Lola’s Ramblings: Review Books I Didn’t get to in 2024

There were a bunch of review copies I didn’t get to in 2024, in today’s post I wanted to list some of the review books I didn’t get to yet and hope to read in 2025. I limited it to fiction ebooks only. I also share a bit about why I want to read eahc of the books I listed. Review Books I Didn’t get to in 2024 Moon Dust in My by Hairnet by JR Creaden A scifi romance with an autistic main character, I didn’t hesitate and got this one when I saw it on Netgalley. The Sawmill […]

Posted January 4, 2025 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 6 Comments

Review: Competing Against Thor by Laura Greenwood

Competing Against Thor (Jinx Paranormal Dating Agency #7) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Romance/ Mythology Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: When Daisy finds herself competing against Thor, she realises that the prize might not be the only thing she wants to walk away with. Daisy is determined to be crowned the winner of the sculpting competition she’s entered, but she never intended to be up against Thor himself. Thor wants nothing more than to prove himself with the blind judging, but now he’s in the competition, there’s something else he can’t take his […]

Posted January 3, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Fate (RPG), My To-Be Read List, Mythology, Read Play Blog, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: Murder Past Due by Miranda James

Murder Past Due (Cat in the Stacks #1) by Miranda James narrated by Erin Bennett My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Everyone in Athena, Mississippi, knows Charlie Harris, the good-natured librarian with a rescued Maine coon cat named Diesel that he walks on a leash. He’s returned to his hometown to immerse himself in books, but soon enough he’s entangled in a real-life thriller… A famous author of gory bestsellers and a former classmate of Charlie’s, Godfrey Priest may be the pride of Athena, but Charlie remembers him as an arrogant, […]

Posted January 1, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Gone For You by Sophia Quinn

Gone For You (King’s Inn #2) by Sophia Quinn My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: One night and he’s a goner… It might’ve been ten years since Brandon last saw his high school friend Giselle, but when they reunite at a holiday party, there’s an instant connection. Caught up in a wave of overwhelming emotions, their whirlwind romance goes further than either of them intended. But Brandon’s sure this is the start of something beautiful… Until he wakes up and finds Giselle has left in the middle of the night. No […]

Posted December 30, 2024 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Sunday Post #628

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? I continue to struggle with low mood and energy levels, the start of this week was worse and then it got a bit better. Still using the daylight lamp. We spent the holidays nice and quiet at home. It was lovely to have two days without any renovation […]

Posted December 29, 2024 by Lola in Sunday Post / 18 Comments

Lola’s Ramblings: Top 6 Non-fiction Books I Read in 2024

One of my goals in 2024 was to read more non-fiction books. In this post I want to share my thoughts of my favorite non-fiction books of this year with a few sentences about why I liked each of these. As well as links to my original review for each of these. Top 6 Non-fiction Books I Read in 2024 ACT for Burnout by Debbie Sorensen I saw this book on NetGalley early this year while I was dealing with burnout and requested it, wanting to read more about the topic. I found ACT for Burnout a very informative and […]

Posted December 28, 2024 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 8 Comments

Lola’s Ramblings: Top 6 Books with Autistic Main Characters of 2024

In today’s post I want to feature my favorite books I read this year with neurodivergent main characters. When making this post I realized I only had read about autistic main characters this year and no other neurodivergent characters, so I re-titled it to reflect that. Below I share my top 6 and tell you a bit about the autistic main characters in these books. I only include books were it’s clearly stated the main characters are autistic or the author has said the characters are autistic. I am linking up with Books of My Heart for their Top of […]

Posted December 27, 2024 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 10 Comments