Althea's Reading Corner

Title: A Very Dinosaur Birthday Author: Adam Wallace Genre: Children's Fiction Format: Kindle No. of Pages: 40 Date of Publication: June 20, 2023 Description:  Your family will roar with laughter at this funny read-aloud from Adam Wallace, #1   New York Times   bestselling author of the How to Catch series. What if dinosaurs showed up at your birthday party? From prehistoric presents to games crashing out of control and your snacks going extinct, it's a dino disaster! Dinosaurs are big, and strong, and scary, and farty, So do you really want them coming to your birthday party? Watch out! Birthdays will never be the same with this silly picture book adventure featuring lively rhymes and hilarious illustrations! A Very Dinosaur Birthday  is perfect for boys and girls 4 to 10 years old and dino lovers of all ages fans of  Dragons Love Tacos  and  How to Catch a Dinosaur fun family story times and getting the giggles out before bed a gift for birthdays and...

Title: What Have We Done Author: Alex Finlay      Genre: General Fiction, Mystery Thriller Format: Kindle No. of Pages: 368 D ate of Publication: March 07, 2023 Description:  In this “top-notch mystery thriller” ( Publishers Weekly , starred review) from Alex Finlay,  What Have We  Done  is a tale about the lives we leave behind and the secrets we carry with us forever. One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2023:• BookPage • BookBub • E! News • Go BookMart  • Goodreads • PopSugar  •  The Every Girl • She Reads • Beyond the Bookends A stay-at-home mom with a past. A has-been rock star with a habit. A reality TV producer with a debt. Three disparate lives. One deadly secret. Twenty five years ago, Jenna, Donnie, and Nico were the best of friends, having forged a bond through the abuse and neglect they endured as residents of Savior House, a group home for parentless teens. When the home was shut down—after the disappearance of several kids—...

Everything She Feared Author: Rick Mofina Publication Date: April 11, 2023 ISBN: ‎  978-0778333401 Paperback Original  Publisher: MIRA Price $18.99 I am super excited to be part of the MIRA books blog tour for Rick Mofina's newest book Everything She Feared, which was released on April 11, 2023. Book Summary “Everything She Feared  moves like a raging river. This is a thriller not to be missed! —Michael Connelly, #1  New York Times  bestselling author Every mother worries about their child. But Sara Harmon fears hers… When a teen falls while taking a selfie at the edge of a cliff, the last thing she sees before plummeting to her death is Katie Harmon, the nine-year-old girl she was babysitting, looking down at her. Investigators gather at the scene, and Katie’s mother, Sara, rushes to comfort her daughter. Yet there’s a small, secret ping of alarm in Sara’s heart that she cannot share—though rookie detective Kim Pierce senses it. For years, others...

Title: First Date Author: Sue Watson Genre: Mystery & Thriller Format: Kindle No. of Pages:  Date of Publication: October 16, 2020 Description:  She’s been waiting her whole life to meet a man like Alex. But he’s been waiting too. And once he has her, he’ll never let her go… Hannah  has done everything to make sure her life is safe and secure. A long way from her unstable childhood growing up in foster care, she’s content with her sweet, little, messy apartment and her satisfying job as a social worker. She quietly worries that, aged 36, she might never fall in love. But otherwise her life is where she wants it to be. Until, encouraged by her best friend to join a dating app, she meets  Alex . He’s irresistibly handsome. He loves the same music as her. The same food as well. They both dream of travelling the world but agree they’d be equally happy escaping to a cottage by the beach in Devon. Both of them would love to own a Labrador one day. It’s like he’s made f...

Title: No Parm No Foul Author: Linda Reilly S eries: Grilled Cheese Mystery Genre: Mystery Format: Kindle No. of Pages: 336 Date of Publication: July 26, 2022 Description:  The second book in a delicious culinary cozy series-the muensters have arrived in Balsam Dell in this Halloween cozy mystery featuring a grilled cheese shop owner turned amateur sleuth After a long hot summer in Balsam Dell, Carly Hale is ready for crisp Vermont weather and gourmet grilled cheeses at her Grilled Cheese Eatery. And the upcoming Halloween food competition is the perfect way to impress the locals. But Ferris Menard, the owner of Sub-a-Dub-Sub, is nursing a serious grudge against Carly. Two days before the competition, one of Carly's employees quit his part-time gig at Menard's sub shop, sending Menard into a serious snit. In a confrontation at the Eatery, Menard accused Carly of sabotage and vowed to bring her down. That's when Menard's body is found in his kitchen the morning after the...

Title: Strawberried Alive Author: Jenn McKinlay Narrator: Susan Boyce Series: A Cupcake Bakery Mystery Genre: Mystery Format: Audiobook   Listening length: 6 hours 36 minutes Date of Publication: May 3, 2022 Description:  Life is smooth as buttercream at the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery, and newlyweds Mel and Joe are stopping to smell the flours. But things start to crumble one night when an unknown gunman takes a shot at Mel. Even though the bullets miss their mark, the cupcake crew goes on high alert to figure out who would want to kill a small-town baker—and why. When more business owners are attacked, things turn fatal, and locals begin to wonder if the killer could be one of their own. Every shop owner in town starts to fear it’s only a matter of time before they too become victims of the mystery murderer. Despite the cupcake crew's superb baking skills, it will be anything but a piece of cake to catch the killer, as they try to prevent anyone else from being berried. My Th...

Title: All the Dangerous Things Author: Stacy Willingham Narrator: Karissa Vacker Genre: Mystery & Thriller Format: Audiobook Listening length: 9 hours 55 minutes 34 seconds Date of Publication: January 10, 2023 Description:  One year ago, Isabelle Drake's life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep in the next room. With little evidence and few leads for the police to chase, the case quickly went cold. However, Isabelle cannot rest until Mason is returned to her—literally. Except for the occasional catnap or small blackout where she loses track of time, she hasn’t slept in a year. Isabelle's entire existence now revolves around finding him, but she knows she can’t go on this way forever. In hopes of jarring loose a new witness or buried clue, she agrees to be interviewed by a true-crime podcaster—but his interest in Isabelle's past makes her nervous. His incessant questioning p...