It’s August! And I can confirm following my previous post, the heat was turned down – a bit too much! As I type this it’s very gloomy and grey outside. We just can’t seem to win! But even with miserable weather we’ve had days where it’s been miserable and muggy – it would be niceContinueContinue reading “Reading Challenge Update #7”
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Book Review: A Duke of a Time by Tamara Gill
Format: ebook Release Date: February 7th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Historical RomanceGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars This is one of those books I found myself really enjoying and getting into at certain points, only to then have something minor whip me out the story. The ‘issues’ might be particular to me, but this just scraped by with aContinueContinue reading “Book Review: A Duke of a Time by Tamara Gill”
Audiobook Review: Six Times We Almost Kissed by Tess Sharpe
Narrated by: Tess SharpePublisher: Little, Brown Young ReadersAge: Young AdultGenre: Contemporary – RomanceFormat: AudiobookRelease Date: January 24th, 2023Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Oh, this was adorable. If you enjoy audiobooks, the narration for this was absolutely wonderful, and Sharpe does a great job with separating the voices of Penny and Tate. And as for Penny andContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: Six Times We Almost Kissed by Tess Sharpe”
Book Casting: Scott Michael Foster
So, backstory time – I was doing a rewatch of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and it reminded me how utterly against-my-will charmed I was by Nathaniel. For those who haven’t watched the show, I really do highly recommend it. It’s great at taking these stock rom-com trope characters and adding layers and layers and layers to them,ContinueContinue reading “Book Casting: Scott Michael Foster”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Struggled to Finish
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. I amended this week’s – the actual topic is ‘TenContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Struggled to Finish”
#5OnMyTBR: Music
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. Oh, I love books that talk about or heavily involve music! I think it goes back to my teenage years when I was very muchContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Music”
Book Review: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Format: PaperbackRelease Date: September 5th, 2017Age: Young AdultGenre: Sci-Fi – ContemporaryGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars So my rating for this is 4, but it’s probably more around the 3.5 mark – it’s a good book, just one I didn’t like as much as I thought I would, but I’m totally fine with that because of myContinueContinue reading “Book Review: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera”
#5OnMyTBR: Contemporary
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. The one is pretty straightforward, and I know there are a lot of contemporary books on my TBR – the hardest part for this isContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Contemporary”
Book Blogger Hop: July 14th – 20th
Book Blogger Hop What are your thoughts on “happily ever after” endings? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer) Well, I read a lot of romance, so of course I do like a HEA. It’s a guarantee in Romance (or a HFN, at least) and I love seeing the ways different writers tackle this, giving us enoughContinueContinue reading “Book Blogger Hop: July 14th – 20th”
Book Review: #Sweets for Love by Elodie Nowodazkij
Format: ebook Release Date: October 6th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Contemporary RomanceGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars This is the second book in the Love in Swans Cove series, and after I read and loved #The Leftover Bride, I was really excited to dig into this, featuring Leftover Bride Sorcha’s sister, Aisling. Running a struggling bakery and trying toContinueContinue reading “Book Review: #Sweets for Love by Elodie Nowodazkij”
Unwrapping Words 