Some Favorite Books This Month!

I’ve been having a tough time keeping up with both the reading AND posting here. While I get it all sorted out, I thought I could at least post the review links to Amazon here, so you can read them there!

Note: I am listing reviews as I do them each day. Sometimes, Amazon takes days or even a week or more to approve these reviews, so you will see a lag between when I list reviews and when a link is available. The longest I had to wait was 3.5 weeks!

Note about Goodreads and BookBub Reviews Linked Below

Sometimes, you’ll see me link to my review at Goodreads or BookBub. That’s usually because I’m having some sort of issue with Amazon: they’re taking waaaaay too long to post the review or they’ve rejected the review because they say it isn’t up to “community standards.” They are never specific… and just ask me to review the community standards page. I wish they would be specific… so I can avoid whatever it is they don’t like. Most “rejected” reviews are rather tame; some are even 5 stars. I’ve noted that some words seem to trigger it, like boring or transitioning. Hey, sometimes things just ARE boring, and it is much more succinct to say that than “visually unappealing” when talking backgrounds in children’s activity books! Others completely leave me scratching my head about what might be “wrong” with the review.

Hope that life becomes a little more sane so I can post my full reviews here soon!

For what ever reason, Amazon rejected 12 of my reviews mid month in November, over the span of just a few days, and I can’t figure out why. It happened with both positive and negative reviews, from fiction to nonfiction to children’s. I’ve decided to make links to my Goodreads reviews (if available) orange!

Because of this treatment, I’ve decided to review as little as possible on Amazon, sticking to Advance Reader Copies that don’t require it, though I am still doing some to honor my ARC commitments. I actually only reviewed two books in December after this treatment, but now in January I am posting more to Amazon. We’ll see how it goes!

So, to reiterate, any purple/blue links you see go to my reviews at Amazon; orange links to the review at Goodreads.

Fiction

Historical Romance (and Time-Travel Romance)

A Lady’s Brave Heart by Rose Pearson
Highlander’s Bride by Mariah Stone (time travel to medieval Scotland)
With Quill and Ink by Leenie Brown
Three Kisses Till Christmas by Charlie Lane
The Scandalous Vixen (#2 Duchess Society) by Tracy Sumner
Pemberley’s Christmas Governess by Regina Jeffers
A Stolen Season: London by Tamara Gill
The Hidden Heiress by Penny Fairbanks
A Dare Too Far by Charlie Lane

Contemporary Romance

Rancher’s Family Christmas by Leslie North
Man of the Month Club: SEASON 1 (January, February, and March) by Ann Omasta
One Hundred Reflections by Kelly Collins
Rolled in Dust by Mel A ROWE
Bright Fire by Roxie Clarke

Christmas Fiction

Cupid Claus by Sarah Fischer
Stockings Were Hung: A Contemporary Romance Christmas Anthology by S.L. Sterling
Christmas at Terminal 104 by Irene Micheals
Three Kisses Til Christmas by Charlie Lane
A Nutcracker Christmas by Laurie Winter
The Rogue Who Stole Christmas: A Historical Holiday Romance Collection by
Alyssa Drake

Mysteries, Suspense, and Thrillers

Maggie’s Missing Moonstone by Morgan Vale

Speculative Fiction

The Fox and the Viscount (The Shifter Season #1) by Laura Greenwood

Chick Lit / Women’s Literature / Literary Fiction

Children’s Fiction

My Homework Ate My Dog by Charles Montgomery
The Flying Tree – L’Albero Volante: Bilingual Children’s Picture Book English Italian by Ingo Blum
Save The World! It’s The Only Planet That Has Chocolate: English-German version by Ingo Blum
Where Is My Little Unicorn? – ¿Dónde está mi pequeño unicornio? by Ingo Blum
Do You Want to Be a Ninja? by Mark Bacera

Children’s Christmas Fiction

The Quokkas’ Christmas Quest by J. Macpherson
Noël (A Denny and Penny Fun Rhyming Picture Book) by Silas Wood

Nonfiction

General

The Grade 1 Music Theory Book by Hampstead Piano Academy

Writing

Activity Books for Adults

Nonogram Puzzle Books for Adults by Mohammed Kasmi
Plane Activities for Adults Book Vol 5 by Growing Kids Press
Family Sudoku. Sudoku for Kids with Sudoku Puzzles for Adults Too! by Dan Allbaugh
241 Real-world Brain Teasers by Invent and Discover

Christmas Activity Books for Adults

Journals

Let Your Zen Out: A 52-Week Simple Guided Journal To Be Completely Alive With Zen by Emily Murphy
Final Wishes | Things You Must Know After I Die by Thoughtful Planners
The Hustle Journal: Be Productive, Stay Focused, Build Your Empire
Bogdan Ivanov
Wine Tasting Journal by Alejandro Sara

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Health, Wellness, and Medicine

Self-Help and Motivational