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On the surface, when I selected this audiobook from my massive TBR, I thought it was going to be this suspenseful story about a teenager who emerged from the wilderness 10 years after he and his father had gone missing. I finished this book stunned in deep thought with a lot to process.  

Full review at https://abookandadog.com

Currently reading. A thriller set in Northern Minnesota ( the Boundary Waters and Duluth).

This looks at the definition of mental illness and the legacy of abandonment but it also allows some pretty glaring ethical issues to stand unchallenged. It‘s also not super thriller-y for a purported thriller (which was okay for me, tbf, but might not work for others who like thrillers). Full review at http://booknaround.blogspot.com/2022/08/review-leave-no-trace-by-mindy-mejia.htm...

Bailing. Working in books I‘ve started on my kobo this mini vacation and I am not digging this at all. I‘m over halfway through but have zero interest in what happens and the main character is irritating. Calling it quits and will not look back.

While the book was suspenseful and well-written, I have to give it a pan. Maya (the heroine of the book) is a young speech therapist who works at a mental health facility and during the course of the book she really behaves in an unethical way. The book tries to show it as an “ends justify the means” situation but I found it icky.

Tackle the TBR 🤓📚 #boleybooks #leavenotrace #MindyMejia #emilybestlerbooks #booklove #bookbeast

The pacing was off in this book. Definitely not as readable as her previous novel Everything You Want Me to Be. The narrator spoke clearly and I appreciated her performance. I liked Maya; however, there was something missing for me to truly root for her. I appreciate the look at mental illness and facilities where they stay. I would still read another Mejia book, but may not be as eager for it.

I was pleasantly surprised with this novel. Although not the best book I've ever read, Leave No Trace did not disappoint and really kept me flipping the pages.

Have I mentioned how much I love being a librarian?! We had author Mindy Mejia at our library this week and people came from all over to hear her speak. My favorite part of an author visit is hearing the author read her own writing.

P.S. We ran out of chairs and we sold out of her books!

#ilovemylibrary

My first book by this author. It was pretty good. Definitely kept me interested.

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While parts of this were hard to believe, I did enjoy it overall. I loved reading about the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Ely. The sense of place and love for the area really came through. I liked how the backstory of both main characters was revealed in bits and pieces with an unexpected ending. I also enjoyed how the author brought in the geological aspects of the BWCA and that rocks played an important role in the story.

Finished this on my little walk today...Its raining again so its the treadmill later to reach my step goal. Great book 4 stars! 5/16 #BFC #bookfitnesschallenge @wanderinglynn

Started this on my walk this afternoon. #BFC #bookfitnesschallenge @wanderinglynn

I‘m off all week and blowing up my TBR pile! 💣📚

Maya is working as an assistant language therapist at a psychiatric facility, when she is assigned to help 19 year old Lucas. He was last seen 10 years ago when he disappeared with his father into the wild forest.

Starts off well but degenerates into the trope of supposedly intelligent woman ignores experts & does something both stupid & unlikely. Frequent eye rolls deployed on this one. 2⭐️

Lucas Blackthorn emerges from the boundary waters of #Minnesota 10 years after disappearing with his father. He commits an act of violence then will only speak to young speech pathologist Maya. This promising beginning then devolves into absurdities that I just didn‘t buy. The characters were interesting, but too many coincidences and silliness. It did have a strong sense of place, which was good for #ReadingUSA2019.

#selfiesunday Happy Sunday Littens! 🖤

This is a great read with a twist you might not see coming! Definitely recommend it to anyone who likes a mystery.

Interesting characters in a wonderfully real setting. By the end, I really felt like I had been to the Boundary Waters.

Liked this way more than her last book. Still not perfect, but I really loved these characters and wanted to unravel all the mysteries of their stories. There are about 4 different mysteries here, plus not knowing how the current storyline would resolve! And I loved the strength of all the settings too: each setting was almost it's own character.Easily one of my top 2 thriller reads of the year.

I started this book at about 9 tonight.Now it's 1:15 in the morning and I'm within 50 pages of halfway through it!It's a very intriguing story, with a main character who is a young speech therapist working at a psychiatric hospital where she was a patient for a while,due to some trauma we don't know about yet.A patient comes in who has spent over half his childhood living in the woods with his father, and he will only talk to Maya.So good so far!

Bottom middle and bottom right were #audiobook
Wendy Webb and Mindy Mejia are thrilling #Minnesota authors!! I also read the first three volumes of the Runaways #comix by Brian Vaughan. #NovemberStats #november

could I BE any more Fall-ish? 🧡🤣

I had some doubts about this book at points, but I really feel like it stuck the landing.

Sorry for not posting earlier! I got my #favoritepoetswap package! 📦Yay for Litsy Book Mail!!! So excited for this! @LazyDays

Love it when library holds come in!!!

New house is coming along.. dinner is started.. I feel like I can sit here and read for a minute or two.. yay! 😊

I‘ve had enough of unpacking boxes for today! #amreading !!

It wasn‘t until my late 20‘s that I really understood this was a thing that existed for some people and suddenly a bunch of stuff made sense.

I hate leaving negative reviews but I have to after reading this one. This story was incredibly boring. I made myself stick it out because I really wanted to be wrong. What....a....complete.....waste....of my precious reading time. ☹️ Feeling extremely frustrated!

A tense and gripping read that plumbs the depths of grief and longing; dark and atmospheric, with palpably vivid details and complex characters harboring plenty of secrets, Leave No Trace is the perfect combination of gorgeous prose and edge-of-your-seat storytelling...

Well on to my next read.. I really should be in bed..

I became a fan of Mindy‘s writing after reading Everything You Want Me To Be last year. Leave No Trace is very different from EYWMTB but just as brilliant and incredibly engrossing. Make sure to pick your copy when it comes out on September 4th! Thank you @bookishhq and @atriabooks for my early copy! #amreading #LeaveNoTrace #bookstagram #NetGalley

If you like scary books, you‘ll like this. I had nightmares. 😂🤦🏼‍♀️ Full review coming for Shelf Awareness. #jesshowreads2018

I‘m opening my #bookmail in my IG stories! All advance copies provided by Shelf Awareness in exchange for four reviews! I got some fun ones this month - check out the stories for mini thoughts on all of them. (I‘m jesshowbooks over there too!)

Two thrillers Leave No Trace & B.A, Paris new book Bring Me Back something about hot weather outside a.c. blasting a thriller to add to the chill spells summer.