March Wrap Up

 I started the month with 87 read owned books 1 bought  which made 88  . DNF 10  Read 2 owned books  .  Ended the month with 76 Owned TBR . Started with 37 unfinished series. Finished 2 series  DNF 1 series, and added  3 unfinished series. 37  unfinished series.   DNF  30 books total   I read a total of 13 books across 3,366 pages and 31.28 hours of audio 

1. Be your own Bestie: A No Nonsense Guide to Changing the way you treat yourself by Misha Brown (audio) 

2. Stripped Down: Unfiltered: and Unapologetic: A Modern-Day Memoir from the trailer parks of Vegas to Nashville and Podcast Stardom by Bunnie Xo (audio) 

3. A Field Guide to Murder by Michelle L Cullen 

4. A Ghostly Secret by Tonya Kappes (audio) 

5. Last to Fall by Lynn H. Blackburn (ebook) (review book) 

6. The Astral Library by Kate Quinn

7. 1984 George Orwell 

8. Canadian Boyfriend by Jenny Holiday 

9. Could’ve Fooled me by Jenny Proctor (ebook) (review book) 

10. The Hotshot by Piper Rayne (audio) 

11. The Revolutionist: The Story of the Extremists who Hijacked the 1970s by Jason Burke 

12. Salvacion by Sandra Produman (owned) (owlcrate) 

13. How to Write a Love Story by Catherine Walsh (owned)

Faking Fore-ever by Abby Greyson review

 Not going to lie I mostly picked up Faking Fore-Ever because of the husky. As a husky owner Bogey did not disappoint. I love the chaotic the husky bought to the story. I know nothing about golf but I still enjoyed that part of the story. I enjoyed Luke and Genevieve banter. As well as seeing the healing in this second chance romances. Though to me Bogey stole the book.

I received a copy of this book from the author as part of a blog tour. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone

Mists over the Channel Islands by Sarah Sundin Review

 

I've not read many books set on one of the Channel Island before, in fact before this one I've read one other.  Both of which were set during WWII and that makes sense because the Channel Islands during the war have multiple stories that just need to be told.  And I'm glad that Sarah Sundin choose to set her final book in the companion series about three Dutch cousins on the Island of Jersey as well as giving a woman doctor in a time when it was still rare to have one.  Even though Sundin only writes WWII fiction the books never get old because she always finds a new setting that seems to have never been done before to tell a new story and a new bit of real life history from the war. 

 

 

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.

Could've Fooled Me by Jenny Proctor

 

One of my favorite romance troupes is marriage-of-convenience which isn't super common in contemporary romance but throw in hockey and a former Apies player as the hero I'm hooked. I also wondered what had, had happened to Carter and his twin.  Could've fooled Me answers that one.   Carter's such a sweetheart and Sarah just loves her family, though I have to say I can't believe her brother did what he did.  Though one of my micro troupes is when the heroine doesn't like hockey and ends up dating a hockey player or in Sarah's case married.  And I'm also here for the brother bond the hockey players have on and off the ice. And hockey fan me loved the reference to my real life favorite player.

I liked that this one was one of Jenny's more serious books but her trade mark humor was still there. I also found myself relating to Sarah with the mom aspect. When you and the heroine belong to the same club no wants to belong to it’s hard not to relate and love her. Carter might be a tough hockey player on the ice but he's really a cinnamon roll. My favorite hockey rom com hero tough on the ice and a cinnamon roll with her. 

I received a copy of this book from the author as part of a blog tour. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone

Review of Last to Fall by Lynn H Blackburn Review

 While I did think this was a good wrap up to the series and a whole and I loved the suspense I thought that relationship between Bronwyn  and Mo was a little rushed. I mean I know that they were friendships first, in a high school relationship before Bronwyn ran off.  However, as a reader I still think they jumped into the relationship deep end before fully looking and the past and working out those issues before basically skipping dating and going into marriage.  I still gave this one a four star because I enjoyed the overall aspect of the book. 

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.

Try for Love by Dana Lecheminant review

 Not going to lie I’ve never read a sports rom that was about rugby. And as an American I’m also not afraid to admit I know nothing about rugby. So Try for Love gave me a crash course in rugby as well as a sweet sports rom com. I loved the banter between Logan and Savannah. But her cat was something else. As a cat owner I have to say the cat was spot on. 

I received a copy of this book from the author as part of a blog tour. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone

The Neighbor Playbook by Kristine W Joy reivew

 

I’ve been a college basketball fan since birth. However, I’ve never read a basketball rom com before because I’ve been worried that an author wouldn’t do it justice. But The Neighbor Playbook by Kristine W Joy was the perfect first basketball rom com for me. As a basketball fan the basketball parts were researched and kept me in the story but more importantly it was not overwhelming that it wouldn’t keep non basketball fan from enjoying the book. The banter between Nicole and Dominic kept me turning pages. And I loved watching their relationship develop. And I have to say the meet cute was interesting and I’m not going to lie it took me a bit to warm up to Nicole’s dog. But I still loved this one.

I received a copy of this book from the author as part of a blog tour. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone