Library Haul Reviews: Gone Before Goodbye and Before I Forget #BookReview #Audiobook I do love my library. They come through with many books and audiobooks that I want to read and these are two that I enjoyed. Gone Before Goodbye is a Reese Witherspoon/Harlan Coben confab and it was a good one. It…

#12Friends12Books: Just One Damned Thing After Another and Not Quite Dead Yet #BookReview #Audiobook I have now read or listened to 8 of the books recommended to me in the 12 Friends/12 Books Challenge. I recently read Just one Damn Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's #1) by Jodi…

Happy Friday! Positivity Wave! March 20, 2026 This meme was originally created by Meggy @Chocolate’n’Waffles to spread some positivity amongst all the doom and gloom on social media and in the news. Meggy isn’t blogging any more, so Nicki @Secret Library Book Blog is now hosting. Feel free to join…

Reading Ireland Reviews: Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession and Broken Souls by Patricia Gibney #BookReview #Audiobook #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #Begorrathon26 #FinishingTheSeries2026 #BeatTheBacklist26 As week 3 of reading Ireland comes to a close, I am posting my 7th and 8th review of books…

The Lucky Winners by K.L. Slater #BookReview #BlogTour @Bookouture Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for The Lucky Winners by K.L. Slater. A young couple struggling to make ends meet win a house of their dreams and half a million pounds to go with it. What a dream, or is it?

Short Stories: Leave it up to Love, The Last Father-Daughter Dance, and The Recital #BookReview #ShortStories #FinishingTheSeries2026 While waiting for my flight home (3 hours) and the flight home (3.5 hours), I was able to listen to 3 short stories by authors I enjoy. Leave it up to Love by…

Top Ten Tuesday: Books with Green Covers in Honour of St. Patrick’s Day (2026-17-2026) Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you…

Whodunnit – Cozy Mysteries: Six Feet Deep Dish, A Fatal Feast at Bramsford Manor, The Case of the Christie Conspiracy and Murder on the Marlow Bell #BookReview #Audiobook #FinishingTheSeries2026 #BeatTheBacklist2026 Those of you who regularly follow my blog know that I enjoy a good cozy mystery.…

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (March 16, 2026) 📚📚 Welcome to It’s Monday! What are you Reading? It’s hosted by Kathryn from Book Date, this is a weekly event to share what we’ve read in the past week and what we hope to read, plus whatever else comes to mind.

Stacking The Shelves (March 15, 2026) 📚📚 Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It’s all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in a physical store or online, books you…

Reading Ireland Reviews: The Women at Ocean’s End by Faith Hogan and An Irish Bookshop Murder by Lucy Connelly #BookReview #Audiobook #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #Begorrathon26 #FinishingTheSeries2026 #BeatTheBacklist26 With week two of Reading Ireland in the bag, I am sharing my reviews for my 5th and…

Library Haul Reviews: The Wind in the Willows and What You Are Looking For is in the Library #BookReview #Audiobook Over the last few years I've been trying to read a couple of classic books a year. I don't know if everyone agrees that The Wind in the Willows is a classic, but it's my first pick…

Reading Ireland Reviews: The Dark Hours by Amy Jordan and The Lost Letters of Ireland by Susanne O’Leary #BookReview #Audiobook #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #Begorrathon26 #FinishingTheSeries2026 #BeatTheBacklist26 We are into the second week of Reading Ireland, and I have read or listened to 6 books. I…

Beat the Backlist: Hello From the Gillespies and The Long Walk Home #BookReview #BeatTheBacklist2026 #FinishingTheSeries2026 One of my goals this year (and in past years) is to read more of my backlist books, especially those from Netgalley and Edelweiss. This challenge helps me focus on that.…

Top Ten Tuesday: Genre Freebie – Crime Thrillers (2026-03-10) Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome…

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (March 9, 2026) 📚📚 Welcome to It’s Monday! What are you Reading? It’s hosted by Kathryn from Book Date, this is a weekly event to share what we’ve read in the past week and what we hope to read, plus whatever else comes to mind.

