Hello from the house of (literal) pain. I’m trying really hard to be upbeat. After spending the last two weeks in a subclinical flare of ulcerative colitis, things got a little worse and I spent a week where I was so sick that I could barely do anything […]
Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend, and if you celebrated holidays, I hope they were nice and low-stress. We had a nice, laid back end to Passover, and started the week off nicely. Maybe it’s because we didn’t have to do all the cooking we […]
I’ve come a long way with being open to books about romance, but I’m still not a mainly romance reader. Sometimes it pops up in other books, usually fantasy or cozy mystery, so I don’t mind seeing romance in books, and I don’t mind it spicy. However, picking […]
Hello February! January has become a month full of joy mixed with a drop of sadness for my family since my father passed six years ago. We have always had a lot of January birthdays in the family, and my dad had one in January as well. But […]
Wow, this week’s prompt is a really great one, and it’s all about my top ten new-to-me authors I discovered in 2024. While I love reading books by the authors I love, I’ve also encountered some really great authors that I hadn’t read anything by. So I am […]
A Killing Cold Author: Kate Alice Marshall Genre: Mystery Publication Date: February 4, 2025 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. A woman invited to her wealthy fiance’s family retreat […]
The Lost House Author: Melissa Larsen Genre: Mystery Publication Date: January 14, 2025 Publisher: Minotaur Books Thank you to NetGalley and Minotaur Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: grief, death of a loved one (off-page), murder, […]
Beautiful Ugly Author: Alice Feeney Genre: Mystery Publication Date: January 14, 2025 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an audiobook ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. The million-copy bestselling Queen of Twists Alice Feeney returns with […]
The weather is cold, the days are short, and if you’re lucky, you’ve already seen some snow this year. While I wait for the snow to come to metro NY, it’s time to revisit my seasonal TBR. I always see people discussing their prior progress on the seasonal […]
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 […]
