Review: “Love at Full Tilt” by Jenny L. Howe

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Title: Love at Full TiltAuthor: Jenny L. HowePublish Date: July 2025Genre: Romance, Young AdultRating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Plot synopsis: Freshly graduated from high school, Lia has scored the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to participate in a scavenger hunt at her favorite amusement park. She’s focused on the prize, a cash amount that would allow her freedom from her overbearing parents and let her envision her own future. But when she stumbles (quite literally) across Mason, a local who suggests an alliance for the contest, she might be getting more than she bargained for with her own fairy tale romance. I […]

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Oathbound Event with Tracy Deonn

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Last week, I had the exciting opportunity to see Tracy Deonn at my local bookstore, celebrating the release of Oathbound, the third book in the Legendborn series. It was a great evening, Q&A style with signings afterwards. There were a lot of great questions and, although I didn’t get a chance to ask my own question (I thought it was more important to let the BIPOC in the room have a chance to speak), I came away with an even deeper appreciation for this series (and Tracy herself) and enthusiasm to dive into this new book. And yet, I’m taking […]

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“Do your best”

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     For many years now, my life motto has been “do your best”. It comes with the caveat that “your best” looks different from day to day, moment to moment, but do the best that you’re capable of at that moment in time. It’s something that I hold close to heart, as I’ve struggled with bipolar disorder and social anxiety, and the strained relationships that tend to come with that mix. I’m not always perfect in my interactions with people, but doing my best is something I strive to.     I didn’t remember where this specific phrase came from. I […]

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2025 Book Goals

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     I just wrote a post wrapping up my reading goals and accomplishments for 2024. So now it’s time to ask, what are my reading goals for 2025? I have a few. Of course, I always have a number I try to shoot for; 2024’s original book goal was 20, which got increased to 40 fairly early on, and ultimately settled at 60 with a total of 69 read. 20 may seem like not much for an avid reader like me, but the previous few years were anything but avid: I didn’t have time for much pleasure reading while I […]

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2024 Wrap-Up

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      Well, 2024 is gone and with it came reflections on what we did this year. This year was pretty hard for me, to be honest: I started the year with saying goodbye to a job that I gave my all to but they never appreciated me (why I haven’t touched graphic design since) and shortly after, my cat Felix Felicis died. I moved to Massachusetts a couple weeks after that, leaving a city that made me unhappy, yes, but also a number of friends who had become my found family. And I’m happy with that decision every day, but […]

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Current and Recent Reads, December 2024

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     It’s been a busy couple weeks as I’ve been finishing up Christmas presents and getting ready for the holidays, so my apologies for a brief lack of posts. I usually always have a “write night” with friends (my D&D group, actually) every Wednesday night, which is when I usually write posts for here, but that hasn’t happened because of the holidays as well. You know how December goes! Well, I have plenty of post ideas on the backburner, but very little time or energy right now to flesh them out, so let’s do a quick round-up of books I’ve […]

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Review: “On the Plus Side” by Jenny L. Howe

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Title: On the Plus Side Author: Jenny L. Howe Published: December 2023 Genre: Romance Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★   Sometimes, a book comes along that absolutely speaks to my soul, and On the Plus Side is one such book. It could’ve been written specifically for me, aside from the fact that I didn’t meet the author, Jenny L. Howe, until this fall (disclaimer: she co-runs the romance book club that I attend, but I have no bias towards her writing despite that). But never have I felt more seen about who I am and what I’ve experienced, and […]

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The Brilliance of Book Clubs: A Follow-Up to The Merriest Misters

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     Last week, I wrote a review for The Merriest Misters, and I plan on going back to that and amending it after this, but tonight I wanted to write a separate post talking about that book and the wonderful experience that book clubs bring. Namely, different perspectives. On Monday, the romance book club met to discuss The Merriest Misters, and we were joined (via zoom) by the author Timothy Janovsky himself. We had a great conversation and touched on many different things, a lot of them very important, but it especially brought to mind that I read this book […]

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