STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy Worldby Dan Lyonsnarrated by the author(post may contain affiliate links) STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World by Dan Lyons is a self-help book focused on psychology and personal development. I listened to the audiobook, which clocks in… Continue reading STFU by Dan Lyons is a self-help book focused on psychology and personal development (3/5 stars)
Blackmail and BibingkaTita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #3by Mia P. Manansala(post may contain affiliate links) Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala is a solid third book in the Tita Rosie's Kitchen cozy mystery series. I listened to the audiobook, which clocks in at a little under nine hours and is narrated by Danice Cabanela. Lila has… Continue reading Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala is a solid third book in the Tita Rosie’s Kitchen cozy mystery series (3.5/5 stars)
The Wife Appby Carolyn Mackler(post may contain affiliate links) The Wife App by Carolyn Mackler is a humorous contemporary women's fiction novel, and the author's adult debut. Tired of being undervalued for their hard work and emotional labor, three divorced women and best friends create an app to stick it to their ex-husbands and monetize Mental… Continue reading The Wife App by Carolyn Mackler is a humorous contemporary women’s fiction novel, and the author’s adult debut (4/5 stars)
Love & Other Disastersby Anita Kelly(post may contain affiliate links) Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly is a cute and steamy contemporary queer romance. We follow our two main characters with alternating points-of-view. Dahlia is trying to reinvent herself after her recent divorce via the reality competition series Chef's Special. London, who plans to come… Continue reading Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly is a cute and steamy contemporary queer romance (4/5 stars)
A Love Catastropheby Helena Hunting(post may contain affiliate links) A Love Catastrophe by Helena Hunting is a contemporary romcom featuring cats and hockey. We alternate between the perspectives of our two main characters. Kitty Hart is social-media-famous thanks to her cat-sitting business, Kitty Whisperer. When Miles Thorn needs someone to look after his ailing mother's cat… Continue reading A Love Catastrophe by Helena Hunting is a contemporary romcom featuring cats and hockey (3/5 stars)
The Last Drop of HemlockNightingale Mysteries, #2by Katharine Schellman(post may contain affiliate links) The Last Drop of Hemlock by Katharine Schellman is a a historical cozy mystery set in Prohibition-era New York City, and the second book in the Nightingale Mysteries series. Vivian Kelly, former seamstress, is now working part-time at The Nightingale, a speakeasy in… Continue reading The Last Drop of Hemlock by Katharine Schellman is a a historical cozy mystery set in Prohibition-era New York City, and the second book in the Nightingale Mysteries series (4/5 stars)
Big Gay Weddingby Byron Lane(post may contain affiliate links) Big Gay Wedding by Byron Lane is a queer contemporary fiction novel with romance elements. Barnett Durang is coming home to visit his mother Chrissy at her farm for misfit animals in small town Louisiana. She thinks he's finally come home to tell her he wants to… Continue reading Big Gay Wedding by Byron Lane is a queer contemporary fiction novel with romance elements (5/5 stars)
Hard Dough HomicideSpice Isle Bakery Mysteries, #2by Olivia Matthews(post may contain affiliate links) Hard Dough Homicide by Olivia Matthews is a culinary cozy mystery set in Brooklyn, NYC and the second book in the Spice Isle Bakery Mysteries series. Lyndsay and her family must solve yet another murder tied to their bakery after her mother's former… Continue reading Hard Dough Homicide by Olivia Matthews is a culinary cozy mystery set in Brooklyn, NYC and the second book in the Spice Isle Bakery Mysteries series (3/5 stars)
The Book Proposalby K.J. Micciche(post may contain affiliate links) (3.5 stars rounded up to a 4 on Goodreads) The Book Proposal by K.J. Micciche is a humorous contemporary romance, and the author's debut novel. We follow the dual perspectives of our main characters. Romance author Gracie was recently dumped by her fiancé just before their wedding.… Continue reading The Book Proposal by K.J. Micciche is a humorous contemporary romance, and the author’s debut novel (3.5/5 stars)
The Stolen ThroneDominions, #2by Abigail Owen(post may contain affiliate links) The Stolen Throne by Abigail Owen is a YA fantasy romance with paranormal elements, and the second book in the Dominions trilogy. Mereneith is the hidden twin, meant to die for her slightly older sister Tabra--the true queen of Aryd--or to take her place if she… Continue reading The Stolen Throne by Abigail Owen is a YA fantasy romance with paranormal elements, and the second book in the Dominions trilogy (4.5/5 stars)
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