Picked this up because I heard about it on a podcast. Mel is a bartender and she is flirting with this woman at the bar and finds out she‘s married. Then she finds out they‘re poly. At the same time she‘s trying to keep everything casual because she‘s scarred from her divorce. She also learns about this cocktail/bartender contest and is working towards creating a cocktail for it. I liked this one!

My April #roll100 picks! I‘ve already bailed/read the other roll.

Not a creepy haunted house story, but I did keep picking it up at bedtime and spooky stuff would happen.

Cassie moves to this small town to get out of Orlando. When she plugs in her laptop at home, it doesn‘t charge, so she has to work at a coffee shop. This town is full of ghosts and she has a hard time at first but Nick is trying to help her acclimate. He‘s lived in town all his life and isn‘t going anywhere. It‘s a slow burn romance.

Tru moves to nocturne falls to start becoming an oracle. She meets the hot neighbor next door which her aunts think is a vampire. The aunts have 15 cats!! She makes a mention that the house doesn‘t smell, but I don‘t believe it. Unless they had some magic to keep it from stinking. Eamon‘s family is a mutt mix of magical powers. So he can see hourglasses over peoples head seeing how much time they have left. He hates it and a cat will save his life

This was a nice, low key cozy mystery. The residents of the house get an eviction notice and start protesting. One of them gets attacked and put in a hospital. Dorothy has lived there for most of her life and it‘s a mystery as to why, that you find out. Kat is originally from this town and was compelled to come back. And you find out why. No murder in this book. It was good!

Book 6 in this series. Still good! It starts a couple months after the last book. What happened at the beginning is going to be a spoiler if you haven‘t read the last book.

It almost seemed like the author wrote a story in between the 2 books (though I found nothing saying she did). Some things felt abrupt like I missed something. And a situation was described that I don‘t remember from the last book, so it must have happened off page…

Low pick. Picked this up because it was on KU and goodreads had it rated as a buzzy book for the goodreads challenge.

This is my first book by this author and it was good. It‘s a bit dark based on trauma. It‘s a best friends little sister romance trope.

I tried to pick up the second book, but it had the same exact dialogue as this one… so idk if I‘ll read more.

It‘s been a bad, week, month, year. And it‘s been too long since I went to the bookstore. So, I decided to treat myself this weekend to some newly released books.

#newbooks #bookhaul #anunlikelystory

I can‘t believe it‘s already almost April, in the longest year of my life and my slowest reading year. Here‘s a list of 20 books I hope to eventually read. 😆

#bookspin

Went to Mystic village today! Visited this AMAZING horror bookstore, Alice‘s Haunted Bookshop. (I‘m not a horror fan, but it was such a cool bookstore). They had a lot of awesome classic versions of books. I picked this cozy mystery up! And a wicked cool bookmark that I forgot to take a picture of!

Loved it! Aliens, dinosaurs, 2 sexy men that you don‘t have to choose between! This was so much fun. I liked her other books too, but I didn‘t know about this one until #auldlangspine.

Low pick. Because I did enjoy this for the most part while reading it. But it was all smut and no plot. I mean there was a lot of thoughts about god and bible quotes, but he was horny AF. I wouldn‘t have picked this up without the new #readingsmut podcast. I would read another book by this author but probably not another priest romance. I did like the difference of getting the male POV the whole time.

My March #botm and #aardvark picks!!

I‘ve never read Stephen Graham Jones before, so I‘m going to try this one and hope it‘s not too scary!

This book is not in the system and I‘m sick of trying to find it. This book is in a connected World Series. The tagged book is another book in the series.

Lyon‘s lover was so fun. It was just a fun, read. Bella is a retired courtesan looking for a husband. She goes to the Lyon‘s den as they deal with specific things. Bella is given Luke to try and dry him out, get him sober and give him purpose. She is 10 years older than him.

Got my quarterly #myTBR recs! There is a theme, all orange like covers! I had Best Hex Ever on my TBR before, but haven‘t heard of the other ones!

This book dragged on a bit too long for me. Also, Ryder was the worst guide ever and they‘re lucky they didn‘t die. Also, she kept talking about her glow in the dark TP and how it was useless. Did she not go to the bathroom all week in the wilderness?! Just because they were in danger, you still gotta go!

Anyways, I liked it at first. They‘re both dealing with grief in different ways and figuring things out. But it draggeddddd

I‘ve been SO busy at work I didn‘t have time until today and didn‘t remember until today to look up my #bookspin and #doublespin reads for March!

Weirdly Nancy Drew has been picked 2 months in a row!

My hubby was in Knoxville for work last week and he popped into a bookstore for me. He brought these 2 home for me.

The tagged title is so long, he asked the bookseller if it was 2 books when they were looking for it. 😆😆

I enjoyed this adventure romance. Andee finds out her dad is an international arms dealer wanted by the CIA. Before she can help the CIA, she gets kidnapped. She brings along Chan saying he‘s her boyfriend. So you have the fake dating prompt and danger. I really liked this one!

I loved a Taste of Gold and Iron, but I loved the tagged book more!

#readingbracket2025

Read 13 books in February. A lot of just okay romances. The tagged was my favorite read of February and I never would have picked it up or heard of it without #auldlangspine

#readingbracket2025

I originally read this book in 2019. It was and still is the only book I‘ve read by Robin Hobb. Because I read this so long ago, I didn‘t remember a thing about it! So it was like reading a new book to me. I enjoyed it just as much this time as I did last time, but this time I plan to actually continue the series.

#realmofElderlings

Finished in February. Behind already on the Agatha Christie reread. I tried to go into this one thinking good thoughts about Hastings but I just can‘t stand him. He thinks he‘s so clever and he‘s really not.

