Sunday Post #608

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 week brought us some good news in terms of the stuff my boyfriend has been dealing with the past few weeks, so that was quite the relief. It’s not all settled, but we’re in a stable place financially until it does, which is good. I was struggling […]

Posted August 11, 2024 by Lola in Sunday Post / 8 Comments

Review: Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis

Full Speed to a Crash Landing (Chaotic Orbits #1) by Beth Revis My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Science Fiction Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A high octane sexy space heist from New York Times-bestselling author Beth Revis, the first in a novella trilogy Ada Lamarr may have gotten to the spaceship wreck first, but looter’s rights won’t get her far when she’s got a hole in the side of her ship and her spacesuit is almost out of air. Fortunately for her, help arrives in the form of a government salvage crew—and while they reluctantly rescue […]

Posted August 9, 2024 by Lola in Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 6 Comments

Review: A Witch Worth Praline For by H.Y. Hanna

A Witch Worth Praline For (Bewitched by Chocolate Mystery #8) by H.Y. Hanna My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Caitlyn Le Fey is savouring autumn delights like hot spiced cider and gooey toffee apples as she helps with preparations for the upcoming Samhain Festival. She’s also looking forward to sweetening her budding romance with the dashing Lord James Fitzroy and meeting his family at last. But the cosy atmosphere is shattered when a guest at Huntingdon Manor is found dead, murdered for an ancient grimoire that once belonged to the […]

Posted August 7, 2024 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 5 Comments

Review: Die Buying by Laura DiSilverio

Die Buying (A Mall Cop Mystery #1) by Laura DiSilverio narrated by Andrea Emmes My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Emma-Joy Ferris likes mall cop work, even though it’s a bit more humdrum than the military policing she did in the army. But there’s no time to be bored when someone “liberates” a fifteen-foot python from the Herpetology Hut, and a mannequin turns out to be a very real corpse. My Review I received a free copy from Tantor Audio and voluntarily reviewed it. This one sounded interesting and I am […]

Posted August 5, 2024 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 6 Comments

Sunday Post #607

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 week continued in much of the same vein as last week with more stress. My boyfriend is dealing with some stuff that’s important and stressful. Don’t want to go into details as it’s hard to explains and involves some dutch organizations and stuff, but it’s been a […]

Posted August 4, 2024 by Lola in Sunday Post / 8 Comments

Review: Stoney Gazes for Helpful Gorgons by Laura Greenwood

Stoney Gazes For Helpful Gorgons (Obscure Academy #13) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Romance Age Category: New Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A gargoyle and a gorgon discover common ground. After losing a family member, Rhea finds herself at a grief support session where she runs into Jack, a charming gargoyle dealing with a lot of the same things she is. Jack has been looking for someone to help him, not just with grief, but with his magic too. Despite being a gargoyle, he hasn’t been able to turn into stone for months. When the […]

Posted August 2, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

DNF Reviews May, June and July 2024

I DNF’d a whole bunch of books these past three months, but I only included 3 of my reviews in this post as the others were all very short ones. Lavender Clouds Lavender Clouds by Schnumn Genre: Non-fiction Neurodivergence Blurb: A dazzling, humorous, and highly personal portrayal of neurodivergence from a leading voice in mental health comics. Eisner Award nominated author Bex Ollerton—known as @Schnumn to her thousands of followers—is a talented comic artist who feels energized and courageous on some days and exhausted and emotionally depleted on others. In Lavender Clouds, she translates her experiences with Autism, ADHD, and […]

Posted July 31, 2024 by Lola in Non-Fiction, Review / 8 Comments