By Sophie Kinsella Publication Date: October, 2023Genre: Romance, ContemporaryRating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Backdrop: Sophie Kinsella has always been my “must-read” author. Following her passing in late 2025, I wanted to honour her legacy the best way I knew how: by diving into a story I hadn’t yet discovered. The Plot: Sasha and Finn are two corporate warriors who […]
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By Lindsey Kelk Publication Date: July 4, 2024Genre: Contemporary, RomanceRating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐🌶️🌶️ ¾ Love Story: More Than Just a Swiftie Wink (and Yes, I Fell For It) Lindsey Kelk’s “Love Story” landed in my hands with a certain… inevitability. Let’s be real, the title is a siren call to any self-respecting Swiftie. Did I succumb? Absolutely. And you
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By Adam Silvera Pages: Hardcover 560, Paperback 368, Audiobook 6 hours.Mi Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is a prequel to They Both Die at the End. Set ten years prior in 2010, tells the story of Valentino and Orion. Death-Cast has just launched. Valentino has just moved to New York, and his twin sister Scarlett is making
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By Kim Lock Paperback: 368 PagesAudiobook: 9hGenre: Australian, Contemporary, Travel, Women, Mental Health Rating: 3.75 stars If you are looking for a coming of age (or some might say mid-life crisis) book about a woman in her 30s. Then the other side of beautiful is for you. Mercy has not left her house for 2
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By Leigh Bardugo Audiobook: 15h 4mMi Rating: ★★ (2) Imagine an Ocean’s 11, Steampunk team that lived in Holland during the 1890’s Bohemian period. That is the best visual guide I can give you on the setting of Six of Crows. Kaz (the leader of the pack), is given a lucrative but dangerous heist. If
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by Freya Sampson Ebook: 302PagesMi Rating: ★★★ (3.5) I’m a huge library user. Don’t get me wrong I love books, and I love reading physical books, buying books, and so on, but sometimes I just can’t justify spending money on a book I know I might not like. This is why I love the library
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By Sally Hepworth Hardcover: 309 pagesMi Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ (4.5) Twin sisters Rose and Fern not only shared a womb, they share an awful childhood memory but also a big secret. Rose has been having not only marriage problems but fertility issues. Her therapist recommends that she starts a diary to pour out all
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At the start of the year, I wrote a list of the books I had planned to read for the year. I figured it would take the guesswork out of what I wanted to read. For 2021 I have decided I want to go back to something I did way back in in 2015, and
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With 1/4 of the year already behind us, it’s time to check in with my reading goal. Earlier this year, I created a list of all the books I had planned to read for the year. You can find that list here: What to read for 2020. How is my reading going? It’s going better
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Friday’s in February has meant helping out with school sports. The kids love it when I can help out. While it’s my day off, I still do it because I enjoy seeing them, and they love seeing me help out too. Which brings me to this months High Five Friday Hero image. February Hero Image
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