This was my February #authoramonth read. It‘s been a while since I‘ve read a comic/graphic novel.

My March #bookspin list! Not sure what I‘ll be in the mood for, so keeping my list pretty flexible.

It took me way too long to finish this and it‘s not the book‘s fault! I‘ve been struggling to find times to listen to audio this year. It took me a month to finish an 18 hour audiobook! This is shocking to me because I really loved this book.

Thanks so much for putting it on your list @rachelsbrittain ! #auldlangspine

Slowly catching up on #nancydrew

Book 14 has Nancy and friends solving multiple mysteries. As always it was a bit outlandish, but wasn‘t too bad. She has to disguise herself and work in a shop to solve a mystery. She also does a lot of boating but also people keep attacking her while she‘s boating… She‘s also trying to find a statue and see if it‘s whispering or not.

I loved this! Sawyer and Mason meet/get stuck in an elevator together. They have a one night stand thinking they‘ll never see each other again. Then they run into each other and make a pact to ruin romance and not sleep together again. I‘m sure I don‘t need to tell you what happens…

I really liked this one and the characters. You also get both their POVs. She‘s also bisexual.

Highly recommend. #aardvarkbookclub

Low pick. I actually read my #botm the month I got it!

This one could have benefited from being in both MCs head. It got exhausting being in only Ada‘s head.

I had some issues, but overall I did like this one.

Archeologist Miriam, missed her bus to get to her hotel for the dig, so she catches a ride with a stranger. They‘re both attracted to each other, are staying at the same hotel and plan to meet up for drinks. Rafael is there to mess up the dig and make sure they can‘t reach the city of moon.

They say this is an enemy to lovers. It is not. They are enemies in the sense they have different goals, but they never once hate each other.

#RiseUpReads

I‘ve owned this book since it came out, but finally picked it up. It‘s a romance, fake dating, going on vacation with his family and one bed.

Amerie needed to save face and tells her ex that she‘s dating an astronaut. It‘s Houston TX, so there are astronauts around. Vincent‘s sister overhears and now they have to be a couple around his family.

I really liked this one. I‘ll read more of this author!

Hey Litsy friends! I‘m still around but this year and work has been so stressful. I either don‘t have the energy to read or I can only handle romances.

This is the 2nd in the series (didn‘t read the 1st). It‘s about football players who own a cupcake shop in San Diego and Sloane is a social media manager. She‘s looking for a new job and doing the shops campaign. A second chance and best friend‘s sister romance.

This book is not in the system for some reason. It‘s book 14 in the nocturne falls series. I‘ve been needing to read lighter easy reads lately.

Sunday comes to town to learn about her magic. She is Alice‘s niece so you see a lot more of her. Ren is in town hiding after a job he did. They obviously fall in love.

I was able to finish one more #auldlangspine book in January! This was really good. I like the way the story was told and it was pretty short.

Constanza was turned into a vampire and she‘s telling us her story and journey through the years.

Meh. Didn‘t really care for this one. Too YA for me. So much drama because of misunderstandings. Fantasy/Magic was interesting, but not enough for me to probably continue with this series.

My #botm picks for February!

February #readyourkindle #readyourebook list!

February #bookspin list!

Here are my February #roll100 books!

Here‘s hoping I actually get to all of them!

This is a slow burn Romantasy. Vassa‘s parents are both dead and her brother sends her off to get married. She runs away on her wedding night to another city and joined a school to learn more about her magic. Until Reid comes and gets her and makes a deal. Vaasa has to help him for 3 years to become the leader and then she‘s free.

This is the first in a series, so it ends in a bit of a cliffhanger.

#aardvark

I like this author but this wasn‘t my favorite book of hers. It‘s a world of magic and they use their magic to steal stuff and complete heists. When Danielle was a teenager, she turned her mother into the FBI and ran away. She‘s been doing odd jobs helping people and earning money. Now she‘s called back to her home to do 1 last heist. She has to get her crew together to pull it off.

8 years of Litsy!! That‘s wild!

Happy #litsyversary to my current #auldlangspine match too! @rachelsbrittain 🎉🎉

#litsyversary

I‘ve got my audio (The Frame Up)
Print book (tagged book)
Ebook (Vampires Sunny Sweetheart)

#weekendreads

I liked the premise of this book but could not stand either MC. Jae was extremely unprofessional and didn‘t do a whole lot in the book to redeem himself. Nami did not act like a 30 year old business owner. I did not enjoy their competitiveness or banter. I liked the overall story and world but… what do you do when you hate the people you‘re supposed to be rooting for?!

This is the second book in this series. It follows Lizzie who entered the world to get back her family heirlooms. However, she finds something or someone else worth living for.

I liked this one and the romance is good. I like all the different type of mythical/fantasy creatures throughout too.

#serieslove2025

Help! Goodreads is totally messing up my books read count!

If I read a book on my kindle, it‘s counting the book twice! I don‘t have the setting turned on where it automatically updates my goodreads when I start and finish a kindle book.

It‘s only doing this on the challenge side when I finish a kindle book.

I don‘t know what to do to fix this…

I see what the author did there. The company buying up all the other companies is called Rainforest…

It took me a minute.

Oh my! I hated this book so much. It was the longest 6 hours of my life at 1.75x speed. It was racist, it was a lot of talking and singing? It was a lot of just telling. So many characters and the narrator did not differentiate them at all.

I‘ll just stick with Agatha Christie.

#authoramonth

Finished my first book for #auldlangspine! This wasn‘t on my radar at all as I don‘t read a ton of sci-fi anymore. I thought the characters acted a little young to be in their late 20s. However, I really loved this book and all the characters.

A group of friends break into a defunct spaceship. It takes off and they have to figure out how to survive. Also, romance! Great book!