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!

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

Darcy’s Runaway Bride by Abbey North
Making a Match for the Marquess by Georgia Griffan

Contemporary Romance

FIRST: A Collection of Series Starters by Carly Keene
The Mom Collection by Kim Hartfield
One Hundred Mistakes by Kelly Collins
Big, Sexy, Alphas of Wildwood County (Books 1-4 BOX SET) by Khloe Summers
His Special Angel by Lynn Marshal

Speculative Fiction

To Spark a Fae War by Tessonja Odette

Children’s Fiction

Daddy’s Little Wordlings by Linh Nguyen-Ng
Mommy’s Little Wordlings by Linh Nguyen-Ng

Nonfiction

General

Pregnancy Planner and Organizer Book by Creative Books
Our Family Bucket List by Mango Design Lab
Jumbo Word Search Puzzles for Seniors: 101 Extra Large Print Word Searches for Elderly Adults by Blair Feliz
Valentine’s Day Word Search For Adults by Outdoor Words Publications (review rejected by Amazon for a reason I cannot figure out; book not at Goodreads, but I will put it in soon so I can put my review up)
Learn How To Speak Spanish In 30 Days: Common Spanish Phrases For Everyday Scenarios by Laz Viera (recently renamed “Learn Spanish for Adult Beginners by Explore ToWin”)

Writing