Reading Ireland Reviews: The Elements by John Boyne and Saoirse by Charleen Hurtubise #BookReview #Audiobook #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #Begorrathon26 #12Friends12Books We are beginning the second week of Reading Ireland, and I have read or listened to 3 books. I am sharing my thoughts on the first…

Stacking The Shelves (March 8, 2026) 📚📚 Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It’s all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in a physical store or online, books you…

Death at the Dock by Carmen Radtke #BookReview #BlogTour #Giveaway Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Death at the Dock, the third book in Carmen Radtke's Alyssa Chalmers Mystery. I jumped into this series at this point, and this book read fine as a standalone, but I will be going back to…

Love is in the Air: The Do-Over, The Love Algorithm, and A Shore Thing #BookReview During the month of February I had picked out some romance stories that were on my NG shelf. Unfortunately, I didn't get to them due to my monthly challenge and Black History Month. I still wanted to read them, so…

The Girl With The List by Shari J. Ryan #BookReview #BlogTour @Bookouture @sharijryan Welcome to my stop on the blot tour for The Girl With The List by Shari J. Ryan. This is a WW2 story set in Auschwitz, where 2 young people in love with do everything they can to save each other.

Read NonFiction Challenge: Gilmore Girls Pop Culture Reference Guide, Nobody’s Girl and Stand by Your Pan #BookReview #Audiobook #ReadNonFicChal2026 My goal for the Nonfiction Challenge this year is to read 2 nonfiction books each month, and hopefully, 1 from each category. These are the 3rd, 4th…

Thriller Thursday: This Is How It Ends, It’s Not Her, Make It Out Alive, and Final Descent #BookReview #Audiobook #ThrillerThursday #FinishingTheSeries2026 #BooksIOwn I've had This is How it Ends sitting on my bookshelf at home since 2018 and I decided it was time to pick up this slow burn story.…

Can’t Wait Wednesday (March 4, 2026) #WOW Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Tressa @ Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. If you’re continuing with WOW, feel free to…

Top Ten Tuesday: Genre Freebie – Crime Thrillers (2026-03-03) Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome…

Black History Month: Sisters in Arms and Yellow Wife #BookReview #Audiobook #BlackHistoryMonth #BooksIOwn During the month of February, I try to read books by Authors of Colour, learning about Black History where possible. This year I didn't read as many as I usually do, but read 6 this month.…

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (March 2, 2026) 📚📚 Welcome to It’s Monday! What are you Reading? It’s hosted by Kathryn from Book Date, this is a weekly event to share what we’ve read in the past week and what we hope to read, plus whatever else comes to mind.

February Challenge – Oldest Audiobooks (ALCs) still on my NG shelf: Hearts on Thin Ice, Pitch Dark, Jenny James is Not a Disaster, and Happy Harbor #BookReview #Audiobook #FebruaryChallenge My personal January Challenge was to listen to the 15 books that I had wanted to read or listen to last…

March is Reading Ireland! #readingirelandmonth26 #begorrathon26 Reading Ireland Month (or The #Begorrathon as it is affectionately known) will return for the 12th year during March 2026, although this will only be the 6th year I have participated. It is hosted by Cathy @ 746 Books. Cathy is a…

Stacking The Shelves (March 1, 2026) 📚📚 Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It’s all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in a physical store or online, books you…

Dead Woman Walking by Carolyn Arnold #BookReview #BlogTour Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Carolyn Arnold's newest addition to the Detective Amanda Steele series, Dead Woman Walking. This is one of my favourite crime thriller/police procedural series and one that I highly recommend.

Bookish Travel: February 2026 I saw this bookish travel post on It’s All About Books and thought, I like this!! So, I decided to try and do it at the end of every month. Hopefully, I will be able to keep track. I would love to be able to travel more, but I have to settle for armchair travel. I am…

Historical Romance: A Dilemma For The Duke and Ne’er Duke Well #BookReview #Audiobook #FebruaryChallenge #FinishingTheSeries2026 Historical Romance is a genre I enjoy every once in awhile. I do find that they often are a bit spicy and Ne'er Duke Well definitely is that. A Dilemma For The Duke is…

