Reading Challenge Month 2019

Reading Challenge Month: Wrap Up and Winners!

Sep 29, 2019 | 10 comments

Hi everyone! Well, today wraps up our 5th Annual Reading Challenge Month! I can’t believe it all flew by so fast! If you missed any of the posts or reviews, you can check out all of the Challenge Month posts here. I have some more winners to announce, but first...

FILED UNDER: News and Notes, Winner
TAGGED: Reading Challenge Month 2019

Review: The Freshman by Louise Collins

Sep 27, 2019 | 14 comments

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel I am not really sure where or how to begin this review for Louise Collins’ novel, The Freshman. When I picked this one for the 2019 Reading Challenge Month as my choice for Older/Younger Hero Week, I...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Contemporary, Sammy's Reviews
TAGGED: age gap, Evernight Publishing, foster care, Louise Collins, prison guard, prisoner, Reading Challenge Month 2019

Older/Younger Hero Week: Wrap Up and Giveaway!

Sep 27, 2019 | 37 comments

Hello everyone! So here we are, just about at the end of our Reading Challenge Month with our final challenge, Older/Younger Hero Week. This month always flies by so fast, I can’t believe it’s almost over! Just because we are reaching the end, there is...

FILED UNDER: News and Notes
TAGGED: Reading Challenge Month 2015, Reading Challenge Month 2019

Review: Cranberry Boys by Scudder James, Jr

Sep 26, 2019 | 13 comments

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel I chose Cranberry Boys for Older/Younger Hero Week because it features high schoolers trying to find a safe place in the world, while coming to terms with their sexuality and coming out. The title,...

FILED UNDER: 4.25 stars, Contemporary, Veronica's Reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: cheating, Harmony Ink Press, high school, homeless, homophobia, Reading Challenge Month 2019, Scudder James Jr, small town, Watermarsh Tales series, young love

Audiobook Review: Honeymoon for One by Keira Andrews

Sep 26, 2019 | 16 comments

Story Rating: 5 stars Audio Rating: 5 stars Narrator: Joel Leslie Length: 9 hours, 33 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks It’s the day before his wedding and all Ethan can think about is how happy he is. It’s been a...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Contemporary, Elizabeth's reviews
TAGGED: age gap, coming out, deaf/hard of hearing, disability, friends to lovers, Joel Leslie, Keira Andrews, older character, Reading Challenge Month 2019, second chance, Tantor Audio

Review: Confessions of a Gay Curmudgeon by Andy V. Ambrose

Sep 25, 2019 | 22 comments

Rating: 3 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel On the advice of his therapist, Viktor begins keeping a journal. In it, he writes about the daily trials and tribulations of a fifty-something man just trying to keep it together. This is no mean feat...

FILED UNDER: 3 stars, Camille's Reviews, Contemporary
TAGGED: age gap, Andy V. Ambrose, epistolary, NineStar Press, older character, pets, Reading Challenge Month 2019

Review: Shipping the Captain by Nora Phoenix

Sep 25, 2019 | 28 comments

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Fox De Vries is a cruise ship captain who spends most of his time out at sea. It makes relationships next to impossible, not that Fox is looking for one. Not many people would put up with his...

FILED UNDER: 4.25 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews
TAGGED: age gap, boss/employee, Nora Phoenix, older character, Reading Challenge Month 2019, self published, Valentine's Inc Cruises series

Review: The Killing Spell by Shane Ulrrein

Sep 24, 2019 | 18 comments

Rating: 2.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novella Edward Peach is 14 when he gets the letter that he’s accepted to a prestigious wizard academy in a foreign country. He doesn’t want to go; he’d rather stay with his mates and his life in his tiny...