Booklover Judy Lynn

  Welcome to the end of 2025. In December I read a total of 8 books plus a collection of erotic short stories that I left unrated. In this post you will find reviews for my last 5 reads of the year. Four of them are by new-to-me authors. They are all very good and would be good additions to your TBR. After taking a step back from several ARCs these last few months, I found myself really leaning into mood reading. I found myself drawn to FB ads while mindlessly scrolling and gave into the urge to check out those books on several occasions. It was delightful. I hope my reviews help you find your next read. Here's to wishing all of us a happy 2026 full of books, love, and happiness. Call Me Anytime by Max Monroe #AgeGap #RomanticSuspense #Slowburn #Virgin Written in first person, from an alternating dual POV, this is a standalone with a HEA. Hannah, 25, is taking care of her mom, Sherry.  Sherry was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s when Hannah was 12. Sherry...

  This post is coming to you on a Monday because I traveled to Book Bonanza 2022 in Grapevine, Texas over the weekend.  It was amazing, and wonderful, and exhausting.  I loved every minute of it.  Meeting other readers and author that I love as well as authors that were completely new to me was a fantastic experience.  I have been to other signings.  The scale of Book Bonanza was out of this world. With over 180 authors and more than 20 narrators, this is the first signing where I did not get to meet everyone, even with two days of signing opportunity.  It also had panel discussions with many of the authors.  The ones I attended were some of my best memories of the weekend.  I wish I had taken more pictures but I will do a separate Book Bonanza post with what I have as soon as I get unpacked. With all that, this post is late, but I managed to read two ARCs and a short story from Amazon First Reads. They all release officially between 7/12 and...