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For this blog tour we're looking at Sarah Morgan's seeming annual Christmas story, this time a Hallmarkie type tale set primarily in Scotland. For this blog tour we're looking at Snowed In For Christmas by Sarah Morgan.

Here's what I had to say about it on Goodreads:

Hallmark Scottish Christmas. Let's be real here, this book is essentially a Hallmark Christmas movie set in Scotland. How you feel about the entire tale will likely be pretty close to how you feel about the sentence prior to this one in this review. There are three different romance tales at play here, between each of three siblings - Ross being the sacrificial lamb with a made up girlfriend to distract his parents from his sisters' issues but who becomes all too real, Alice with an all too real fiancee, and Clemmie with plans of her own... who then has her own story from there. Along the way we also get to see the conflict between Ross and his dad, both of them successful businessmen who love to talk about anything *other* than business with each other. Ultimately, Morgan weaves her magic and makes all of this work quite well - if pretty much exactly within the Hallmarkie mold. Still, this is yet another solid hit for Morgan, and exactly how good of a hit really depends on exactly what the reader themselves feel about this type of story - Morgan's bread and butter. I happened to think it worked quite well, and it is ver

Almost Two Semi-Tightly Coupled Novellas. This book is a strange one in that it is almost two separate novellas

They Say To 'Write What You Know'... In this tale, Beck does an excellent job showing a middle aged mother struggling with empty nest syndrome (though this term is never really used in the book) and a new neighbor who is secretl

A Lot Going On. This is one of those books that has a lot of extra plot stuff going on outside of the central mystery. There is a decent

Legal Thriller With Most Explosions Outside The Courtroom. This is a British legal thriller where

For this blog tour we're looking at a novel that has some truly novel storytelling mechanisms that work well to elevate the (good in its own right) overall story. For this blog tour we're looking at The Book Haters' Book Club by Gretchen Anthony.

Here's what I had to say on Goodreads:

Novel Approach To Novel Writing. I *really* like what Anthony did here with the interludes throughout the book, including opening and closing. It becomes very clear (because one of the early ones is "signed') quite early exactly who this person is, but the way Anthony writes them and where she chooses to place them are indeed quite novel in my experience, and thus this book is recommendable for this feature alone. Then there are the (Minnesota-specific) actual book recommendations spiced throughout the tale, in the form of newsletters the bookstore/ book club sent out periodically. And again: *Actual. Books.*. As in, you can search for them on your preferred site and buy them yourself! Which, again, is novel and recommendable for this feature alone.

Actual story-wise, we spend the first half of the book with many of our characters in shock and trying to prevent what they see as a travesty... and then a bombshell is dropped when the answers they've been begging for are finally provided. This bombshell twists the entire book to pivot in a new direction... and gives them al

For this blog tour we're looking at a great bit of escapist fiction that starts quite slow but becomes quite explosive in the end. For this blog tour we're looking at A Secret In The Family by Leah Mercer.

Here's what I had to say on Goodreads:

Slow Burn That Becomes Explosive. This is one of those books

Solid Exposition Of Applied Physics. This book truly is one of the better written, more approachable books on applied physics for

Come For The Twin / Mental Illness / Addiction / Mob Story. Stay For The B

Heartfelt And Intriguing Tale That You Still Want To Throw Out The Nearest Window. This is truly a heartfelt and intriguing tale that explores the ethics, legalities, and emotions of both sides of an issue t