3✨ normally I like a good hate to love, but I did not like this paring until the reality check Bianca‘s father got from Wesley. It is very much a YA books that I personally don‘t enjoy when there is any sort of sex in them. The message of the term “DUFF” is a believe a good message for everyone to hear, and by the end the story grew on me.

4✨I found out when reading these that it is a series. This makes me think there may be more characters I‘m missing in this town. However, it worked really well as a stand alone book. Noah is working on being a pastor in this town and Ellie is a young mom of two with a crazy back story. This unlikely love story was well written and has only a little spicy, which I personally prefer. #roll100 January @PuddleJumper

My hubs got me a new blanket, I had a bad day so retail therapy happened again, then my cat wanted to blend in with all the grey. Got to say feeling much better. 🥰

My only DNF. Baby E took out my bookmark and I was more relieved than mad.

My top read for January.

My January reads. 2, 5 ✨ reads. 1 DNF. Not a bad month overall. 🥰

I was able to finish my friends pick for me in January. Up next will be one of my sister-in-laws pick: How to Survive Your Murder

3✨ I know what you are thinking… my first read of February is a Christmas story. 🤣 Well, it took me a while! Laurel, her husband, and her Nana all live together. After many failed IVF treatments, a failed adoption situation, and Nana losing her memory Laurel and husband Zach look to release some holiday stress by getting a day companion for Nana. Enter Mrs. Miracle. Laurel frustrated me so much! I‘m glad I stuck it out until the end though. 🥰

3✨ If you know the history of Pearl Harbor you can feel the dread as you hear certain names and time frames. It was written for kids so it started with a bit of introduction, but it moved forward to provide situations beyond just the attack. Such as some characters born in America, but with Japanese roots. It didn‘t flow very well, but it seemed to try to hit accurately without a lot of detail on purpose. A coming of age in maybe the worse way.

3✨ I‘m glad I stopped to read the first book. This one I wasn‘t as engaged in, but it still had a lot of adventure. It continued exactly where the first book left off and had “the flaw” which brought them to another world with floppy eared people. It had a multiverse feel to it where we saw people from their home dimension. It wasn‘t bad just not as good as the first book #roll100 @PuddleJumper

4✨This book had some gripping action all throughout. It even started on the first chapter! I found that I didn‘t want to put it down. I think my only complaint would be that I could have used more world building. It wasn‘t difficult to understand, but it focuses on the ability of the “round ears”, battles, and magical objects alone. Not much was mentioned of the surroundings. Overall, I enjoyed this so much. Read so I could read my #roll100 book.

5✨ This book was amazing! I‘ve been really liking the twisted tales I have already read so I was really excited when my friend suggested I read this one for my #12in12 personal challenge. Sally‘s character grew a lot in this story, and she helped others to be proud of who they were. I liked that even through it was based in Christmas town it was where the bad guy was, and the characters were facing the issues in the story.

3✨ I remembered a lot of this one with my reread. The thing I remembered the most was the really annoying guy the girls were trying to avoid the whole time. Plus helping out a couple that should have been together was a nice touch to this one too. #NancyDrewBR @Librarybelle

3✨ This did not capture me as much as Anne of Green Gables did, but it still had a lot of dialogue providing food for thought. I really like that she made connections with others that use their imagination to survive the sad and painful parts of life. #SeriesLove @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

Found out my #Roll100 is the second book in the series… but I‘m loving the first book so far and glad I jumped into it first. 😍

4✨ It took a while for this one to really grab me, but when it did, I didn‘t want to put it down. These roommates just got out of their long relationships for the same reason. Their ex‘s, who were just friends, decided they were going to get married instead! In the beginning it was just the roommates feeling sorry for themselves, but once the characters began to grow it made an interesting read. #HometownBC @Littlewolf1

3✨It took me a long time to get in this one. The kids dying was the hardest for me to get through. I lost track of all the characters, but the overall plot was good. #LosersClub @BarkingMadRead #DoubleBookSpin @TheAromaofBooks

5✨It is well written, has a plethora of examples, and the author is obviously a leading mind in this field. I did the audiobook read by the author making an even better story. Very well done and informative. #NaturalLitsy @AllDebooks

5✨ That was an amazing roller coaster. I thought for sure I knew what happened to Jess‘s brother,Ben, and who did it. Boy was I completely wrong! It kept me on the edge of my seat and luckily I was off work when I hit a really good spot where I couldn‘t stop. Who needs sleep anyways! I was completely floor when it all started to become more clear. This will be a recommended book if anyone needs a thriller. Wow! #FableBR

DNF- Baby E took out my bookmark and I found I wasn‘t mad. So it‘s being unhauled and I‘m just going to stop reading. I kept going thinking she can‘t possibly keep having a crush on this jerk. Her crush would kiss her just to make his girl jealous, and then make up with her and then out POV character goes to Paris with all of them. Just yuk! #BookSpin @TheAromaofBooks

3✨ I feel like these books are really rushed. It‘s a great read for young kids to boost confidence. I‘m wondering in the notes are a build up as well. The first two books are building up a mystery in the series that might give the books more main plot than going to other places from their magical treehouse. #SeriesLove

3✨ The mystery was intriguing enough to keep going. I was struggling with this story because of the multitude of characters, the various timelines, and it wasn‘t really a thriller in my book. This story I read with my #htbookclub that we all pretty much agreed that it was not the book for us.

3✨ I wasn‘t completely engaged to this story, but enjoyed the relationship between grandmother and granddaughter. Read for #FoodandLit 2024 Finland

3✨ Very much a young reader series. This first book just introduces the magical idea of the tree house. Reading to baby E for bedtime. He‘s normally just waiting for the pictures, but gives me different reading material while he doesn‘t care what I read right now.

