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Thriller Thursday: Speaking in Bones, Flesh and Blood, A Dead Draw and Rage #BookReview #Audiobook #ThrillerThursday #FinishingTheSeries2025 It's Thursday again, and I have three reviews to share with you. If you are looking for something a bit more adventurous to add to your beachbag this summer, then I recommend you take a look at any of these crime thrillers. They are all part of a series, but all the crimes are self-contained and can be read as standalone stories.

Thriller Thursday: Speaking in Bones, Flesh and Blood, A Dead Draw and Rage #BookReview #Audiobook #ThrillerThursday #FinishingTheSeries2025

It's Thursday again, and I have three reviews to share with you. If you are looking for something a bit more adventurous to add to your beachbag this summer,…

Top Ten Tuesday (August 5, 2025) 10 Series or Books featuring K-9 Characters Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to The Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.

Top Ten Tuesday (August 5, 2025) 10 Series or Books featuring K-9 Characters

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.…

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (August 4, 2025) 📚📚 Welcome to It’s Monday! What are you Reading? It’s hosted by Kathryn from Book Date, this is a weekly event to share what we’ve read in the past week and what we hope to read, plus whatever else comes to mind. Oops, forgot to hit publish.

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (August 4, 2025) 📚📚

Welcome to It’s Monday! What are you Reading? It’s hosted by Kathryn from Book Date, this is a weekly event to share what we’ve read in the past week and what we hope to read, plus whatever else comes to mind. Oops, forgot to hit publish.

Romance is in the Air: Love in Tandem, Say You’ll Remember Me, and The Family Gathering #BookReview #Audiobook Enjoying so many genres means I can mix up my reading. Over the last month, I have read several romance stories. I enjoyed taking a road trip with Love In Tandem, was sad for our MCs in Say You'll Remember me as they tried to maintain a long distance romance and rooted for the male MC to get the girl while juggling family issues in The Family Gathering.

Romance is in the Air: Love in Tandem, Say You’ll Remember Me, and The Family Gathering #BookReview #Audiobook

Enjoying so many genres means I can mix up my reading. Over the last month, I have read several romance stories. I enjoyed taking a road trip with Love In Tandem, was sad for our MCs in…

Stacking The Shelves (August 3, 2025) 📚📚 Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It’s all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in a physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, books for review from authors, Netgalley, Edelweiss or publishers, as well as gifts or books you won.

Stacking The Shelves (August 3, 2025) 📚📚

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It’s all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in a physical store or online, books you…

#20BooksOfSummer Mini-Reviews: The Summer Escape (7 extra), Second Chance at Sunshine Inn (8 extra), and The Summer Club (9 extra) #BookReview #Audiobook, #FinishingTheSeries2025 I am continuing to enjoy my choices for 20 Books of Summer. I have now read or listened to 14 books from my list and 6 extras. I am well on my way to enjoying summer stories and completing this challenge.

#20BooksOfSummer Mini-Reviews: The Summer Escape (7 extra), Second Chance at Sunshine Inn (8 extra), and The Summer Club (9 extra) #BookReview #Audiobook, #FinishingTheSeries2025

I am continuing to enjoy my choices for 20 Books of Summer. I have now read or listened to 14 books from my list and 6…

Bookish Travel: July 2025 I saw this bookish travel post on It’s All About Books and thought, I like this!! So, I decided to try and do it at the end of every month. Hopefully, I will be able to keep track. I would love to be able to travel more, but I have to settle for armchair travel. I am only including actual places which is fine as I don't read a lot of fantasy.

Bookish Travel: July 2025

I saw this bookish travel post on It’s All About Books and thought, I like this!! So, I decided to try and do it at the end of every month. Hopefully, I will be able to keep track. I would love to be able to travel more, but I have to settle for armchair travel. I am only…

Happy Friday! Positivity Wave! August 1, 2025 This meme was originally created by Meggy @Chocolate’n’Waffles to spread some positivity amongst all the doom and gloom on social media and in the news. Meggy isn’t blogging any more, so Nicki @Secret Library Book Blog is now hosting. Feel free to join in with your own Happy Friday post, and link to this post if you want to. I always enjoyed participating before, so look forward to doing it again.

