Sunday Post #723

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. What happened this week? The week was a bit of a struggle, but I did get some more time to relax which was nice. I started this week off feeling very out of it and anxious, that slowly improved and then the next few days I felt more down and low on […]

Posted October 25, 2026 by Lola in Sunday Post / 0 Comments

Review: Alpaca and Apparitions by Andi R. Christopher

Alpaca and Apparitions (Windflower #3) by Andi R. Christopher My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: f/f Blurb: Mildred Windflower – witch and successful fibre artist – has been touring the world, demonstrating her craft and taking up prized residencies. Now back in Aotearoa, she hopes an isolated farm cottage will give her time alone to work out what to do next. She expected quiet. Instead she finds strange noises in the attic, and signs of an old mystery, while across the fence the quirky, gorgeous Anneke has returned to the family farm […]

Posted October 23, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 1 Comment

Review: The Pilgrimage of Primrose Honeychurch by Laura Jensen Walker

The Pilgrimage of Primrose Honeychurch by Laura Jensen Walker My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Women’s Fiction Age Category: Adult Type of romance: no romance Blurb: From the author of Death of a Flying Nightingale comes the moving story of a solitary seventy-year-old curmudgeon embracing the connection of family and daring to follow her dreams. Primrose Honeychurch doesn’t really “get” people. Books, though, make perfect sense. At seventy, the sharp-tongued recluse prefers to keep company with her own routines. But when a life-altering diagnosis leaves her worried she’ll never be missed, she decides it’s finally time to do something to leave […]

Posted October 21, 2026 by Lola in Contemporary, Review / 1 Comment

Sunday Post #722

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. What happened this week? This week was again a struggle. There was more cleaning again, it’s been so much effort cleaning up after we had a mouse in our house last month. We’re nearing the end of the important things cleaning and then mostly still have a few things we bagged up […]

Posted October 18, 2026 by Lola in Sunday Post / 10 Comments

Review: Rite of Poison and Whispers by Laura Greenwood

Rite of Poison and Whispers (House of Blood and Roses #9) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Fantasy Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Being a princess comes with its challenges, especially when Beatrice is at odds with the Queen. Whispers are circling the court about Beatrice’s twin brother, and there’s very little she can do to stop it, especially when Bastian is acting without consulting anyone in House Rothorne. To make matters worse, the Queen’s dislike of Beatrice is only growing, and when a royal dinner turns into a disaster, things become even more […]

Posted October 16, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: Distilled Magic by Alex Peachy

Distilled Magic (Aberterrene #1) written by Alex Peachy narrated by Alexis Vandom My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: f/f Blurb: Trinx’s father was insistent that she be a successful warrior son. After narrowly surviving a raid gone sideways, Trinx decides to spend a year away from her clan with an elder who cares for her and opens her eyes to who she could truly become. She returns to Chubug as a transgender goblin woman, and with the help of her best friend who knew her from before, Trinx lands a job at the […]

Posted October 14, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 6 Comments

Review: Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala

Homicide and Halo-Halo (Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery #2) written by Mia P. Manansala narrated by Danice Cabanela My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Death at a beauty pageant turns Tita Rosie’s Kitchen upside down in the latest entry of this witty and humorous cozy mystery series by Mia P. Manansala. Things are heating up for Lila Macapagal. Not in her love life, which she insists on keeping nonexistent despite the attention of two very eligible bachelors. Or her professional life, since she can’t bring herself to open her new café after […]

Posted October 12, 2026 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments