Hello Readers! This will be my eighth year to participate in the Popsugar Reading Challenge. What I like about this challenge is it pushes me out of my comfort zones a bit, but I can almost always find books off my own shelf to fill the prompts. There’s an informative Goodreads group, as well as …
Top Ten Tuesday: My Top Ten Goals for 2025
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This weekβs prompt is Bookish Goals for 2025 (How many books do you want to read this year? Are you hoping to read outside your comfort zone? Are there books you …
My 2024 End-of-the-Year Reading Wrap-Up
Hello Readers! Happy New Year! Before we say goodbye to 2024, it’s nice to look back on our reading year and see what worked and what didn’t, what goals we met, what new bookish things we discovered, and what maybe we decided to let go. Sometimes it’s only while working on my year-end wrap-ups that …
My Popsugar Reading Challenge Wrap-Up for 2024
Hello Readers! This was my seventh year to participate in the Popsugar Reading Challenge, and I barely made it happen this year. I typically only allow myself to cheat with a few short stories or children’s books for those prompts that are extra hard for me to fulfill, but this year I ended up reading …
ARC Book Review | A Winter Wish by Emily Stone
Title: A Winter WishAuthor: Emily Stone Genre: Contemporary, Holiday FictionPublished On: October 15, 2024Publisher: Dell (Penguin Random House)Source: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 353 Synopsis: When an unexpected inheritance forces two total opposites to work together, Lexie must decide if Theo is going to push her outβor pull her in for the kiss of a lifetimeβin this heartwarming holiday …
Top Ten Tuesday: My Winter 2025 TBR
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is Books on My Winter 2024-2025 To-Read List! Hello Readers! My blogging and reading year has been atrocious for many various life reasons—good and not so …
Top Ten Tuesday: Christmas Songs Book Tag Mashup 2024!
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is a Freebie, so I decided to stick with my annual tradition of combining TTT and Jana’s Christmas Song Book Tag. You can check out my …
ARC Review | Catch and Keep by Erin Hahn
Title: Catch and KeepAuthor: Erin HahnGenre: RomancePublished On: October 15, 2024Publisher: St. Martin’s GriffinSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 311 Synopsis: In Erin Hahn’s latest cozy, swoony romance, Maren Laughlin has been fishing her whole life, but sheβs finally ready to be caught. At thirty-three, Maren Laughlin’s just turned down her boyfriendβs proposal, walked away from her decade-long …
ARC Book Review | The Christmas You Found Me by Sarah Morgenthaler
Title: The Christmas You Found Me (Heart of the Wilderness, #1)Author: Sarah Morgenthaler Genre: RomancePublished On: September 24, 2024Publisher: Sourcebooks CasablancaSource: digitalPages: 304 Synopsis: Sarah Morgenthaler is back with a heart-mending contemporary romance featuring a single dad you’ll fall for; a satisfying slow burn love affair; found family you’ll root for; small town holiday magic; and …
ARC Review | The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave
Title: The Night We Lost HimAuthor: Laura DaveGenre: MysteryPublished On: September 17, 2024Publisher: Simon SchusterSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 320 Synopsis: Estranged siblings discover their father has been keeping a secret for over fifty years, one that may have been fatal… Liam Noone was many things to many people. To the public, he was an exacting, self-made …