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Halloween Book Covers Tag

I first saw this tag on Kristin Kraves Books site and thought it looked like so much fun! This tag was originally created by Kit over at Metaphors and Moonlight. Please check them both out! Similar to the way Kristin did her tag I am going to try and stick with books I’ve read but I’m going to attempt to narrow it down even further to 2022 reads whenever possible. Let’s bring out the stunning…

Blog Tour | The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf

BookShop.org | Harlequin | Barnes & Noble | Amazon | Books-A-Million | Powell’s ➽ I was provided with an early copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The following opinions are my own. Wylie Lark, a true crime writer, travels to Burden, Iowa to stay in the home that was the scene of the gruesome crime her newest novel chronicles. While she’s there to finish her book she is also…

Blog Tour | Christmas in Rose Bend by Naima Simone

Bookshop.org | Books-A-Million | Harlequin | Barnes & Noble | Amazon | Powell’s I received an early copy of this book from Harlequin in exchange for an honest review. Nessa and her teenaged sister Ivy arrive in Rose Bend without an ounce of Christmas spirit and plenty of surliness. Nessa was still reeling from both the death of her mother and her deathbed confession eight months earlier when…

Blog Tour | The Christmas Escape by Sarah Morgan

Bookshop.org | Harlequin | Barnes & Noble | Amazon | Books-A-Million | Powell’s Christy sends her daughter, Holly, ahead on their Christmas trip to Lapland with her best friend, Alix, so she can stay behind for a few days and support her husband, Seb, through an unexpected hardship. Little does Alix know, Seb’s best friend, Zac, is also accompanying her and she isn’t pleased about it, especially…

ARC Review | King of Corium by C. Hallman & J.L. Beck

King of Corium by C. Hallman & J. L. Beck ♛ New Adult, Dark Romance ♛ Release Date: 10/25/2021 ♛ ★★★★ Welcome to Corium University where criminal masterminds send their progeny to learn the trade and keep the family legacy going. Corium is the last place Aspen wants to be after her arms dealer father turns evidence over to the feds implicating the largest criminal families in the game.…

Blog Tour | Meet Me in London by Georgia Toffolo

Bookshop \ Harlequin \ Barnes & Noble \ Amazon \ Books-A-Million \ Powell’s Meet Me in London is the first installment in the Meet Me series. This book follows Victoria, an independent clothing designer, teacher, and bartender, and Oliver, a billionaire department store owner. The two of them bump into each other on the street- literally- leading to Oliver giving Victoria a sneak peak of the new…

ARC Review | The Sightless City by Noah Lemelson

The Sightless City by Noah Lemelson Adult, Dark Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Dieselpunk ★★★★ My thanks go to Tiny Fox Press for sending me an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.  It’s peacetime in the city of Huile where Marcel Talwar is working as a private investigator after he sacrificed his leg and his lover in the battle that won them their freedom. Life lacks excitement but…

Author Interview | Noah Lemelson

Noah Lemelson’s Science Fiction/Fantasy novel, The Sightless City, was released on 7/20/21 with Tiny Fox Press. I had the pleasure of reading an early copy of this fantastic novel and, additionally, I am pleased to share with you all an interview with the author. How can fiction alter one’s own self narrative? I think fiction allows us to look at the world through someone else’s eyes, and…

Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag | 2021

Hello! I CANNOT believe it’s already time for this tag; half the year is over and with it half the amount of time you have to reach your reading goals for 2021. I’m doing pretty well this year. I’ve been bouncing between 2-7 books behind schedule. So nothing that isn’t easily remedied by the end of the year. As of right now I’ve read 73 books but when I sat down and made some graphs to share and…

I’m a bit late doing this tag since my birthday was June 11th but that whole week was quite busy (I’ll be sharing a bit about that in my next blog post!) and I didn’t get a chance to sit down and do this. I first saw this tag on Kristin Kraves Books blog and I recommend you go check out her awesome content! Anyway- here goes nothing! Birthday Cake: A book with a plot that seems cliché but you…

Announcing a New Blog Series | Author Spotlight

I’m excited to announce a new project in which I spotlight different authors, read their entire backlist of books, and then report back here. I’ll do a mini review of each book and share my feelings on that authors work as a whole. I think it’ll be both fun and an excellent resource for someone looking to see if an author is for them or not and to also be able to find that information all in one…

Book Review | Almost Mortal by Christopher Leibig

Almost Mortal by Christopher Leibig ► Adult, Legal Thriller, Fantasy ► Release Date: 5/1/16 ► ★★★★ ➸ I was gifted a copy of this book by the author in return for an honest review. Sam Young, an up-and-coming defense attorney with psychic abilities, finds himself caught up in the investigation of a serial killer when a young nun named Camille Paradisi approaches him outside the courthouse one…

Blog Tour | The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | BookShop | Libro.fm | Kobo | Goodreads ➳ I was gifted an early copy of this book by Mira and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. When reading a synopsis of a book each of us have buzz words or themes that jump out and indicate this will probably be a book you really enjoy. This book had a few of those for me, some I didn’t discover until I started reading, so…

Blog Tour | Her Dark Lies by J.T. Ellison

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | BookShop | Books-a-Million | Libro.fm | Audible | Kobo | Goodreads Thank you to Netgalley and Mira for an ARC of this title. All opinions are my own. Her Dark Lies takes place on the beautiful Isle Isola, Italy, where the Compton family owns an extensive villa. This is also where Claire will marry the love of her life, Jack Compton, and take her place in the very…

Blog Tour | Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

harlequin | barnes & noble | amazon | books-a-million | powell’s | goodreads Thank you to Netgalley & Park Row Books for an advanced copy of this title. The following opinions are my own. “I know who I am, but who are you? I woke up during the sunrise, and your hair and your skin and the freckles on your nose glowed like gold. Honey-gold. I think you are my wife, and I will call you Honey…

Book Review | You Have a Match by Emma Lord

You Have a Match by Emma Lord ☾ Young Adult, Contemporary ☾ Release Date: 1/12/21 ☾ My Rating: ★★★★★ Thank you to Wednesday Books and Netgalley for an early copy of this book. The following opinions are my own.  I was on the blog tour for Emma Lord’s debut Tweet Cute last year. I really liked Emma’s writing style and decided to request an early copy of her sophomore novel as well. And…WOW.…

Blog Tour | Pretending by Holly Bourne

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“I hate men” seems to be a well-worn phrase used by many heterosexual women. The work it takes when looking for a romantic partner, from dating to dolling yourself up, just to be let down yet again in the end, becomes a tiring exercise that eventually convinces a lot of women that there are no good men left. Add a previous sexual assault…