3✨It took me a long time to get in this one. The kids dying was the hardest for me to get through. I lost track of all the characters, but the overall plot was good. #LosersClub @BarkingMadRead

5✨It is well written, has a plethora of examples, and the author is obviously a leading mind in this field. I did the audiobook read by the author making an even better story. Very well done and informative. #NaturalLitsy @AllDebooks

5✨ That was an amazing roller coaster. I thought for sure I knew what happened to Jess‘s brother,Ben, and who did it. Boy was I completely wrong! It kept me on the edge of my seat and luckily I was off work when I hit a really good spot where I couldn‘t stop. Who needs sleep anyways! I was completely floor when it all started to become more clear. This will be a recommended book if anyone needs a thriller. Wow! #FableBR

DNF- Baby E took out my bookmark and I found I wasn‘t mad. So it‘s being unhauled and I‘m just going to stop reading. I kept going thinking she can‘t possibly keep having a crush on this jerk. Her crush would kiss her just to make his girl jealous, and then make up with her and then out POV character goes to Paris with all of them. Just yuk!

3✨ I feel like these books are really rushed. It‘s a great read for young kids to boost confidence. I‘m wondering in the notes are a build up as well. The first two books are building up a mystery in the series that might give the books more main plot than going to other places from their magical treehouse. #SeriesLove

3✨ The mystery was intriguing enough to keep going. I was struggling with this story because of the multitude of characters, the various timelines, and it wasn‘t really a thriller in my book. This story I read with my #htbookclub that we all pretty much agreed that it was not the book for us.

3✨ I wasn‘t completely engaged to this story, but enjoyed the relationship between grandmother and granddaughter. Read for #FoodandLit 2024 Finland

3✨ Very much a young reader series. This first book just introduces the magical idea of the tree house. Reading to baby E for bedtime. He‘s normally just waiting for the pictures, but gives me different reading material while he doesn‘t care what I read right now.

4✨This series is proving to be a new favorite. Hazel, a bookstore manager, is finding passages highlighted in the bookstore books. These clues are helping her live a little bit before she turns 30. Noah is a fisherman that lives a lot and is up for an adventure when Hazel asks. Unlikely love, dreamy town, and a few conversations with our previous couple. 🥰 it‘s pretty spicy which was a bit too much for me. Otherwise, I loved it!

What can I say. I couldn‘t resist the colored edges. 🥰 My single book haul book (cause I‘m on a major budget) 😒

3✨ The characters go from one adventure to another. Dolittle is not a rich man so it takes them time to get from one place to another, and everyone is trying to keep them captive. However, he is rewarded for his efforts and the animals we encounter are forever change.

Right?! If my son was missing I wouldn‘t sleep until he was found. Why is he so unconcerned? 🤔

I haven‘t been reading much, but I have a book related(ish) video game. Hogwarts Legacy. Such a good game! I‘m hooked. 😍🤣

Out of 200 reads in 2024- Horrorstör beat my December favorite for its imprint on my mind of how truly unique it was. However, you can‘t beat the master of Horror so Fairy Tale won that round. Then it was a battle of world building which Fairy Tale did the best in to make it to the finals. This was a challenge so I looked at which book stuck with me the most and I it was really no contest to make One Puzzling Afternoon my best read of 2024! ??

The worst of December was Sweet Tea and Christmas Trees. Quickly overtaken by Wife Between Us, then easily out by Watch Mommy Die. On the other side of the bracket I added Kilt for Christmas which is a insta-love Yuk! It was against another DNF for its encouragement of infidelity. Watch Mommy Die was badly written so it won that challenge. Anna K and its glorification of teen drinking, drugs, and sex was the winner though of my worst read of 2024.

I finished 18 books in December. Not bad! 😍💛

Audio cleaning today. This is fluff from a stuffy not snow. Got to love chewing pups. 🐶 🐶 🐶 🐶🥹🥲

Life has been really busy, but I read a lot more holiday reads than I have in previous #WinterGames Thanksgiving for the fun #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks

My chunkster of the year with my personal challenge. 🥰💛

2✨ This book should not have taken me as long as it did. It was one of the first books I read in 2024 and the last book I finished. Set as a five books by five different authors I wanted to give each story a chance. ILove was probably my favorite out of each one, but they all were not bad. Being so short with a fantastical world in each world building and being longer to explore is my main issues with all the short stories. First giveaway of 2025!

3✨ Finished this story as I repaired my kiddos panda from a vicious loving dog attack. We have two sisters who don‘t see each other much because of their life choices after their mothers loss with cancer, and their brothers depression. Meeting for the holiday when one sister is in bed rest for her pregnancy. Loved the ending. 🥰🐼❤️‍🩹

Audio repairing one of my kiddos Christmas stuffies the dogs decided was a chew toy. In the new year I‘m going to need to master an invisible stitch and train my puppies better in knowing what is a chew toy and what isn‘t. (For the record none of their chew toys are stuffed animals). Suggestions?

3✨ Another mystery solved! Nancy went under cover in this one, which was a fun twist. Her client is using a third party man to sell some of her books, but he is saying they are not selling well. There is also a possible counterfeit statuette maker. Nancy had her work cut out for her in this one. #NancyDrewBR @Librarybelle

This is my #Roll100 books for January. My list this year is to hopefully clear out some shelf space from books I was gifted and haven‘t read yet. @PuddleJumper

3✨ This was a bit less on the danger side. We deal with a child abuse case, and kidnapping. One character thinks he‘s above American laws. Very interesting story. #NancyDrewBR @Librarybelle

3✨A coming of age story, family, and relationships. This had a lot going on, but it was an enjoyable read.

