Showing posts with label three and a half stars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label three and a half stars. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Learning and Development Essentials by Albert Singh, Vibrant Publishers

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A nice, basic book that is a decent introduction to Learning and Development. It covers things like basic theories of not only learning and ...
Sunday, July 12, 2026

The Cloak and Dagger Club by Jackie McMahon

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Lucy Hubbard has been invited to the exclusive Cloak and Dagger club for a meeting. The founder and president, Horace Hazelmoor, himself inv...
Monday, June 29, 2026

Enter the Nightmare by Jayne Castle

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The book opens with Alice Radstone returning to the Hotel of Dreams. Except this time, she's there on purpose. It's been ten months ...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

The Cornish Honeymoon Murder by Fiona Leitch

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Fiona and her husband Nate are newly marrired and ready for their honeymoon. Suddenly, they are taking it... along with her mother, daughter...
Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Funny Man Patrick McGilligan

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A deep dive into the life of Mel Brooks. This book starts, as many good books do, at the beginning, with Brooks' birth in 1926. The whol...
Sunday, June 7, 2026

Redshirts by John Scalzi

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I think knowing the conceit of this book, since it was recommended to me by at least two people, took me a little bit out of the story itsel...
Friday, May 29, 2026

The Curious Inheritance of Blakely House by Joanna Davidson Politano

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Sydney Forrester has never known her mother. But little did she know that a search for the woman would lead her to a new life. While more or...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

The Dark Lord's Guide to Dating (And Other War Crimes) by Tiffany Hunt

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This books is VERY like the Assistant to the Villain series although Arabella doesn't end up with Kazimir by choice. Instead, she is kid...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

Safari Murder Party by Rachel Moore

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As an executive assistant, Fletcher Spence thought she knew her boss. She thought she'd work her way into his magazine as a photographer...
Monday, May 11, 2026

The Botanist's Assistant by Peggy Townsend

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Margaret Finch is described in the book as tall and big-boned. Several times. There are also a number of references to her nickname, Big Bir...
Saturday, May 2, 2026

Summer Knight by Jim Butcher with James Marsters (Narrator)

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Harry knows not to mess in the realm of the Fae... now. But he made a promise to his godmother when he was young and she gave that promise t...
Tuesday, April 28, 2026

The Accidental Alchemist by Gigi Pandian

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Zoe Faust is finally settling down. She's been living out of an RV for years but bought a house in Portland, Oregon. She's hopeful o...
Sunday, April 26, 2026

Salt, Sweat & Steam by Brigid Washington

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Washington opens with the story of her reason for joining the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), Joseph. She details her romance with this...
Saturday, April 25, 2026

This Weekend Doesn't End Well for Anyone by Catherine Mack

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As the narrator even notes, there are a LOT of people in this book. There were nine people that were going to be integral to the story intro...
Friday, April 24, 2026

How to Cheat Your Own Death by Kristen Perrin

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Annie adores her mother. She really does. Plus she knows her mother inside and out. Which is why she's so confused when her mother start...
Friday, April 10, 2026

Pomona Afton Can Totally Catch a Killer by Bellamy Rose

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After the last book, Pomona has been trying to turn her life around. But only a little. You can't expect her to ride the subway, after a...
Saturday, April 4, 2026

This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews

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Many readers wish they could live within the covers of their favorite books. They don't always consider where they will land. Maggie dis...
Thursday, March 5, 2026

The Late-Night Witches by Auralee Wallace with Robyn Maryke

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Cassie Beckett lives on Prince Edward Island in a neighborhood she loves. The book opens with her enjoying the quiet of her neighborhood but...
Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood

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Willowjean Parker (not the name she was born with) meets Mrs. Pentecost on a fraughte evening when they both almost die. Willow grew up in a...
Monday, March 2, 2026

I Haven't Been Entirely Honest by Miranda Hart

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I knew of Miranda Hart from her show, "Miranda," and didn't look to closely at what this book was before requesting it from th...