Happy Friday! Positivity Wave! August 1, 2025

This meme was originally created by Meggy @Chocolate’n’Waffles to spread some positivity amongst all the doom and gloom on social media and in the news. Meggy isn’t blogging any more, so Nicki @Secret Library Book Blog is now hosting. Feel free to join…

July Wrap Up: Goals, Mini-Challenges, 25 in ’25

I decided I would try monthly wrap ups this year. My hope is that it will help me keep on track with challenges and setting TBR lists. I didn't realize that I had not posted my wrap ups since April. I knew I missed June, but not May. I need to get…

Second Quarter Check in (June 30): 2025 Finishing the Series Challenge Participants Hello all. I am a bit late posting this, sorry. I forgot to do it at the end of June. This is your opportunity to check in and let us know how you are doing with your Finishing The Series Challenge.

Second Quarter Check in (June 30): 2025 Finishing the Series Challenge Participants

Hello all. I am a bit late posting this, sorry. I forgot to do it at the end of June. This is your opportunity to check in and let us know how you are doing with your Finishing The Series Challenge.

Christmas in July Wrap and Mutts and Mistletoe (10) Review #ChristmasInJuly #BookReview Christmas in July was a fun interlude from summer reading. I enjoy Christmas stories year round, but set a goal to read 8 in July. I did very well, actually reading and/or listening to ten Christmas/Winter books, all were backlist books. Two of them were physical books that I own, which is another goal of mine this year. I have one final review which I have included with this post.

Christmas in July Wrap and Mutts and Mistletoe (10) Review #ChristmasInJuly #BookReview

Christmas in July was a fun interlude from summer reading. I enjoy Christmas stories year round, but set a goal to read 8 in July. I did very well, actually reading and/or listening to ten Christmas/Winter…

Thriller Thursday: The Obsession, One Perfect Couple, Daughter of Mine #BookReview #Audiobook #ThrillerThursday #BeatTheBacklist It's Thursday again, and I have three reviews to share with you. If you are looking for something a bit more adventurous to add to your beachbag this summer, then I recommend you add either of these books.

Thriller Thursday: The Obsession, One Perfect Couple, Daughter of Mine #BookReview #Audiobook #ThrillerThursday #BeatTheBacklist

It's Thursday again, and I have three reviews to share with you. If you are looking for something a bit more adventurous to add to your beachbag this summer, then I…

Death at Rock Bottom by Kris Bock #BookReview #BlogTour #Giveaway #GuestPost Welcome to my stop on the Blog Tour for Death at Rock Bottom, the 2nd book in the Reluctant Psychic Mystery series by Kris Bock. I read and enjoyed the first book and was looking forward to this one, I wasn't disappointed. Scroll down to learn more about the book, read my thoughts and a guest post from Kris Bock, as well as to enter a giveaway.

Death at Rock Bottom by Kris Bock #BookReview #BlogTour #Giveaway #GuestPost

Welcome to my stop on the Blog Tour for Death at Rock Bottom, the 2nd book in the Reluctant Psychic Mystery series by Kris Bock. I read and enjoyed the first book and was looking forward to this one, I wasn't…

Romance is in the Air: No More Yesterdays, Mrs. Nash’s Ashes, and The Little Village Bakery #BookReview #Audiobook #BeatTheBacklist2025 Enjoying so many genres means I can mix up my reading. Over the last month, I have read several romance stories. These three were very different from one another with one being romantic suspense, one a romance with an undertone of grief and the last being a story of new beginnings and forgiveness. Although they are very different from one another, I enjoyed them all.

Romance is in the Air: No More Yesterdays, Mrs. Nash’s Ashes, and The Little Village Bakery #BookReview #Audiobook #BeatTheBacklist2025

Enjoying so many genres means I can mix up my reading. Over the last month, I have read several romance stories. These three were very different from one another…

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (July 28, 2025) 📚📚 Welcome to It’s Monday! What are you Reading? It’s hosted by Kathryn from Book Date, this is a weekly event to share what we’ve read in the past week and what we hope to read, plus whatever else comes to mind. Oops, forgot to hit publish.

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (July 28, 2025) 📚📚

Welcome to It’s Monday! What are you Reading? It’s hosted by Kathryn from Book Date, this is a weekly event to share what we’ve read in the past week and what we hope to read, plus whatever else comes to mind. Oops, forgot to hit publish.

