Booklover Judy Lynn

  This has been a good week of reading while traveling.  I am attending Indies Invade Philly today and have been trying to read attending authors I haven't read before.  I try to do this before every signing, but this has been by far my most successful attempt.  I have been able to read something, even if it was a short story in an anthology by all but four  attending authors.  I have a plan for those and hope to read them soon. Due to some technical issues with my laptop I need to cut this post here. How The Grump Saved Christmas by Claire Kingsley ARC: Release Date 11/17/2022 #Holiday #SmallTown #GrumpyHero #SecondChance #ARC 5 STARS This is a stand-alone novel that is a spinoff of the Bailey Brothers series and is somewhat concurrent in timeline with book six of that series, Rewriting the Stars.  It can be read 100% without reading the This is written in first person from an alternating dual POV. Elias is seriously grumpy.  He is so grumpy it i...

  What a fantastic week of reading I have had!  There are some truly memorable characters in this week's reads.  I was fortunate to read  four ARCs and two additional books.  I was impressed by Bella Matthews debut novel, which I picked up in preparation of attending Indies Invade Philly in November. She was a new-to me author. I am trying to read many of the authors participating in upcoming signings if I have not read them yet.  I also pulled Bad Prince from by Kindle library to meet the requirement of a story retelling for a book reading challenge.  This twist on Cinderella was really delightful.  Lauren Blakely's final installment of the Men of Summer series was full of the love and romance that make a real relationship work.  I adore Grant and Declan. JH Croix's new novel that starts a brand new series and carries all of the small town feels, hotshot firefighters, and a single dad doing his best with a teenage daughter. Stephanie Rose ou...