Reviews by Saph
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Cover Reveal - Against All Odds Anthology (Far, Far Away Vol. 3) @MirrorWorldPub #Fantasy #SciFi #Romance #Escapism
Monday, March 17, 2025
#BookReview ~ Avery Flynn is taking us #BackToThe80s with Airhead ~ #TheHartigans #RomCom #GenX
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
#BookReview ~ Beverlee Beaz meets Lowree Louise, the Blue Burmese by Regan W. H. Macaulay ~ Children's Picture Book, Fantasy, Adventure ~ @mirrorworldpub @ReganWHMacaulay
About Beverlee Beaz meets Lowree Louise, the Blue Burmese:
Beverlee Beaz, the brown Burmese, longs to share her creative adventures with someone special. When she meets her new sister, Lowree Louise, the blue Burmese, she knows she has found a true friend with whom to play imagination games…if only she can teach the little kitty how.
Join Beverlee in her latest tale as she mentors her sister in the ways of imagination.
Genre: Children's Picture Book, Fantasy, Adventure
Page Count: 53 pages
Children will love Beverlee and Lowree as they romp through areas filled with flora and fauna pretending each plant or animal is something else, including magical creatures. The pages are illustrated with vibrant, fun pictures. The author and illustrator have done an excellent job bringing Beverlee and Lowree, and their adventures, to life.
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Meet the Author:
Regan W. H. Macaulay is a multi-award-winning author of novels, short stories, children’s literature, and scripts. Writing is her passion, but she’s also a producer and director of theatre, film, and television. She is an animal enthusiast as well, which led her to become a Certified Canine and Feline Massage Therapist. Other picture storybooks include Beverlee Beaz the Brown Burmese, Chloe the Unfeathered Parrot, Sloth the Lazy Dragon, Dog Band, Libby the Lobivia Jajoiana, Tamara Turtle’s Life So Far, Merry Myrrh the Christmas Bat, and Mixter Twizzle’s Breakfast. She is also the author of middle grade novel series Peter Little Wing. Her Trilogy of Horrifically Half-baked Ham, which includes Space Zombies! (based on her film), They Suck, and Horror at Terror Creek, is a hilarious homage to B-movies and horror comedy for adult readers. Check out Regan’s feature film, Space Zombies: 13 Months of Brain-Spinning Mayhem!, available on Amazon Prime and DVD.
Wei Lu is an illustrator and graphic designer. She has loved books, cartoons, and fantasy stories since she was a kid. She grew up in China before studying at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. After moving to Toronto, she worked as a graphic designer for three years, but her passion for drawing kept growing. After she illustrated her first book for a children's book author, she realized working with authors to make their characters and stories come alive brought her so much joy and fulfillment. Now she is a freelance illustrator working with authors from Canada and the US to create more great stories for children.
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025
#BookReview ~ Classic Michigan Food and Drinks: The Stories behind the Brands (American Palate) by Jon Milan and Gail Offen #PureMichigan #Michigander #Faygo #Koegels #Jiffy #Kelloggs #Vernors #NonFiction
Book Details:
Publisher: The History Press
Publish Date: November 12, 2024
Paperback: 224 pages
ISBN-10: 1467153052
ISBN-13: 978-1467153058
About the Book:
Michigan is home to an amazing array of food and drink brands, each with a fascinating story behind it.
Ready-to-eat breakfast cereals like Kellogg’s and Post changed how the world eats, and Gerber first made baby food commercially available. But the Wolverine State is bursting with many other notable edibles, such as Faygo, American Spoon, Jiffy, Sanders and Vernors. Better Made uses Michigan potatoes for its chips. Fudge, pasties and anything made with cherries are also local standards. Others are gone but not forgotten, like Awrey’s and Twin Pines.
Authors Gail Offen and Jon Milan explore the history and stories behind all of these and many, many more.
My Review:
As a Michigander, I love to read about the history of our state. Classic Michigan Food and Drinks is a wonderful book about the famous yummies that were, or still are, made in Michigan. I was born and raised in Michigan, still residing in the center of the Lower Peninsula and there are a few brands that I wasn't familiar with in this book. I love the historical factor and the bridge to the present represented in Classic Michigan Food and Drinks. I'm happy to include the paperback I received as a review copy on my bookshelf.
