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Posted on October 16, 2016

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It's been FOUR YEARS since I have won a Goodreads It's been FOUR YEARS since I have won a Goodreads Giveaway! Never give up, it can still happen! Thank you so much for my copy! This is the way to start my week! #goodreadsgiveaway #goodreadswinner @charliedonlea @kensingtonbooks @goodreads
Today I am sharing a guest post as a part of the b Today I am sharing a guest post as a part of the blog tour for The Way We Are Now by Julie Houston.  She shares about writing and her ‘writing mates’, a group of women who support each other in their writings. They even go on trips together!  It’s not just for fun, they work too!  The Way We Are Now was just released on September 11th.

Book Description:

BRAND NEW from bestselling author Julie Houston comes a powerful story of first love, long-hidden secrets and second chances. Perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes, Marian Keyes, David Nichols and Ruth Jones.

First love, long-hidden secrets and second chances.

Anna Piasecki thought she had left her university heartbreak behind. After spending decades building a successful life, she arrives at sixty with everything as she wants it – a glittering career, a devoted partner and brightest star of all, her brilliant son Noah, the apple of her eye.

Theo Mandeville is trapped. Bound by aristocratic duty to his sprawling Yorkshire estate, he has spent decades living the life that was expected of him while regretting the star-crossed romance he walked away from.

When their children meet at college, Anna and Theo suddenly find their carefully constructed lives colliding. With a devastating forty-year-old secret hanging over them, can their families survive the truth and do they dare to trust that fate has other plans for them?
Spanning decades, The Way We Are Now is a sweeping, heartwarming and life-affirming tale of first love, friendship and second chances perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes, Marian Keyes, David Nichols and Ruth Jones.

#TheWayWeAreNow #JulieHouston @juliehoustonauthor #guestpost #blogtour #JessicasReadingRoom @rachelsrandomresources
Today I am bringing you a book spotlight for Ramen Today I am bringing you a book spotlight for Ramen, Existential Crises by Roie Oknin.  This one was just released on August 5th and is his debut novel. It is a shorter Contemporary Fiction novel at just 164 pages and well worth looking into. There is even a Goodreads giveaway currently going on!

See my linktree for the link to the post on my site! 

Book Description:

Koji is twenty-seven and one module short of a degree in Politics and Government. The missing module is Crisis Management. It feels appropriate.

For six years, he has worked in a tiny ramen shop with eleven seats, one dish and a broth whose flame has not gone out in thirty-two years. The noodles cook for exactly eighty-five seconds.

Then the timer fails. A stranger gives Koji his business card. Someone from his past walks into the restaurant. Around him, other people make decisions and continue with their lives.

Koji has always known what should be done.

Doing it is another matter.

#bookspotlight #RamenExistentialCrises #RoieOknin #JessicasReadingRoom
Today I review the final book in the #4MK trilogy! Today I review the final book in the #4MK trilogy! I gave this one 4.5 stars and despite some issues, it and the series is worth the read!  And I am currently reading the first in the prequel series that comes out on September 22nd! Many thanks to JD Barker and his publisher for sending come the series!

See my linktree for the link to the review on my site.

Book Description:

In the riveting conclusion of the 4MK trilogy, NY Times Bestseller Barker takes the thriller to an entirely new level. Don't miss a single word of the series James Patterson called "ingenious."

Hear No Evil

For Detective Sam Porter, the words “Father, forgive me” conjure memories long forgotten; a past intentionally buried. For Anson Bishop, these three words connect a childhood to the present as he unleashes a truth concealed for decades.

See No Evil

Found written on cardboard near each body, these words link multiple victims to a single killer—discovered within minutes of each other in both Chicago and South Carolina—clearly connected yet separated by impossible miles.

Speak No Evil

Chicago Metro and the FBI find themselves caught in chaos—a hospital on lockdown, a rogue officer, and corruption at the highest levels. When Anson Bishop, the prime suspect in the notorious 4MK serial murders turns himself in, he reveals a story completely unexpected, one that not only upends the current investigation, but one that will change the lives of all involved.

