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 […]
Spells and Shadows Author: Victoria Kincaid Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: A- What I’m Talking About: Absolutely bewitching when Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice is given an infusion of a magical world of mages and dark necromancy to a powerful romance pair. Fitzwilliam Darcy is a secret operative for the Mage Council and he’s on a […]
J.D. Monroe Today I’m happy to welcome J.D. Monroe to the blog. She’s answering a few questions and telling us more about her books. Please help me welcome J.D.! Featured Author Q and A: Can you tell us a little bit about your writing: What genres do you write? Do you prefer to write one […]
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. […]
Audiobook Review: A Dragon of a Different Color by Rachel Aaron NOTE: This series was on my TBR for a while, at the recommendation of Linda and Melanie. This past year, I listened to the five-book series as a buddy read with Anne. The reviews were written at the time the book was read. A Dragon of […]
Blood Red Steel Author: Damien Larkin Publisher: Lemur Press LLC Release Date: October 3, 2023 Series: Big Red #3 Genre: Military science fiction/Alternative history Snippet: PART 1: STROLLING PAST THE CUTLINE OUTSIDE NEW BERLIN COLONY, MARS 18th MARCH 1956 08:58 MST (MARS STANDARD TIME) DAY 727 OF THE OCCUPATION 23 DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TERRAN – MARTIAN […]
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. September total: 5 books. Total for year: 47 books. A Prelude to War by Kevin Hearne, Narrated by Luke Daniels A Plague of Giants by Kevin Hearne, Narrated by Luke Daniels […]
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 […]
Sh*tty Craft Club: A Club for Gluing Beads to Trash, Talking about Our Feelings, and Making Silly Things Author: Sam Reece Photos by: Lizzie Darden Publisher: Chronicle Books Release Date: September 19, 2023 Snippet: Excerpt from pages 59-61 I moved a few times growing up—specifically right before sixth grade and in the middle of eighth grade, […]
Audiobook review: Staked by Kevin Hearne Staked opens with Atticus in Toronto, a place he swore he’d never visit again. He’s there to steal the list of all vampires in the world. We finally learn what happened when he was in Toronto years ago, under the name of Nigel. Meanwhile, Granuaile is in Asgard with Oden, working […]
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. […]
Audiobook review: Kilt to Order by Susannah Nix At twenty-eight, Cassie is going on her first date since 10th grade. Her love life is non-existent and something always goes spectacularly wrong. She thinks that if she has sex just once, she’ll get over the awkwardness and her nervousness that leads to sneezing, and her good friend […]
The B-Side of Daniel Garneau Author: David Kingston Yeh Publisher: Guernica Editions Release Date: October 1, 2023 Series: The Boy at the Edge Trilogy (third book) Genre: Contemporary Romance / LGBTQ Snippet: Chapter One, pp. 5-9 I walked into the Java House at Queen and Augusta, a dive bar with busted tables, cheap drinks and surprisingly decent pad […]
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 […]
The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch Author: Melinda Taub Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: B What I’m Talking About: When one considers the power and repercussions of magic, is it any wonder that the last woman in the world people want possessing it is the youngest, most irrepressible and irresponsible of the Bennet sisters from […]