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#Audiobook Review: How to Best..

Posted May 10, 2023 by Jen in Historical Romance, Listen Up!, Rating C, Reviews
#Audiobook Review: How to Best a Marquess by Janna MacGregor

How to Best a Marquess Author: Janna MacGregor Reviewer: Jen Rating: C What I’m Talking About: Note: I read the ebook version until Mid-CHAPTER 13, 41%. At this point, I finished the story via audiobook. Eight years ago, Beth Howell enjoyed the best night of her life when Julian Raleah, Marquess of Grayson, asked for her […]

Tell Me Something Tuesday: May..

Posted May 9, 2023 by Jen in TMST
Tell Me Something Tuesday: May 9, 2023 – Reading Book Series

Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post where bloggers discuss a wide range of topics from books and blogging to life in general. Weigh in and join the conversation by adding your thoughts in the comments. If you want to do your own post, grab the question and answer it on your blog. […]

#Read-Along #Audiobook Review:..

Posted May 8, 2023 by Jen in Listen Up!, Rating B, Urban Fantasy
#Read-Along #Audiobook Review: Hammered by Kevin Hearne

Audiobook review: Hammered by Kevin Hearne Having read the entire Iron Druid Chronicles before, this is my second time listening to Hammered. While I don’t give away any spoilers, I will note that my feelings about this one were definitely altered having listened to it and the entire series previously. That said, I actually enjoyed Hammered more […]

Sunday Snippet: Heart Stings b..

Posted May 7, 2023 by Jen in Sunday Snippet
Sunday Snippet: Heart Stings by Jennifer Estep

Heart Strings Author: Jennifer Estep 
Publisher: Jennifer Estep 
Release Date: May 9, 2023 
Series: Elemental Assassin novella #19.5 Genre: Urban fantasy Snippet: Even though we were all stuffed, we still ordered dessert. Mallory and Mosley split a piece of chocolate cheesecake drizzled with a warm cherry sauce, while I inhaled a vanilla-bean pudding topped with a mixed-berry […]

2023 Reading Challenges Update..

Posted May 6, 2023 by Jen in Reading Challenge
2023 Reading Challenges Update: April

This year I’m participating in five reading challenges! Here is my update for the past month (and cumulative totals). Audiobook Challenge: Goal: 65 audiobooks, any genre. April total: 5 books. Total for year: 20 books. The Secret Service of Tea and Treason by India Holton, Narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden Talisman Tails by Danielle Garrett, Narrated by Amanda […]

#FitReaders Check-In: May 5, 2..

Posted May 5, 2023 by Jen in #FitReaders
#FitReaders Check-In: May 5, 2023

Welcome to #FitReaders2023!! Felicia the Geeky Blogger and I are super excited to be co-hosting this fitness-oriented group for another year! If you have any questions about #FitReaders, you can leave them in the comment section or email me at twimom227(at)gmail(dot)com. Most of our support is done via our Facebook Group. I will post my weekly check-in posts […]

Review: The Duchess Takes a Hu..

Posted May 4, 2023 by Jen in Historical Romance, Rating B, Reviews
Review: The Duchess Takes a Husband by Harper St. George

The Duchess Takes a Husband Author: Harper St. George Reviewer: Ang Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: I will be honest, the only reason this book did not receive an A is because it deals with VERY sensitive topics, namely domestic violence and rape, and DID NOT come with a warning. As a survivor of both, I […]

Review: 6 Clues Your Nemesis L..

Posted May 3, 2023 by Jen in Contemporary Romance, Rating A, Reviews
Review: 6 Clues Your Nemesis Loves You by Kelly Siskind

6 Clues Your Nemesis Loves You Author: Kelly Siskind Reviewer: Jen Rating: A- What I’m Talking About: Lennon and Maggie have a secret history, and now that Lennon has returned home after his 11-year absence due to WITSEC, he’s ready to bring their secrets out into the open and pick up where they left off. He […]

Tell Me Something Tuesday: May..

Posted May 2, 2023 by Jen in TMST
Tell Me Something Tuesday: May 2, 2023 – Social Media Alternatives

Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post where bloggers discuss a wide range of topics from books and blogging to life in general. Weigh in and join the conversation by adding your thoughts in the comments. If you want to do your own post, grab the question and answer it on your blog. […]

Sunday Snippet: Through the Ve..

Posted April 30, 2023 by Jen in Sunday Snippet
Sunday Snippet: Through the Veneer of Time by Vera Bell

Through the Veneer of Time Author: Vera Bell Publisher: Champagne Book Group Release Date: April 10, 2023 Genre: Time-Travel Romantic Suspense Series: Always & Forever Trilogy #1 Snippet: “Ah, here you are,” he said without preamble, voice low and brooding. “Come.” He was pulsing with dangerous energy—something between anger, disgust, and poorly curbed violence. I drew back. […]

#FitReaders Check-In: April 28..

Posted April 28, 2023 by Jen in #FitReaders
#FitReaders Check-In: April 28, 2023

Welcome to #FitReaders2023!! Felicia the Geeky Blogger and I are super excited to be co-hosting this fitness-oriented group for another year! If you have any questions about #FitReaders, you can leave them in the comment section or email me at twimom227(at)gmail(dot)com. Most of our support is done via our Facebook Group. I will post my weekly check-in posts […]

Listen Up! #Audiobook Review: ..

Posted April 27, 2023 by Jen in Listen Up!, Rating A, Sci-Fi or Fantasy Fiction
Listen Up! #Audiobook Review: Sweep with Me by Ilona Andrews

Audiobook review: Sweep with Me by Ilona Andrews Picking up immediately after the conclusion of One Fell Sweep (book 3), and running parallel in time with Maud’s book (Sweep of the Blade, book 4) Sweep with Me takes readers back to Gertrude Hunt, the magical Inn for space travelers, where werewolf Sean is now an Innkeeper at […]

Tell Me Something Tuesday: Apr..

Posted April 25, 2023 by Jen in TMST
Tell Me Something Tuesday: April 25, 2023 – Changing Me?

Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post where bloggers discuss a wide range of topics from books and blogging to life in general. Weigh in and join the conversation by adding your thoughts in the comments. If you want to do your own post, grab the question and answer it on your blog. […]

Listen Up! #Audiobook Review: ..

Posted April 24, 2023 by Jen in Listen Up!, Rating B, Sci-Fi or Fantasy Fiction
Listen Up! #Audiobook Review: Myst and Ink by HD Smith

Audiobook review: Myst and Ink by HD Smith In a far distant future, humans have left Old Earth and established the Known Worlds. The planets are dominated by powerful familial houses, each with its own commerce specialty. And on these new planets, the humans discovered they can perform magic using a substance known as Myst. Genevieve (Gen) […]

Sunday Snippet: Who Killed Jer..

Posted April 23, 2023 by Jen in Sunday Snippet
Sunday Snippet: Who Killed Jerusalem? by George Albert Brown

Who Killed Jerusalem? Author: George Albert Brown Publisher: Galbraith Literary Publishers Release Date: February 6, 2023 Series: Standalone Genre: Literary fiction, mystery Snippet: CHAPTER 1 THE PRISONER Just after midnight on Sunday, October 23rd, 1977, in the first-class section of a droning 747, Ickey Jerusalem, the thirty-three-year-old poet laureate of San Francisco, a man who appeared to […]