#BookReviews- Playing it Safe @AshleyCWeaver, Secrets in the Blood @RoLuvsSims, Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah


Photo by John Ray Ebora on Pexels.com I'm so far behind on writing reviews that I may never catch up, lol, but I'll give it the old college try. 🙂 Click on the covers to learn more. The third in the Electra McDonnell series from Edgar-nominated author Ashley Weaver, Playing It Safe is a delightful World War …

My first #Bookfunnel Group Promo Results and a New #BookDeal


I promised to update you on my first Bookfunnel group promotion and am pleased to say it was a great success! Cozy Sweet Romance Reads was geared toward gaining newsletter subscribers and is a month-long promotion. So far, I've gained a hundred and twenty-two new subscriber/fans and a hundred and thirty-six unique claims of my …

End of November #BookReviews S. E. Hinton, @MelissaMcClone, @bakeandwrite, @DAntion


Photo by Jill Wellington on Pexels.com We're getting a rare snowstorm on Vancouver Island today, a perfect time to sit with an enjoyable book and a cup of hot chocolate with a dash of Kahlua! Once again, my interest varied to several different genres, so there should be something here for most tastes. https://read.amazon.ca/kp/embed?asin=B087WGK91N&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_B69A275CBMRB6C78CE1Y&tag=jacqbiggar-20 “In Tex, …

Mystery Monday Book Promo- #Bookfunnel #amreading


Searching for your next favorite Mystery? Look no further! Bestselling authors have teamed up to offer a puzzling selection of mysteries. Available for a limited time. I've signed up to do my first Bookfunnel promotion with the goal of meeting new readers and connecting with authors I haven't had the chance to work with before. …

Two #Fantasy #Bookreviews from master worldbuilding #Authors @DWallacePeach @WordDreams


Photo by Sindre Stru00f8m on Pexels.com Well, we just came through a gigantic windstorm where our airport registered 106 km gusts- the highest ever recorded at this time of the year- and now we're under a winter storm warning! WTH? We spent Saturday building a 3x5 greenhouse I ordered from Costco to protect our Washington …

Release Day is here for Letting Go- The Defiant Sisters Duet Book 1 #WomensFic #reading


Character Study- Renée A blogging friend of mine, Diana Peach, likes to do an introduction to her characters before the release of her books, so I thought I’d do one today for my new release, Letting Go. Image by Shahid Shafiq from Pixabay Renée Thomas is the most serious and oldest at twenty-one. Her sister, …

Catching up on my #NetGalley #BookReviews @Darynda @RKapelkeDale, Betty Webb


Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com The fun of growing all of your plants in containers is the ability to move them whenever you want to refresh the garden. Some need either more or less lighting, others become too large for their environment, and then some show off their best colors in the fall and deserve …

#BookReview- Bloodless by Preston and Child, The Winding Road by @mhurdle112, The Wrong Bones by @MelindaLeigh1 #amreading


Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Autumn is just around the corner and I, for one, can't wait! Already the nights are cooler, the days luxurious, laden with the aroma of ripening fruit and vegetables. This is my favorite season. I love bright orange pumpkins, crimson and chartreuse leaves, along with eagles soaring over salmon-filled streams. …

End of August #BookReviews @dlfinnAuthor @SophieSWrites @belovung_birds


Photo by Min An on Pexels.com I apologize for disappearing from visiting blogs and answering your comments. After a bad fall a couple of weeks ago, I suffered days of headaches, body pains, and raccoon eyes. It was the last that worried a medic at my husband's job site. He said because it took a …

Time Travel #Mystery and Suspense #BookReviews @Sandra_Cox @Becca_Zanetti @CarlaNeggers


This week got off to a rough start; I took a header in the garden and smashed into a decorative rock. Yes, it hurt right away 🙂 My daughter and grandson left for New Zealand Monday. As many of you know, she's moving toward her doctorate in biology and was accepted to a university in …

#NewRelease- The Close-Up by Kennedy Ryan #Romance


What began as a tiny flame when we were young now threatens to consume us. The Close-Up, an all-new riveting and emotional Hollywood Renaissance/HOOPS novella from New York Times bestselling author Kennedy Ryan and 1,001 Dark Nights is available now! I met Nazareth Armstrong when I was eighteen years old. From the beginning, my brother …

Mid-Summer #BookReviews and #Writing Progress @MelindaLeigh1 @DWallacePeach


Woohoo, I've had a breakthrough on my WIP and FINALLY know where the story is going. For a pantser this is equivalent to finding that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow 🙂 I'll share another teaser with you soon, but for now let's delve into some of the fantastic summer reads I've …

#NewRelease- The Heist by @MJRose, @CWGortner #Mystery


To catch a leopard, wear diamonds. The Heist, the gripping conclusion in the To Catch A Leopard Series from New York Times bestselling author M.J. Rose and international bestselling author C.W. Gortner is out now! To catch a leopard, wear diamonds. A year after THE BAIT, Ania Throne is on the prowl. Gone into hiding, …

End of July #BookReviews Part 1- #Reading @danniowenjones @jaxandwillsmum @supermegawoman @JanSikes3


This week it's my daughter's *** birthday! It seems like yesterday that I was teaching her to walk and now she's a mother with an almost-grown son of her own. Where does the time go? This is one of my favorite pictures of her as a baby- isn't she cute? 🙂 I've read a couple …

#TuesdayBookReviews- Catling’s Bane @DWallacePeach, Between Hello & Goodbye @EmmaS_Writes, The Make-Up Test @jennylhowe


It's been so nice outside that I haven't had much time to visit the blogs, much less come up with a brilliant post {difficult at any time!}, but hope to comment here and there throughout the summer- my apologies. It was hubby's birthday on the weekend. We spent the day eating fresh berries and talking …

End of June #BookReviews from @dlfinnauthor @Becca_Zanetti @janet_gover @cryanhyde @WordDreams


The past week has kicked my butt. It's hot and muggy in my area, which makes doing anything indoors a chore. We have AC on the fifth wheel but prefer not to use it unless we have to, which means opening windows in hopes of a breeze and setting up fans to stir the air. …

#BookReview- Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb, Wherever the Wind Takes Us by Kelly Harms, and Means to Deceive by Alex Craigie #amreading


This week I have a murder mystery from the great Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb, a Netgalley women's fiction pick, and a contemporary blogging recommendation. When I first learned of the In Death series, I wasn't sure it would appeal to me. Set in the future, there are flying cars, ray guns, and many …

#BookReview Tuesday- @Melissa_Foster, Sharon Wray, @piketoni1 #readingcommunity


Photo by Min An on Pexels.com Reading has always been an escape for me. As a child, books allowed me to travel to faraway countries and have great adventures I'd never dreamed of in my small-town world. As an adult, my tastes may have changed but the concept is the same; books take me away …

#BookReviews- #Poetry from @BalroopShado, #Romance by @megancrane and @kisscrafter


Photo by Alena Koval on Pexels.com Spring is in full swing, and we've been busy in the garden planting bulbs, vegetable seeds, weeding, soaking in the sun's rays, watching my cat watch the birds 🙂 and reading! Balroop Singh opened my eyes to the beauty and grace of poetry. Her latest collection is filled with …

Time to Catch up on some Amazing #NetGalley #Reads #BookReviews @TPolen6 @erinhahn_author @ellemarr_ @catherinebybee


Photo by Mayu on Pexels.com I'm getting quite the collection of NetGalley arcs and decided it was time to read, read, READ! lol I've added a short excerpt of the blurb and the author's bio. If interested, click the covers to find out more. The Insurgent by Teri Polen Amazon Link If a megalomaniac threatened …