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 review links to Amazon here, so you can read them there!

By the way, the first book on the top line above is my own cookbook with recipes for side dishes you can make ahead for the holidays. I actually wrote this book and tested the recipes when I worked nightshift at a local hospital. If I can find time to cook ahead as a busy nurse, you can, too! Check out the book if you’d like to enjoy the holidays with your friends and family…and not be so stuck in the kitchen when everyone else is having fun!

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

Impossible Mr. Darcy by Clara Winfield
The Mysterious Death of Mr. Darcy by Regina Jeffers
Kevin by Marilize Roos
The Unruly Duchess: The Trilogy by Sunny Brooks
A Thimbleful of Honor by Linda Lee Graham
Burning Light Within by Dawn Luedecke
The Seymour Siblings (3-volume box set) by Fiona Miers
Garden of Hope by Daphne Bloom

Contemporary Romance

Embracing the Lemonade Life by Sandra Sookoo
A Dash of Desire by Kelly Collins
Tangled Hearts by Elle Linder
Mayhem at St. Matthew’s by Kaitlynn Clarkson
Secondhand Love by Annie Hoff
All that Compels the Heart by Erin Bowlen

Mysteries, Suspense, and Thrillers

The Scythe’s Secret by Paula Lester and (different but good paranormal cozy featuring “reapers,” who guide soul’s just past death to the afterlife)
CypherGhost by D. S. Kane (thriller with two female hackers)
Bad Witch Takes a Case by K. M. Waller

Speculative Fiction