I am so excited to announce that we have been selected as an influencer for @litlowcountry 2025!

This event will be hosted in the beautiful city of Charleston, SC in March 2025 & already has a fabulous author line up.

EVENT DETAILS:
🩷 Dates: March 21-25, 2025
💚 Tickets: Use Promo code: Graciouswarrior10

This promo code will save you 10% off the ticket price. Check out the website: https://www.litlowcountry.com/.

Thanks for the tag, @DebinHawaii .

My five this week are:
1. All the birthday wishes still coming in from friends.
2. Surprise book mail.
3. Fixing my car when the check engine light came on by myself and it wasn‘t even $50!
4. Two days off in a row which is unusual for me working my full time library job, my part time and working on my MLIS degree.
5. Seeing the eclipse which was 85% here in NC.

Crissy Dowling channels Princess Diana in her one-woman cabaret.

Her younger sister, Betsy, also has the Diana look, but she is a social worker in their home state of Vermont. There‘s no wasted space in this novel, which clips on powered by the compelling sisters, their strange situation, & Marisa, the adopted thirteen year old . The denoument is surprising and makes perfect sense, and the road there is satisfyingly twisty.

Book 71/100.

Book 71/100 of the year.

Another win for Jenn McKinlay! Love at First Book is a delightful romance. I loved Kier & Em. It explores authors, writing, and books set in a small Irish town with characters that will pull at your heart strings! I found myself loving these characters, laughing and crying tears with them. This story is so tender hearted, a perfect curl up in a favorite chair with a cozy blanket & a favorite drink.

Book 70/100 of the year.

Another win for Jenn McKinlay! Love at First Book is a delightful romance. I loved Kier & Em. It explores authors, writing, and books set in a small Irish town with characters that will pull at your heart strings! I found myself loving these characters, laughing and crying tears with them. This story is so tender hearted, a perfect curl up in a favorite chair with a cozy blanket & a favorite drink.

Book 70/100 of the year.

WOW! I am so excited to be invited back to be part of the @macmillan.audio influencers team. This is my second year to be part of this amazing team.

I have listened to many wonderful books through this program. As you all know, I always have three books going at the same time and one is always an audiobook.

This sweet story between Graham and Elinora starts when they were 16 and goes into their 30s. Both Graham and Elinora have a spark that never ends even though they both had to overcome obstacles, family and career choices.

I loved their banter and at times the disappointments and anger however I felt this added to the realism of their story.

This is a sweet love story and I loved how it ended.

Book 69/100 of the year.

Book 68 of the year. I chose this for the @theuncorkedlibrarian Cuba selection bingo card.

Book 67/100 of the year. I enjoy these #seasonalcozies and this is three short stories.

April‘s seasonal cozy.

Birthday presents from my sons.

How freaking cute are these @loungefly purses/backpacks that are books!

My best friend sent them to me as a birthday present! We have been friends for over 45 years now and she is my family! I‘m so blessed to call her my friend!

Thank you @pixiedustforme !

#bookpurses #disneylover #birthdaypresent #celebratebirthday #60thbirthday #birthday

Book 66/100 of the year.

Three short cozy mystery stories.

#goodreadschallenge #cozymystery #librarian

Book 65/100 of the year.

This is the last book in the Winter Coffee Loft series. And it is the only one that has a teenage love story. It‘s sweet and innocent.

#coffeeloft #romance #librarian #goodreadschallenge

March reading report. 17 books read.

March #bookish bingo.

Book 64/100 of the year.

#seasonalcozies

Thanks to @BarkingMadRead for keeping us on track with this #chunkster. Interesting but I was like WTF am I reading. 😊🤣😂. Book 63/100 of the year.

#hashtagbrigade

This started slow but then I didn‘t want to put it down. The cast of characters are endearing while the story makes you think about walking into someone else‘s shoes and how we should treat each other while what is important in life.

Book 62/100 of the year.

I have been reading the Coffee Loft series since January. The books are centered around the Coffee Loft franchise and are all sweet rom-cons. I‘ve discovered many new authors and one sent me her book in this series.

Many thanks to @kimberley.montpetit for this book!

I discovered this fun reading challenge in December by @theuncorkedlibrarian .

I completed the first quarter and decided to read the entire card instead of just doing bingo.

Reading challenges enrich my reading by enlisting new genres, authors and books to me.

QOTD: Do you engage in reading challenges?

