Category: Book Reviews

Twig’s Traveling Tomes, by Gryffin Murphy

A heartwarming, charming, and playful cozy fantasy romance, and a love letter to books, booksellers, and the power of opening your heart. I loved it!

Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops, by Shaun Bythell

Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops by Shaun Bythell Narrator: Peter Kenny Published by Blackstone Audio on 11/10/2020 Genres: Humor, Memoir, Nonfiction Format: Audiobook Source: the library Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads A cantankerously funny view… Read more »

Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel — a new Miss Marple mystery by Lucy Foley

I just finished reading Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel, and I am both surprised and impressed. Agatha Christie fans are in for a treat!

ADHD for Smart Ass Women, by Tracy Otsuka

ADHD for Smart Ass Women: How to Fall in Love with Your Neurodivergent Brain by Tracy Otsuka Narrator: Tracy Otsuka Published by HarperCollins on 12/26/2023 Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Self-Help Format: Audiobook Source: the library (Hoopla) Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Audible | Chirp Add… Read more »

The Faraway Inn, by Sarah Beth Durst

A wonderful, heartwarming, comforting read. The Faraway Inn offers a cozy, magical escape from the cares and troubles of ordinary life—for the reader as much as for the novel’s teenage heroine. (And there’s cake!)

Sea of Charms, by Sarah Beth Durst

A heartwarming cozy fantasy set on the high seas, brimming with charm, hope, healing—and a touch of romance

Remember That Day, by Mary Balogh

A romance between an unlikely but ultimately believable pairing… I really enjoyed watching the slow blooming of their relationship.

Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter, by Heather Fawcett

I loved this enchanting story, with its strong echoes of Howl’s Moving Castle and Beauty and the Beast.

Illusion of a Boar, by Celia Lake

Illusion of a Boar by Celia Lake Series: Land Mysteries #5 Published by self-published on 11/10/2023 Genres: Fantasy Romance, Historical Fantasy Pages: 393 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: my personal collection Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Kobo Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Pastiche, Weaving… Read more »

Apt to Be Suspicious, by Celia Lake

Set in Oxford’s magical community a year or so after the end of World War II, this gentle, slowly-unfolding romance features intelligent, good-hearted, skilled and competent people treating others with kindness and respect—a hallmark of Celia Lake’s Albion novels, and the reason I (and her other fans) love them so much.