Lola’s Kitchen: Snickerdoodles with Chocolate Chips 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. After I made my Chocolade Snickerdoodles I came up with this variety where instead of adding molten chocolate to the dough I added chocolate chips instead. And so these […]

Posted April 2, 2021 by Lola in Lola's Kitchen / 7 Comments

Review: Elemental by Whitney Hill

Elemental (Shadows of Otherside #1) by Whitney Hill My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Age Category: New Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Enter an urban fantasy world where elves, vampires, weres, djinn, and others maintain a precarious balance of power in North Carolina. Welcome to Otherside. Private investigator and sylph Arden Finch is determined to come out of the shadows and practice her forbidden magic. There’s just one problem: the elves have a bounty on elementals like her. When an elf hires Arden without realizing what she is, she seizes the chance to gain leverage in the dangerous […]

Posted March 30, 2021 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 2 Comments

Sunday Post #432

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 much of the same as previous weeks. I still have been feeling a bit down. Some days go smoother than others and some are a real struggle. I am also feeling low on energy and tired. Our clocks went forward today, so that will take […]

Posted March 28, 2021 by Lola in Sunday Post / 16 Comments

Review: Bikinis and Murder by H.Y. Hanna

Bikinis and Murder (Barefoot Sleuth #4) by H.Y. Hanna My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Join barefoot sleuth Ellie on her fourth adventure as she finds mystery and murder lurking among the swaying palm trees and white sand beaches of Gulf Coast Florida. When death strikes a bikini contest at her luxury beach resort, Ellie must use all her wits to find the killer. Help comes from Hemingway the parrot and Mojito the resort cat – not to mention her eccentric Aunt Olive – but Ellie also has other things on […]

Posted March 26, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 3 Comments

Review: Kiss at Midnight by Rachel Branton

Kiss at Midnight (A Town Called Forgotten #1) by Rachel Branton My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: A feel-good romance for fans of Robyn Carr, Leeanna Morgan, and Debra Clopton. Hailey Waters steps off a bus with no memory of why she came to Forgotten or what she’s running from. And maybe it doesn’t matter. She’s determined to make a new life in this small town where strangers are friendly and helpful—especially veterinarian Dylan Morgan. But Dylan keeps prying for answers she doesn’t have. He’s a hero, always saving animals and […]

Posted March 24, 2021 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: The Playmaker by Jordan Ford

The Playmaker (Nelson High Raiders #1) by Jordan Ford My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Can the quirkiest girl in school win over the coolest guy on the football team? This is it—Tori’s senior year. Her last chance to leave Nelson High without a bucketload of regrets. Number one priority—get Colt to fall in love with her. So what if he’s the Raider’s number one playmaker? So what if he’s so far out of her league the idea of them together would rupture the school’s social order? She has to […]

Posted March 22, 2021 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Sunday Post #431

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 was a bit of a mixed week, it started of really good and then went downhill after that. Last week I mentioned I really felt like finding new things to read or game or recipes to try out, I feel that my attempts to look up new […]

Posted March 21, 2021 by Lola in Sunday Post / 12 Comments