4✨This series is proving to be a new favorite. Hazel, a bookstore manager, is finding passages highlighted in the bookstore books. These clues are helping her live a little bit before she turns 30. Noah is a fisherman that lives a lot and is up for an adventure when Hazel asks. Unlikely love, dreamy town, and a few conversations with our previous couple. 🥰 it‘s pretty spicy which was a bit too much for me. Otherwise, I loved it!

What can I say. I couldn‘t resist the colored edges. 🥰 My single book haul book (cause I‘m on a major budget) 😒

3✨ The characters go from one adventure to another. Dolittle is not a rich man so it takes them time to get from one place to another, and everyone is trying to keep them captive. However, he is rewarded for his efforts and the animals we encounter are forever change.

Right?! If my son was missing I wouldn‘t sleep until he was found. Why is he so unconcerned? 🤔

I haven‘t been reading much, but I have a book related(ish) video game. Hogwarts Legacy. Such a good game! I‘m hooked. 😍🤣

Out of 200 reads in 2024- Horrorstör beat my December favorite for its imprint on my mind of how truly unique it was. However, you can‘t beat the master of Horror so Fairy Tale won that round. Then it was a battle of world building which Fairy Tale did the best in to make it to the finals. This was a challenge so I looked at which book stuck with me the most and I it was really no contest to make One Puzzling Afternoon my best read of 2024! ??

The worst of December was Sweet Tea and Christmas Trees. Quickly overtaken by Wife Between Us, then easily out by Watch Mommy Die. On the other side of the bracket I added Kilt for Christmas which is a insta-love Yuk! It was against another DNF for its encouragement of infidelity. Watch Mommy Die was badly written so it won that challenge. Anna K and its glorification of teen drinking, drugs, and sex was the winner though of my worst read of 2024.

I finished 18 books in December. Not bad! 😍💛

Audio cleaning today. This is fluff from a stuffy not snow. Got to love chewing pups. 🐶 🐶 🐶 🐶🥹🥲

Life has been really busy, but I read a lot more holiday reads than I have in previous #WinterGames Thanksgiving for the fun #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks

My chunkster of the year with my personal challenge. 🥰💛

2✨ This book should not have taken me as long as it did. It was one of the first books I read in 2024 and the last book I finished. Set as a five books by five different authors I wanted to give each story a chance. ILove was probably my favorite out of each one, but they all were not bad. Being so short with a fantastical world in each world building and being longer to explore is my main issues with all the short stories. First giveaway of 2025!

3✨ Finished this story as I repaired my kiddos panda from a vicious loving dog attack. We have two sisters who don‘t see each other much because of their life choices after their mothers loss with cancer, and their brothers depression. Meeting for the holiday when one sister is in bed rest for her pregnancy. Loved the ending. 🥰🐼❤️‍🩹

Audio repairing one of my kiddos Christmas stuffies the dogs decided was a chew toy. In the new year I‘m going to need to master an invisible stitch and train my puppies better in knowing what is a chew toy and what isn‘t. (For the record none of their chew toys are stuffed animals). Suggestions?

3✨ Another mystery solved! Nancy went under cover in this one, which was a fun twist. Her client is using a third party man to sell some of her books, but he is saying they are not selling well. There is also a possible counterfeit statuette maker. Nancy had her work cut out for her in this one. #NancyDrewBR @Librarybelle

This is my #Roll100 books for January. My list this year is to hopefully clear out some shelf space from books I was gifted and haven‘t read yet. @PuddleJumper

3✨ This was a bit less on the danger side. We deal with a child abuse case, and kidnapping. One character thinks he‘s above American laws. Very interesting story. #NancyDrewBR @Librarybelle

3✨A coming of age story, family, and relationships. This had a lot going on, but it was an enjoyable read.

Now that I finally reviewed all the books I‘ve been reading it‘s time to clear out some books! #OutwiththeOldinwiththeNew I‘d like to catch up on my missing 2 #NancyDrewBR , finish Mansfield Park, and the last 4 Christmas stories I have from my library. Ambitious yes… but we will try!

2✨ I didn‘t know this was a series when I started it. It filled in a lot of background information so I didn‘t notice. With this in mind my review will not be a fair judge on this book. I like the idea of a B and B series and will try to read the rest of the series to see if my views change. #HolidayBookDragons

3✨ I didn‘t mean to start with the fourth book in the series, but it was able to recap pretty well through the story. While there are spoilers I feel like I can read the previous books still. It has a Dog Man format and feel to it where the secret agents all wear tactical vests.

4✨ I‘m so glad I finally got to read this one! (Library hold took forever!) I didn‘t like all the stories, but each one gave pretty memorable chills. My favorites were the longer stories of Danny‘s Dream and the Rattlesnakes. #LosersClub @BarkingMadRead

3✨ This one started out strong for me and then started to drag. A teacher getting out of a long relationship going no where takes a job as a nanny to twins of a rich and busy family. There is instant connections between the family and her, and the awkward uncle has caught her eye. I really liked the ending as well. #HolidayBookDragons

4✨ An instant love story that I actually liked (normally not a fan). We have a traveling nurse going home for the holidays because of her sister‘s wedding. There is a lot of baggage here to unpack, but the charming friend of the groom is just the distraction that is needed. Super cute! #HolidayBookDragons

3✨ I‘m not an instant love fan, but it was a cute story. My favorite part was the meddling older women with the cute shirts. Plus you can‘t go wrong with beautiful locations and cultural traditions in the mix of a love story. 🥰💛 #HolidayBookDragons

4✨ I‘m always a fan of a hate to love story, especially based in London. We have the two lead POVs in this story with American, Claire, and London native, Liam. Who are finding a way to survive their baggage and their growing infatuation with each other. #HolidayBookDragons