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 / 0 Comments

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

Sunday Post #721

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 mentally. I struggled a lot with feeling down, tired, stressed and anxious. I just keep feeling rushed and like I should do more and then tired and down because of overdoing it so much in the past few weeks. And then anxious […]

Posted October 11, 2026 by Lola in Sunday Post / 12 Comments

Review: Evie Walters Takes the Wheel by Kathleen Fox

Evie Walters Takes the Wheel by Kathleen Fox My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Women’s Fiction Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: In this warmhearted and witty debut, a mysterious gift spurs a widow to take a cross-country journey to find its sender—and along the way, she rediscovers herself. Evie Walters has lived most of her seventy-one years according to others’ expectations. But on the day of her husband’s funeral, she receives an anonymous delivery: an egret orchid. The same flower a Montana ranch hand once gave her decades ago—Novel Daniels, the boy who thought she could do anything. […]

Posted October 9, 2026 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 2 Comments