Slice of Life is a regular update on the latest in my life. This is where I write about my books, movies, tv, food, fashion, family or whatever subjects are on my mind this week. It’s just a little glimpse of my slice. (“But what about the great deals on books?!” Just keep on scrollin’.)
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- I am lucky not to have any real severe allergies, but I do have a few food sensitivities. Recently, I have had a few reactions but had no idea why because I thought I had been successfully avoiding my known triggers. Come to find out, the FDA is temporarily allowing certain substitutions, without having to label them. Watch out!
- I dare you not to love this.
- Any of these books would be great for listening in the car if you are trying to squeeze in one more summer road trip before school starts.
- Here is another story that will make your heart smile.
- We all have to wear ’em, we might as well have fun with it.
- I made these frozen s’mores recently and they were the biggest hit.
- Mr. BLP and I watched the first episode of this hilarious series of comedy stand-up routines from one of my fave comedians, Jim Gaffigan, the other night and cracked up.
Weekend Reading: Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles
New on the Blog
Most Anticipated New Releases Coming in the Second Half of 2020 – looking to get the jump on all the new books for Fall? These are the 18 new releases I am most looking forward to for the second half of the year! {Pin this Post}
Best Books of 2020 (so far) – from new releases, to older, back-list titles, these are the cream of the crop from 2020 (so far). {Pin this Post}
Recent Reads: 12 Mini Reviews from April and May 2020 – here is a snapshot of my recent books with a few words on each book (DNFs too!). {Pin this Post}
Amazing Book Deals
Whether I have read (and loved) it, heard about it from fellow bookish friends or actually have it on my own “to be read” list, each book below made this list because it’s on my radar (AND because it’s on sale). Note: Book bargains are subject to change so act fast!
NOTE: My weekly book deals list will soon be moved out of “Slice of Life” and onto to its own page on my site. The new book deals page will be updated (and emailed to my mailing list) on a weekly basis.
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Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix
Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
1776 by David McCullough
Death Without Company by Craig Johnson
Only Ever Her by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen
River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Last Day by Luanne Rice
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Don’t Overthink It by Anne Bogel
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
The Hound of the Baskervilles (FREE with PRIME) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
The Widow by Fiona Barton
Daughters of the Lake by Wendy Webb
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson (free with PRIME)
The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
If You Tell by Gregg Olsen
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
The First Girl Child and What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon
The Beantown Girls by Jane Healey
Audiobook Deals
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
Circling the Sun by Paula McClain
The Good Girl by Mary Kubica
The Search for the Green River Killer by Carlton Smith and Tomas Guillen
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For by David McCullough
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Devolution by Max Brooks
The Passenger by Lisa Lutz
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
The Whisper Man by Alex North
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell
The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Gulp by Mary Roach
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
Guns, Germs & Steel by Jared Diamond
1984 by George Orwell
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Virgin River by Robyn Carr
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Radium Girls by Kate Moore
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
The Guest Book by Sarah Blake
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Near Witch by V.E. Schwab
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart
Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Elia Macneal
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
Middlemarch by George Eliot
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
An Everlasting Meal by Tamar Adler