Do No Evil

With unrelenting tension and pulse-pounding suspense, the past unravels at breakneck speed as the truth behind the Four Monkey Killer’s motive is finally revealed in this masterfully crafted finale.

#JDBarker @jdbarker_author #2026reads #JessicasReadingRoom
It is the last day of the month and time to share It is the last day of the month and time to share what I read!  I listened to the #4MK trilogy by J.D. Barker and finally finished Aoh by Jennifer Renson.

Many thanks to Jennifer Renson for sending me a copy of Aoh and her wonderful patience in me taking way too long to finish her novel!  (Thanks to true crime documentaries…..)

And many thanks to J.D. Barker and his publisher Hampton Creek Press for sending me paperback copies of the 4MK trilogy and a copy of The First Scarlet Door which is released on September 22nd! I will work my hardest to get this one read and reviewed by publication day! Let’s see what happens! 
 
Please see my linktree to see the post about my August reads!
 
#readingwrapup #August2026reads #JessicasReadingRoom #Aoh @jdbarker_author @jenny.renson
We lost a GOAT today. RIP Dolly, back with your be We lost a GOAT today. RIP Dolly, back with your beloved husband Carl. https://imaginationlibrary.com/  #GOAT #DollyParton @imaginationlibrary #readabook
This purchase is thanks to enabler and friend @bec This purchase is thanks to enabler and friend @becxreadz !  Hopefully I will get to reading this one soon as ‘scary season’ is fast approaching! 

#YAThriller #21DaysofFear #HervéCommère @hervecommere #YAthriller #JessicasReadingRoom @simonandschuster
Today I review The Fifth to Die by J.D. Barker. I Today I review The Fifth to Die by J.D. Barker. I listened to the audio on this one.

See my linktree for the link to the review on my site.

Book Description:

Detective Porter and the team have been pulled from the hunt for Anson Bishop, the Four Monkey Killer, by the feds. When the body of a young girl is found beneath the frozen waters of Jackson Park Lagoon, she is quickly identified as Ella Reynolds, missing three weeks. But how did she get there? The lagoon froze months earlier. More baffling? She's found wearing the clothes of another girl, missing less than two days. 

While the detectives of Chicago Metro try to make sense of the quickly developing case, Porter secretly continues his pursuit of 4MK, knowing the best way to find Bishop is to track down his mother. When the captain finds out about Porter's activities, he's suspended, leaving his partners, Clair and Nash, to continue the search for the new killer alone. 

Obsessed with catching Bishop, Porter follows a single grainy photograph from Chicago to the streets of New Orleans and stumbles into a world darker than he could have possibly imagined, where he quickly realizes that the only place more frightening than the mind of a serial killer is the mind of the mother from which he came.

#TheFifthtoDie #JDBarker @jdbarker_author #4MK #JessicasReadingRoom #2026reads
Today I review The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker. T Today I review The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker. This is my second read of it and this time I listened to the audio! It's been several years, so I forgot things, but I gave it 5 stars again!! 

I'm currently going through the trilogy and have an arc of the new prequel coming out next month!!!

See my linktree for the link to the review on my site.

Book Description:

For over five years, the Four Monkey Killer has terrorized the residents of Chicago. When his body is found, the police quickly realize he was on his way to deliver one final message, one that proves he has taken another victim, who may still be alive. As the lead investigator on the 4MK task force, Detective Sam Porter knows even in death, the killer is far from finished. When he discovers a personal diary in the jacket pocket of the body, Porter finds himself caught up in the mind of a psychopath, unraveling a twisted history in hopes of finding one last girl, all while struggling with personal demons of his own. With only a handful of clues, the elusive killer’s identity remains a mystery. Time is running out, and the Four Monkey Killer taunts from beyond the grave in this masterfully written, fast-paced thriller.

#TheFourthMonkey #4MK #2026reads #JDBarker @jdbarker_author #JessicasReadingRoom
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