I am continuing to enjoy my Christmas reads this year. My goal is to read all the ARCs and ALCs that I have received this year. At this point, I now have 38 on that list. That means I have to read a minimum of 13 per month to finish them all by the end of December. That will not be easy as I am on a 2 week holiday and am participating in Nonfiction November and Novellas in November.

Welcome to It’s Monday! What are you Reading? It’s hosted by Kathryn from Book Date, this is a weekly event to share what we’ve read in the past week and what we hope to read, plus whatever else comes to mind.

I do enjoy a good romance, especially if it isn't too steamy. Both of these books are clean, sweet romances. That doesn't mean that the characters don't have issues to deal with, making the characters relatable and the stories enjoyable.

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It’s all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in a physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, books for review from authors, Netgalley, Edelweiss or publishers, as well as gifts or books you won.

Week 1: This week's prompt is Your Year in Nonfiction: Celebrate your year of nonfiction. What books have you read? What were your favorites? Have you had a favorite topic? Is there a topic you want to read about more? What are you hoping to get out of participating in Nonfiction November?

It's Nonfiction November. I try to read at least 2 nonfiction books each month, but haven't been doing very well this year. Hopefully, focusing on nonfiction this month, I will be able to read or listen to at least 4 (1 per week). There are weekly prompts that you can participate in if you choose. I am going to try and participate in a couple of them.

November is a busy month in the reading and blogging world. I am participating in two challenges: Nonfiction November and Novella November. I am also trying to finish reading or listening to books for challenges, so will be double and triple dipping with some of these books. That Librarian fills one book for Nonfiction November, plus a book for the Read Nonfiction Challenge 2025.

Welcome to my stop on the HTP Books Fall 2025 Blog Tour for The Perfect Hosts by Heather Gudenkauf. A mystery/thriller that I enjoyed. What would you do if someone is killed at your gender reveal party? Scroll down for my thoughts and an excerpt from the book. It's available now.

I've been enjoying Christmas/Holiday stories for the last month and these were two more enjoyable reads. They are also both novellas, so November is the perfect time to read them, as well as one of them being a book I actually owned and have been wanting to read for several years now. These books fulfill my Novellas in November participation, Christmas Challenge and The Christmas Box is a book that I own and am trying to read books from my physical shelves.

Welcome to my stop on the HTP Books Fall 2025 Blog Tour for Susan Mallery's Otherwise Engaged. It's a story of 2 mothers and 2 daughters who have a connection based on a years old secret. I enjoyed this one and definitely recommend it. Scroll down for my thoughts and an excerpt from the book. It is available now.

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Lily Graham's new book, Her Forgotten Hours. This is a World War 2 story, but different from many others I have read. Scroll down for more information about the book and to see my thoughts. It is available now! Amazon

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to The Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.

Welcome to It’s Monday! What are you Reading? It’s hosted by Kathryn from Book Date, this is a weekly event to share what we’ve read in the past week and what we hope to read, plus whatever else comes to mind.

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It’s all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in a physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, books for review from authors, Netgalley, Edelweiss or publishers, as well as gifts or books you won.

This meme was started by Rae Longest at Powerful Women Readers, but as she is busy with her bookstore, she is not posting as much and asked me to take over. I hope some of you will join in and post those reviews of children's or middlegrade books on Saturdays. As I am a grandmother, who loves to read to her grandchildren, a mother who loved to read to and with her children, and a retired teacher librarian, this meme is right up my alley.

I saw this bookish travel post on It’s All About Books and thought, I like this!! So, I decided to try and do it at the end of every month. Hopefully, I will be able to keep track. I would love to be able to travel more, but I have to settle for armchair travel. I am only including actual places which is fine as I don't read a lot of fantasy.

This meme was originally created by Meggy @Chocolate’n’Waffles to spread some positivity amongst all the doom and gloom on social media and in the news. Meggy isn’t blogging any more, so Nicki @Secret Library Book Blog is now hosting. Feel free to join in with your own Happy Friday post, and link to this post if you want to. I always enjoyed participating before, so look forward to doing it again.

I am enjoying my Christmas reads this year. My goal is to read all the ARCs and ALCs that I have received this year. At this point, I now have 37 on that list. That means I have to read a minimum of 12 or 13 per month to finish them all by the end of December. That will not be easy as I have another 2 week holiday coming up.

Welcome to my stop on the Blog Tour for Deena Alexander's recent publication, Missing at Christmas. This is an enjoyable Romantic Suspense story published by Love Inspired Suspense and available now! Scroll down for my thoughts, a guest post from the author and a giveaway.

Normally, I would post Thriller Thursday today, but have been reading more romance, holiday stories and cozy mysteries lately. Today, I will share 3 cozy mysteries with you. Murder Takes a Vacation is the first book in a new series by Laura Lippman. Laura has written lots of thrillers that I've enjoyed, so it was fun to read this cozy she penned.

Welcome to Day 4 of the WordCrafter Midnight Oil Book Blog Tour. Today, we’ll meet contributing author Paul Kane and learn what’s behind his story, “The Whistling”. But first, let’s look at excerpts from two other stories. Unfortunately, the authors couldn’t be here for the tour, but their stories are enticing, just the same. “The Stairs”, by Jon Shannon…

Welcome to my stop on the HTP Fall 2025 Blog Tour for Susan Lee's new book, Julia Song is Undateable. I did a read/listen and enjoyed this story very much. Congratulations to Susan Lee on it's publication today. Head over to your favourite bookshop either online or in real life and pick up a copy of this fun story.

Welcome to It’s Monday! What are you Reading? It’s hosted by Kathryn from Book Date, this is a weekly event to share what we’ve read in the past week and what we hope to read, plus whatever else comes to mind.

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It’s all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in a physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, books for review from authors, Netgalley, Edelweiss or publishers, as well as gifts or books you won.

I am enjoying my Christmas reads this year. My goal is to read all the ARCs and ALCs that I have received this year. At this point, I now have 34 on that list. That means I have to read a minimum of 11 per month to finish them all by the end of December. That will not be easy as I have another 2 week holiday coming up.