Friday, July 26
Book Review: The Duchess by Amanda Foreman
Tuesday, July 23
Book Review: No Earls Allowed by Shana Galen
Monday, July 22
B's Monday Review: Murder at Haven's Rock by Kelley Armstrong
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Published: December 5, 2023 by Minotaur Books
Crime/Library
I am always saying I will try one of her crime novels and I finally found one. Though to be honest I could have sworn I have seen her other series at the library and now nothing!
Anyway, dang, why did I not start this earlier? Now I need that previous series too because this was my sort of crime.
Wilderness, a mystery, people missing, bodies found. Strange people in the woods. A town being built as a refuge. Two detectives on the case.
I binged it, I binged it. Do I need to say more? Nope, binged! Case closed
Haven’s Rock, Yukon. Population: 0
Deep in the Yukon wilderness, a town is being built. A place for people to disappear, a fresh start from a life on the run. Haven’s Rock isn’t the first town of this kind, something detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, know first hand. They met in the original town of Rockton. But greed and deception led the couple to financing a new refuge for those in need. This time around, they get to decide which applicants are approved for residency.
There’s only one rule in Haven’s Rock: stay out of the forest. When two of the town's construction crew members break it and go missing, Casey and Eric are called in ahead of schedule to track them down. When a body is discovered, well hidden with evidence of foul play, Casey and Eric must find out what happened to the dead woman, and locate the still missing man. The woman stumbled upon something she wasn’t supposed to see, and the longer Casey and Eric don’t know what happened, the more danger everyone is in.
Saturday, July 20
Graphic Novel Review: Heartstopper, Volume 2
Genre: Graphic Novel, LGBT, YA, Contemporary
Format: ebook
Published: January 1, 2018
Where I Got It: Borrowed from library
Summary:
Review:
Friday, July 19
Book Review: The Silent Hours by Cesca Major
Tuesday, July 16
Book Review: A Timeless Masquerade by Audra Hershey
Monday, July 15
Blodeuedd's Monday Review: Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
Published: August 23, 2022 by Berkley Books
Contemporary romance/own
I am conflicted. It was good and all that. But it never managed to surprise me. It was the same story that I had already read in her other book. I saw the baddie coming a mile away. Like hello!
It was light and she hated with a passion and thought he did the same. I so did not get the whole, oh nope he did not. It would have kind of been better if he did.
See, I am only complaining. It´s just that people really like her books, and I really want to say it is amazing too, and not just good. Oh and to those people that says it is steamy, omg, LOL, it is not.
Pick the Love hypothesis instead, it has the same story, just better. I do not think I will read another stem romance since the concept seems to be the same in all of them
Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project--a literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academia--Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward.
Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. And sure, he caught her in his powerfully corded arms like a romance novel hero when she accidentally damseled in distress on her first day in the lab. But Levi made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad school--archenemies work best employed in their own galaxies far, far away.
Now, her equipment is missing, the staff is ignoring her, and Bee finds her floundering career in somewhat of a pickle. Perhaps it's her occipital cortex playing tricks on her, but Bee could swear she can see Levi softening into an ally, backing her plays, seconding her ideas...devouring her with those eyes. And the possibilities have all her neurons firing. But when it comes time to actually make a move and put her heart on the line, there's only one question that matters: What will Bee Königswasser do?
Saturday, July 13
Audiobook Review: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
- Audiobook #29
Thursday, July 11
Book Review: The Strawberry Hearts Diner by Carolyn Brown
Wednesday, July 10
Movie Review: 1917 (2019)
Rating: R
Where I Got It: Netflix
Tuesday, July 9
Blodeuedd's Tuesday Review: Earl Crazy by Anna Bradley
Narrated by: Heather Wilds
Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
Release date: 06-25-24
Historical romance /to review
I seem to have missed two books in the middle. And no it does not matter since this is historical romance. But it seems Mathilda´s sisters fell for two earls before this one. England must be all out of earls soon.
Mathilda is having a London season with her good friend. But there is this annoying earl next door that keeps getting in her way.
Three of her sisters matched with Earls, but Mathilda is not after a husband. Of course the Earl of Prestwick is really intriguing, and he feels the same.
This one was actually rather short, and it worked really well. They met, they annoyed each other, there was some drama, they realised they needed each other and lived happily ever after. What more to ask for.
Good narration. Well spoken different voices and a good pace to things.
Christopher Egan, heir to the notorious Prestwick Earldom, is one of London’s most scandalous rakes. He’s never credited the gossips’ claim that fate cast an ancient curse on every successive Earl of Prestwick as punishment for their wickedness, but once he inherits the earldom after his infamous uncle’s untimely demise, it looks as if he may be the next to lose his head. Determined to cheat the curse and avoid his ancestors’ grisly fate, Kit abandons his life of merry debauchery and embarks on a London season to wed the lady he’s long been promised to.
Mathilda Templeton has a knack for causing scandal. Wherever she goes, it follows on her heels. London is the last place such a provocative lady should dare set foot, but when her shy friend Harriett is sent to London for a season, Tilly is determined to protect Harriett from all the scoundrels salivating over her impressive dowry. All she has to do is find her friend a proper match without falling prey to another scandal.
When the scandalous Earl of Prestwick makes a play for Harriett’s hand, Tilly vows to do whatever she must to stop him. But when the battle of wills between them leads to a stolen kiss, Tilly fears she may have fallen in love with London’s most charming scoundrel.