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What books do I want to read during May for Wyrd and Wonder? Let’s just acknowledge that I am a notorious mood reader who can not stick to any TBR for more than a day or two. Take this list […]

I’m so excited about this year’s Wyrd and Wonder. I love month long genre celebrations. The first weekly prompt is a hard one. What are the top fantasy books I’ve read in the last year? (Yeah, I know there are […]

Welcome to May’s Foodies Read Sorry if you guys had problems linking up in April. I tried to be proactive and update some plugins and managed bring everything crashing down. It took a professional to fix. Hopefully, I won’t do […]

Oh April. This was the month in which I decided to be a better and more productive blogger. I started with updating my plugins like a good girl – and completely crashed my site. I had to hire a developer […]

I recently listened to Crowbones, the latest book from Anne Bishop in the world of The Others. While listening to it I started thinking about how much I loved the original series that started with Written in Red. I decided […]

I absolutely loved reading the series of books written by K.M. Shea that are set in the town of Magiford WI. In this world wizards, fae, vampires, and werewolves are all living openly among humans. Magiford is a hub of […]

Kindle Unlimited has figured me out. Recently it has been showing me Regency romances that feature dragons. How am I supposed to resist that? Miss Percy’s Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons by Quenby Olson was […]

Welcome to April’s Foodies Reads! We had 27 entries in March. The winner of the drawing is Radha for her review of Paul Hollywood’s British Baking. All entries have to have a review of a book that features food. Posts […]

I had a big reading month mostly because I ended up binging a few series. I read 19 books. It was an overwhelmingly white author collection with the exception of one Black author. There were 3 audiobooks. My South of […]

I’m super picky when it comes to romances. I think most romance readers are. We tend to know what tropes we like and avoid what we don’t. I’ve been realizing though that I have a set of words that will […]

I find it really hard to figure out how to handle reviewing series. If I’m reading a series you can presume that I’m enjoying it a lot. I’d like to tell people about it. But how? Reviewing the first book […]

I’ve been pretty quiet this month on here. I’ve been at a bit of a loss about what to write about. I guess nothing is really inspiring me to rant and rave about it right now. I’m reading a lot […]

That summary of this book seems to have been specially designed to draw me in. Misbehaving old lady witches? – check A world where you get more powerful as you get older? – absolutely Cats? – check This is the […]

I was intrigued just by the title of this book when I saw it. I looked at the reviews to see if people thought it was any good. The first one I read was from an incensed person. They were […]

Welcome to March’s Foodies Read! We had 14 entries in February. The winner of the drawing is What’s Nonfiction’s review of Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals. Link up your reviews of books about food for a chance to […]

I’m exactly sure how I ended up having a huge reading month. I did go on a weekend trip at the beginning of the month that gave me some uninterrupted reading time but it kept going after that. I obviously […]

This book takes a close look at the American cheese landscape.  The author moves from being an interested civilian to examining the training and life of cheese makers and sellers in the United States.  He even starts attending major cheese […]

Corey Mintz is a former restaurant cook turned restaurant critic/food journalist who lived in Toronto. This book examines many different aspects of the food business to see ways in which it can be made more equitable for the people who […]

I don’t usually talk about movies much here but I need to vent. I also don’t usually go to movies about animals. I get too emotional. But the movie called Dog starring Channing Tatum looked good so we gave it […]

This book was amazing. I thought I knew a lot about the history of film but I learned from this book. This is a good topic to visit this time of year when the award shows roll around and showcase […]