Palmer's Page Turners

Book Beginnings Fridays is a weekly event hosted by fellow Oregon blogger Gilion at Rose City Reader.  The purpose is to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name.
This week, I started A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis. It's a YA thriller that was just released Otober 6, 2015. With Haloween tomorrow and this rainy and dreary weather, I've been in the mood for some psychological thrillers! Here's the first lines:
"They all had their terrors. The new girl believed that spiders lived in her veins. Her screams sliced through the darkness, passing through the thin walls of Grace's cell and filling her brain with another's misery to add to the pressures of her own."
Ooh! Just what my psychology major brain loves! And I just looove that cover!  Here's t…

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine.  The event spotlights upcoming releases we are eagerly anticipating. This week, I am excited for the release of:
November 9 by Colleen Hoover Release Date: November 10, 2015 Genre: NA Romance, Contemporary
From Goodreads:
Beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover returns with an unforgettable love story between a writer and his unexpected muse.

Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day of her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon’s last day in L.A. together, and her eventful life becomes the creative inspiration Ben has always sought for his novel. Over time and amidst the various relationships and tribulations of their own separate lives, they continue to meet on the same date every year. Until one day Fallon becomes unsure if Ben has been telling her the truth or fabricating a perfect reality for the sake of the ultimate plot twist.
Why I'm …

Title: Romancing the Dark in the City of Light
Author: Ann Jacobus
288 pages, published October 6, 2015
Genre: YA

Note: I received this book fromNetGalleyto facilitate my review. I received no other compensation, and all opinions are my own.

From Goodreads:

Summer Barnes just moved to Paris to repeat her senior year of high school. After being kicked out of four boarding schools, she has to get on track or she risks losing her hefty inheritance. Summer is convinced that meeting the right guy will solve everything. She meets two. Moony, a classmate, is recovering against all odds from a serious car accident, and he encourages Summer to embrace life despite how hard it can be to make it through even one day. But when Summer meets Kurt, a hot, mysterious older man who she just can't shake, he leads her through the creepy underbelly of the city-and way out of her depth.

When Summer's behavior manages to alienate everyone, even Moony, she's forced to decide if a life so difficult is w…

Title: If You Only Knew
Author: Kristan Higgins
416 pages, published August 2015
Genre: Women's Fiction
Source: Library

From Goodreads:

Wedding-dress designer Jenny Tate understands the happily-ever-after business, yet somehow she's still involved in her ex-husband's life. In fact, Owen's new wife may—inexplicably—be Jenny's new best friend. Sensing this, well, relationship isn't helping her move on, Jenny trades the Manhattan skyline for her hometown up the Hudson, where she'll be able to bask in her sister Rachel's picture-perfect family life…and hopefully make one of her own.

Her timing couldn't be more perfect, since Rachel will need her younger sister. Her idyllic marriage has just fallen to pieces in spectacular fashion after she discovers her husband sexting with one of his colleagues. Second chances aren't in Rachel's nature, but the desire for an intact family has her rethinking her stance on adultery, much to Jenny's surp…

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and The Bookish. This week's topic is Top Ten Wishes I'd Ask The Book Genie To Grant Me. I love this topic! Here's my list:

*  My own library in my home with floor to ceiling bookshelves along one wall, a library ladder,  comfy reading area, with a lovely view. This would require a new house, of course. And probably one of the few wishes here that MIGHT actually have a chance at coming true someday!

* Another book set in Hawaii by Alan Brennert. I hear this one may actually be in the works already!

*  An 8th day of the week (or let's be honest, I'd prefer one of the five workdays) universally dedicated only to reading and bookish pursuits.

* To be able to re-read favorite books and have it feel like the first time!  Have that magic of not knowing what happens and discovering it all over again:)

* Bookstore gift card with a never ending balance!

*The ability to read faster. So many books, not enough time to read them!…

About Silver Tongue• Paperback: 274 pages • Publisher: Seventh Star Press, LLC (April 20, 2015)
The Colonies lost the Revolutionary War. Now it’s 1839 and the North American continent is divided into three territories: New Britannia, Nueva Espana, and Nouvelle France where seventeen-year-old Claire Poissant lives. Claire has a magical way with words—literally. But a mystical power of persuasion isn’t the only thing that makes her different. Half-French and half-Indian, Claire doesn’t feel at home in either world. Maybe that’s why she’s bonded so tightly with her fellow outcasts and best friends: Phileas, a young man whose towering intellect and sexuality have always made him the target of bullies, and Sam, a descendant of George Washington who shares the disgraced general’s terrible, secret curse. But when Sam’s family is murdered, these bonds are tested and Claire’s special ability is strained to its limits as the three hunt the men responsible into dangerous lands. Along the way …