And have you really lived if you haven't tried a Faygo at least once?!
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Monday, February 3, 2025
#BookReview ~ Hard As It Gets (A Hard Ink Novel, Book 1) by Laura Kaye #RomanticSuspense #MilitaryRomance #Romance @laurakayeauthor
Saturday, February 1, 2025
#BookReview ~ Cooking Up A Valentine's Proposal by Daisy Flynn #CleanRomance #Romance #HEA
Publication Date: January 23, 2024
Print Length: 74 pages
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I just turned forty, my bakery and apartment are in flames, and my best friend is on vacation.
In comes the cavalry.
My best friend’s off-limits brother, Augustine.
A master chef, with his own Gold Star restaurant.
Not only does he give my daughter and I a place to stay,
But he has a dream kitchen I can use until the bakery is remodeled.
And the chance to create his Gold Star restaurant’s private-label signature desserts.
But when I fake a marriage to scare off his gold-digging ex,
Will he see the love behind the lie?
Or will it ruin our chance at love?
I found a true knight in shining armor, and then I lost him.
But I won’t give up.
I’ve got a happily-ever-after recipe to win the challenge, and to heal his broken heart for good.
This is a Clean Romance story with no explicit romance scenes or language, and some references to a belief in God. It’s a stand alone story with its own happily-ever-after ending.
Cooking Up A Valentine’s Proposal is a cute romance novella.
When Jane’s bakery catches fire, she and her daughter Rita call Jane’s bestie
Natalie. Soon-to-be-mom Natalie and her hubby are out of town on a last-chance
mini-vacation before their baby arrives. Natalie calls in a favor to her
brother, Augustine, who gladly takes in Jane and Rita.
Augustine and Jane aren’t strangers but they don’t really
know each other. They are acquaintances through Natalie. He’s used to living
alone and she’s used to a small apartment with her daughter. All that changes when
Augustine’s house goes from 1 occupant to 3.
There are definitely sparks between Augustine and Jane. Not
the explosive, fireworks kind, but a shared interest. They get along well, are
able to live in the same space, and both are kind, caring, compassionate
people. Their romance just hit the ignite button too quickly.
I try not to judge these types of romance too harshly. When I met my husband, we moved in together after less than two months of knowing each other. I just don’t feel deep emotions bubble up between Augustine and Jane. I wish there was more of a recognizable connection. Nevertheless, Cooking Ua A Valentine’s Proposal is a sweet, clean romance, quick to read, without complicated characters.
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Monday, January 27, 2025
#BookReview ~ Lean On Me by Beth Moran
As Faith tries on her future mother-in-law’s wedding dress in preparation for her own wedding, her tears are not of joy. The hideous frock is nicknamed ‘The Ghost Web’ by Faith’s best friend Marilyn, who can’t understand why Faith would even consider wearing it. But there’s a lot Marilyn doesn’t know about Faith – not the least of which is that Faith is just the latest of the names she has called herself.
Faith and her brother Sam survived a traumatic childhood which included having to change their names to hide from the past, but surviving has left scars. Faith’s generous fiancé Perry doesn’t just promise to be a partner, he offers freedom and security, and enough kindness to keep Faith squashing down any doubts on what ‘being in love’ really means.
It’s not until she meets an extraordinary group of women at the Grace Chapel choir, that things start to become crystal clear. As choir-leader extraordinaire, the indomitable Hester, holds a mirror up to her ragtag group of singers, all with their own burdens and insecurities, and teaches them to see how magnificent they are, so Faith can dare to dream of a future where she and Sam can stop running and she might even be ready to accept the love that she deserves.
Number 1 bestselling author Beth Moran is back with her trademark ingredients of wisdom and warmth, heartbreak and hearts soaring. Perfect for fans of Jill Mansell, Philippa Ashley and Jenny Colgan.
I enjoyed Lean On Me. The author wrote a realistic book with plenty of emotion on both ends of the spectrum. Their is sadness and despair, but also love and hope. The setting and world-building were well-crafted and wonderfully described. The characters were complex and fully developed.
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