Review: Slaying Monsters for the Feeble by Annette Marie

Slaying Monsters for the Feeble (The Guild Codex: Demonized #2) by Annette Marie My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: I’m bound to a demon. For my entire life, I avoided magic at all costs. Now, I’m responsible for a demon who wields magic more powerful than the toughest mage or sorcerer. Demons are evil. That’s what my textbooks say. That’s what I see. He’s ruthless, he’s temperamental, he’s cold. But he protects me without fail. I wonder if he’s hiding a heart behind his hostility. My demon is a monster. Whether […]

Posted November 1, 2019 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 6 Comments

Review: Mischief and Mayhem by Jaxon Knight

Mischief and Mayhem (Fairyland Romances #2) by Jaxon Knight My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: New Adult/ Adult Type of romance: MM Blurb: A gay mm contemporary sweet romance Mischief Protecting royalty at Fairyland theme park seemed about as far from Afghanistan as Cody could get. But the hot new rollercoaster brings up some unexpected trouble – and not the kind of trouble he knows how to handle alone. Mayhem Dean loves running the Spaceship Mayhem roller coaster – he gets to meet new people every day! When he sees a handsome, troubled security guard repeatedly fail […]

Posted October 30, 2019 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: Bonbons for Your Brain by Diane Vallere

Bonbons for Your Brain by Diane Vallere My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Non-fiction/ humorous/ motivational Age Category: Type of romance: Blurb: Are you craving something sweet? Something satisfying? Something that will make you laugh and think and feel like you made a new friend? National Bestselling author Diane Vallere brings you a collection of insightful essays designed to entertain. BON-BONS FOR YOUR BRAIN is filled with short, standing-in-line-length essays divvied into categories for fashion & beauty (truffles), goal setting (dark chocolate), creative aspirations (artisan), health (70% pure cacao), things to think about (nougat), and just plain nutty (pistachio). Diane shares […]

Posted October 28, 2019 by Lola in Non-Fiction, Review / 4 Comments

Sunday Post #358

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 not a good week, but there were some good parts luckily. Last Sunday Post I mentioned I caught a flu, well by Monday morning I felt a lot better and then Monday evening I started feeling worse again and the rest of the week I spent […]

Posted October 27, 2019 by Lola in Sunday Post / 32 Comments

Lola’s Kitchen: Tomato Pumpkin Soup 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, tens list posts about food or recipes 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 Designs. I really like this recipe for tomato pumpkin soup. the tomato and pumpkin make for a great and unique flavor combination and […]

Posted October 25, 2019 by Lola in Lola's Kitchen / 8 Comments

Review: Broken Girl vs Fix-It Boy by Jordan Ford

Broken Girl vs Fix-It Boy (Forever Love #2) by Jordan Ford My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: She’s closed her heart to protect her family. Can he open it back up to let love bloom? Harper is determined to fill the void left by her late parents. And though handsome Tane stirs her grieving heart, she can’t allow anything to distract her from caring for her younger siblings. But denying her feelings has her headed for a breakdown. Tane longs to sweep Harper off her feet. Though she’s brushed aside […]

Posted October 24, 2019 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: Eff This! Meditation by Liza Kindred

Eff This! Meditation: 108 Tips, Tricks, and Ideas for When You’re Feeling Stressed Out, Anxious, or Overwhelmed by Liza Kindred My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Non-fiction/ self-help Type of romance: no romance Blurb: Eff This Meditation is a Shamata (mindfulness-awareness) practice rooted in radical compassion for self presented in 108 tips, tricks, and ideas. They are all centered on the idea that, as humans, we might not be “finished”; but we are complete. Everything you need to attain enlightenment is already contained within you—and you can use meditation to connect with it. Yes, yes. You already know that you should […]

Posted October 22, 2019 by Lola in Non-Fiction, Review / 8 Comments