list. And now I also want to read Silence in the Library. so thanks for that! ;D And I read The Word Exchange back in 2014 and really liked it. I even reviewed it on my blog if you want to check out what I said back then. You can go here: http://larkwrites.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-word-exchange.html

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    1. Lark - I am glad you enjoyed The Word Exchange. I'll give it a try since you did. Thank you for the link to your review of it! Thank you too for visiting. :-)

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  6. I think the first two sound interesting!

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    1. Cindy - Hopefully they will be as good as they sound. :-) Thank you for stopping by.

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  7. The silence in the library title sounds very promising. I love the cover. Happy reading.

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    1. Vi - I think so too. I can't wait to read it. Thank you for visiting!

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  8. Final Girl Support Group is coming up next on my reading ARCs.

    Anne - Books of My Heart

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    1. Anne - I hope you enjoy it when you read it. I look forward to reading your thoughts on it. Thank you for stopping by!

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  9. Oh I need that third one- sounds so fun! And the second one too :)

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    1. Greg - Doesn't it? I can't wait to read it! Thank you for visiting.

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  10. I'm really looking forward to that new Grady Hendrix too. Like you, horror is not a genre I typically seek out but I do like the way he writes it.

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    1. Suzanne - Hopefully we will both enjoy it--I have a feeling we will. :-) Thank you for stopping by.

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  11. Silence in the Library sound very interesting to me. I enjoy Historical Fiction and Cozy Mysteries, so put them together and what do you get. I hope you enjoy them all if you read them, Wendy.

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    1. Carla - I really like historical mysteries as well--and cozies, especially mixed together too! Thank you for visiting!

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  12. Oh! I'm excited for Final Girl Support Group as well! Hope you get to enjoy all of these, though!

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  13. Oooh! Silence in the Library sounds really interesting! Great picks!

    Here’s my WoW!

    Ronyell @ Rabbit Ears Book Blog

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    1. Ronyell - Thank you! I can't wait to read them. Thank you for stopping by.

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  14. I'm not into horror at all, at least not in books, but I just requested The Final Girl Support Group from the library, thank you for bringing it to my attention!

    I might also give the Regency mystery series a try at some point!

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    1. Sarah - I hope you like The Final Girl Support Group when you read it. I can't resist that one. Thank you for visiting!

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  15. Silence in the Library was one that tempted me on NetGalley and one I still want to read. You reminded me I have The World Exchange on my NetGalley shelf still unread! Did it really come out in 2014??? Oops!

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    1. Katherine - I hope we both get a chance to read Silence in the Library! Yeah, our e-readers probably hide many books we've forgotten about. LOL Thank you for stopping by!

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  16. I am sometimes hesitant to pick up books that haven't gotten the best reviews but sometimes I end up liking them so who knows. I am really tempted by The Final Girls Support Group. I hope you enjoy any of these books that you get the chance to read.

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    1. Carole - That's been true for me too, so I try not to let negative or mixed reviews deter me from reading a book that sounds interesting to me. I just may not pick it up right away. Thank you for visiting!

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  17. I was asked to review The Final Girl Support Group, but I'm worried it's going to be too dark for me. 😰

    Lindsi @ Do You Dog-ear? 💬

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    1. Lindsi - I hope you end up liking The Final Girl Support Group despite your reservations! Thank you for stopping by.

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  18. I'd like to read every single book you've featured, Wendy, except The Little Paris Bookshop, which I have already read and enjoyed.

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    1. Catherine - I am glad to hear you liked The Little Paris Bookshop! I hope I will too. Thank you for visiting!

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  19. The Final Girl Support Group is very high on my wishlist, but all of these sound awesome! Thanks for sharing! :D

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    1. Ashley - I am really looking forward to The Final Girl Support Group. Thank you for stopping by!

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  20. I have The Final Girl Support Group on my kindle and am very excited about it. I hadn't heard about While We Were Dating but it sounds really cute. Lately I've been in a rom-com mood so that one is going on my list!

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    1. Iliana - I hope we both enjoy The Final Girl Support Group! I hope you enjoy While We Were Dating if you read it. Thank you for visiting!

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  21. I want to read The Final Girl Support Group! It sounds good and I need to read The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, too. It's been sitting on my shelf for a while so I'm hoping to get to it at some point.

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    1. Melody - I really enjoyed The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires. Hopefully The Final Girl Support Group will be just as good. Thank you for stopping by!

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