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Jazmín Alvarado
Kind, humble, loving.
Civil Engineering
Pizza

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WARNING: Gruesome. This thriller is not for the faint of heart, but definitely for those looking for a page-turner! I read this last summer and stayed up until 2 AM on several occasions just to see what happened next. (Also, someone approached me on the beach while I was reading it, and I about jumped out of my chair.)

The general plot line is about a girl who went missing during college, and twenty years later, her body and her abductor have never been found. The two sisters of the missing girl are now grown (and estranged) but are reunited when the case reopens. Suddenly, the two sisters, Claire and Lydia, are determined to work together to find the abductor and solve the case of Julia, their sister who vanished more than twenty years ago.

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The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman

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The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman

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Wonderful read! This novel takes place in Australia and will make you laugh, cry, and rejoice! There are elements of romance, family values, and ethics all surrounding the protagonists, a lighthouse keeper and his wife. This novel is now a major motion picture (I have not seen the movie), but I highly recommend reading the book first! The book is always better. Always. :)

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I read this book in my book club a few years ago, and I still think about it to this day. The story is about orphaned twin boys and how their lives take very different paths. I seriously can't describe how wonderful this book is!

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Book 7
London, 1812.

When the controversial reform-minded Bishop of London is found bludgeoned to death in an ancient crypt beside the corpse of an unidentified man murdered decades before, Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, reluctantly agrees to help with the investigation.

To Sebastian's consternation, the last person to see the Bishop alive was Miss Hero Jarvis, a woman whose already strained relationship with St. Cyr has been complicated by a brief, unexpectedly passionate encounter. As his search for the killer leads him from the back allies of Smithfield to the power corridors of Whitehall, Sebastian must confront the well-guarded secrets of his own family's past—and a devastating truth that could ultimately force him to question who—and what—he really is.

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Book 6

Regency London, July 1812.

That's the challenge confronting C.S. Harris's aristocratic soldier-turned-sleuth Sebastian St. Cyr when his friend, surgeon and "anatomist" Paul Gibson, illegally buys the cadaver of a young man from London's infamous body snatchers. A rising star at the Foreign Office, Mr. Alexander Ross was reported to have died of a weak heart. But when Gibson discovers a stiletto wound at the base of Ross's skull, he can turn only to Sebastian for help in catching the killer.

Described by all who knew him as an amiable young man, Ross at first seems an unlikely candidate for murder. But as Sebastian's search takes him from the Queen's drawing rooms in St. James's Palace to the embassies of Russia, the United States, and the Turkish Empire, he plunges into a dangerous shadow land of diplomatic maneuvering and international intrigue, where truth is an elusive commodity and nothing is as it seems.

Meanwhile, Sebastian must confront the turmoil of his personal life. Hero Jarvis, daughter of his powerful nemesis Lord Jarvis, finally agrees to become his wife. But as their wedding approaches, Sebastian can't escape the growing realization that not only Lord Jarvis but Hero herself knows far more about the events surrounding Ross's death than they would have him believe.

Then a second body is found, badly decomposed but bearing the same fatal stiletto wound. And Sebastian must race to unmask a ruthless killer who is now threatening the life of his reluctant bride and their unborn child.

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When Henry Tudor picks up the crown of England from the mud of Bosworth field, he knows he must marry the princess of the enemy house—Elizabeth of York—to unify a country divided by war for more than three decades. But his bride is still in love with his dead enemy, and her mother and half of England remain loyal to her brother, the missing York heir.

Henry’s greatest fear is that somewhere a prince is waiting to reclaim the throne. When a young man who would be king invades England, Elizabeth has to choose between the new husband she is coming to love and the boy who claims to be her lost brother: the rose of York come home at last.

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Stella lives in the segregated South—in Bumblebee, North Carolina, to be exact about it. Some stores she can go into. Some stores she can’t. Some folks are right pleasant. Others are a lot less so. To Stella, it sort of evens out, and heck, the Klan hasn’t bothered them for years. But one late night, later than she should ever be up, much less wandering around outside, Stella and her little brother see something they’re never supposed to see, something that is the first flicker of change to come, unwelcome change by any stretch of the imagination. As Stella’s community—her world—is upended, she decides to fight fire with fire. And she learns that ashes don’t necessarily signify an end.

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Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement and the Space Race, Hidden Figures follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA’s greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country’s future.

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Game of Thrones: A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin

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Game of Thrones: A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin

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I am finishing this one up;
In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance—beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, and many have set out to find her. As they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind.

Fleeing from Westeros with a price on his head, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way to Daenerys. But his newest allies in this quest are not the rag-tag band they seem, and at their heart lies one who could undo Daenerys’s claim to Westeros forever.

Meanwhile, to the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice and stone—a structure only as strong as those guarding it. There, Jon Snow, 998th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, will face his greatest challenge. For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond, in the land of the creatures of ice.

From all corners, bitter conflicts reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all.

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Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.

Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.

After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first.

But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

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Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family—and would bring to fruition humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream.

A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what it undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.

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The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

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The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

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I love embellished historical novels and this one is just that! Philippa Gregory is known for her historical novels. I just finished reading it (it's pretty lengthy at around 650 pages) and loved it! Centered around the life of the Boleyn sisters and Henry VIII, it gives detailed insight to the scandalous love life of this notorious king. Who doesn't find royal scandal appealing??

