Love Stories Raise Funds for Breast Cancer Research A few months back I was contacted by author Anne Lucy-Shanley, who I’d worked with on an ARC previously, to see if I’d like to read her story included in “Love is in the Air.” I’ve enjoyed her work previously, so I was inclined to say yes....
Cosimano Kills It in First Finlay Donovan Book I am woefully late on this review. I finished it ages (okay almost a fortnight ago, but that feels like ages) and haven’t posted about it. In my world that is so weird. Lately, it’s like I finish a book and within hours – 24 at the...
“Talia” Builds New, Beautiful World There’s a lot of debate in the book world about whether audiobooks count as reading, and that is some abelist BS. A few months ago, one of my writer friends had recently released his book on audiobook, and found out I loved audiobooks – and it was one of those...
Make “Sweet Caroline” Yours This Valentine’s 5/5 stars If you’re a fan of baking shows or culinary-based cozy mysteries (and don’t mind reading cozy sans dead body), you’ll love Sweet Caroline, one of the six novellas in “Cupcakes and Cupid.” I was gifted with an ARC copy of “Sweet Caroline,” by the author, and I...
Love Delivers Near Spiritual Experience 5/5 Stars The first surprising thing about Lali A. Love’s “The De-Coding of Jo: Hall of Ignorance,” the first book in her Ascending Angels Academy, was the peppering of Tupac Shakur quotes throughout. The opening quote was surprising enough, but each chapter opening with one showed the pure love the...
Waters helps us restore what was lost 5 out of 5 stars “Forgiveness doesn’t mean you’re required to trust someone who hurt or wronged you.” Forgiveness is the overarching theme in “Tikkun Olam: Restoring What Was Lost,” the latest installment of Ana Waters’s “Beauty for Ashes” series. While all three of her books have had...
Take a Journey with 15 Authors, Cultures 5/5 Stars I have been a bit lax in announcing that I will soon to be published in an anthology, “Tales Untold: Mythos Around the World” with Ravens and Roses Publishing, the indie publishing company for which I serve as PR/Marketing Lead. I am incredibly excited about the...
‘The Locked Room’ is timely, atmospheric gem 5/5 Stars I’m breaking my somewhat unwritten rule about not reviewing big name books. But I make exceptions occasionally, and the ending of the new Ruth Galloway installment left me wanting more, so much that it had to go on the list. We’ve had some doozies with the...