November Reads

☆☆☆☆ When Grumpy Met Sunshine by Charlotte Stein☆☆☆☆ It Happened One Christmas by Chantel Guertin 🍁Coming Home to the Cowboy by Megan Ryder☆☆☆☆ Someone to Kiss by Jamie Anderson 🍁☆☆☆ The Island House by Elana Johnson☆☆☆☆ Kissing Tolstoy by Penny Reid☆☆☆☆ Tools of Engagement by Tessa Bailey☆☆☆☆ Mom Com by Adriana Mather☆☆☆☆ Take the Long

November Mini Reviews

A few short but sweet reviews of ARCs I’ve been reading this fall. I really slowed my ARC requests and have been trying to keep up with a few different reading goals. More to come in the new year! Hedging Your Bets by Jayne DenkerNetGalley, e-book I had read the first title in this series

September Reading Wrap Up

☆☆☆☆☆ Love Your Kids Without Losing Yourself by Dr Morgan Cutlip☆☆☆☆ Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score☆☆☆☆ Recipe for a Good Life by Lesley Crewe 🍁☆☆☆☆ From Paris, In Love by Elodie Colliard 🍁☆☆☆☆ An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera☆☆☆☆ All I Want for Christmas by Maggie Knox☆☆☆☆ 10 Things

ARCs *Mini Reviews*

Another round of mini-reviews for most recently read Advanced Reader Copies – books that haven’t been published yet (you’ll find them all in stores over the next month or so) but that I got to read ahead of time to share my thoughts with you!Love Your Kids Without Losing Yourself by Dr. Morgan CutlipNetgalley, e-book

December Reads in Review

☆☆☆☆ Reasonable Adults by Robin Lefler 🍁The Christmas Deal by Keira Andrews☆☆☆☆ Take the Lead by Alexis Daria☆☆☆☆ Christmas on the Island by Jenny Colgan☆☆☆☆ Just As You Are by Camille KelloggA Holiday by Gaslight by Mimi MatthewsLesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu 🍁☆☆☆☆The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan☆☆☆ Felix Navidad

December ARCs

Not Your Ex’s Hexes by April Asher This was SO much fun, almost non-stop action and hilarity despite the paranormal romance vibes it most strongly gave off.  I loved the cast of characters and was actually surprised that it wasn’t just a wee bit hotter (read: sexier) based on the language and tone (but maybe

Holiday ARCs 2022!

This year’s Net Galley offerings were inclusive, fun, flirty and an amazing addition to my digital bookshelf.  I almost want to go back to each and every one of them now that the holiday music, treats and general merriment have begun to set in.  But alas, there are non-ARC holiday reads to enjoy and the

December Reads in Review

☆☆☆☆ Noël à Kingscroft by Mylène Gilbert-Dumas 🍁☆☆☆☆☆ Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi 🍁☆☆☆☆ Amor Actually by Adriana Herrera (and others!)☆☆☆☆ The Christmas Wedding Guest by Susan Mallery☆☆☆ The Christmas Pact by Vi Kelland & Penelope Ward☆☆☆☆☆ Fair Play by Eve Rodsky☆☆☆☆☆ The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis A note about

Holiday Reads in Review (Take two!)

I’ve been busy.  With home.  With work.  With reading!  Five books down in the first 15 days of December – and I’m just as surprised or impressed as anyone else, this time last week I felt like I was staring up an insurmountable pile of things to do when I got a great reminder and

Year of Reading in Review: Best Book of 2021 (fiction) Part II (July – November)

Did you catch part I of this post?  Find it here! July Jump offThe Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray was a clear stand out read for me this month.  It doesn’t hurt that it covers three amazing historical periods and focuses on three extraordinary women in demanding, impossible times.  How could this book