Category: Book Review

Murderer’s Creek by Lavonne Griffin-Valade #LaVonneGriffin-Valade @severnhouse @severnhouse.bsky.social #KindleUnlimited @sophiarose1816

Murderer’s Creek by Lavonne Griffin-Valade #LaVonneGriffin-Valade @severnhouse @severnhouse.bsky.social #KindleUnlimited @sophiarose1816

Last year, I followed a whim and read the first book in the series.  I enjoyed trying a new to me author and wished to continue with the series.  It took me a bit, but I finally got around to the next book.  LaVonne Griffin-Valade writes with a very descriptive style for local setting, investigation […]

Posted January 29, 2025 by Sophia in Book Review / 8 Comments

🎧 Head Cases by John McMahon @johnmcmahonbooks @jwdamron @jwdamron.bsky.social @MacmillanAudio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #LoveAudiobooks

🎧 Head Cases by John McMahon @johnmcmahonbooks @jwdamron @jwdamron.bsky.social  @MacmillanAudio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #LoveAudiobooks

I love police procedurals and mysteries and mathematics and puzzles.  In Head Cases, we get a special FBI team which has odd skills who are particularly skilled at puzzles and pattern recognition.  The team is normally lead by Frank but now Gardner is having a chance to run the show since the case is very […]

Posted January 28, 2025 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 14 Comments

Sunday Series: Joe Pickett by CJ Box @cjboxauthor #DavidChandler @RecordedBooks @recordedbooks.bsky.social #SundaySeries #LoveAudiobooks

Sunday Series: Joe Pickett by CJ Box @cjboxauthor #DavidChandler @RecordedBooks @recordedbooks.bsky.social #SundaySeries #LoveAudiobooks

  I needed to figure out a way to start reading series where I am not current or the series is finished but haven’t read them yet.  So it’s a way to commit myself to read my backlist, particularly series.   I have been wanting to read the Joe Pickett series for awhile after reading […]

Accidentally Amy by Lynn Painter @LAPainter @lynnpainter8.bsky.social @BerkleyRomance @berkleyromance.bsky.social

Accidentally Amy by Lynn Painter @LAPainter @lynnpainter8.bsky.social  @BerkleyRomance @berkleyromance.bsky.social

Lynn Painter is the absolute master at banter.  I  would enjoy her books just for the humor.  The dialogue is generally a bit blunt and sassy.   The characters go a bit wildly silly and add in pop culture sometimes in some of the banter and it’s just fun. It’s meant to be a bit outrageous. […]

Posted January 25, 2025 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 22 Comments

🎧The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang #YouYeong-Gwang #RosaEscoda @AceBooksPub @acebookspub.bsky.social @penguinaudio.bsky.social @PRHAudio #LoveAudiobooks

🎧The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang #YouYeong-Gwang #RosaEscoda @AceBooksPub @acebookspub.bsky.social @penguinaudio.bsky.social @PRHAudio #LoveAudiobooks

I’ve been more attracted to reading cozy fantasy this winter.  I really enjoyed The Teller of Small Fortunes and now,  The Rainfall Market.  The story was written in another language originally and is translated.  The main character is a teenage girl, Serin,  who has many problems disadvantages in her life.  She hears of a ticket […]

Posted January 23, 2025 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 16 Comments

A Mortal’s Heart Desire by Lyndsay Constable #LyndsayConstable #KindleUnlimited @sophiarose1816

A Mortal’s Heart Desire by Lyndsay Constable #LyndsayConstable #KindleUnlimited @sophiarose1816

A comet with two tails is an ominous sign in the sky as a man is forced to take drastic measures to recoup his family’s wealth, and a woman is daring enough to strike out on her own when family disappoints her.  Lyndsay Constable has a clever way of blending fascinating historical background including some […]

Posted January 22, 2025 by Sophia in Book Review, Thrifty Thursday / 8 Comments

🎧 Better Than Friends by Jill Shalvis @JillShalvis @andi_arndt @WmMorrowBooks @avonbooks‏ @HarperAudio #LOVEAUDIOBOOKS

🎧 Better Than Friends by Jill Shalvis @JillShalvis @andi_arndt @WmMorrowBooks @avonbooks‏ @HarperAudio #LOVEAUDIOBOOKS

I love the Sunrise Cove series which is a newer one.  Not that I don’t love the older series because I do.  This series is set in a beautiful place and has characters which shine.  They have the quirky, realistic foibles one can love. The humor and banter is always enjoyable. Olive is a very […]

Posted January 21, 2025 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 16 Comments

This Haunted Heart by SL Prater #SLPrater @booksirens @SnyderBridgeFour #KindleUnlimited

This Haunted Heart by SL Prater #SLPrater @booksirens @SnyderBridgeFour #KindleUnlimited

I’m growing to enjoy S.L. Prater and her catalog of books with broken characters and worlds brushed lightly with magic and mysticism.  This Haunted Heart’s main characters are both broken by their shared past and the choices made that destroyed them for the last twenty years they spent apart.  This second chance romance with ghosts […]

Posted January 20, 2025 by Robin in Book Review / 5 Comments