Reading
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Special Feature: Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson
This book had me at ‘do you want to read something funny?’. What kind of question is that even!? Yes of course I want to read something funny—especially right now I think we could all use a little humor. Which is exactly why I want to share this book with you guys today! This book is technically a historical fiction novel and it’s one that isn’t set during WWII. Shocking right? So many historical fiction novels are written in that time period that something set in Reno of all places in the 1930s sounds positively unique! Add in the humor and some women’s fiction elements and you have a novel…
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Special Feature: The Last Queen: Elizabeth II’s Seventy Year Battle to Save the House of Windsor by Clive Irving
There has been a bright spot in the pandemic, I have finally had an excuse to get caught up on some of my favorite Netflix shows, one of which is The Crown. I absolutely love anything related to the monarchy and I was so excited to finally have some time to catch up on one of my favorite shows! I have read a lot of fiction based on the Windsor monarchy, but I hadn’t read too many non fiction novels though. In general I am not a big non fiction reader but I have enjoyed some memoirs and other non fiction works, I mean I am a historian after all,…
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Review: Not My Boy by Kelly Simmons
It’s a new year and this is my first official book review of 2021 and I must say, I was thrilled to start the year off with a bang when it came to my first read of the new year! I have read only one other book by this author and it was pretty good so I was looking forward to picking up another by her! While I loved the cover (the little boy with a red coat is just so eye catching), I think it was the summary the truly sold me on this one as a potential read. Whenever a review pitch comes across my desk I always…
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Review: A Princess by Christmas (A Royal Wedding #3) by Julia London
Well friends, this is it—my last review of 2020! I wasn’t sure that I would finish it before the New Year but I finished it just in time and with one day to spare. I was really looking forward to this one, I had it up for a special feature and excerpt when it first came out back in October. I also loved the dress on the cover (I know I am easily distracted) so I was eager to check out this holiday read! I haven’t read anything by this author before and I noticed that this was the third in a series but I didn’t think that would be…
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Review: The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss
Unless you have been living under a rock, this book has been just about everywhere. At least on my social media it has been! Its seems like everyone has been reading this one and raving about it. So needless to say, in all my holiday reading I decided to jump on the bandwagon. I thought for sure this was going to be a book that I would breeze through and it would leave me feeling all full of Christmas cheer and happiness. But instead this one left me feeling a little like a Scrooge. I didn’t love it. It wasn’t awful but it definitely wouldn’t have been my pick for…
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Special Feature: Boone (Eternity Springs: The McBrides of Texas #3) by Emily March
Emily March has a large fan following and her series, Eternity Springs, is probably her most popular, but this little spin off series, The McBrides of Texas, has been receiving a lot of praise. The third book in that particular series, Boone, is out now and I couldn’t be more excited to share a little about this book with you all! Emily March is a very prolific romance writer and there seems to be a little something for every reader when it comes to her books—small town romance, holiday romance, cowboy romance. When I see writers with many books and fans, it’s clear to me that they are doing something…
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Special Feature: The Chanel Sisters by Judithe Little
As the year draws to a close, last books of 2020 are hitting shelves and this book right here is out today! And what a way to round out the year with a lovely upcoming historical fiction novel! Today I have all the details and a little sneak peak for all of you guys to check out! Many of you know how much I love historical fiction and this cover is not only stunning but the summary makes the book sound enticing and exciting. Not to mention I have seen this one on a lot of hotly anticipated lists and it’s been getting rave reviews from early readers! I cannot…
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Special Feature: Chilled to the Cone (A Bakeshop Mystery #12) by Ellie Alexander
Cozy mystery fans be on the look out for this upcoming installment of a charming series out tomorrow! I have adored many of Ellie Alexander’s books including this series! I have skipped around a bit in it but I have always felt more of less up to speed with the characters. I especially love all the baking elements and the fact that she is an Oregon author and this series is set in Ashland Oregon, only makes me all the more excited for it! As I mentioned this one is out tomorrow so you don’t want to miss it! Even if you aren’t fully caught up in the series (like…
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Review: Christmas in Harmony Harbor (Harmony Harbor #9) by Debbie Mason
I picked up this book for a couple of reasons. One, I was looking for all the holiday romances I could get my hands on, two I say that RaeAnne Thayne recommended this book, and third it had an adorable dog on the cover. I was super excited to check it out. I love enemies to lovers troupes and this one sounded like it had a little bit of a You’ve Got Mail vibe going on so I was obviously looking forward to something like this to help get me in the Christmas spirit. I noticed that it was part of a series but I also know that often in…
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Review: Christmas at Holiday House by RaeAnne Thayne
RaeAnne Thayne was an author that I didn’t think I was going to like when I picked up one of her books for the very first time. The cover reminded me of something that my grandma might read…..a small town country romance with cliche characters. After reading the first book by Thayne, I fell in love with her books and have read a number of them since the first one! I especially love her holiday romances. JOLLY. GOOD. I have devoured them in single sittings and this book was no different. This one is a standalone so I was really really excited to check it out and I absolutely fell…
