Saturday Snippet: Wildfires

 

Our new reality?

 

xx

*image not mine

Tome Thursday: Cold War, pt 1

 

Hello everyone!

 

Now I'm not reviewing this particular book - or part one of the book - because of anything that's happened at this year's Winter Olympics, because I haven't really been paying attention to the games.

 

Well, at least to the ice skating portion of it. I did watch the ski jumping, or some of it.

 

But for the rest I really haven't even lost sleep over what has or has not gone down, so don't mistake this for anything other but me enjoying a good book.

 

See it's come to my attention that, despite the fact I say I've read most of Keira Andrews' published works, I actually haven't.

 

There's a BUNCH of them I still need to either pick up or finish, and it's just so much fun to explore, I'll be honest with you guys! Because Ms Andrews tends to write some of the best contemporary fiction I've had the privilege to read.

 

Tonight's book, or the first part of it really, is no exception, so why don't we stop dropping hints and whatnot and simply get right into it?

 

It's titled Cold War, and you'll figure out the reasons VERY quickly!

 

Talkie Tuesday: Snowkissed

 

"What is the answer to life?"

 

Hello everyone!

 

So.

 

It's always the January movies, I've found.

 

Generally speaking, I usually manage to avoid, or mostly avoid, Hallmark movies that actually make me cringe or look up at the sky while asking for patience. Over the years of watching them I've kind of developed a bit of a skill at weeding out exactly what would tick me off.

 

It doesn't always work out that way.

 

I was super excited for the movie in tonight's blog post because I love the leading actor and think he should be featured in more things, plus the movies he's done before are pretty good. The lead actress is also one of those I have no trouble seeing different takes on.

 

But something about this particular movie did NOT actually click.

 

Snowkissed, here we go.

 

Tome Thursday: Merry Cherry Christmas

 

Hello everyone!

 

We made it.

 

Against practically all odds this 2020 year, we DEFINITELY made it through to the end. Some more, some less successfully, but at least it's now almost over and we can begin to look forward to 2021. I plan on watching The Lord of the Rings and just going to bed early, I think.

 

Hopefully you all stay safe and healthy and have a love-filled evening!

 

In the meantime, we are wrapping up this blog season with the last Christmas blog.

 

Luckily for me when it comes to these things, Keira Andrews has published a new Christmas romance practically every year for the last few years, which means there is always one to look forward to, and 2020 was no exception.

 

This one might have been even better because of the general situation, if you ask me.

 

But if you're looking for some wholesome, M/M romance with reasonable characters, cuteness overload, some steamy scenes and a happily ever after, then she's ABSOLUTELY the one to read.

 

Merry Cherry Christmas is just another in a long list that keeps on giving.

 

Tome Thursday: Clay's Hope

Hello everyone!

As promised last week I'm back with a review on the mirror image of the book we talked about that time.

If you remember, I'd fallen off the deep end and into the world of werewolves and very unspecified supernatural humans who seem to be able to either see the life force of others or make predictions or stuff like that.

It's one of those things that you either roll with, or you never get the hang of it I think.

Me?

I totally rolled with it.

I'm fine with paranormal and supernatural so long as there's some sort of arc to the storytelling, and this one was a kind of Beauty and the Beast one at that. And we all know how we feel about it!

So now we've heard all about what Beauty thought.

It's time to take a look at Beast in Clay's Hope.

Tome Thursday: Hope(less)

Hello everyone!

Today I'm bringing you something a little bit different, or at least different to what I've been reading recently.

It's been a while since I found a really good supernatural book that I'd actually enjoy to the point where I'd want to immediately gobble down the rest of the series; usually what'll happen is that I'll like the first book, but it won't hold my interest all that much that I'd want to devote more time to the subsequent ones.

Not with this.

I picked this one up at random, I think BookBub suggested it to me and the first in the series was free at the time, so I was like sure, why not.

I don't often like YA books, not anymore at least, because I think I've just outgrown them, and most feature a heroine who runs off at the first sight of problems when all you want to do is shake her and tell her to JUST. COMMUNICATE.

This one wasn't like that, which is probably part of the allure here.

Are you ready for this? Better have some hope, because Hope(less) is up next.

Talkie Tuesday: Winter Castle

"It's not circumstances that create the joy, it's you."

Hello everyone!

In honour of my Austrian neighbours battling their snow drifts (seriously, can someone call Elsa and tell her it's okay already? THEY GET IT), I'm posting another winter-themed movie, and I actually really liked most of this one. 

Which, I will say, is a hit-and-miss with Hallmark sometimes.

Most of the time it's perfectly fine, you can easily watch movies and laugh through them, rolling your eyes at some of the cheesiness that seeps through. But then every once in a while you also stumble over a rock you'd rather just sink into the deep blue sea, and other times a golden nugget you want to share with people.

I'd say tonight's choice is somewhere in the solid middle, more towards the nugget.

Or maybe Scrat's acorn, who knows?

I should start judging these based on acorns!

Ahem. Winter Castle, everyone.

Tome Thursday: Where the Lovelight Gleams

Hello everyone!

It's time for my second book blog in this Christmas themed blogging experience, and as I've already said I'm taking four books of the same author this year and putting them up one by one, though not perhaps in the sequence I read them in.

I mean, to be fair, a lot of these are short, sexysweet and to the point, which means I don't need that much time to read them anyway.

And that's okay!

I love the fact that you don't have to spend weeks gnawing through thousands of pages, even though I will happily do just that if the proper book occasion calls for it. But when it's about Christmas stories, it kind of makes much more sense that you'd go through them fast and easy and with a sharp staccato beat that makes you smile.

Keira Andrews doesn't usually disappoint in her delivery of humour, romance, and sexy times, so chances are any book of hers you pick up will be worth your while.

So why don't we start talking about Where the Lovelight Gleams?