#20BooksOfSummer Mini-Reviews: Every Summer After (4 Extra), The Summer Guests (14), The Break-Up Pact (6 Extra) #BookReview I am continuing to enjoy my choices for 20 Books of Summer. I have now read or listened to 14 books from my list and 6 extras. I am well on my way to enjoying summer stories and completing this challenge.

#20BooksOfSummer Mini-Reviews: Every Summer After (4 Extra), The Summer Guests (14), The Break-Up Pact (6 Extra) #BookReview

I am continuing to enjoy my choices for 20 Books of Summer. I have now read or listened to 14 books from my list and 6 extras. I am well on my way to enjoying summer stories…

Stacking The Shelves (July 27, 2025) 📚📚 Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It’s all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in a physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, books for review from authors, Netgalley, Edelweiss or publishers, as well as gifts or books you won.

Stacking The Shelves (July 27, 2025) 📚📚

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It’s all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in a physical store or online, books you…

Christmas in July 2025: Rosco the Rascal and the Holiday Lights (7), The Nine Lives of Christmas (8), Sleigh Rides and Silver Bells at The Christmas Fair (9) #BookReview #ChristmasInJuly2025 #BeatTheBacklist2025

It's that time again, Christmas in July. My goal is to read between 8 Christmas/Winter…

Saturday Morning for Kids: When Santa Wrote Back, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, 12 Little Elves Save Christmas, The World’s Best Christmas Light, Just Enough Room for Christmas #ChristmasInJuly #BookReview #Children #PictureBooks This meme was started by Rae Longest at Powerful Women Readers, but as she is busy with her bookstore, she is not posting as much and asked me to take over. I hope some of you will join in and post those reviews of children's or middle grade books on Saturdays. As I am a grandmother, who loves to read to her grandchildren, a mother who loved to read to and with her children, and a retired teacher librarian, this meme is right up my alley.

Saturday Morning for Kids: When Santa Wrote Back, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, 12 Little Elves Save Christmas, The World’s Best Christmas Light, Just Enough Room for Christmas #ChristmasInJuly #BookReview #Children #PictureBooks

This meme was started by Rae Longest at Powerful Women…

Happy Friday! Positivity Wave! July 25, 2025 This meme was originally created by Meggy @Chocolate’n’Waffles to spread some positivity amongst all the doom and gloom on social media and in the news. Meggy isn’t blogging any more, so Nicki @Secret Library Book Blog is now hosting. Feel free to join in with your own Happy Friday post, and link to this post if you want to. I always enjoyed participating before, so look forward to doing it again.

Happy Friday! Positivity Wave! July 25, 2025

This meme was originally created by Meggy @Chocolate’n’Waffles to spread some positivity amongst all the doom and gloom on social media and in the news. Meggy isn’t blogging any more, so Nicki @Secret Library Book Blog is now hosting. Feel free to join…

The Lost Orphans by Ellie Curzon #BookReview #BlogTour @Bookouture @MadameGilflurt Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for The Lost Orphans by Ellie Curzon. Congratulations on this book publishing today, so it is now available to purchase. Scroll down to read my thoughts on this enjoyable historical fiction book.

The Lost Orphans by Ellie Curzon #BookReview #BlogTour @Bookouture @MadameGilflurt

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for The Lost Orphans by Ellie Curzon. Congratulations on this book publishing today, so it is now available to purchase. Scroll down to read my thoughts on this enjoyable…

Top Ten Tuesday (July 22, 2025) 10 Books Set in Canada #TTT Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to The Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.

Top Ten Tuesday (July 22, 2025) 10 Books Set in Canada #TTT

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to…

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (July 21, 2025) 📚📚 Welcome to It’s Monday! What are you Reading? It’s hosted by Kathryn from Book Date, this is a weekly event to share what we’ve read in the past week and what we hope to read, plus whatever else comes to mind. Oops, forgot to hit publish.

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (July 21, 2025) 📚📚

Welcome to It’s Monday! What are you Reading? It’s hosted by Kathryn from Book Date, this is a weekly event to share what we’ve read in the past week and what we hope to read, plus whatever else comes to mind. Oops, forgot to hit publish.

Stacking The Shelves (July 20, 2025) 📚📚 Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It’s all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in a physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, books for review from authors, Netgalley, Edelweiss or publishers, as well as gifts or books you won.

