My Top Books of October 2023

And my one let down…. Above is a stack of books I read in October. The books that are not showing the spine represent books I read on my Kindle. Photo taken by the author. October flew by. Like most months, my reading goes in ebbs and flows. I do read every single day — I take that …

Spooky Season Reads

Many people are seasonal readers. I see Booksta accounts that read romance in February and holiday books in December. Personally, I only show up for the spooky or Gothic October reads. Ask me to watch a scary movie and while I will, my eyes will be covered half the movie. I have seen the original …

2023 Goals

Ahh the fresh start of a new year. Though to some it sounds lame, the fresh start to a year always feels like a deep breath being let out. Though the new year always starts on my break at work, how long into the new year the break goes depends on when it falls. So …

April Wrap-Up

April was a busy month for life. But my reading life was 1000x better than March. The quality of books I read were much higher. Picking 3 favorites was actually quite difficult. In total, I read 14 books for a total of 5,092 pages. My reading definitely came in spurts during the month of April, …

Reading Slump

Y'all. May has started slow. It is May 9 and I have officially finished TWO books. Which for me is slow. My concentration is lacking and I find scrolling on my phone to be more entertaining at this moment. My content will be back later this week as, I have started locking my phone! What …

Review: Book Lovers

Title: Book LoversAuthor: Emily HenryPub date: May 3, 2022 Wowza. Absolutely my favorite Emily Henry book. I was a total outlier, as People We Meet on Vacation was not anywhere near something I enjoyed. Two adults that could have a five minute conversation to solve their "problem" is my most hated trope in the whole …

Review: The Murder Rule

Title: The Murder RuleAuthor: Dervla McTiernanPub Date: May 10, 2022 I am huge fan of McTiernan's Corman Reilly series. So when I saw she had a stand alone coming out, I was pumped to receive a Netgalley from William and Morrow. What I Enjoyed: I found the plot moved along at a good pace. This …

Review: The No-Show

Title: The No ShowAuthor: Beth O'LearyPub: Out Now! After truly loathing The Road Trip and actually DNFing it, I was worried that The No-Show would let me down. And to be honest it took some time. We know there is one man and three women. He stands them all up on Valentine's Day and we …

Review: The Agathas

Title: The Agathas Author: Kathleen Glasgow & Liz LawsonPub Date: May 3, 2022 This month's reading has been way better quality than March. And one of my biggest surprise reads was The Agathas! My rating kept bouncing between 4 stars and 4.5 stars. I could not just settle on a rating, but I am truly …

Never Coming Home

Title: Never Coming HomeAuthor: Hannah Mary McKinnonPub Date: May 24, 2022Thank you to the publisher for a free Netgalley of this thriller/suspense. Wow. It's been a hot minute since I have read a thriller, let alone any book, with a male narrator. And Lucas was an extremely full of himself, but it was entertaining to …