Happy first day of Spring!

Pub Day in the UK is March 27th

Really enjoyed book 4 in the Lady Astronaut series. A base on Mars has been established and the first "Martians" have moved in. Among the usual problems of working in an uninhabitable environment the members of the first Mars mission, to establish the base, are keeping a secret.

Another strong entry in this series. Gender, race, but also culture and religion, as well as body autonomy play just as much a role ⬇️⬇️

#Romance

She's a fantasy writer, but nobody knows. He's a billionaire executive and doesn't want to be like his father, but actually is. They've known each other since childhood. She's working for his company, but doing a piss-poor job. He's trying to change her.

They both need to change and both need to address their problems.

Characters with disorders.
Toxic workplace. Harassment and assault.
Stayed for the #audiobook.

It's me!!! I really don't do epic well.

Might be a good book/series, but I was bored

Baseball sports romance.

Baseball player and his wife fall out over him feeling betrayed by her faking it. She wants divorce, he wants to get back together. Fortunately, his teammates have formed a book club where they read romance books as manuals for their own HEA.

Liked it overall, but there were some holes in the main couple's timeline.

#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

Thanks for the tag! So happy you are back.

1) snowflakes, they usually started to bloom around my birthday (end of March) where I grew up

2) tagged - the UK edition

Low pick! I liked the Fairies and Gods, but it dragged.

Saphic Regency Romance

Getting another chapter in before I am off to read speaking exam rubrics all day.

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

This was not what I expected the novel to be. No, it wasn't bad!

Connie distrusts nice guys, they will do a 180 sooner than later and hurt her. Also, her mother told her what men are looking for in a woman and she tries her best to be that kind of woman (like contacts instead of glasses, heels not flats), although deep down she is a different person.

⬇️⬇️

#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

Low pick

Kianthe and Reyna are days away from their wedding day. The whole town is working towards creating the wedding of the century. Now just add a few baby dragons, a coup to overthrow Queen Tilaine, Kianthe's parents and her childhood friend, the dastardly Pirate Dreggs and his crew,... Well, they have made plans, so what could possibly go wrong?

I enjoyed the book and am looking forward to the next/last one in the series.

#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

#OokBOokClub

Just a friendly reminder that we'll be reading #MrsBradshawsHandbook next! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on April 8th! Woohoo!

If anyone wants to be tagged/untagged for future posts please let me know! Happy to oblige!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

#OokBOokClub-ers, our Discworld adventure continues TODAY with #RaisingSteam!

Looking forward to our discussion next month!

Happy reading!

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Grump and sunshine meet in a rundown cabin in the highlands. There's no bed, in case you were wondering. 😉

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#OokBOokClub

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Elegy lives in the past. Thorne Hall was built 126 years ago and has stayed like this because the Thorne's need to keep their collection of ghosts happy. It's an extremely sheltered life under her father's thumb with only a few servants coming in during daylight hours and the spirits roaming the house.

A burst pipe brings a handsome handy-man, Atticus, into Elegy's life and for the first time she envisions ⬇️

#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

Foss, the butcher's daughter, falls under a spell that makes her leave her home and travel to the city to work as a housekeeper for the hot sorcerer Sylvester, who bespelled her, in his magical house. After lots of cleaning of the house, and lots of incidents in which Foss doesn't deserve nice things because she considers herself ugly, and after lots of languishing about on Sylvester's part, the two have to fight the evil villain, ⬇️

#NetGalley

Happy Book Birthday!!

#audiobook pre-order dropped and I'm re-reading this while preparing food for the hungry teenager who had to walk to school due to strikes on public transport.

Second in The Dragon Scales Duology. #SeriesLove2025 @TheSpineView @Andrew65

Fitting conclusion to the story.

My review is here: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ed22d7f7-3edd-4ede-b676-13600f9c5c38

#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Slatter's All The Murmuring Bones on audio

Lam's Emberclaw (eARC)

Wrap-up for February.

Not as good as January or February last year, but still more than one book a day. 🙈🙈

The pages/minutes is not accurate, I really need to add the correct editions.

Hazel used to write small town romcoms, but she's been struggling to bring pen to paper ever since her divorce. Maybe she needs to embrace the small town experience herself? On a whim she buys a house in a small town and once there asks one of her contractors to fake date her for research. What could possibly go wrong with a no-strings-attached-fake-dating-with-benefits agreement? And should I mention it's a small town that needs rescuing?

#ARC⬇️

Read mainly because my teenager is a K-Pop fan. Might have been a bit shorter, the third act resolution dragged a bit.

Wanted to be productive. Got the hoover out. Hoovered up the only working lighter in the house. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Honestly, I need to stop doing chores and sit down and read.

#ARC #MountARC #NetGalley

#52bookclub25

After what happened in book 1 and 2, Miss Percy and her growing entourage need to bite the bullet and travel to London. Two growing dragons in London, what could possibly go wrong?

The epilogue hints at further adventures.

