Sunday Post #263

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? For this week’s Sunday Post I want to ask you all a question. As it’s the last day of 2017 I am excited to hear which books you enjoyed the most this year and my question for you: If you could recommend me one book you read in […]

Posted December 31, 2017 by Lola in Sunday Post / 26 Comments

2017 New Release Challenge: Fourth Quarterly Recap

The 2017 New Release Challenge is hosted by Lexxie at Unconventional Book Views and Stormi at Books, Movies, Reviews Oh My. I had a blast participating in this challenge again and will be joining again next year. I more than made my goal of 31-60 books per year – New Release Pro and ended up withr eading a total of 77 books that counted for this challenge from the total of 117 books I read this year. Previous quarterly recaps: First Quarterly Recap – January, February and March – 21 new releases read Second Quarterly Recap – April, May and […]

Posted December 30, 2017 by Lola in Challenges / 6 Comments

Lola’s Ramblings: The Best Books I read in 2017

Lola’s Ramblings is a feature on my blog Lola’s Reviews where I ramble on about a book related or a non-book related topic. These are discussion type of posts where I talk about a topic and readers can weigh in on the topic in the comments. Usually these posts are everything that doesn’t fall under any standard header, like tours, cover reveals, memes, challenges, recaps or reviews. Lola’s Ramblings posts are discussions of a certain topic and my point of view on them. The banner for this feature is designed by Michelle from Limabean Designs. This year I read a […]

Posted December 29, 2017 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 26 Comments

Books I DNF’d in 2017

As it’s the end of 2017, I wanted to do a round up of the books I DNF’d this year. I DNF’d three books this year. I read a total of 117 books this year, so I think it’s pretty good I only had 3 DNF’s. I’ll share my DNF reviews for each of the three books below. Raining Men and Corpses (Raina Sun Mystery #1) by Anne R. Tan Genre: Cozy Mystery Blurb: A contemporary humorous mystery set in the fictitious small college town of Gold Springs, California. Raina Sun is a typical graduate student trying to keep her […]

Posted December 27, 2017 by Lola in Review / 20 Comments

Review: Double Play and Perfect Victim by Kelley Armstrong

Double Play / Perfect Victim (Nadia Stafford #3.5, 3.6 ) by Kelley Armstrong Rating: 4 stars Genre: Suspense/ Romantic Suspense Blurb: Kindle compilation of two novellas in the Nadia Stafford crime series. Double Play Life is good for Nadia and Jack. Their wilderness lodge business is booming, and they’re building a new home together, complete with a couple of dogs. It’s as close to normal as life gets…especially for a pair of contract killers. But for Jack, semi-retirement is a dangerous proposition. There are plenty of people who don’t want to lose his services. He’s halfway around the world when […]

Posted December 26, 2017 by Lola in Review, Suspense / 8 Comments

Sunday Post #262

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 got a bunch of work done, I am almost done with this month’s assistant work. I put two new sign-up posts live for two January cover reveals and I had a cover reveal, blitz and blog tour run this week. I […]

Posted December 24, 2017 by Lola in Sunday Post / 22 Comments

Review: The Truth of Letting Go by Amy Sparling

The Truth of Letting Go by Amy Sparling Rating: Genre: Contemporary/ Contemporary Romance/ Mystery Blurb: The summer before senior year, Lilah Monroe’s parents take a nine-day trip, leaving her as the guardian of her bipolar cousin, Cece. When Cece’s parents died tragically five years ago, she and her brother moved in with Lilah. Her brother soon went missing and was presumed dead. Lilah and Cece couldn’t be more different. They used to be best friends, but high school has changed them both. Lilah likes order, schedules, and a tidy room. She has plans for her future and won’t let anything […]

Posted December 21, 2017 by Lola in Contemporary, Mystery, Review, Romance / 6 Comments