Category: Books

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Rather than just leave it to updating my yearly book list as I finish each book, I like to give you all smaller recommendation lists as we go through the year. So, if you’re looking for some of my favorite books of 2024 to add to your TBR pile this fall, you’re in the right place!

You can read my mini synopsis and thoughts if you click through to my 2024 Book List or you can just take my word for it that these are the best of the best, and start reading!

(Psssst… you can find my summer list here)

• Savor It by Tarah Dewitt (Book #54 of 2024): A super fun romantic comedy with silliness, sweetness, romance and a really good realistic slow burn.

• The Knocklemout Book Series: Things We Never Got Over (Book #60 of 2024), Things We Hide From the Light (Book #61 of 2024), and Things We Left Behind (Book #62 of 2024). This is the series that that made me fall in love with Lucy Score. The three books are connected, so it makes sense to read them in order so you don’t miss out on anything important. Each book tells the story of a different couple and it is a mix of spicy romance and comedy, with a suspenseful overarching mystery.

• The Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen (Book #70 of 2024): A super suspenseful mystery that twists and turns and is very, very hard to put down all the way up until the very satisfying conclusion.

• The Bootleg Springs Series: Whisky Chaser (Book #72 of 2024), Sidecar Crush (Book #73 of 2024), Moonshine Kiss (Book #74 of 2024), Bourbon Bliss (Book #75 of 2024), Gin Fling (Book #76 of 2024), Highball Rush (Book #77 of 2024) by Lucy Score and Claire Kingsley: A six book series with romance, absolutely hilarious hijinks that had me laughing out loud, and an overarching mystery that is solved by the end (be sure to read them in order). One of my absolute favorite book series of the last few years and I highly recommend jumping into the Bodine family because you won’t want to leave at the end.

Happy Reading!

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I keep my annual book list updated as I finish each book throughout the year, but with the start of summer I figured I’d give you a condensed list of my favorite books so far to add to your TBR pile!

You can read my mini synopsis and thoughts if you click through to my 2024 Book List, or you can just take my word for it that these are the best of the best, and start reading!

• A sweet ‘friends to lovers’ romance: Funny Feelings by Tarah Dewitt (Book #8 of 2024)
• A romantic/fantasy saga that EVERYONE has been reading: Fourth Wing and Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros  (Book #30 and 31 of 2024)
• A new book in an ongoing series of mysteries: A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell 9) (Book 36 of 2024)
• Romance series with strong female leads and hunky sports guys: Mile High (Book #45 of 2024), The Right Move (Book #46 of 2024) and Caught Up by Liz Tomforde (Book #51 of 2024).
• Who-done-it + Comedy + Romance + a Fantastic Supporting Cast of Kooky Friends: The Dead Guy Next Store (Book #47 of 2024), The Corpse in the Closet (Book #48 of 2024) and The Blast from the Past (Riley Thorn 3) by Lucy Score (Book #49 of 2024).

Happy Reading!

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I just finished a book series and I loved it so much that I wanted to tell you all to read it too! I’ve actually had the first one or two in the series saved on my Kindle for a while, because I was waiting for the last book to come out so I could read them all at once… and I’m so glad I did!

The Whimbrel House series by Charlie N. Holmberg:

• Keeper of Enchanted Rooms (Wimbrel House 1): https://amzn.to/49t97Ry
• Heir of Uncertain Magic (Whimbrel House 2): https://amzn.to/42OZNEJ
• Boy of Chaotic Making (Whimbrel House 3): https://amzn.to/49dJR1n

Read this if you loved the Spellbreaker series (Charlie N. Holmberg), The Sorcery & Society books (Molly Harper), The Paper Magician Series (Charlie N. Holmberg again), Anatomy: A Love Story (Dana Schwartz), or the Veronica Speedwell Mystery books (Deanna Raybourn).

Do not worry if you didn’t like The Hanging City by the same author. Troll love was a bit too much for me too… (Book #88 of 2023).

Synopsis of the first book:

Rhode Island, 1846. Estranged from his family, writer Merritt Fernsby is surprised when he inherits a remote estate in the Narragansett Bay. Though the property has been uninhabited for more than a century, Merritt is ready to call it home―until he realizes he has no choice. With its doors slamming shut and locking behind him, Whimbrel House is not about to let Merritt leave. Ever.

Hulda Larkin of the Boston Institute for the Keeping of Enchanted Rooms has been trained in taming such structures in order to preserve their historical and magical significance. She understands the dangers of bespelled homes given to tantrums. She advises that it’s in Merritt’s best interest to make Whimbrel House their ally. To do that, she’ll need to move in, too.

I absolutely loved this series! The adventures and mysteries (some wrapped up at the end of each book, and some that carried over for the whole series) were really great and I also really enjoyed the growing relationships of the main group of characters. By time we get to book three, I was rooting for them all and was very happy with the way the last book ended.

With that being said, there is certainly room for more books in this series… so I wouldn’t be mad at all if a book 4 was announced in the near future!

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