by CassieSwindon | Dec 14, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
I really liked another book by this author but they’re both very YA feeling. Obviously that’s the intended genre, but the topic of the post-divorce issues of her parents aren’t my cup of tea. I gave this YA contemporary called, “Spells and Lost...
by CassieSwindon | Dec 14, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
“The Tourist Attraction” by Sarah Morgenthaler earned a solid 4.5/5 stars. This was a cute, clean, stand-alone contemporary romance that flowed smoothly. Someone had recommended it as a Christmas book. But, it’s not. I love that it’s set in Alaska, but there’s no...
by CassieSwindon | Dec 13, 2022 | Top 10
The first three are 4.9 because I think I had seven perfect 5 star reads in 2022 out of my 140ish novels read. But stay tuned for my December reads because maybe all of hem will be 5 stars? Which was a 5 star read for you this year? As always, each of these has their...
by CassieSwindon | Dec 11, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
I didn’t get very far in this holiday contemporary romance. It’s written in first person past tense narrative and has a countdown to Christmas so each chapter gets closer and closer to the big day. Elle and Holly flip flop points of view throughout. In the...
by CassieSwindon | Dec 11, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
I felt like “The Dictionary of Lost Words” was too slow and gave it a 3/5 stars. There’s some comments below from when I was reading but honestly I don’t have much to say. Here’s the blurb: Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she...