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Mary Boleyn catches the eye of Henry VIII when she comes to court as a girl of fourteen. Dazzled by the golden prince, Mary's joy is cut short when she discovers that she is a pawn in the dynastic plots of her family. When the capricious king's interest wanes, Mary is ordered to pass on her knowledge of how to please him to her friend and rival: her sister Anne.
Anne soon becomes irresistible to Henry, and Mary can do nothing but watch her sister's rise. Anne stops at nothing to achieve her own ambition. From now on, Mary will be no more than the other Boleyn girl.

But beyond the court is a man who dares to challenge the power of her family to offer Mary a life of freedom and passion. If only she has the courage to break away - before the Boleyn enemies turn on her.

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Mary Boleyn catches the eye of Henry VIII when she comes to court as a girl of fourteen. Dazzled by the golden prince, Mary's joy is cut short when she discovers that she is a pawn in the dynastic plots of her family.

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Every episode is about a single minute of Goodfellas. A great podcast.

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As far back as we can remember, we always wanted to podcast about a gangster.

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On February 15, 2014, fitness guru Richard Simmons disappeared. Filmmaker Dan Taberski was a Slimmons regular and a friend of Richard's. Missing Richard Simmons is Dan's search for Richard - and the deeper he digs, the stranger it gets.

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Welcome to Providence, Rhode Island, where organized crime and corruption infected every aspect of public life.

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Prepping for a long car ride? Like to listen to podcasts as you mow the lawn? Love a good mystery? Add Casefile to your list of Podcasts to try. Each episode is a riveting retelling of a true crime event from the past. Plus the author Australian and I could listen to his accent all day long! :)

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Fact is scarier than fiction. Casefile, a true crime podcast. Each episode explores a new case. The shocking, the terrifying, the strange, the unsolved.

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Picking only one of Sarah Jio's books to share is a hard choice, but ultimately I decided to go with The Last Camellia.

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For rights inquiries, contact:

* US: Elisabeth Weed, Weed Literary (elisabeth AT weedliterary DOT com)
* Foreign: Jenny Meyer, Meyer Literary (jenny AT meyerlit DOT com)
* Film: Dana Borowitz, United Talent Agency (BorowitzD AT unitedtalent DOT com)

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US: Elisabeth Weed, Weed Literary (elisabeth AT weedliterary DOT com ) * Foreign: Jenny Meyer, Meyer Literary (jenny AT meyerlit DOT com ) * Film: Dana Borowitz, United Talent Agency (BorowitzD AT unitedtalent DOT com )

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I have read and enjoyed all her books, but this one is a great one to start with! It's set in New England as a disastrous hurricane is steadily approaching.

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Memorial Day, 1938: New York socialite Lily Dane has just returned with her family to the idyllic oceanfront community of Seaview, Rhode Island, expecting another placid summer season among the familiar traditions and friendships that sustained her after heartbreak. That is, until the Greenwalds decide to take up residence in Seaview.

Nick and Budgie Greenwald are an unwelcome specter from Lily's past: her former best friend and her former fiancé, now recently married-an event that set off a wildfire of gossip among the elite of Seaview, who have summered together for generations. Budgie's arrival to restore her family's old house puts her once more in the center of the community's social scene, and she insinuates herself back into Lily's friendship with an overpowering talent for seduction...and an alluring acquaintance from their college days, Yankees pitcher Graham Pendleton. But the ties that bind Lily to Nick are too strong and intricate to ignore, and the two are drawn back into long-buried dreams, despite their uneasy secrets and many emotional obligations.

Under the scorching summer sun, the unexpected truth of Budgie and Nick's marriage bubbles to the surface, and as a cataclysmic hurricane barrels unseen up the Atlantic and into New England, Lily and Nick must confront an emotional cyclone of their own, which will change their worlds forever.

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Memorial Day, 1938: New York socialite Lily Dane has just returned with her family to the idyllic oceanfront community of Seaview, Rhode Island, expecting another placid summer season among the familiar traditions and friendships that sustained her after heartbreak. That is, until the Greenwalds decide to take up residence in Seaview.

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I have enjoyed all of Kate Morton's books, but this one might be my favorite. Her writing has a bit of mystery and goes back and forth between time periods, seamlessly weaving together story lines between generations.
https://katemorton.com/books/the-forgotten-garden/

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If you watched and enjoyed the HBO series Big Little Lies this season (based off a book by Liane Moriarty) Check out one of her other books entitled What Alice Forgot.

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From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Husband's Secret... A "cheerfully engaging" novel for anyone who's ever asked herself, "How did I get here?"

Alice Love is twenty-nine, crazy about her husband, and pregnant with her first child.

So imagine Alice's surprise when she comes to on the floor of a gym and is whisked off to the hospital where she discovers the honeymoon is truly over - she's getting divorced, she has three kids and she's actually 39 years old. Alice must reconstruct the events of a lost decade, and find out whether it's possible to reconstruct her life at the same time. She has to figure out why her sister hardly talks to her, and how is it that she's become one of those super skinny moms with really expensive clothes.

Ultimately, Alice must discover whether forgetting is a blessing or a curse, and whether it's possible to start over.

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From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Husband's Secret... A "cheerfully engaging" novel for anyone who's ever asked herself, "How did I get here?" Alice Love is twenty-nine, crazy about her husband, and pregnant with her first child.