Review: Be Calm by Jill Weber

Be Calm: Proven Techniques to Stop Anxiety Now by Jill Weber My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Non-fiction self help Blurb: Stop anxiety wherever and whenever it starts. If you suffer from anxiety you’re not alone—like 40 million Americans, you know symptoms can strike anytime, anywhere. Relief is here. Be Calm targets symptoms wherever they strike with cutting-edge techniques that help you reduce anxiety on the spot. This book is both a handy resource for stress management and a close look into the causes of anxiety. Evidence-based strategies show you how to control a variety of symptoms in lots of different […]

Posted September 30, 2019 by Lola in Non-Fiction, Review / 4 Comments

Sunday Post #354

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 pretty good week. I know I am surprised too after the few last week which weren’t good. And it was awesome to have a good week again for a change. Monday I took a day off, which was just what I needed. I visited a […]

Posted September 29, 2019 by Lola in Sunday Post / 12 Comments

Review: City Girl vs Country Boy by Jordan Ford

City Girl vs Country Boy (Forever Love #1) by Jordan Ford My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: A tragic accident brought them together. Will devotion be the glue that mends their broken hearts? Eighteen-year-old Harper’s perfectly planned city life changed in one devastating instant. While she prepared for college, her parents died in a horrific car crash, leaving her and her younger siblings to a distant family friend. And when she sees their assigned guardian’s backwoods house, the only redeeming feature is the kind boy with the charming eyes. Laid-back […]

Posted September 26, 2019 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: Summoned by M.A. Guglielmo

Summoned (From Smokeless Fire #1) by M.A. Guglielmo My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: multiple romances, one MM and one MF Blurb: The wrong jinn at the right time, Zahara’s a force to be reckless with Zahara, party girl of the paranormal, floats up out of a lamp in Daniel Goldstein‘s apartment ready to trick a sorcerer into giving up his soul. But Daniel, whose Moroccan grandmother has reached out from beyond the grave to command him to raise a jinn, wants to do good—by stopping a vengeful fallen angel. The nymphomaniacal, shopping-obsessed […]

Posted September 25, 2019 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Christmas Cocoa Murder by Carlene O’Connor, Maddie Day and Alex Erickson

Christmas Cocoa Murder (Irish Village Mystery #4.5) (Country Store Mystery #6.5) (Bookstore cafe’s mystery) by Carlene O’Connor, Maddie Day and Alex Erickson My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: ‘Tis the season for hot chocolate and mouthwatering treats. But sometimes too much of a good thing can be downright deadly . . . CHRISTMAS COCOA MURDER by CARLENE O’CONNOR Siobhán O’Sullivan’s hopes for a quiet Irish Christmas are dashed when the local Santa turns up dead in a carnival dunk tank of hot cocoa. Now instead of hunting down holiday gifts, she’s […]

Posted September 24, 2019 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 6 Comments

Sunday Post #353

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? Again this was not a good week. Not sure if ate anything wrong or caught a flu or what, but last weekend I was nauseous on and off and then Monday I felt better again, but on Tuesday and Wednesday I got a major headache that went paired […]

Posted September 22, 2019 by Lola in Sunday Post / 20 Comments

Lola’s Kitchen: Banana Snickerdoodles 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. One day on Pinterest I stumbled upon a recipe for banana snickerdoodles and I was immediately sold on the idea. This sounded […]

Posted September 20, 2019 by Lola in Lola's Kitchen / 4 Comments