Stacking The Shelves (July 20, 2025) 📚📚

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It’s all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in a physical store or online, books you…

Whodunnit – Cozy Mysteries: The Stolen Letter, The Cream Tea Killer, The Queen of Poisons, and The Library Game #BookReview #Audiobook #FinishingTheSeries2025 #BeatTheBacklist2025 Those of you who regularly follow my blog know that I enjoy a good cozy mystery. I have been trying not to add more series, but have many ongoing series on my TBR shelf. Over the last few weeks, I have been trying to catch up on some of them. These four books come from a Scottish Book Shop series, a mature sleuth in a small village, a group of women of various ages in a small village and a magician and her friends who solve mysteries involving homes with secret bookshelves, rooms and passageways.

Whodunnit – Cozy Mysteries: The Stolen Letter, The Cream Tea Killer, The Queen of Poisons, and The Library Game #BookReview #Audiobook #FinishingTheSeries2025 #BeatTheBacklist2025

Those of you who regularly follow my blog know that I enjoy a good cozy mystery. I have been trying not to add more…

Saturday Morning for Kids: Teacher Jitters, Cocoa’s Cranky Halloween, My Grandma and Grandpa Rock!, and Owl’s Fall Feast Fiasco #BookReview #Children #PictureBooks This meme was started by Rae Longest at Powerful Women Readers, but as she is busy with her bookstore, she is not posting as much and asked me to take over. I hope some of you will join in and post those reviews of children's or middle grade books on Saturdays. As I am a grandmother, who loves to read to her grandchildren, a mother who loved to read to and with her children, and a retired teacher librarian, this meme is right up my alley.

Saturday Morning for Kids: Teacher Jitters, Cocoa’s Cranky Halloween, My Grandma and Grandpa Rock!, and Owl’s Fall Feast Fiasco #BookReview #Children #PictureBooks

This meme was started by Rae Longest at Powerful Women Readers, but as she is busy with her bookstore, she is not posting as much and…

Friendship Friday – Women’s Friendship Audiobook Reviews: Women of Good Fortune and The Silver-Haired Sisterhood #BookReview #Audiobook I enjoy reading books where female friendships are front and center. Women of Good Fortune, set in Shanghai, tells us about three best friends who plan a heist of wedding gift money, and an escape to a better life. The Silver-Haired Sisterhood continues the story of the five friends, Tess, Jen, Rose, Della and Pam, that we originally met in Five French Hens, with laughs and a little romance.

Friendship Friday – Women’s Friendship Audiobook Reviews: Women of Good Fortune and The Silver-Haired Sisterhood #BookReview #Audiobook

I enjoy reading books where female friendships are front and center. Women of Good Fortune, set in Shanghai, tells us about three best friends who plan a heist of…

Happy Friday! Positivity Wave! July 18, 2025 This meme was originally created by Meggy @Chocolate’n’Waffles to spread some positivity amongst all the doom and gloom on social media and in the news. Meggy isn’t blogging any more, so Nicki @Secret Library Book Blog is now hosting. Feel free to join in with your own Happy Friday post, and link to this post if you want to. I always enjoyed participating before, so look forward to doing it again.

Happy Friday! Positivity Wave! July 18, 2025

This meme was originally created by Meggy @Chocolate’n’Waffles to spread some positivity amongst all the doom and gloom on social media and in the news. Meggy isn’t blogging any more, so Nicki @Secret Library Book Blog is now hosting. Feel free to join…

Thriller Thursday: Paradise, The Good Daughter, and The Housemaid’s Wedding #BookReview #Audiobook #ThrillerThursday It's Thursday again, and I have two reviews to share with you. The first is a crime thriller that is dark and deals with the disappearance and murder of children. It is the first in a new series. The second is set after WW2 and deals with a trio of nazi hunters trying to find a war criminal. It is a dual track story and although it is historical fiction, it has a mysterious, thriller feel to it.

Thriller Thursday: Paradise, The Good Daughter, and The Housemaid’s Wedding #BookReview #Audiobook #ThrillerThursday

It's Thursday again, and I have two reviews to share with you. The first is a crime thriller that is dark and deals with the disappearance and murder of children. It is the first in…

Christmas in July 2025: An Alaskan Family Christmas (4), Last Christmas in Paris (2), and The Best Worst Christmas (6) #BookReview #Audiobook #ChristmasInJuly2025 #BeatTheBacklist2025

It's that time again, Christmas in July. My goal is to read between 8 Christmas/Winter books in July, and I am…