Contemporary Romance Date Published: October 19, 2015


Cleveland Clash center Jade Wren takes her mother and grandmother’s Korean family values to heart, and living up to their expectations is a big part of that plan. But there’s another side of Jade that longs for something more than teaching elementary school and marrying a nice Korean guy. That’s the side that decides to kiss a sexy American stranger, simply to prove that she can stray from the straight and narrow every once in a while without anything bad happening. Except, the guy isn’t exactly a stranger. He’s sports radio shock jock Rome Rizzelli, and as far as the Cleveland Clash is concerned, he’s Public Enemy No. 1.
Rome isn’t the kind of guy to argue when a beautiful woman kisses him in a bar during a break at a remote broadcast, but the same beautiful woman ends up singled out by his new, feminist producer and invited on air to talk about women’s tackle football. It’s a battle of the sexes—a battle he needs to win to save his …

Welcome to the Dewey's 24 hour readathon! I'm not doing hourly updates or anything, but I wanted to let you all know what I'm reading today! Thanks to NetGalley, I'm reading Romancing the Dark in the City of Light....and loving it! This morning my husband and I walked with our pup down to the coffee shop to get some caffeine and are now back at home relaxing on the couch watching football, so I'm getting some good reading time in! 

What are you reading today for the readathon? Have fun everyone!

Title: After You (Me Before You #2)
Author: Jojo Moyes
352 pages, published September 2015
Genre: Women's Fiction
Source: Library

From Goodreads:

How do you move on after losing the person you loved? How do you build a life worth living?

Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. After the transformative six months spent with Will Traynor, she is struggling without him. When an extraordinary accident forces Lou to return home to her family, she can’t help but feel she’s right back where she started.

Her body heals, but Lou herself knows that she needs to be kick-started back to life. Which is how she ends up in a church basement with the members of the Moving On support group, who share insights, laughter, frustrations, and terrible cookies. They will also lead her to the strong, capable Sam Fielding—the paramedic, whose business is life and death, and the one man who might be able to understand her. Then a figure from Will’s past appears and hijac…

Boss Me: Rivers Edge Book 5 by Lacey Black Last man standing. That’s the way it feels when Will Stevens looks at the happiness and fulfillment his siblings have found. Will isn’t necessarily looking for “happily ever after” but...what if? The one thing that helps him get through the loneliness of bachelorhood is his job. As a paramedic with Rivers Edge Health Care, Will is dedicated to saving lives. But one person has the potential to jeopardize everything he has worked for: his boss. Carmen Brady is a woman working in a man’s world. Determined to be taken as a serious professional, Carmen is hard and ruthless on the job; not interested in being anyone’s friend. There’s no room for personal relationships in the workplace, and Carmen is unwavering in her pursuit to run a tight ship in the Emergency Department at Rivers Edge Health Center. Yet, as much as she tries, Carmen can’t seem to stop thinking about one man she can’t have: her employee. What happens when the line between work and…

Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon is this Saturday! I have participated in the last few readathons, and I love how all the excitement is packed into one day! If you want to sign up, it's not too late--here's their sign up post. There are no rules--just read, read, read as much as you want to or can! I don't have a set goal or anything other than to read as much as possible and as much as I feel like. Planning on some quality time with my Kindle, as I have a lot of NetGalley reads to catch up on! Here are a few I'm deciding between to read next: Happy Reading! I will post this weekend about my progress! I will also be tweeting my progress @palmerspageturn and on instagram @palmerspageturners

Contemporary Romance Date published: July 2015


From USA Today bestselling author Nancy Naigle - Sand Dollar Cove
Escape to the shores of Sand Dollar Cove, a quaint beach town on the North Carolina coast. When Elli Eversol returns to Sand Dollar Cove to rebuild her grandparents shops on the old fishing pier following last fall’s hurricane, she’s faced with bigger problems. For one, the pier has taken a much more serious hit by a recent Nor’easter. Secondly, the boy who broke her heart, Holden Moore, is back in town too and tempting her, only her heart is telling her he’s still not one to be trusted. So she keeps her focus on her family and the Buy-A-Board campaign project so she can put those funds to good use and spare her heart. When Brody Rankin answered the online request to help router names into boards purchased in a campaign to save the shops on the pier in Sand Dollar Cove, he’d really just been trying to do a good deed and get a closer look at the sleepy little town where his meg…

Book Beginnings Fridays is a weekly event hosted by fellow Oregon blogger Gilion at Rose City Reader.  The purpose is to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name.

Today I started reading If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins. I love her books, and am excited to read her newest novel! Here are the first couple lines: "Today is one of those days when I realize that staying friends with my ex-husband was a huge mistake.  I'm at the baby shower for Ana-Sofia, Owen's wife and my replacement." Well that sounds like it's going to be entertaining! Here's the synopsis:
Wedding-dress designer Jenny Tate understands the happily-ever-after business, yet somehow she's still involved in her ex-husband's life. In fact, Owen's new wife may—inexplicably—be Jen…