Tome Thursday: Let It Be Me

 

Hello everyone!

 

I come bearing the gift of another book review, and I chose something a little different for this week's actually.

 

I don't usually just pick something up to read, it's either off a list I've been cultivating for years or it's a recommendation/suggestion, but truth be told I was incredibly bored this past weekend and ended up picking something at random.

 

I know. Shocking!

 

Turns out though that it's pretty good, all things considered.

 

I will admit that I have more misses than hits when randomly choosing the things I'm reading, but that aside there's something about the mystery of picking something you haven't ever touched before, so that's something I suppose.

 

And I don't think I've ever read anything from this author before, either, which is an added bonus.

 

So without further ado, it's romance time: Let It Be Me is next.

 

Saturday Snippet: 911 Lone Star

Entertaining and heartwarming!

xx

*video not mine

Saturday Snippet: Australia

xxxxx

*image not mine

Tome Thursday: White-Hot Christmas

Hello everyone!

Happy New Year!

Hopefully you're recovered, or more or less recovered, now that it's January 2nd, but if not, well, then you really had a lot of fun partying.

Which I think is fitting, given that this is the start of a beautiful new decade!

I have a few plans for this blog as well as for some other things, but first off, I have a straggler (or two) from my Christmas book list that never made it into the December shelves because you can only fit four into the month.

And I know, I know - I promised I'd be reading other things soon. And I will!

But these stragglers are just begging to be talked about, so why not give them a shot, and then move on to different, maybe greener pastures given the weather is hopefully going to start warming up again soon?

Luckily for us, the first book is less chilly than it is hot. White-Hot Christmas even sounds hotter than the average one!

Tome Thursday: Holly's First Noel

Hello everyone!

Of course books won't be escaping the Christmas touch, either.

There's always a bunch of them that are offered for free at Kobo, which I'm honestly stoked about, and then there are also others that you can buy that won't empty your pockets and bankrupt you completely.

Tonight's choice was one of the latter.

Obviously, if you know me, you'll know there's no way in any universe that I won't be reviewing a Serenity Woods book when it comes to Christmas. There are far, FAR too many good ones to go around!

In about two weeks her newest one hits publishers, but until then we'll be taking a look at one of her earlier ones filled with Christmas spirit.

Because there are BOUND to be people who can relate to the storyline in Holly's First Noel. There's no way it's an anomaly.

Tome Thursday: On the Line

Hello everyone!

I've been slacking a bit in my reading (with new books, that is) and going back to some of my old school favourites because every once in a while, I feel like I might enjoy them a bit more than anything remotely new and exciting, despite the fact that I still have a list about half a mile long when it comes to this stuff.

That being said, however, I DID read a couple new books while I was at it, but not recently which means I had to go and find some little tidbits in other venues of what I remember from it all.

Once again, my attention was captivated by the firefighters in Kathryn Shay's novels, and as I had already written a blog post about the first book in the Hidden Cove firehouse series, I figured I might as well continue right along with the second one.

Although to be fair - I still really, truly prefer Mitch Malvaso's storyline. I think it might have a lot to do with the fact that his was the first story I read as opposed to anything else, but the others in his family just didn't really strike so deep within me that I would connect with them quite as well. Then again, maybe all I need is another read, who knows?

Anyway, off we go to write about On the Line!

Tome Thursday: After the Fire

Hello everyone!

I've been feeling a bit moody and completely unhappy with some of my reading choices, which is why my reading list SAYS I'm reading Queen of Shadows, but I'm actually waiting for my reading muse to kick in for that one.

Sadly, sometimes I get into a fantasy slump, but usually I can fix that pretty easily.

Usually, I say.

I haven't done it so far, even though I've gone back to re-read The Hobbit, and then deviated completely to Arthur Conan Doyle while I was at it, and then just ditched the whole mystery/fantasy genre altogether and went into the real world again.

There are three authors perfectly guaranteed to make me quite happy with the books they write, as I may have mentioned before: Noelle Adams, Serenity Woods, and Kathryn Shay, not necessarily in that order.

I started off with Woods and then moved along to Adams, but then just gave in to temptation and picked up Shay's 'Cop of the Year' (my first book by her) and then to the one I'm reviewing today, After the Fire.