Published September 28th 2021 Author: Jean Meltzer Narrator: Dara Rosenberg Audiobook Length: 10 hours 12 minutes Oy! to the world Rachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt is a nice Jewish girl with a shameful secret: she loves Christmas. For a decade she’s hidden her career as a Christmas romance novelist from her family. Her talent has made her a bestseller… Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Matzah Ball
~ Goodreads Monday: The Winter We Met ~
This is a weekly meme where any one can choose a random book from their Goodreads TBR and highlight it. Once you choose a book and create your post, make sure you link and reference the creator, @Lauren’s Page Turners. Eventually, I will try to find a rhyme or reason to my choices, but for… Continue reading ~ Goodreads Monday: The Winter We Met ~
Book Review: Jingle Wars
Published November 10th 2020 Authors: R. Holmes & Veronica Eden Two inns, one town, and there’s not enough room for the both of them. Add in a reindeer-ish donkey, a Christmas competition, and a rivalry to end all rivalries and you’re bound to end up in disaster, right? Finn Mayberry has enough on his plate… Continue reading Book Review: Jingle Wars
Book Review: Falling Under the Mistletoe
Expected publication: December 19th 2021 Author: Evelyn Mae Fate doesn't care about your plans. Neither does love. Bakery owner Callie Parker has one goal this Christmas: avoid all men. Newly single after a disastrous getaway with her ex, Callie vows to focus all her energy into expanding her business. Or at least that's what she… Continue reading Book Review: Falling Under the Mistletoe
~ Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 47 ~
For this week, I managed to read and review five novels. I finally caught up on my FairyLoot unboxings as my November box has not arrived yet. During their sale of past boxes, one of my friends bought me the September Under the Sea one and I got myself the April Hidden Identities box, which… Continue reading ~ Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 47 ~
Book Review: All I Want for Christmas
Author: Wendy Loggia This sweet and magical romance about a girl who has just one wish--someone to kiss under the mistletoe--is the perfect holiday escape! Bailey Briggs is counting down the days to Christmas: she lives for holiday music, baking cookies, going on snowy sleigh rides, and wearing her light-up reindeer ears to work at… Continue reading Book Review: All I Want for Christmas
Book Review: Josefine: Shadows of the Witch (#1) (ARC)
Author: Denise Daye My grandma is one of the last true masters of witchcraft. I'm nothing. Yet someone thinks I'm too dangerous to live… Josefine comes from a prestigious line of witches, but she's never possessed so much as a breath of magical ability. Nevertheless, life in her sleepy German town is peaceful, and working… Continue reading Book Review: Josefine: Shadows of the Witch (#1) (ARC)
~ 20 Books for Christmas Reading Challenge ~
I first saw this challenge on Carla's post (@Carla Loves to Read) and it looked like fun. This challenge was created by Jo at Tea & Cake for the Soul. In this challenge, you can choose 20, or 15, or 10 books that you’d like to read (and hopefully review). They do not have to… Continue reading ~ 20 Books for Christmas Reading Challenge ~
FairyLoot Unboxing: October 2021
Before I start the actual post, I will first start by saying HAPPY THANKSGIVING to those in the U.S.! I hope those who are celebrating today enjoy it and those that are not celebrating still have an excellent Thursday! I have finally caught up with my posts! My October box is the latest as the… Continue reading FairyLoot Unboxing: October 2021
~ Goodreads Award Nominations – YA Fantasy – Raking My Past Reads ~
I actually saw this post originally done by Andie at Books, Coffee & Passion who took the 20 nominated novels in the Romance category and ranked the ones that were read. After posting my rankings for the Romance and Fantasy categories, I decided to do the YA Fantasy category. YOUNG ADULT FANTASY - Opening Round… Continue reading ~ Goodreads Award Nominations – YA Fantasy – Raking My Past Reads ~
Audiobook Review: Eight Perfect Hours
Published September 28th 2021 Author: Lia Louis Narrator: Emma Powell Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes On a snowy evening in March, 30-something Noelle Butterby is on her way back from an event at her old college when disaster strikes. With a blizzard closing off roads, she finds herself stranded, alone in her car, without… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Eight Perfect Hours
Book Review: The Wayward Tower (The Twin Kingdoms #3) (ARC)
Expected publication: December 8th 2021 Author: Nancy O'Toole Trapped in a tower Aria knows how to escape imprisonment. All she needs to do is to lead Prince Victor to his death. But she has no desire to become a murderer or assist the man that holds her captive. Instead, Aria discovers a possible solution in… Continue reading Book Review: The Wayward Tower (The Twin Kingdoms #3) (ARC)
~ Goodreads Award Nominations – Fantasy – Raking My Past Reads
I actually saw this post originally done by Andie at Books, Coffee & Passion who took the 20 nominated novels in the Romance category and ranked the ones that were read. After posting my rankings for the Romance category, I decided to do the Fantasy category. FANTASY - Opening Round Nominees TBR TBR TBR TBR… Continue reading ~ Goodreads Award Nominations – Fantasy – Raking My Past Reads
~ Top Ten Tuesday: Character Updates ~
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. How it works: Each Tuesday will be assigned a topic… Continue reading ~ Top Ten Tuesday: Character Updates ~
Audiobook Review: Gold Spun
Published June 8th 2021 Author: Brandie June Narrator: Kathleen McInerney Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes If Nor can’t spin gold, she can always spin lies. When seventeen-year-old Nor rescues a captured faerie in the woods, he gifts her with a magical golden thread she can use to summon him for a favor. Instead, Nor… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Gold Spun
Goodreads Award Nominations – Romance – Raking My Past Reads
I actually saw this post originally done by Andie at Books, Coffee & Passion who took the 20 nominated novels in the Romance category and ranked the ones that were read. Since I have read multiple in this category, I decided to post my own ranking and create this post as a reminder to myself… Continue reading Goodreads Award Nominations – Romance – Raking My Past Reads
~ Goodreads Monday: Josefine ~
This is a weekly meme where any one can choose a random book from their Goodreads TBR and highlight it. Once you choose a book and create your post, make sure you link and reference the creator, @Lauren’s Page Turners. Eventually, I will try to find a rhyme or reason to my choices, but for… Continue reading ~ Goodreads Monday: Josefine ~
~ Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 46 ~
For this week, I managed to read and review six novels. I am slowly catching up on my FairyLoot boxes as I posted my September box. I still have my October one that recently arrived, which I still need to open and see what it contains. My friend also did FairyLoot's past box sale and… Continue reading ~ Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 46 ~
Book Review: The Castle of Thorns
Published November 3rd 2021 Author: Elle Beaumont To end the murders, she must live with the beast of the forest. After surviving years with a debilitating illness, Gisela must prove she is more than her ailment. She discovers her father, King Werner of Tursch, has been growing desperate for the herbs that are key to… Continue reading Book Review: The Castle of Thorns
~ First Lines Friday – #24 (November 19, 2021) ~
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first… Continue reading ~ First Lines Friday – #24 (November 19, 2021) ~
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