January Top Ten

January Top Ten

Spellmaker by Charlie N. Holmberg (4.0/5) #10 Historical fiction with fantasy. This is the sequel to Spellbreaker Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis (4.1/5) #9 Historical fiction alternating with contemporary King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair (4.2/5) #8 Spicy...
Top Ten Ways to Afford New Books

Top Ten Ways to Afford New Books

10. Stop buying chocolate and wine. Or not 9. Take out a second mortgage, of course 8. Ditch your significant other on all future dates 7. Eat your cat’s canned food for dinner each night 6. Win the lottery 5. Make a wish in a magical fountain somewhere abroad… oh and...
DNF List #4

DNF List #4

These are some of the novels I did not finish over the last month. See below for the different reasons why. And check out my blog for 130+ reviews on finished novels. The Idea of You by Robinee Lee I stopped at page 43. It had an intriguing premise, but I felt...
2021 Wrap-up

2021 Wrap-up

This is a LOOSE ranking of every book I finished in 2021. Some have been accidentally flip-flopped, but overall, the highest rating novels are at the top. I think there’s about a dozen missing or forgotten about so check my reviews page under Cassie Swindon’s blog to...
Top 10 Novels of 2021

Top 10 Novels of 2021

I read 122ish books in 2021. These are the top ten. As you can see, I have a genre preference, since these mostly fit into Fantasy or YA Fantasy. If you’d like a custom recommendation list of romance or historical fiction or contemporary women’s fiction,...
First-person books

First-person books

Of the 120ish books I read in 2021, these are the Top 5 that stood out to me as using first-person point of view really well compared to other novels. See more information on each under the Reviews page on my blog. 5. Only When It’s Us by Chloe Liese 4. The Nature of...