Don't miss my review of book one in the series, Polaris Rising,
​as well as my interview with the author Jessie Mihalik.

​Don't miss the latest Shelf Byte podcast feature! You'll hear a spoiler-free book or audiobook review in 5 minutes or less!
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Today, I'm sharing my thoughts on Imaginary Friend, by Stephen Chbosky. If you've read this book (or listened on audio), I'd love to talk about it! Comment below and let me know what you thought. 

Welcome to another #BuddyReads. What's a Buddy Read? Fellow book nerd co-host Classy (friend, book lover, audiobook listener, and Shelf Addiction reviewer) and I select a stand alone title that we'll either read, listen to, or a combination of both. Afterwards we come together to chat about it on the podcast! This is a candid and spoiler-filled convo.
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In this episode, we're discussing A Stranger on the Beach, by Michele Campbell. Both Classy and I listened to the audiobook version. Be sure to listen to the end because we share why we picked who we did for the fantasy casting!

Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Release Date: July 23, 2019 
Format: MP3 Download
Audio Length: 10 hrs 29 mins
Narrator: January LaVoy
Source: Scribd
Genre: Thriller, Mystery
Rating: 5 bookmarks - Tamara | 5 bookmarks - Classy
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Synopsis: ​There is a stranger outside Caroline's house.

Her spectacular new beach house, built for hosting expensive parties and vacationing with the family she thought she'd have. But her husband is lying to her and everything in her life is upside down, so when the stranger, Aiden, shows up as a bartender at the same party where Caroline and her husband have a very public fight, it doesn't seem like anything out of the ordinary.

As her marriage collapses around her and the lavish lifestyle she's built for herself starts to crumble, Caroline turns to Aiden for comfort...and revenge. After a brief and desperate fling that means nothing to Caroline and everything to him, Aiden's obsession with Caroline, her family, and her house grows more and more disturbing. And when Caroline's husband goes missing, her life descends into a nightmare that leaves her accused of her own husband's murder.

Welcome to another #BuddyReads. What's a Buddy Read? Fellow book nerd co-host Classy (friend, book lover, audiobook listener, and Shelf Addiction reviewer) and I select a stand alone title that we'll either read, listen to, or a combination of both. Afterwards we come together to chat about it on the podcast! This is a candid and spoiler-filled convo.
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In this episode, we're discussing Lock Every Door, by Riley Sager. Both Classy and I listened to the audiobook version. Be sure to listen to the end because we share why we picked who we did for the fantasy casting!

Publisher: Pengiun Random House Audio
Release Date: July 2, 2019 
Format: MP3 Download
Audio Length: 10 hrs 26 mins
Narrator: Dylan Moore
Source: Scribd
Genre: Thriller, Mystery
Rating: 3 bookmarks - Tamara | 2 bookmarks - Classy
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Synopsis: No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich or famous or both. These are the only rules for Jules Larsen's new job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan's most high-profile and mysterious buildings. Recently heartbroken and just plain broke, Jules is taken in by the splendor of her surroundings and accepts the terms, ready to leave her past life behind.

As she gets to know the residents and staff of the Bartholomew, Jules finds herself drawn to fellow apartment sitter Ingrid, who comfortingly, disturbingly reminds her of the sister she lost eight years ago. When Ingrid confides that the Bartholomew is not what it seems and the dark history hidden beneath its gleaming facade is starting to frighten her, Jules brushes it off as a harmless ghost story—until the next day, when Ingrid disappears.

Searching for the truth about Ingrid's disappearance, Jules digs deeper into the Bartholomew's dark past and into the secrets kept within its walls. Her discovery that Ingrid is not the first apartment sitter to go missing at the Bartholomew pits Jules against the clock as she races to unmask a killer, expose the building's hidden past, and escape the Bartholomew before her temporary status becomes permanent. ​

Welcome to another #BuddyReads. What's a Buddy Read? Me and a fellow book nerd co-host Classy (friend, book lover, audiobook listener, and Shelf Addiction reviewer) select a stand alone title that we'll either read, listen to, or a combination of both. Afterwards we come together to chat about it on the podcast! This is a candid and spoiler-filled convo.
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This episode, we're discussing No Exit by Taylor Adams. Both Classy and I listened to the audiobook version. Be sure to listen to the end because we also share our own fantasy casting choices!

Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Release Date: February 20, 2018 
Format: MP3 Download
Audio Length: 9 hrs 44 mins
Narrator: Sarah Naughton
Source: Scribd
Genre: Thriller, Mystery
Rating: 4 bookmarks - Tamara | 4 bookmarks - Classy
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Synopsis: On her way to Utah to see her dying mother, college student Darby Thorne gets caught in a fierce blizzard in the mountains of Colorado. With the roads impassable, she’s forced to wait out the storm at a remote highway rest stop. Inside, are some vending machines, a coffee maker, and four complete strangers.

Desperate to find a signal to call home, Darby goes back out into the storm . . . and makes a horrifying discovery. In the back of the van parked next to her car, a little girl is locked in an animal crate.

Who is the child? Why has she been taken? And how can Darby save her?

There is no cell phone reception, no telephone, and no way out. One of her fellow travelers is a kidnapper. But which one?

Trapped in an increasingly dangerous situation, with a child’s life and her own on the line, Darby must find a way to break the girl out of the van and escape.

But who can she trust?