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a blog tour I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions
expressed are mine alone.
I
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Author: Emma St. Clair
Ch: 25 plus epilogue
Pg: 330
Series: Sweater Weather
Genre: Rom Com
Rating: 3.5
Publisher: Create if writing LLC
I’m
not normally a fan of the fake dating trope and brothers best friend trope. But
I’m a huge sucker for a good hockey rom com. Logan Barnes is a hockey player
kicked back to the minor leagues of hockey for his behavior and fighting.
Parker Douglas is the social media manager for the team and the little sister
of Logan’s high school best friend.
This
one took me a bit to get into. But once I did, I did enjoy it. It was hockey
that hooked me. While it wasn’t a favorite, I do look forward to the rest of the
Sweater Weather series and more books by Emma St Clair.
Author: Melody Carlson
Ch: 17
Pg: 167
Genre: Contemporary romance
Rating: 3.5 stars
Publisher: Revell
I’m generally not a fan of princess
stories, the one where the commoner falls for the prince. But if it’s a girl
who finds out she’s a long lost princess think The Princess Diaries then I want
to read. Throw in Christmas and I’m hooked. And that’s A Royal Christmas by Melody Carlson gives the reader.
I have to say I was rooting for
Adelaide from page one. I wanted her to get a happy ending. And the Magic of
Christmas in Europe even if it’s only in the pages of a book added to the
story. It’s a quick read. This is the perfect novella to read this Christmas
and add to your Christmas stack in returning years.
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Author: Jenn McKinlay
Ch: 29
Pg: 435
Genre: Rom Com
Rating: 3.5 stars
Publisher: Berkeley
I’ve found Jenn McKinlays rom
coms to be hit or Miss for me. This one was a hit. I was thrilled that for once
the book worm in the story was the hero. Hey if a guy wants to read me a book
I’d be all for it. And I enjoyed that the heroine was dyslexic. And this
dyslexic reading was fond of the dyslexic friendly font that the physical book
was printed in. This is also a rom com with few steamy scenes on the page.
Author: Sherry Harris
Ch: 40
Pg: 204
Series: Chloe Jackson, Sea Glass Saloon mystery book 2
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Rating: 3.5 stars
Publisher: Kensington
A Time to Swill is the second book in the Chloe
Jackson, Sea Glass Saloon Mystery series by Sherry Harris about the librarian
turned half bar owner Chloe. I didn't enjoy this one as much as the first book
in the series. And I think that is due in part to the fact that the
mystery was a a cold case one so to speak. It was also a little slower
paced than the first book in the series, but I did enjoy getting to know the
characters better. I am looking forward to the next book in
the series to see what other mystery Chole finds herself involved
in.
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from the publisher through netgalley. I was not required to write a positive
review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.
Author: Kathleen Fuller
Chapters: 17 plus epilogue
Pages: 320
Series: Maple Falls Romance
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Hooked on You is my first book by Kathleen Fuller I haven’t
read previous books of hers because I’m not a fan of Amish fiction and I’m also
not a fan of small town romances. But something told me to pick this one up and
I’m glad I did. I was hooked from the first page pun intended.
But it wasn’t the romantic
relationship that kept me turning pages. It was the relationship between Riley
and her grandma I’m a sucker for books with close grandma granddaughter
relationship. And the friendship in the book also make for a good read. I’m
looking forward to the next book in the series. Though I probably won’t pick up
her Amish fiction because I’m not a fan of that genre.
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this book from the publisher through netgalley. I was not required to write a
positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.
Author: Estelle Laure
Ch: 28
Pg: 240
Series: City of Villains
Genre: retelling
Rating: 3.5 stars
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
I enjoyed this one
more than I thought I would as fairy tale and Disney retellings have been hit
or miss for me lately. But City of Villains by Estelle Laure
was a hit. I enjoyed the noir crime novel aspect of the book. Mary Elizabeth
and Bella have this weird detective duo going on and I love it. I want more of
those two in the next book in the series.
As the first book in
the series it is a little slow, but that’s to be expected of a first book in a
series as it sets up the world and develops the characters. And of course like
most first books in a series there’s a cliff hanger, but with this being a bit
of retelling and backstories as well as a slight crime novel you won’t a bit of
a cliff hanger to get to come back for more.
This is indeed a YA
novel so there is more than its fair share of teenage drama. That I didn’t care
for and not just because I’m older than your typical YA reader, because I
didn’t even care for teenage drama in my YA novels when I was a teen. But to me
that’s the only con of the book. But I loved Mary Elizabeth and Bella enough to
overlook it. Because City of Villains gave me a different take on Captain
Hook’s back story. And I’m always a sucker for a new twist on Hook’s story.
Since I’m still convinced that Hook was never the villain of the Peter
Pan story.
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expressed are mine alone.
