The Nice Guy Next Door

Title: The Nice Guy Next Door

Series: When in Waverly #1

Author: Haley Zaragoza

Publisher: Independently Published

Genre: Contemporary Romance, RomCom, Fiction

Source: Hoopla/Kindle Unlimited

My Review:

I started listening to The Nice Guy Next Door with narrators Rachel Perry and Joe Hempel. However, I didn't like the female narration.She overdramatized her narration, and it got on my nerves. For example, when things weren't going right with the female character, she had the whiniest voice. I just couldn't deal with it, so I switched to reading it.

The New Loneliness + Giveaway

 

Welcome to the Takeover + Review Blitz for The New Loneliness by Cindi McMenamin hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

Title: The New Loneliness: Nurturing Meaningful Connections When You Feel Isolated
Author: Cindi McMenamin
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Release Date: January 7, 2025
Genre: Christian Personal Growth

My review:

The New Loneliness is an incredible book. I volunteered to review it based on the title alone, and I am glad I did. I have been in a long season of loneliness since we moved states two years ago. I figured I would connect with the book. I did, but not in the ways I expected.

A Father For Her Boys

Title: A Father For Her Boys

Author: Danielle Grandinetti

Publisher: Love Inspired

Genre: Christian Fiction, Contemporary Romance

Source: Library

My Review:

Danielle Grandinetti is one of the authors I need to catch up on. A Father For Her Boys is the most recent book I have read by her. She also writes Historical Fiction. 

Top Ten Tuesday-Anticipated releases Jan-Jun

Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2025. I had read it wrong and thought it said first quarter, so it was going to be a short list. But, I might actually get ten by doing the first half of the year. I am sure there are a ton of books coming out I am going to want to read, I just don't know about them yet 😂 Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and you can head over there to see what our other bookish friends are up to today.   

My most anticipated releases for the first half of the year:

First Love, Second Draft by Becca Kinzer, love her books!

A Broken Kind of Beautiful

Title: A Broken Kind of Beautiful

Author: Katie Ganshert

Publisher: Waterbrook Press

Source: Own

My Review:

A Broken Kind of Beautiful might be the book's title , but I think it can best be summed up as a messy kind of beautiful. The story is rich and deep, the characters are flawed but real, and the plotline flows seamlessly.

Stacking the Shelves #150, Sunday Post #147, Sunday Salon #141

Happy New Year my bookish friends! I am slowly easing my way back into all the things after taking a break from everything that I could for the last week or so. We did travel to TN so it wasn't quite as restful as I would have liked, but that's okay. I didn't have time to do much reading or anything while I was gone, so not much to report today, LOL! We have gotten about a foot or so of snow in the last two days, it's beautiful, but it also blows my mind. I am still not used to this weather, but I am not complaining. How's the weather by you?

How I did with my 2024 goals and some Stats

I did not do any reading challenges in 2024 and that was good for me. I did set reading goals and will work through each one so we can see how I did. Also, I will be sharing an overall look at my 2024 year of reading after the goals, so stick around and see some nerdy statistics 😉

Here WERE my 2024 Reading Goals: