October 2022 Books Vs Moods

This is my monthly wrap up. I cannot fathom how this year has flown by. I know I say it every year, but I think this might have been the quickest of the lot! My list for the previous month was:September 2022 Books Vs Moods. I went on a long posting spree but let it languish…

And So We Dream by Linda Mahkovec

I usually read multiple books simultaneously. I, therefore, finish them in batches. I don't end up reviewing them, just queuing them and getting to them at a later stage. Sometimes, based on my mood at the time of writing the review, I tend to like the process, and at other times not. In this instance,…

Typecast by Andrea J. Stein

I should not have liked this book as much as I did. Given my more recent experiences with the genre and with even similar books, I was unsure of the experience I was about to have.In the end, I think it was the way the whole idea was dealt with was what made me like…

A Cornish Christmas by Lily Graham

Narrated by Victoria Fox The blurb for this book felt misleading. The 'secrets' being kept from her and the ones she is keeping are vastly different, and this makes a difference in the tone of the book. There are a lot of topics dealt with here that were deep and emotional, some that had me…

Mistress Mackintosh and the Shaw Wretch by Rose Prendeville

This year, I decided to go back to historical romances to see if I still enjoy them as I once used to. It turns out that I am not completely blown away by many of them. In that attempt, I chose to pick this book because it was based in a different time and place…

Little Beach Bakery #3,#4 by Jenny Colgan

Although this is the third in the series, I read it out of order after the fourth. Most of the backstory is well explained, making it easy to follow and stay invested in it without thinking of all the events that came before it.In this story, we have the local bakery owner settling into life…

The Rake Mistake and The Modiste Mishap by Erica Ridley

I was interested in reading these books because they were novellas which were supposed to be a side story, part of an already established series. I was further tempted by the fact that I could read two, one after the other. I am a big fan of continuity. Firstly I must admit that I was…

Living your best life by Maxine Morrey

I was almost on a 70 days streak of posting on the blog. It helped me sit down and write on certain days, on others, like yesterday, I did not want to spill out a half-hearted attempt at a blog post and decided to just let the streak go! This was my longest since WordPress…