Welcome to my Monday Musings. It’s May and spring is definitely in the air. Finally. I missed last week’s musings, oops. The past two weeks have been good. My most exciting news is that I started doing a glass blowing class with a friend. We’ve had two lessons now, I’m still nervous, but the enjoyment-factor […] The post Monday Musings – May 6, 2024 appeared first on Hooked By That Book ..read more

April 2024 brought the usual confusing spring weather, plenty of enjoyable visits with friends, and lots of good books. Here are the stats: Total books read: 16Number of 5-star reads: 6Number of 4-star reads: 9Number of 3-star reads: 1Number of full page reviews: 5Number of quickie reviews: 8 Clicking or tapping on the book cover […] The post Looking Back On April 2024 appeared first on Hooked By That Book ..read more

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Was I hooked by that book? Yes. Superheroes and ubervillains duke it out in this entertaining and action-packed series. The Bigtime Series Volume 1 includes the following three books: ~In Karma Girl, Carmen was struggling with some guilt and anger until her quest for vengeance inadvertently resulted in the death of a beloved superhero.~Hot […] The post Review: The Bigtime Series Volume 1 – by Jennifer Estep appeared first on Hooked By That Book ..read more

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Was I hooked by that book? For sure. With plenty of witty banter, this light-hearted brother’s-best-friend to lovers romance had me smiling all the way through. Furious that his son was featured in the notorious Rake Review column, Evander Beauclerk’s stickler father issues an ultimatum: give up his dissolute ways and marry a respectable […] The post Review: One Fine May – by Courtney McCaskill appeared first on Hooked By That Book ..read more

Here are all the new releases I’m excited about and some ARCs I have lined up for May 2024. Ideally, I would get around to reading and reviewing all the ARCs before their publication date, but sometimes life and other books get in the way and the reviews happen a bit later. I get my […] The post New Releases for May 2024 appeared first on Hooked By That Book ..read more

Welcome to my Monday Musings. I had a super weird reading slump last week. I started about four books that I was excited about, but couldn’t really get into any of them. I ended up rereading a few of my favourites from Nalini Singh’s Psy-Changeling series. And then, luckily, I was able to get my […] The post Monday Musings – April 22, 2024 appeared first on Hooked By That Book ..read more

Quickie Reviews are what it says, a short one paragraph review for those books that didn’t get a full page review. A Grave Robbery by Deanna Raybourn Veronica and Stoker make a gruesome discovery when the wax figure of a young woman is not what it seems to be. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Veronica and Stoker’s compelling interviews […] The post Quickie Reviews – April 22, 2024 appeared first on Hooked By That Book ..read more

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Was I hooked by that book? Yes. This is escapism at its best. Summer is heating up for reluctant psychic Riley Thorn and her handsome private investigator boyfriend, Nick Santiago. Riley’s disapproving grandmother arrives determined to force her to take her powers seriously and detective Weber needs her help figuring out who murdered the […] The post Review: The Corpse in the Closet – by Lucy Score appeared first on Hooked By That Book ..read more

Welcome to my Monday Musings. I missed my recap last Monday and I think I’ll keep my book updates to just this past week’s reading. We had friends over for dinner and last weekend I met up with a group of friends and one of my friends showed us how to make a flower arrangement. […] The post Monday Musings – April 15, 2024 appeared first on Hooked By That Book ..read more

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Was I hooked by that book? Yes. Two disillusioned people, who are supposed to be enemies, find love amidst a curse in this delightful romance. Henry Lewis, the Duke of Carlisle, has never met a wager he won’t take or a bet he won’t make. Unfortunately, he was cursed by a witch at the […] The post Review: My Fair Katie – by Shana Galen appeared first on Hooked By That Book ..read more