Author: Allison Pittman
Ch: 22 plus epilogue
Pg: 253
Series: Doors to the Past
Genre: Dual time
Rating: 3.5 stars
Publisher: Barbour
Dini Blackstone was my favorite
character in the book. I loved her quirkiness as well as her love of true
crime. And her determination to solve a century year old crime. I saw some of
myself in her, I’m a true crime nut especially historical crime. Quin the
modern hero was alright he just wasn’t a favorite.
I didn’t care for the historical
heroine Hedda but that’s due in part to the fact that don’t care for unreliable
narrators. I’ve never liked reading from their points of view. Nor was I fond
of the ghost story aspect. But that doesn’t mean someone else won’t
love it.
However, I did enjoy how the
author wove both stories and time periods together to get one interesting
story.
Author: Elizabeth Logan
Ch: 36
Pg: 304
Series: Alaskan Diner Mystery book 2
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Rating: 3.5 stars
Publisher: Berkley Books
Fishing for Trouble by Elizabeth Logan
is the second book in the Alaskan Diner Mystery series. I enjoyed this arm
chair visit to Alaska that included a mystery. The second book in the series
was faster paced than the first in the series. Because setting and characters
have already been developed. And like all good cozies this one includes a sweet
cat. And unlike most cozies this series has a law enforcement officer who
doesn’t mind outside help, which makes me think the case is because it’s set in
small town Alaska. And from reading this series I’ve learned small town Alaska
is more like a village in lower 48 terms.
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netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions
expressed are mine alone.
Author: Gina Dalfonzo
Ch: 7
Pg: 208
Genre: Nonfiction, Biography
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Publisher: Baker books
I knew that Dorothy L.
Sayers was a mystery author who rivaled Christie mostly because her
mysteries novel graced my mom's bookshelves. And I knew that C.S. Lewis was an
author however I was not introduced to Lewis's writing as a kid with the
Narnia books (a book series I still haven't read). I was included to his
writing with A Grief Observed which I read as adult after losing my mom.
As well as an introduced in the historical fiction novel Becoming Mrs. Lewis: The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman
and C. S. Lewis by
Patti Callahan
So I knew nothing of the friendship between
Dorothy L. Sayers and C.S. Lewis so I was willing to pick this one up and learn
more. I have to say I was not disappointed. Reading this and
learning more about both C.S. Lewis and Dorothy L. Sayers I know want to read
her mysteries books and pick up some more Lewis's nonfiction and possibly
finally read The Chronicles of Narnia.
Cause I mean Lewis was
the one who said "Some day you will be
old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” and “A children's story
that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the
slightest.” I take that to mean a well written children's book can be read and
enjoyed by anyone.
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Quotes from C.S. Lewis as found listed on Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1069006.C_S_Lewis
Publisher: Kensington
The California setting was a nice change, but I will admit I miss the small Indiana town in which the rest of the books in this series is set. This wasn't my favorite of the series but I still enjoyed it. It was a little slower paced that other books in the series. I do look forward for the next book in the series and hopefully back in Indiana.
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Author: Laura Gail Black
Series: An Antique Bookshop Mystery book 1
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
For a first book in
the series the plot didn't drag and the character development was pretty
fast. And I like most of the characters. Expect for the one who turned
out to be the villain. I guess that played a part in me figuring out who
done it before the amateur sleuth in the book did. I do look
forward to the next book in the series to see what else Jenna Quinn and the
gang get up to.
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review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.
Title: Don’t Keep Silent
Author: Elizabeth Goddard
Ch: 64
Pg: 358
Series: Uncommon Justice
Genre: Christian Romantic Suspense
Rating: 3.5
Publisher: Revell
Don’t
Keep Silent by Elizabeth Goddard
is the third and final book in the Uncommon Justice series. It focuses on the
third McKade brother Liam and Rae Burke. And I have to say that even though it
was still a good read it was my least favorite of the series.
It
took me a while to read because even though I was enjoying it while I was
reading it. I didn’t enjoy enough to want to pick it up as my first choice to
read. I ended up finally finishing it in a day because I had finished
everything else I had read.
The
suspense and setting were awesome as were the secondary characters were awesome
as was Liam the hero. But the heroine Rae drove me nuts m. But another than
that it was still a nice wrap up to the series. I think other fans of the
series will enjoy this one I just think I read it at the wrong time.
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netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions
expressed are mine alone.
Ch: 17
Pg: 163
Genre: Christmas Romance, Rom Com
Rating: 3.5 stars
Publisher: Revell
I’m
a sucker for Christmas movies and books. From the beginning of November till
the end of December I’m curled up with a blanket reading Christmas books. So
when i read the burb about a house switch during Christmas I knew I had to read
this one.
I
know the house switch trope has been done before, but Melody Carlson brought
her own unique twist to it. In which the house switch becomes one sided but
only one party knows that.
I
enjoyed this sweet Christmas Rom Com in book form. It was a quick read that I
finished it in a day. This book is great for those who love hallmark movies and
rom coms and Christmas.
I received a copy of
this book from the publisher a part of a blog tour. I was not required to write
a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.
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.
Title: A
Spell for Trouble 
Title: Bound For Murder 
Title: The
Gray Chamber 