I love a good adventure or a mystery as much as the next person, but there is something uniquely satisfying about seeing characters unravel the mysteries of their own souls. In each of this week's books, the protagonists struggle to know who they are and what they want, but by the end, they're all a … Continue reading Reading Roundup #68: To Know Thyself is the Beginning of Wisdom
I honestly don't have some clever intro this week — I just read a lot of books while trying to avoid the news, and I have some thoughts. I wouldn't recommend all of these books to everyone, but I would definitely recommend each of them to someone, so if one of these sounds like something … Continue reading Reading Roundup #67: One for the Books
The thing I love about having not one but two comfort genres is that when romance fails me, murder mysteries will come through. I had high expectations for Alexis Hall's A Lady for a Duke and Katy Birchall's The Wedding Season (which, okay, is technically only romance-adjacent, being more truly Women's Fiction), but both fell … Continue reading Reading Roundup #66: Murder Over Marriage
We made it to another Wednesday — hallelujah! It's been a busy, busy week, full of work deadlines and events, which is why I couldn't get this post up at the usual time. But I'm here now and ready to talk about everyone's favorite topic — books! On the surface, these titles all look extremely different: … Continue reading Reading Roundup #65: Looking for Love
Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night! Or a bumpy blog post, I should say. One book nearly wrecked my engine, but after that, the reading machine ran like a dream, with one hit book after another. But one common denominator in these books is the focus on confident women who … Continue reading Reading Roundup #64: Dangerous Dames
I tend to bounce around between genres, but this week is so varied, I couldn't even find a common theme to use for the title! We start with a murder mystery, then move to a literary reflection on life and death, followed by a feather-light rural comedy, and finish up with a dramatic historical romance … Continue reading Reading Roundup #63: Assorted Books
Hello and happy Wednesday! I'm popping my head out of my cave to check in and share this week's reads. It's all about the chase this week, the push-and-pull as two people feel out a new relationship — or put a new spin on an old one. Games in a Ballroom by Jentry Flint: With … Continue reading Reading Roundup #62: Games People Play
Everyone has secrets. Some of them involve past heartbreak, some alter egos, and some the not-exactly-murder of your villainous husband. And then there are the secrets that involve unrequited love and unparalleled pining as you cut a swath across the high seas in search of treasure and adventure and — okay, can you tell which … Continue reading Reading Roundup #61: Secrets, Schemes, & Swashbuckling Dreams
It was another quiet reading week, revisiting old favorites and checking out a couple that were on my reading list for years. There's something very comforting about genre books, whether they are romance novels or children's stories — the familiarity, the simplicity of the story, is something you can trust. You know what you're reading … Continue reading Reading Roundup #60: Familiar Fantasies
There's a change in the wind, a stirring of magical possibilities... or maybe that's just pollen and my own fancy! Whatever the case, I've definitely been in a mood for fantasy. I'm still struggling with headaches and eye strain, but thanks to audiobooks, I've managed to get through several books that were on my reading … Continue reading Reading Roundup #59: Books of Magic
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