The Running Bibliophile

Mind Game  is the twenty-second book in Iris Johansen’s Eve Duncan series and focuses on Jane MacGuire, Eve Duncan’s adopted daughter. Jane is on a quest to find a treasure buried centuries ago by a woman named Cira near a lake in Scotland. At the same time, she begins having vivid dreams about a girl who seems to be in danger. As the story unfolds, Jane tries to determine whether the girl is real and whether she can somehow save her. I was fortunate to receive an Advance Readers Copy (ARC) of Mind Game by Iris Johansen through a Goodreads giveaway. I received it for free in exchange for my honest review, which gave me the opportunity to read the book ahead of its official release and share my thoughts with other readers. It’s always exciting to receive a book this way, and it made reviewing Mind Game even more enjoyable knowing I could provide an honest perspective before the book hit shelves. This is only the second book I’ve read by Iris Johansen, and the other one I read wa...

The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson opens in Denver, Colorado in the year 1962. Readers are introduced to friends Kitty Miller and Freida, who own and operate a bookstore in Downtown Denver. Following Kitty's life as a single, working woman in the 1960's, she places a personal ad in the local newspaper to meet "Mr. Right" and gives her cast offs to Freida. Then, the dreams begin ... Katharyn Andersson is married to the perfect man, Lars, and they have three children. To Katharyn, it's the perfect life, the one she longs for. Each time she dreams, the more real it is. As her worlds begin to blur, Kitty doesn't know which one is reality and which one is imagined. Which one will she choose? Let me begin by being upfront ... I won an Advanced Reading Copy (ARC) of The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson in Goodreads.com's First Reads Giveaway in exchange for my honest review of the book. Third time's a charm, right? It took me THREE attempts to finish readi...