Fiction Friday | Trying Something New

It gets a little easy sometimes to do the same old thing all the time, doesn’t it? Prepare spaghetti bolognaise once a week / fortnight? Check. (Hey, it’s simple to cook and the fam like it) Keep exercise to a daily walk-the-dog? Check.  (At least I do that much!) Order the same thing at a …

Fiction Friday | Let’s Have Some Friday Book Fun

Welcome back to Friday Fiction and some reader questions. After the success of the last post I am doing another choice post. I am not reading a lot at the present due to a few factors. Which holiday or special day would you like to see in books? Let us know if you have a …

Fiction Friday | Review of The Case of the Artist’s Mistake by Jan Drexler

Today I will be reviewing the second in the The Sweetbrier Inn Mysteries by Jan Drexler Blurb: The new art gallery in town is causing quite a stir, and Emma is in the middle of it! The Sweetbrier Inn is filled with guests, and the town is teeming with tourists who have come to celebrate …

Friday Fiction | What Do You Want To Read?

Today for Friday Fiction I am doing something different. Have you ever wanted to tell authors what you want to read? Or did you have an idea you wished was in a book? Do you want more of one subject? Well today we are going to have fun with some survey questions. It won’t answer …

Fact or Fiction?

One of the things I love to do while writing is to incorporate real life things into my books. I’m talking everything from real life incidents that have happened to me (I’m looking at you, mouse-incident-in-tent as featured in Muskoka Blue), or places I’ve visited (hello, Chicago Art Institute with a starring role in Checked …

Fiction Friday – Dear Henry, Love Edith by Becca Kinzer

Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for Dear Henry, Love Edith, a romantic comedy novel from debut author Becca Kinzer. Here’s the Book Description: He thinks she’s an elderly widow. She’s convinced he’s a grumpy old man. Neither could be further from the truth. After a short and difficult marriage, recently widowed …

Fiction Friday – Star Rising by Janet W. Ferguson

Narelle here. Today for Fiction Friday we’re traveling through Ireland via Star Rising (A Coastal Hearts Novel Book 3) by Janet W. Ferguson. Book Description: Star Youngblood has always been a fighter–a necessity after her mother married a monster of a man. Now, she’s finally on the path to the stable life she’s always wanted. Her …

Friday Fiction | 2022 What Have I Learnt?

Normally for Friday Fiction I would put up a book review but today I will be doing something different. This past month has been a rough month. I have been dealing with dental pain and thankfully the tooth will be removed early Feb. Then on Christmas night we had a fire in a business a …

Book Review | The Plot Thickens by Susan Page Davis

Today I am reviewing Susan Page Davis’s latest Cosy Mystery, The Plot Thickens. Book Description: Jillian only wants to redecorate one room at the Novel Inn—but first she has to deal with murder. Murder strikes Skirmish Cove during the coastal town’s winter carnival. Jillian Tunney, part owner of the nearby Novel Inn, discovers the body …

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like…

Christmas. Yes, it’s now just over five weeks away. I haven’t bought many of my presents yet, so there’s a job for December. I did buy an emergency ‘turducken’ (one of those combo turkey / duck / chicken roasts) this week, just in case we need to have Christmas here again this year. (Last year, …