4.5/5 stars

#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

When your teenagers go on an outing and bring you back an ass. 😛

#RaisingReaders

Review from a week ago. Forgot to post here.

Book has been re-issued.

Not a typical Klune book, but somehow still a typical Klune book. I enjoyed the story, yet it took me a while to get into the story.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/95a128b0-06a6-4806-bf96-2f227a24956f

#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

It's been two weeks and 17 books since I read a book with dragons. Time to enjoy the third book in the Miss Percy's Guide series.

Book not in database, I've tagged the first book in the series.

#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

This hit slightly differently from the first two. Not in a bad way, just different. Not as funny, but strangely wholesome or healing. Yes, I know that sounds weird for a 🌶️Dark RomCom.

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Haven't done a #5JoysFriday in a while, @DebinHawaii

Clockwise starting top center:
📷 kefir grains have multiplied and I've run out of friends to donate them to
📷 #GhostCat being extra cuddly
📷 Landlord finished sanding the concrete floors in the flat below mine, took him 3 days. 😫
📷 Teenager exploring her 🎂gifts. Books and I might have splurge on StrayKids™️ merch
📷 Baked the perfectest cheese cake so far

I'm not quite sure what all this #Steampunk story was about, but I liked it.

Piccadilly is a thief. He runs, is shot and ends up on an aether ship that's manned by a very diverse crew. The ship is harvesting phlogiston.

There is some romance. There's some spice. There are monstrous sky-kraken.

The #audiobook was great, especially since most of the story is in Piccadilly's pidgin.

Maggie and Cole meet on the set of a period drama. Maggie has recently changed professions and is the intimacy coordinator on set. Cole is one of the leading actors. There is a spark between them, but both being professionals they opt to not act on their attraction just yet.

I liked this slow-burn romance. It was well-researched and very well written.

A heist on a space station. A diverse crew. Hawaiian representation.

Reminded me a lot of the Ocean's films.

The world-building was good.

The ending felt rushed.

Low pick.

#OokBOokClub

Just a friendly reminder that we'll be reading #RaisingSteam next! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on March 8th! Woohoo!

If anyone wants to be tagged/untagged for future posts please let me know! Happy to oblige!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

#OokBOokClub-ers, our Discworld adventure continues TODAY with #MakingMoney!

Looking forward to our discussion next month!

Happy reading!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

25/52 and 3/3 LNY mini-challenge books for #52bookclub25

I know. I love a challenge.

#OokBOokClub

Hello friends! Open discussion is in the FOLLOWING POST marked as a spoiler. Find the GOING POSTAL post & tap "show me" on the spoiler tag to join in the discussion. Join in whenever you can! Today. Tomorrow. Next month! The post will always be up so just tag each other & we'll jump in to discuss with you. Feel free to chat about anything!

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Someone recommended this book after I complained about third act break-ups. This one doesn't feature this plot-trope.

Chloe and her father are getting by by making an "unnamed sauce" and selling it in their little village. Jeremy has been visiting the village for a few days every year, except the last three. She's just a village girl, he's a duke. He's going to leave again after a few days, she's going to pine for him. Or maybe not?

Chapter 13 - would someone who's read this please tell me this is going somewhere?

I'm bored. Close to Cumberbatch-Sherlock levels of bored.

#buddyread @Leniverse @Caroline2 @RaeLovesToRead

#ARC #MountARC

Chemistry and banter are off the charts.

I was laughing so loud my teenager told me to go TF to sleep twice, she heard me from the other end of the house.

Book not in database (yet)

And so it begins...

#buddyread @Leniverse @Caroline2 @RaeLovesToRead

Cover and blurb might make you think this is a fun read similar to Crazy Rich Asians, but it has darker vibes and definitely less crazy aunties and mothers.

I enjoyed it nonetheless.

Was about to pull the hoover out. #BookMail saved me. 😜

Unfortunately this is not a yellow cover. I might have to extend the #YellowNFShelf into a #YellowAndOrangeNFShelf - doesn't have quite the same ring to it though. 🤔

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

One Night (Hand) Stand is an #ARC provided by the author. #RomCom

Five Broken Blades, #audiobook, I'm reading it because a friend recommended it. Incidentally, the same friend who recommended Fourth Wing and I think we really don't have the same taste in books. I'm underwhelmed.

Both first books in series.

#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

'Jane' fell off her horse, lost her memories and was taken in by Jasper and his sisters. They care wonderfully for her and try to help her get her memories back. Of course there are feelings between 'Jane' and Jasper. Alas, it's complicated.

Liked the writing and characters and hope this'll be a series. There are a lot of family members who need a HEA.

A longlist I've actually read a few works of.

https://bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-longlist/

January wrap up.

I re-read a few books. The Murderbot Diaries are my commute companion and I'm still not fed up with them. Alexis Hall is another comfort read.

47 read (incl 5 re-reads, 7 ARCs, 2 #AuldLangSpine, 20 #52bookclub25)
2 DNF'd

Ugh!!!!

Why???

#BookMail

Pub Day is 11 February