We’re still having some temperature swings, but they’re heading in the warmer direction for the most part. It’s bananas to think that I have seen climate change alter weather patterns and they keep getting more extreme. As if my brain needed one more thing to worry about, here […]
I finished March with 27 ARCs left to be read. It’s definitely springtime—the weather is vacillating between warm and cool, sun and clouds, and rain. Mom got away to Florida to visit the grandkids, great-grandkids, and her siblings, and I got a nice quiet break at home. I […]
A Death in the Dark Thank you to NetGalley and Storm Publishing for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. An assistant athletics coach is found murdered at Redwood Grove High School and all evidence points one way—but the Novel Detectives […]
This Weekend Doesn’t End Well for Anyone Thank you to NetGalley, Minotaur Books, and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an ARC of this e-book and audiobook in exchange for an honest review. The third in the witty and captivating series following bestselling author Eleanor Dash, who once […]
March hit us with some weird weather—we got snow, rain, days in the 40s and days in the 70s, most recently back to back. I am glad to see some of the plants and trees start to bloom, although I will miss the cold weather. I really love […]
I finished February with 25 ARCs left to be read. Spring is springing! The weather is still a bit up and down, but the temps are warming up and I don’t have to bundle up to go outside anymore, which makes me really happy. We got more snow […]
Stakeouts and Strollers Thank you to NetGalley and Minotaur Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Amateur private investigator and new dad Charlie Shaw gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to track down a young girl’s […]
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: “Usually, the booze made him angry. Tonight, Shawn […]
I finished January with 21 ARCs left to be read. February is now over, and it was a wild ride. Here in New York, the cold weather and the snow have continued. The temps were so low and we got snow in record breaking amounts. This kind of […]
And just like that, the first month of 2026 is done. Meanwhile, I’m still slipping up and writing 2025 on paperwork. January was a whirlwind of a month. After a low-key New Years with my mother, I was feeling pretty good about what this year has in store […]
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