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? The Rules: First Lines: “It’s easy to fall into the wrong world. […]
Love You a Latke Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Love comes home for the challah-days in this sparkling romance. Snow is falling, holiday lights are twinkling, and Abby Cohen is pissed. For one […]
Murder at the Lemonberry Tea Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Cozies for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Lindsey Bakewell’s iconic lighthouse bakeshop in beautiful Beacon Harbor, Michigan, is hosting a celebrity cookbook author from the UK—but the notorious […]
Hello everyone! I am back at home and settling into my usual routine, but I couldn’t resist today’s prompt, books to read during a storm, which came from Astilbe @ Long and Short Reviews. This topic is intentionally broad – they can be cozy or comfort reads, books […]
Today’s prompt is a freebie, and I’m still on vacation. It has impacted my posting schedule since obviously the younger generation of family members are infinitely more entertaining and interesting than reading and working on my blog. Since I haven’t been posting regularly, I figured I was going […]
Happy December! November was a really fun month for me—I was so excited to finally take a vacation and refresh my spirit. I hadn’t realized exactly how burnt out I was becoming until I had a break from my regular life. I’ll be returning home this week, and […]
I finished October with 21 ARCs left to be read. November was a whirlwind of a month. I started it in New York, and flew down to Florida to spend Thanksgiving with my family members, and go to my youngest great-nephew’s fourth birthday party. I also got to […]
Booked for Murder Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: arson, murder, religious intolerance, misogyny In this atmospheric Southern cozy debut, Madeline Brimley returns to the bookstore she inherited, discovering that […]
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? The Rules: First Lines: “I’ve been on this spirituality, self-help journey for […]
For most of the world, today is just Thursday. But for those of us in America, it is Thanksgiving. I’m aware of the extremely problematic nature of the first Thanksgiving in a way that I wasn’t when I was younger. If you’re reading this and you are Indigenous, […]
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