It took me a little while to get into On the Edge, but once I did, I was totally hooked. This paranormal romance has great worldbuilding, compelling characters, external threats and internal conflicts that each inform and heighten the other, and a romantic pairing that I was initially dubious about and ended up loving.
I read Mind Games twice in 2024 and once (already) in 2025, which tells you something about how good it is; the book has already joined the ranks of my favorite non-fantasy Nora Roberts novels. Written with Roberts’s usual skill, Mind Games pits Thea Fox, a young woman with the sight, against the psychopath who killed her parents. . .
My goals for 2025 include writing, reading, and organizing my books.
The Wishing Game reminds me so much of the books and series I loved as a child: the ones that made me fall in love with reading, the ones I escaped into over and over. It has the whimsy and wordplay of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (one of the author’s inspirations) without the nastiness that seemed both funny and disturbing to me even as a child. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
We weathered the snow storm that hit the DMV region. I have been unpacking and settling back in, and keeping warm. My heart goes out to the people of Los Angeles, so many of whom are facing the total destruction of their homes, communities, and way of life.
I have failed this challenge the last several years, but hope springs eternal, so I’m going to try the Audiobook Challenge again. It’s hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and That’s What I’m Talking About.
I will be participating in the NetGalley & Edelweiss Reading Challenge hosted by Yvonne @ Socrates’ Book Reviews. I have a lot of upcoming and overdue ARCs to review!
The new releases I am most looking forward to (plus several I have already read.)
I plan to participate in the Ilona Andrews read-along hosted by Books of My Heart. We’ll be reading the Edge novels and the Innkeeper series.
Happy New Year! We’re back home after a good vacation with our Robin and my side of the family.
Also, a look back at this week’s writing, reading, reviews, and blog posts, plus the weekly book haul!
