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A middle-aged dog trainer who loves to read and hates cancer.

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Angels and Demons and Shifters, OH MY!

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

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I know it’s cool to hate on Sarah J. Maas books, but I am a huge fan of her work. Are they high literature? No, but A Court of Thorns and Roses got me back into reading after too long of an absence. A Court of Silver Flames helped get me out of bed after 6 pets died in 6 months and I was in a depressive fugue. She does character development like nobody else, and her books are unputdownable. Book 1: House of Earth […]

Is Destiny A Choice?

Red String Theory by Lauren Kung Jessen

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I was given an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. Rooney Gao is an artist who feels she has always lived in the shadow of her famous artist mother. Her mother’s breakthrough piece was a live video of the birth of her daughter, Rooney. Rooney feels that because of her notoriety since birth, she has to create under the alias, Red String Girl (RSG). RSG’s creations all use red string to convey messages about destiny and interconnectedness. Rooney believes strongly in […]

January Romance Roundup

Snow Place Like L.A. by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone

Mixed Signals by B.K. Borrison

Scarred by Emily McIntyre

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Time for my first Romance Roundup of the year. I read a LOT of romance, and some of them just don’t lend themselves to lengthy enough reviews, so I prefer to condense them into one big review a month. Snow Place Like L.A. by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone (Christmas Notch #1.5) This novella takes place between the first 2 books of the Christmas Notch series. I enjoyed the Hell out of those so the completionist in me had to listen to the audiobook of […]

Should have been great…

Faebound by Saara El-Arifi

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I was given an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. The Elven race has been split into several warring factions, based on the phases of the moon, so waxing, waning, crescent, etc. They have been warring for so long that it is known as the “Forever War”. Yeeran is a newly made colonel in the waning army. On the morning of her promotion, her lover, who is also the chieftain, gives her a precious gift – a drum, made from the […]

The last books of 2023. I made it to 100!

Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

The Six Deaths of The Saint by Alix E. Harrow

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I am nothing if not predictably unpunctual. Here’s the last bit of what I read up until the end of 2023. I literally finished The Six Deaths of The Saint at 11:45 PM Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree One of the first books I read in 2023 was Legends and Lattes, and I haven’t been able to get the warm cozy feeling it gave me out of my head, so when a prequel was announced, I was ecstatic. Of course, I wanted to see […]

Some Dark Romances, Some Cute Romances, Some Romance Novellas. Something for everyone!

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

Hooked by Emily McIntire

Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison

In The Weeds by B.K. Borison

All In by Sara Cate

Pucking Ever After, Vol. 2 by Emily Rath

Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey

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Here are some 2023 reviews that I didn’t manage to get out before the deadline: Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver Sloane is just your average, everyday woman who just so happens to enjoy murdering serial killers and posing them in grisly tableaus as a hobby. Who can’t relate? One day, she is accidentally trapped by a killer she has just murdered and is worried she is going to starve to death when she is saved by Rowan, an everyday man who also just so […]



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