I needed to figure out a way to start reading series where I am not current or the series is finished but haven’t read them yet.  So it’s a way to commit myself to read my backlist, particularly serie...

Scottish author Ailish Sinclair visits the haunted library of Delgatie Castle in Aberdeenshire at Christmas.

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly  @ Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week, and showcase books and things we have received. Don’t forget to...

Check out the original post for more details on the 31 Days of Books a December Countdown to 2026. Todays prompt is SANTA’S SNACK – a book that was a ‘light read’ between he…

Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature hosted by Terri at Today is the winter Solstice, the shortest day and longest night in the Northern Hemisphere (according to the BBC the actual solstice takes p…

Would you believe we’ve almost come to the end of the Festive #ThreeTwoOne features for this year? My penultimate guest is BP Walter, author of The Winter Visitor. The Winter Visitor was publ…

I originally saw this tag on Lili Lost in a Book and it was modified by Books, Bones & Buffy from the original Mid Year Freak Out Tag.  I like seeing the Freak Out Tags!  They are so much fun! …

Check out the original post for more details on the 31 Days of Books a December Countdown to 2026. Todays prompt is EGGNOG – a book that was out of your comfort zone A forced marriage. A swor…

It’s that time of year again and although I haven’t been reading as much this year as I normally do I can still find ten exceptional reads. The titles take you to my reviews. These are …

Today I’m sharing the first line from chapter 1 of So This Is Christmas by Helen Rolfe. I borrowed this from Amazon Prime Library after reading amazing reviews from Anne and Sarah. I’ve…

The Weekend Post #186 is a fun look at what I’ve been doing and watching this week as well as a look at the week ahead. Come take a look!

In this final festive wind up before Christmas, I look at books read and reviewed, announce next year’s Japanese Literature Challenge and Speccy Fiction Challenge, discover some of the best writing…

Saturdays at the Café is a weekly feature hosted here to talk about and discuss the books I’ve discovered during the past week, added to my shelf and am excited about reading. They may be new/scheduled releases I’ve seen on NetGalley, at the library, or from publishers or they may be older titles my friends have reviewed and shared on Goodreads or blogs. The instant New York Times bestselling authors of The Paradise Problem and The Unhoneymooners return with an unforgettable novel in which one fateful accident erases a troubled marriage from memory—and love gets one extraordinary do-over.

I saw Extremity on Tammy’s blog and wanted to read it.  Sci Fi is a favorite genre and yet I don’t read it very often.  I do have a lot of owned books in the genre and hope to read more of them in the...

the setup… It’s 1997 and in the space of thirty days, Michelle Cadell’s life has turned upside down. She’s always had an orderly and well planned life in Seattle and now the thirty-year old advertising manager is divorced, owner of her ex’s border collie-with-attitude Rocket and managing her recently deceased mother’s bed & breakfast (Bird & Breakfast) in Copper Run, Vermont. Michelle has taken an extended leave from her job until December when her younger sister Sara will take over. Michelle is like a fish out of water in this quaint town but next door neighbor Cliff Burke, the handsome single father of two daughters and the town’s baker, is ready and willing to lend a hand…and his heart.

From Page to Screen: Must-See December 2025 Book-to-Film Adaptations highlights books made into films. Have you read any of these books?

Brighteyes is the second book in The Morgan Detective Agency series and the twelfth in the United States of Monsters universe. Like all of C.T. Phipps and Michael Suttkus‘s books, it’s a great mix of ...

What a year it’s been. It seems like books, or any other form of entertainment, are becoming more and more important to finding that little moment of escapism and a tool to somehow maintainin…

I am always interested in the origins of words and how language evolves so I was delighted to receive a copy of Why Q Needs U by Danny Bate. Although I find the etymology of words fascinating, I&#8…

“In the UK, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds. Just gone. Vanished. In the blink of an eye. DCS Kat Frank knows all about loss. A widowed single mother, Kat is a cop who trusts her…

Do you enjoy books with Christmas settings? Do you read them only in December or at any time of year? What books with Christmas settings are on your bookshelf?

Cozy for the Holidays is a friends-to-lovers romance set in a NYC bookshop. Part of the Audible Plus Catalogue.

The purpose of Thrifty Thursday is to read a book which was free (at some point).   This Detective Kay Hunter series is one where I got the first couple books as ebook freebies and then purchased the ...

The Seamstress of Acadie is a compelling, emotional, and unputdownable story of forced relocation and starting over.

What am I currently reading? It’s a very pink looking gallery today! I’m reading my last 2025 Netgalley ARC Christmas at Hollybush Farm by Jo Thomas and I’m enjoying my armchair t…