I loved this story. It was the perfect combination of creeping horror, dark humor, & suspense. I loved the characters & the atmosphere in equal measure, and the story managed to be believable in the end.

The creeping horror of the hares & the atmosphere created by the crumbling manor house surrounded by the pitting man against nature made for the best setting for a horror story. The characters' personalities shone through.

Book 61/100.

New Year‘s Kindle Challenge completed.

Check your Dollar Tree stores. I picked these up today for my little free library.

Book 60/100 of the year.

Book 59/100 of the year.

#littensloveromance

Meeting the amazing @ChrisBohjalian and Sarah McCoy! Both of these books are must reads!!

I‘m honored tonight to see these two amazing authors @chrisbohjalian and @sarahmmccoy tonight at @quailridgebooks .

Chris is currently touring with his 24th book, “The Princess of Las Vegas”.

Book 58/100 of the year.

Book 57/100 of the year.

Book 56/100 of the year.

Diving into my latest edition of Oh Reader magazine. I love this quarterly #bookish magazine. This is one of my favorite treats to myself.

Today felt like Christmas with these amazing cozy mysteries from @kensingtonbooks .

-Puzzle Me A Murder by Roz Noonan (7/23/24)
-A Jewel In The Crown by David Lewis (7/23/24)
-Chaos at the Lazy Bones Bookshop by Emmeline Duncan (7/23/24)
-Come Shell or High Water by Molly MacRae (6/25/24)
-Three Fudges and a Baby (4/2/24)

Thanks @kensingtonbooks for making my day and introducing me to some cozy mystery writers!

This is a cute young adult novel about two good friends who realize their feelings for each other over a summer together in NYC.

This book dives into the tropes of friends to lovers, found family, and summer romance, as well as coming of age. The part that made me tear up was how all of our stories are connected, a larger, moving story that gives them all one important thing in common: the need to love and to be loved.

Book 55/100.

I found this fun, plant based clean nail polishes today. Being a Disney girl, I needed them but especially love the Belle one with the books and pink is my favorite color.

I love meeting new authors and @kerryevelynbooks is a real sweetheart. @barkingmadaboutreading introduced me to her and the Coffee Loft series. I just love these sweet romance books however I especially adored Kerry‘s book, “That Thing You Brew”.

I received #bookmail from her today and it is the cutest little package! Thanks @kerryevelynbooks for making this rainy, grey day bright!

Stella Griffin has broken up with her boyfriend three weeks before prom. Stella does NOT believe in fairy tales, so she is shocked when she somehow ends up in one, with the waiter who saw the breakup. Stella & Reece must work together to find a way home without disrupting the story they‘ve stumbled into. This is a frenemy to sweethearts tale and was a cute retelling of Sleeping Beauty.

Book 54/100 of the year.

Book 53 of the year.

Book 52 of the year.

That Thing You Brew is such a sweet romance between tough hockey player Xavier who happens to be a barron after his OPA passes away & the stuttering brewer of his lucky coffee, Penny. This sweet love story is like a freshly brewed cup of coffee-just right and so needed in the world today! I laughed, cried & routed for Xavier and Penny all the way! These two characters will stick with me as will the story.

Book 51 of the year.

My March Kindle cover.

As I sitting here doing homework, my door bell rang. The UPS driver handed me this box from @booksparks .

OMG….I just adore this little book vase! It is the cutest book accessory that I have seen!! And those colors are so me as I am a pink girl!!

The book darts are amazing as well as I dislike writing in books and often use post it notes to annotate.

Many thanks to @booksparks for this lovely surprise package!

I‘m happy to announce that I am part of the @kerryevelynbooks ARC for the That Thing You Brew!

@BarkingMadRead told me about “The Coffee Loft” book series. This is a series of books centered around a coffee chain similar to Starbucks called “The Coffee Loft. All the books are sweet romances (no spice) and most are under 300 pages for quick and happy reading.

I‘m thrilled to get an early copy in this series.

March hopefuls.

February Bookly Reading Report. I read 23 books in February.

Between the chapters book bingo.

BookishFirst February Bingo.

Books 40-50 of the year. Sorry to do it this way but I am exhausted after working a ten hour day today.

My reading buddy tonight as I start this book by a local author @sarahgrunderruiz .

#hemingwaycat #catsoflitsy #localauthor #ncauthor

I won these cookbooks and tote bag from @Sourcebooks ! I can‘t wait to dive into them and try new recipes!