Sunday Post #440

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 had it’s ups and downs. I got a lot done this week when I am looking back on it, but it didn’t feel as smoothly. Mostly lots of small things or moments where I couldn’t quite get into the flow. I also dealt with some shoulder […]

Posted May 23, 2021 by Lola in Sunday Post / 12 Comments

Review: Sight Seering by Ada Bell

Sight Seering (A Shady Grove Mystery #3) by Ada Bell My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: A Seer in the City… While visiting an estate sale to pick up new items for Missing Pieces, Aly gets hit with a surprise: the elderly homeowner didn’t have a heart attack–she was murdered. Aly’s got the evidence in her hands, and the killer is offering to sell it to her. Time to make a deal, then call the police. If only anyone believed her. Miriam Peabody was in her 70s and appeared to […]

Posted May 21, 2021 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Hanged by a Thread by A.C.F Bookens

Hanged By A Thread (Stitches In Crime #3) by A.C.F. Bookens My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: Blurb: The promise of old printer’s trays has her heart aflutter, but it nearly stops when she finds a body at the bottom of the elevator shaft. When salvage expert and historian Paisley Sutton heard that a 19th century printing press was still in the old warehouse that was scheduled for demolition, she knew she had to get in there. But when her dreams of a salvage windfall lead her on the genealogical hunt for the […]

Posted May 19, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: White Queen Fiend by Lidiya Foxglove

White Queen: Fiend (Shifters Among Us #4) by Lidiya Foxglove My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: Reverse Harem Blurb: Viktor Castella is a dangerous liar—and I want him anyway. Clearly, President Castella likes to have control of every situation, which is why he kidnapped me and my fellow consort Ansel and brought us to his villa in Italy, where he can keep us under his thumb. But I’ve figured out how to crack Viktor’s armor—and I won’t let up until he spills his secrets. I know he wants me—and I’m more than willing […]

Posted May 17, 2021 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Sunday Post #439

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? After last week with my tooth breaking, I am glad that this was a pretty normal week. I got a lot of work done as well as some other things that needed to be done. Unfortunately I got some bad shoulder pain later in the week that put […]

Posted May 16, 2021 by Lola in Sunday Post / 12 Comments

Lola’s Kitchen: Fried Rice with Tofu Recipe

Lola’s Kitchen is a feature on Lola’s Reviews where I talk about all things related to food, cooking and baking. These posts can be recipe posts or more discussion type posts about food. I love cooking and spend some time in the kitchen almost every day, so I wanted to give it a place on my blog as well. The banner for this feature is designed by Michelle from Limabean Design. I already posted a fried rice recipe on my blog before, but the way I made fried rice has changed a bit. So I wanted to share this version […]

Posted May 14, 2021 by Lola in Lola's Kitchen / 2 Comments

Review: The Engineer by C.S. Poe

The Engineer (Magic & Steam #1) by C.S. Poe My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Steampunk Paranormal Historical Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MM Blurb: 1881—Special Agent Gillian Hamilton is a magic caster with the Federal Bureau of Magic and Steam. He’s sent to Shallow Grave, Arizona, to arrest a madman engineer known as Tinkerer, who’s responsible for blowing up half of Baltimore. Gillian has handled some of the worst criminals in the Bureau’s history, so this assignment shouldn’t be a problem. But even he’s taken aback by a run-in with the country’s most infamous outlaw, Gunner the Deadly. […]

Posted May 11, 2021 by Lola in Fantasy, Historical, Review, Romance, Steampunk / 2 Comments