Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
#christmasAtoZ
blurb
TheSpineView
Readathon: Occasional List : Geleentheidslys | Gauteng (South Africa). Education Media Service
post image

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks

I finished two more books yesterday. Currently working on three others. So many to cram into this month. ❤️???❤️??

#Adventathon @BookmarkTavern #LittenListen @aperfectmjk #SeriesLove2024 @Andrew65
#ChristmasAtoZ @Texreader #LetterP I already have a book for the letter "T".

BookmarkTavern Congrats! 🎉 30m
Texreader Way to get those letters into play!! now
20 likes3 comments
review
OriginalCyn620
post image
Panpan

This wasn‘t my favorite but I‘m not sure why. I couldn‘t ever decide if I was supposed to like the FMC or if I just thought she was vapid and a bit immature. While I do like the fake dating trope, this one got crazy really quickly, and wasn‘t very believable to me.

#wintergames2024 #holidaybookdragons
#bookspinbingo (this was my middle square, so at least there‘s that 🤣)
#ChristmasAtoZ #LetterU
#adventathon
#littenlisten

BookmarkTavern On to better reads hopefully! 30m
19 likes1 comment
review
Texreader
Sins of the Fathers | A. J. McCarthy
post image
Pickpick

Charlene hires private investigator Simm when she starts receiving harassing letters. As the harassment escalates, Charlie and Simm look into the pasts of her father and his friend Jim, and a link to the Irish mafia in Montreal. A trip to Ireland results in even scarier acts against her. When bodily harm seems to be the next logical step of the escalation, a surprising hint leads them to a resolution. A surprisingly good book if a little slow ⬇️

17 likes1 comment
review
OutsmartYourShelf
ALONE | Cyn Balog
post image
Pickpick

I've had this on my TBR shelf for absolutely ages so decided this year was the one, & I wish I'd read it earlier. The synopsis really doesn't convey how creepy the story is & there are one or two good twists. The only weak point I thought was the conclusion, I could see what the author was aiming for but it could have been a bit stronger.
4.5🌟

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2422935343
Read 2nd-3rd Dec 2024

26 likes4 comments
blurb
Texreader
All By My Elf | Olivia Dade, Andi Arndt
post image
28 likes2 stack adds
review
TheSpineView
post image
Pickpick

#WinterGames #HolidayBookGames @LiseWorks
#LetterN #ChristmasAtoZ @Texreader

Book three in the series and another hit with me. A solid story and good characters. A short and satisfying Christmas romance. 4⭐️ 💚🎄❤️📖💚📚❤️

37 likes2 comments
review
OriginalCyn620
post image
Pickpick
BookmarkTavern Love the cover! 9h
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 🎄 8h
Texreader Fantastic!! Glad it was a good one! 7h
See All 7 Comments
Beatlefan129 I love your ornament with Ryan from The Office 😆 7h
Eggs So cozy☃️🎄💚 5h
StayCurious Great picture! 3h
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 55m
28 likes7 comments
review
Texreader
post image
Pickpick

My favorite in the series so far, and Three Pines was barely in it! Chief inspector Gamache and his wife are celebrating their anniversary at Manoir Bellechasse, just over the mountain range from Three Pines. Yearly visitors, this visit coincides with the Morrow family reunion, including the Gamache‘s friends from Three Pines, Peter and Clara. The last book hinted at Peter‘s dark side. When a Morrow is killed, is Peter to blame or another ⬇️

Texreader wretched Morrow? Or does the manoir‘s staff have something to hide? An impossible crime to pull off; only the most observant and detail-oriented investigator can pull this one off. And Gamache does so again. The author does struggle in explaining the complexity of the murder but kudos to her for not taking the easy route and giving us an extraordinarily complex murder mystery. #foodandlit #Canada @Catsandbooks #serieslove @TheSpineView ⬇️ 11h
TheSpineView Fantastic! 💚📖❤️🎄💚📚❤️ 10h
30 likes3 comments
review
TheAromaofBooks
Mingle All the Way | J. P. Sterling
post image
Panpan

If I had to choose one word for how I felt while reading this series of books, I think it would be “baffled.“ These characters constantly made decisions that made no sense. The narrative frequently made no sense. The motivations made pretty much no sense. A few samples: two grown adults have a “cheesecake fight“ in the kitchen ruining the desert and dinner party they're attending (after the FMC starts EATING IT WITH HER BARE HANDS?!); two people ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) can't remember anything from the night before (including whether or not they GOT MARRIED) and apparently it's not because they were drunk, it's because there is some kind of... holiday magic?? That makes you have no memories?! - guy needs to be married to inherit his grandma's house so he convinces girl to go to Vegas to PRETEND to get married and the guy's lawyer dad totally accepts a few photos of them in wedding clothes as proof and ⬇ 13h
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) deeds everything over to them!? I could go on. I read these with a sort of fascinated horror as to how they could be SO BAD. It was disappointing because the concepts were actually fun and the characters likable (except for “I eat from the middle of the cheesecake with my bare hands before we slice it up to serve to other people“ UGH) and I am genuinely always on the lookout for clean holiday romances, but these just honestly made ⬇ 13h
See All 10 Comments
TheAromaofBooks OH And here's another pet peeve!!! Books that say they are a series and then HAVE ZERO CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THEM!!!! Sharing a loose theme is not what makes a series!!!!! 13h
DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks 😤😵‍💫Sounds painful! 🤞🏻better reads ahead! #Next 12h
Texreader Ok one of the best reviews ever!! I‘d say it was worth the read so we all could read this review (edited) 11h
PuddleJumper Ruining food like that is a dumpable reason 😂 11h
TheSpineView Hopefully the next is better! Kudos for finishing 11h
BookmarkTavern Listen, I‘ve been feral about a good cheesecake before, but never ate it with my bare hands. 🤣🤣 Hope your next reads are better! 9h
Andrew65 Oh no, sorry these left you feeling like this. 4h
39 likes10 comments