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

Lola’s Ramblings: Top 5 Books I Re-Read in 2024

One of my goals in 2024 was to re-read more books. In this post I want to share my thoughts of my favorite re-reads of this year with my short re-read reviews for each of them. As well as links to my original review for each of these. Top 5 Books I Re-Read in 2024 Doll Girl Meets Dead Guy by Lidiya Foxglove I re-read Doll Girl Meets Dead Guy by Lidiya Foxglove twice this year and just started my third re-read. I just love this story. I decided to re-read this book early this year and I think I […]

Posted December 26, 2024 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 10 Comments

Lola’s Ramblings: Top 10 Audiobooks of 2024

In today’s post I want to list my favorite audiobooks of this year. I added the covers and a few sentences about each book. All of these have awesome narrators as well. I am linking up with Books of My Heart for their Top of 2024. My top 10 Audiobooks of 2024 The Talent Thief by Mike Thayer The Talent Thief was a wonderful Middle Grade story with a touch of magic. I really liked this book, the way it was written and the themes about talents, friendship, being yourself and helping others. I liked the main character and how […]

Posted December 24, 2024 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 14 Comments