Saturday Morning for Kids on Monday Morning: The Maypop Kidnapping, Bad Luck #BookReview #Middlegrades #BeatTheBacklist2024

Saturday Morning for Kids

This meme was started by Rae Longest at Powerful Women Readers, but as she is busy with her bookstore, she is not posting as much and asked me to take over. I hope some of you will join in and post those reviews of children’s or middlegrade books on Saturdays. As I am a grandmother, who loves to read to her grandchildren, a mother who loved to read to and with her children, and a retired teacher librarian, this meme is right up my alley.

Thriller/Suspense Reviews: Last Rites, Wonderland, Mercy #BookReview #audiobook #BeatTheBacklist2023

These are the last three thrillers/suspense stories that I read and/or listened to in 2023. I really liked all of them, although they were very different from each other. One was romantic suspense, one was a creepy thriller and the last was an exciting thrill ride of an adventure. I recommend them all if you enjoy these genres.

Thriller Thursday: The Girls on Chalk Hill, The Antiquity Affair, The New Mother & The Housekeepers #BookReview #Audiobook

Welcome to Thriller Thursday here on Carla Loves To Read. I am stretching a bit this week with all of these books. They all have a thriller/twisty bent to them, but could be considered more mystery and/or adventure than a thriller.

A Rogue at Stonecliffe by Candace Camp #BookReview #BlogTour @HarlequinBooks

Happy Publication Day to Candace Camp! Welcome to my stop on the HTP Books Spring 2023 Romance Blog Tour for A Rogue at Stonecliffe, the second book in the Stonecliffe series. I have enjoyed both books in this series and was happy to participate when the invite arrived. Scroll down for my thoughts and an excerpt from the book.

The Path to the Last House Before the Sea by Liz Eeles #BookReview #BlogTour @Bookouture @lizeelesauthor

The Path to the Last House Before the Sea (Heaven’s Cove #5) by Liz Eeles 

Published May 18th 2023 by Bookouture

About the Book: A completely gripping and emotional page-turner.

Bloggers Who Are Also Authors (pt. 4) Darlene Foster – Amanda in France #BookReview #AuthorsWhoBlog @supermegawoman

Welcome to my fourth post in my Authors to Read, Who are Part of the Blogging Community. For this post, I am highlighting, Darlene Foster, and author of a wonderful series of travel mysteries for Middle Grade children. On her blog, she posts wonderful pictures of her travels and inspirations for her various Amanda books. I love her Thursday Doors posts as well. Take a look at her blog and webpage at : Darlene Foster, dreamer of dreams, teller of tales or her blog Darlene Foster’s Blog. None of the author’s who are part of this group of posts requested to be highlighted, nor am I receiving anything for these posts except my enjoyment reading their books.

An Affair at Stonecliffe by Candace Camp #BookReview #Romance @campcandace @HarperAudio @HQNBooks

An Affair at Stonecliffe (Stonecliffe #1) by Candace Camp, Zara Hampton-Brown (Narrator)

Published May 24th 2022 by HQN Books, Harlequin Audio

Orphan X 6 & 7: Prodigal Son, Dark Horse by Gregg Hurwitz #BookReview #Audiobook #2022AudiobookChallenge #BeatTheBacklist2022

The Orphan X series by Gregg Hurwitz is full of action, danger, violence and great characters. I do recommend you read the series in order, but the author does give enough information in each book to follow the story.

Never After – Where Real Life and Fairytales Collide #BookReview #MiddleGrades #Audiobook @MacmillanAudio @MelissadelaCruz

I just read and listened to the first two books in the Chronicles of Never After series and enjoyed them. They are geared to middle grades, but can be read by anyone who enjoys a reimagined fairytale, but the plots and language are simpler than others I have read. I was a huge fan of the television series, Once Upon a Time and thought this series had some similarities, especially finding out the stories were not always true, or there was more to them than what was in the book. Scroll down to check out my reviews.