Murder at Sea by Helena Dixon #BookReview #BlogTour @Bookouture @NellDixon Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Helena Dixon's newest addition to her Miss Underhay Mystery Series. Murder at Sea is the 23rd book in the series and I'm still enjoying the books. This time the murder takes place on…

Thriller Thursday: Anatomy of an Alibi, Murder in My Backyard, and What The River Knows #BookReview #Audiobook #ThrillerThursday #FinishingTheSeries2026 Anatomy of an Alibi was one of my anticipated books for 2026, and it didn't disappoint. The other two books are more mystery/suspense than…

February Challenge – Oldest Audiobooks (ALCs) still on my NG shelf: Masquerade, The Cicada Spring, and The Forgotten Names #BookReview #Audiobook #FebruaryChallenge #BlackHistoryMonth My personal January Challenge was to listen to the 15 books that I had wanted to read or listen to last year, or…

Our Song by Dani Atkins #BookReview #BlogTour @Bookouture

Top Ten Tuesday: Quotes From or About Books (2026-02-24) Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to…

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (February 23, 2026) 📚📚 Welcome to It’s Monday! What are you Reading? It’s hosted by Kathryn from Book Date, this is a weekly event to share what we’ve read in the past week and what we hope to read, plus whatever else comes to mind.

Improbable Meet Cute: Second Chances Collection #BookReview #Audiobook Improbable Meet-Cute Second Chances is a collection of short stories by well-known romance authors, three of which I've never read before. They increase in steaminess from sweet, suspenseful and eventually steamy. I enjoyed…

Have You Seen Him by Kimberly Lee #BookReview #BlogTour #Giveaway Welcome to my stop on the Blog Tour for Have You Seen Him by Kimberly Lee. This is an action adventure story, one with twists and a mystery that kept me reading even after I should have gone to sleep. It is a bit different from…

Stacking The Shelves (February 22, 2026) 📚📚 Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It’s all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in a physical store or online, books you…

Love is in the Air with the Skymar Trilogy: Authentically Izzy, Positively Penelope and Loyally Luke #BookReview #Audiobook #FebruaryChallenge February is upon us and I wanted to read some romance this month. I had the Skymar Trilogy on my TBR shelf, so thought this would be a good time. I was…

Saturday Morning for Kids: #BookReview #Audiobook #MiddleGrade #GreatCanadianRdgChal #BeatTheBacklist This meme was started by Rae Longest at Powerful Women Readers, but as she is busy with her bookstore, she is not posting as much and asked me to take over. I hope some of you will join in and…

Happy Friday! Positivity Wave! February 20, 2025 This meme was originally created by Meggy @Chocolate’n’Waffles to spread some positivity amongst all the doom and gloom on social media and in the news. Meggy isn’t blogging any more, so Nicki @Secret Library Book Blog is now hosting. Feel free to…

Thriller Thursday: Antihero, The Storm, and The Garbage Man #BookReview #Audiobook #ThrillerThursday #FinishingTheSeries2026 Gregg Hurwitz's Orphan X series has been a fun ride with lots of action, adventure and thrills, this is #11 in the series. I have been a fan of Rachel Hawkins since I read…

#52BookClub: If The Boot Fits by Karen Witemeyer and The Curse of the Flores Women by Angélica Lopes #BookReview #Audiobook The 52 Book Club gives the participants 52 book prompts with the idea that you will read one per week. These are the last two books to fulfill all the prompts. These reviews…

12 Friends 12 Books Challenge #12Friends12Books2026 Hello all my blogging friends. I have seen this challenge on DiniPandaReads and Lucy at Bookworm Blogger and joined in back in 2023. Now that I've read all the recommended books for 2024, it is time to ask for your recommendations. This will be…

Reading Across North America: Legacy, An Amish Forever Home, and Coming Home #BookReview #ReadingAcrossNorthAmerica #BooksIOwn I did it. I just finished the last three books to complete this challenge. I read 2 books to finish my tour of Canada: An Amish Forever Home, set in Prince Edward Island,…

Final Check in (December): 2025 Finishing the Series Challenge Participants Here is our final check in for the year. This is your opportunity to check in and let us know how you are doing with your Finishing The Series Challenge.