100.- I read Naomi Kritzer's #TheYearWithoutSunshine#UncannyMagazine#2024Reading#RomBkBlogherhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/09/30/t...
If you are reading this long after the fact, this is the tl;dr: on September 26, 2024, Hurricane Helene barrelled through the Florida panhandle, through Georgia, and into the Carolinas, with a vengā¦
99.- I read Anita Davison's #MurderAtMidwinterManor#HistoricalCozyMystery#2024Reading#NetGalleyARC#RomBkBlogherhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/09/16/m...
I had been intrigued by the series for a while, because it's set during World War I, and the cat figures prominently in all the covers, so asking for an ARC was a logical progression. Beware: PTSD and...
98.- I read Camille Sharp's #MurderChecksInn#CozyMystery#2024Reading#NetGalleyARC#RomBkBlogherhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/09/13/m...
The cover, the title, the cover, the blurb--I requested an ARC faster than you can imagine. No, faster than that. Alas. Beware: fatphobia, slut shaming, bullying of an autistic character, DNF review. ...
97.- I read Matilda Madison's #TheBaronTakesABet#HistoricalRomance#2024Reading#NetGalleyARC#RomBkBlogherhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/09/11/t...
I would have looked closely at this book for the cover alone (look at that dress! look at it!), but when I realized I had read the previous one, I couldn't resist requesting the ARC. Alas, it didn't g...
96.- I read Jeanine Lauren's #TheBookwormAndTheCatsMeow#ContemporaryRomance#2024Reading#NetGalleyARC#RomBkBlogherhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/09/09/t...
The title made me do it (and also, reading the sample chapter) Beware: casual fatphobia; cancer; loss of parents; grief. The Bookworm and the Cat's Meow, by Jeanine Lauren This is a sweet story about ...
95.- I read Gretchen Rue's #TheGrimSteeper#CozyMystery#2024Reading#NetGalleyARC#RomBkBlogherhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/09/08/t...
I wanted to give the author a fair chance, so I asked for the ARC. I am mostly mad I made myself finish it. Beware: anxiety, panic attacks, copaganda. The Grim Steeper, by Gretchen Rue This is the thi...
94.- I read Adib Khorram's #IllHaveWhatHesHaving#ContemporaryRomance#2024Reading#NetGalleyARC#RomBkBlogherhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/09/06/i...
This is an example of a good illustrated cover; good enough that it slowed me down to check out the title, and from there, the blurb. (It does not, however, match the characters in the book; they are ...
93.- I read Alyxandra Harvey's #TheScandalousSpinster#HistoricalRomance#2024Reading#NetGalleyARC#RomBkBlogherhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/09/04/t...
Half dressed clinch cover in a historical romance? I am so here for this! Beware: phonetic spelling to denote a Scots accent; explicit sex on page; women in danger; some on page violence; swearing. Th...
92.- I read A.A. Milne's #TheRedHouseMystery#HistoricalMystery#2024Reading#NetGalleyARC#RomBkBlogherhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/09/02/t...
Until I saw this cover, I didn't know that the author of Winnie the Pooh had written a murder mystery. (Then again, I also didn't know he wrote for "Punch", the satirical magazine.) At any rate, you c...
91.- I read Eve Tarrington's #TwoSpinstersAndACorpse#HistoricalMystery#2024Reading#NetGalleyARC#RomBkBlogherhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/09/01/t...
While the cover is both too busy and too meh for my tastes, the title caught my eye immediately and I found the blurb intriguing, so I requested an ARC. Alas, I lost the will to finish it at just over...