Review: Slaying at Stanway by A.C.F. Bookens

Slaying at Stanway (Cotswolds Classics #1) by ACF Bookens My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Some weddings end with ‘I do’—this one ends with ‘whodunit? When American ex-pat Nigella Hunt agrees to help her friend with the flowers for a wedding at the grand Stanway Manor, she expects a day of romance and celebration. But when the cantankerous wedding planner is found dead among the roses, the festivities take a deadly twist, and Nigella finds herself caught up in her very first murder mystery. With all eyes on the guests at […]

Posted November 29, 2024 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Deadly Crush by Maddie Day

Deadly Crush (Cece Barton Mystery #2) by Maddie Day My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: It’s the beginning of a new year, and for widowed single mom and recent L.A. transplant to California wine country, Cece Barton, that means green hillsides, flowing streams from winter rains, pruned vineyards—and a murder to solve . . . After a mostly stress-free Christmas with her college-age daughter, and despite enjoying a current budding romance with fellow newcomer, Benjamin Cohen, it’s time for Cece to focus on Vino y Vida, the Colinas wine bar she […]

Posted November 27, 2024 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: The Joy Document by Jennifer McGaha

The Joy Document by Jennifer McGaha My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Non-fiction Memoir Blurb: Once you begin looking for joy, you can find it pretty much anywhere. When Jennifer McGaha’s grandmother was in her late eighties, Jennifer asked her what her favorite age so far had been. “Fifty-five,” her grandmother answered, as though there were something magical about this stage of life, some deeper way of knowing from this vantage point. So, in her own fifty-fifth year, Jennifer began to take note. She jotted down her impressions of simple, everyday things that struck her as beautiful or humorous or intriguing […]

Posted November 25, 2024 by Lola in Non-Fiction, Review / 2 Comments

Sunday Post #623

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? There was again some renovation noise this week, but luckily not too bad. I got startled one day because someone was walking on the scaffolding in front of our windows, not sure what they were doing, but it sure is weird to see someone walking in front of […]

Posted November 24, 2024 by Lola in Sunday Post / 14 Comments

Review: Key Lime Sky by Al Hess

Key Lime Sky by Al Hess My Rating: 5 stars Genre: Science Fiction Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: nb/m Blurb: An alien invasion hits the town of Muddy Gap, but a disgruntled pie aficionado is the only one who seems to remember it… Denver Bryant’s passion for pie has sent him across Wyoming in search of the best slices. Though he dutifully posts reviews on his blog, he’s never been able to recreate his brief moment of viral popularity, and its trickling income isn’t enough to pay his rent next month. Driving home from a roadside diner, Denver […]

Posted November 22, 2024 by Lola in Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 8 Comments

Review: Toxic Productivity by Israa Nasir

Toxic Productivity by Israa Nasir My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Non-fiction/ self help Blurb: “Rise and grind!” “Time is money.” “You can rest when you’re dead!” For decades, societal pressures have had us scrambling to do more, achieve more, overcome more, BE MORE – all with the promise that we’ll feel accomplished, fulfilled, worthy . . . even happy. Life has become a never-ending cycle of pursuing “the next thing”-always checking things off our to-do list and reaching for the next milestone. But it often comes at a price: our mental and physical health. Are we happier? Will it ever […]

Posted November 20, 2024 by Lola in Non-Fiction / 4 Comments

Review: Cosmic Secret by Evelyn Lederman

Cosmic Secret (Zephyr Adventures #1) by Evelyn Lederman My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Science Fiction Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: If her secret is discovered, Luna Stuart’s life as she knows it would be over. The day eight-year-old Cassandra Tallman was abducted and supposedly killed, young Luna Stuart came into existence. Now, twenty years later, Captain Luna Stuart has dedicated her life to saving strangers as she was once saved by one. Keeping her true identity secret has given her the chance to have a normal life – as normal as a missing princess with a […]

Posted November 18, 2024 by Lola in Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 0 Comments