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.
A worthy prequel to Legends & Lattes! I absolutely loved getting to know young Viv and hearing about the early experiences that helped form the person she becomes in L&L.
Inheritance, the first book in Nora Roberts’s Lost Brides trilogy, provides the perfect blend of wish-fulfillment fantasy, friendship, romance, and deliciously spooky atmosphere.
Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff: Declutter, Downsize, and Move Forward With Your Life by Matt Paxton, Jordan Michael Smith Published by Portfolio on February 8, 2022 Genres: House and Home, Self-Help Pages: 320 Format: Paperback Source: the library Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Chirp Add… October 5, 2023 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 6 ★★★★½
How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis Published by Simon and Schuster on April 26, 2022 (orig. self-pub. Oct. 31, 2020) Genres: House and Home, Self-Help Pages: 144 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads… February 22, 2023 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 3 ★★★★★
Geat a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert Series: Brown Sisters #1 Published by Avon on Nov. 5, 2019 Genres: Contemporary Romance Pages: 384 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: the library Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Chloe Brown is a chronically ill… July 16, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 4 ★★★★★
How the Dukes Stole Christmas by Joanna Shupe, Sarah MacLean, Sophie Jordan, Tessa Dare Published by Avon on September 24, 2019 Genres: Christmas, Historical Romance Format: Kindle or ebook Source: the library Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also by this author: The… December 28, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 1 ★★★★
The Unholy by Heather Graham Series: Krewe of Hunters #6 Published by Harlequin MIRA on June 26, 2012 Genres: Paranormal romantic suspense Pages: 366 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: the library Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Phantom Evil,… December 16, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 4 ★★★½
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain Narrator: Käthe Mazur Published by Crown, Random House Audio on Jan. 24, 2012 Genres: Nonfiction Format: Audiobook Source: the library Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads At least… September 19, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 5
The 101 Dalmations by Dodie Smith Series: The Hundred and One Dalmatians #1 Published by Listening Library Genres: MG Books Format: Audiobook Source: the library Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Pongo and Missis had a lovely life. With their human owners, the… July 29, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 3 ★★★★½
