January 22 Newsletter text
Hi Everyone. I sent my newsletter out and for some reason known only to the computer gremlins, it only sent to a very few people. I am copying and pasting in the main text of it here, and hopefully…
Worse Than Anticipated
You know that book I was reading? Romantic suspense? And I wanted to keep reading even though I had fears about where it was going? It was so much worse than anticipated. I really don’t want to be mean to…
Annoying Tropes
I did a thing recently where I wrote down a list of tropes that I like to read in books, and started a list of those I don’t. The second list right now isn’t very long, probably because I had…
Ack!
How are all of you holding up with the coronavirus? Got fun stuff going on at all? Want to kill family members? I get out every day to walk the dogs, though a lot of the time I just want…
checking in
I haven’t posted in a long while and I don’t know why. It’s crazy. Updates seem silly given the coronavirus, but yanno, life has to go on to. But let me ask you how you’re doing? I’m in Oregon and…
Dead in Dublin by Catie Murphy
First, so you know, I got Dead in Dublin from Netgalley. Also, Catie’s a friend and I love her books in general, and pounced on this one super fast because it sounded so good and did I say I love…
Book Review: Jo-Ann Carson’s The Perfect Brew
I’ve been doing a bit of reading on and off as I can squeeze it in around the rest of life–when I was younger, I seemed to have a hell of a lot more time in a day. What happened…
Book Review: Kennedy Kerr’s A SPELL OF MURDER
Hello Everyone! I’ve been doing a bit of reading here and there and this one I’ve just finished. A SPELL OF MURDER is a supernatural sort of cozy with witches. Before I get into my thoughts, here is the back…
Book Review: THE DARK BONES
I recently read The Dark Bones by Loreth Anne White. It’s a romantic suspense, and I’ve got to say, it’s just about a perfect book. First, the back cover blurb: She’s come back to solve the mystery of her father’s…
Book Review: Somebody to Love By Aurelia Fray
About the book: An unlikely pair, an impossible mission, and a hilarious hunt for somebody to love. Henry was only tasked with fixing the leaky office pipes. So, when a crazy woman barges in and confesses all her secrets like…