Some Favorite Books This Week!
I’ve been having a tough time keeping up with both the reading AND posting here. While I get it all sorted out, I thought I could at least post the reviews here to Amazon, so you can read them there!
By the way, the first book on the top line above is my own book, published in April to help restaurants through the pandemic. Know any restaurateurs, restaurant managers, or head chefs? Let them know about the book! It could save their business!
Note: I am listing reviews as I do them each day. Sometimes, Amazon takes days or even a week or more to approve these reviews, so you will see a lag between when I list reviews and when a link is available. The longest I had to wait was 3.5 weeks!
Note about Goodreads and BookBub Reviews Linked Below
Sometimes, you’ll see me link to my review at Goodreads or BookBub. That’s usually because I’m having some sort of issue with Amazon: they’re taking waaaaay too long to post the review or they’ve rejected the review because they say it isn’t up to “community standards.” They are never specific… and just ask me to review the community standards page. I wish they would be specific… so I can avoid whatever it is they don’t like. Most “rejected” reviews are rather tame; some are even 5 stars. I’ve noted that some words seem to trigger it, like boring or transitioning. Hey, sometimes things just ARE boring, and it is much more succinct to say that than “visually unappealing” when talking backgrounds in children’s activity books! Others completely leave me scratching my head about what might be “wrong” with the review.
Hope that life becomes a little more sane so I can post my full reviews here soon!
Fiction
Historical Romance
- Whispers of Deception by Renee Gallant
- Marrying Her Best-Friend by Fiona Miers
- Once Upon a Twelfth Night by various authors (connected stories based around the same house party and ball)
- Champion of the Heart by Julie Parker
- 12 Rogues of Christmas by various authors (a baker’s dozen of stories that were inspired the Christmas carol, the Twelve Days of Christmas)
- The Duchess Wager by Katherine Grant
- My Lady of Danger by Summer Hanford
- A Promise of Scandal by Tanya Wilde
- Mischief and Mistletoe by Stacy Reid
- Mail Order Rachel by Kathleen Lawless
- Taking the Spinster by Samantha Holt
- Unveiling the Counterfeit Bride by Ava Devlin
- Their Sinful Kiss by Elle Blake
Contemporary Romance
- Then There Was You by Alexa Rivers
- Finding Her Treasure by Alexa Woods
- Cynthia Smart’s Midwife Crisis by Liz Davies
- Cinderella Unmasked by Susannah Erwin
- The Game of Love by Amelia Sinclair
- Resilience: Book One by Amanda Shelley
- Finding Home on Winslow Island by Chrissy Elliot
- Cherry on Top by Jayne Kingsley
Speculative Fiction
- Protocol (The Complete Series) by Beatrice Crowl
- Tituba by Dave Tamanini
- The Cauldron Effect by Shereen Vedam (wonderful paranormal romance trilogy based set in Regency times)
- Megge of Bury Down by Rebecca Kightlinger
Chick Lit / Women’s Literature / Historical Fiction
- City of Bronze, City of Silver by Saga Hillbom
- Marian, Princess Thief by C. K. Brooke
- I, Guinevere by C. K. Brooke
Children’s Fiction
- Party Problems by C. L. Reid
- The Loud House #10 by the Loud House Creative Team
- You’re a Taurus by Lynne North
- Princesses Don’t Have Sticky Hair by Angela Castillo
Nonfiction
General
- Workbook for Limitless by Intensive Life Publishing
- 57 Story Prompts by Derrick Persson
- The Blue Calendar 2021 by Sasha Winters
- Summary of Too Much and Never Enough by Intensive Life Publishing
- The Complete Urban Sketching Companion by Shari Blaukopf, Stephanie Bower, and Gabriel Campanario
- Mary Queen of Scots by Liam Dale
- Summary of the Room Where It Happened by Intensive Life Publishing
- Stop Abusing Our Language by Clive Seigal
- Fast Fluent English by Fast Fluent System
- Authority Island by Dixie Maria Carlton
Health, Wellness, & Medicine
- The Only Supplements You Need to Truly Help Achieve Your Fitness and Health Goals by G. E. S. Boley, Jr.
- Holistic Health Secrets by Matthew Riza
- How I Lost 100 Pounds in 100 Days by Dexter Mason
- Pharmacy Calculations for Pharmacy Technicians by Activity Wizo & Bradley Wojcik
- Eat to Prevent and Control Disease by La Fonceur
- Liver Detox & Cleanse by Brittney Davis
- Diets are Lies by Courtney Wohl
Self-Help & Spiritual
- 10 Habits for Grief and Loss by Cortez Ranieri
- The Root Chakra by Steve Millard
- Brain Training by Andrew Williams
- Be the Soul Mate You Want to Be by Jeanne Sullivan Billeci
- The Multi-Hyphen Life by Emma Gannon
Business, Money, & Investing
- Money, You Can Hack It by Frankie Calkins
- Investing for Beginners by Walter Wayne
Children’s Nonfiction (including activity books)
- Horse Coloring Book for Kids ages 8-12 by Happy Harper
- Outer Space Activity Book for Kids and Toddlers by Happy Harper
- Hilarious Jokes for 11 Year Old Kids by Hayden Fox
- Sea Animals Coloring Book for Kids ages 4-8 by Happy Harper
- Small Matters by Heather Kinser
- Dinosaur Activity Book for Kids ages 4-8 by Happy Harper
- The Super Explorer Notebook by Sasha Winters
- Unicorn Coloring for Girls by Happy Harper
- Unicorn Coloring for Kids by Happy Harper
- Mermaid Coloring Book by Art by Fab