Now that I finally reviewed all the books I‘ve been reading it‘s time to clear out some books! #OutwiththeOldinwiththeNew I‘d like to catch up on my missing 2 #NancyDrewBR , finish Mansfield Park, and the last 4 Christmas stories I have from my library. Ambitious yes… but we will try!

2✨ I didn‘t know this was a series when I started it. It filled in a lot of background information so I didn‘t notice. With this in mind my review will not be a fair judge on this book. I like the idea of a B and B series and will try to read the rest of the series to see if my views change. #HolidayBookDragons

3✨ I didn‘t mean to start with the fourth book in the series, but it was able to recap pretty well through the story. While there are spoilers I feel like I can read the previous books still. It has a Dog Man format and feel to it where the secret agents all wear tactical vests.

4✨ I‘m so glad I finally got to read this one! (Library hold took forever!) I didn‘t like all the stories, but each one gave pretty memorable chills. My favorites were the longer stories of Danny‘s Dream and the Rattlesnakes. #LosersClub @BarkingMadRead

3✨ This one started out strong for me and then started to drag. A teacher getting out of a long relationship going no where takes a job as a nanny to twins of a rich and busy family. There is instant connections between the family and her, and the awkward uncle has caught her eye. I really liked the ending as well. #HolidayBookDragons

4✨ An instant love story that I actually liked (normally not a fan). We have a traveling nurse going home for the holidays because of her sister‘s wedding. There is a lot of baggage here to unpack, but the charming friend of the groom is just the distraction that is needed. Super cute! #HolidayBookDragons

3✨ I‘m not an instant love fan, but it was a cute story. My favorite part was the meddling older women with the cute shirts. Plus you can‘t go wrong with beautiful locations and cultural traditions in the mix of a love story. 🥰💛 #HolidayBookDragons

4✨ I‘m always a fan of a hate to love story, especially based in London. We have the two lead POVs in this story with American, Claire, and London native, Liam. Who are finding a way to survive their baggage and their growing infatuation with each other. #HolidayBookDragons

Hello Littens! One of my challenges for 2025 is reading through the Doctor Dolittle Series. With 12 books it will be a one book a month format. If anyone would like to read along with me I‘m going to set it up in Fable, but have a monthly discussion at the end of the month here for anyone participating. 🥰💛🩺🐾 #DolittleDiscussion @LitsyEvents

Audio crafting a mini bookshelf today. 🥰💛

4✨I‘m always a fan of a hate to love story, especially based in London. We have the two lead POVs in this story with American, Claire, and London native, Liam. Who are finding a way to survive their baggage and their growing infatuation with each other. #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks

3✨I finished my first Book Nook while reading the tagged. It had multiple points of views on different walks of life. They did grow through the story, but man it took them forever to do that growing. There was a mother daughter relationship that I related to, but all the conversations were on a repeat. “You hurt me, you were the mom,etc” several times. As it did with all the other conversations. #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks

I got spoiled in book shelf decorations this year. 🥰Merry Christmas to anyone who celebrates. I hope everyone is having a great day relaxing and enjoying the day. 🎄💛

I‘m actually really proud of my icing for Santa this year. The green is cinnamon, and the red is peppermint! They taste really good! 🤩 F did a great job of icing and selecting the best ones too. 🥰

We did our family tradition of making gingerbread houses with the kids last night. S had a lot of help from her Aunt while I was making icing. 🥰💛

Monica is soo ready for a lazy reading day. Thank you so much @staci.reads and @MaleficentBookDragon for hosting this years #jolabokflod (she was sniffing the chocolate too much so the other one is not pictured 😅)

4✨ This is my first read of this book, and I have to say that it gave me peace many times. If you are familiar with the Holy Bible it has different stories that are based in the America‘s following the same teachings, covenants, and providing hope. I struggled with all the names, and understanding the language. It could be repetitive at times stating the same phrase in many verses. Overall, glad I tried it out.

4✨ It started out pretty slow, but man when it got going! There is a lot of detailed gore, young vampires that can‘t control themselves, and old vampires that we are not super clear on their motives. There was moments where is was unhappy with our mains decisions, but when you are so thirsty I guess thinking straight is on the back burner. #FableBuddyRead @Littlewolf1

3✨ This was a pretty cute rom com Hanukkah story. A well loved author passes away before her last book is finished. The worn down by grief heir wants to finish it for his loved one, but needs help. Bringing in help from the publishing company helps in more ways than expected.

3✨It took me a long time to sit down and review this one. The mystery was intriguing. We have a murdered body that disappears with no trace! The sexual parts of this book were a bit much. It seems like everyone is rushing her with her relationship. There was also a pretty heartbreaking section. #SeriesLove @Andrew65

Danny‘s Dream was a pretty good story. Didn‘t want to stop that story. 🤩

Audio crafting instead of my normal Saturday chores. 🥰💛 I love having break when I can actually relax.

This was a challenging semester. Yesterday was the last day and I didn‘t have many students, but the ones I had were great! I had one stay with me for the last three classes of the day, with permission from her other teachers so she could read the tagged book in the corner of my room that has cushions. We build Lego in AP, and two even brought their grade to passing. Now time to relax and read! 🥰

🤭🤣 #WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks