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 second 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

The Honorable Choice by M. A. Nichols
Wicked Liaison by multiple authors
His Imaginary Courtship by Summer Hanford
Mr. Darcy’s Sweet Encounter by Clara Winfield
Louise’s Secret by Suzzy Bussell
Kiss Me, Duke by Tamara Gill
Mr. Darcy’s Summer of Love by Clara Winfield
The Lady’s Guide to Escaping Cannibals by Emmanuelle de Maupassant

Contemporary Romance

A Lockdown Love Affair by Kirsten S. Blaketer
Dating Mr. Darcy by Kate O’Keeffe
Falling for the Younger Man by Emma Tharp
Where I’m Home by Erin Bowlen

Mysteries, Suspense, and Thrillers

Solstice Shadows by Avanti Centrae

Speculative Fiction

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
Twelve by Andrea Blythe

Chick Lit / Women’s Literature

The Middle-Aged Virgin by Olivia Spring

Children’s Fiction

This Kiwifruit is Not Fuzzy by Vicki Wong
Fox & Rabbit Make Believe by Beth Ferry
Rupert’s Snowman by Phillipa Warden
Pirate Nell’s Tale to Tell by Helen Docherty
Kid Normal and the Final Five by Greg James and Chris Smith
Put Yourself in My Shoes by Susanna Isern
Nasla’s Dream by Cécile Roumiguière and Simone Rea
The Self-Disciplined Penguin by Charlotte Dane
Forest Friends: Trouble in the Garden by Bella Rose
I’ll Be the Water by Alec Aspinwall
I Do Not Like Stories by Andrew Larsen
Britfield and the Lost Crown by C. R. Stewart
Jade Braves the Dark by Valdene Mark
Happy Narwhalidays by Ben Clanton

Nonfiction

General

300 Video Game Jokes by Hayden Fox (this review was rejected by Amazon, perhaps because of the reference to the inappropriate jokes?? or ???)
Frozen World: Christmas & Winter Word Search by Jenna Kims
If Colors Could Talk by Squareisle Publishing
Crochet by D. K. Publishing
Mythical Mermaids by Squareisle Publishing
Are You Dating a Liar? by Manhardeep Singh
Google Classroom and Zoom Meetings by Robert Malinovski
Composers by D. K. Publishing
Summary of Relationship Goals by Intensive Life Publishing
I Like It Red by Ellen Blair