Fair Weather Enemies. By Sawyer North.

Fair Weather Enemies. By Sawyer North. 2020. Entangled: Scandalous (ARC eBook).

After several harsh winters in which crops and mills have suffered, Adam Ashford and Jane Hancock have found themselves in debt to a London creditor and a dismal future awaiting both of them. The Ashfords and Hancocks of Oxfordshire have long feuded between their families and Adam and Jane have vexed each other since they were children, but when secrets of their shared history are unearthed, the two adversaries enter into a contract that has them trekking across England in search of a long lost treasure. Along the way, their respect and attraction for each other grows and they begin to wonder whether it’s too late for new beginnings.
 
Fair Weather Enemies is a delightful debut in the historical romance genre for North. Adam and Jane are such likeable characters and if you like the enemies to lovers trope, road trips, riddles and colorful characters popping up along the way, you’ll want to pick this book up. This was a fun read from start to finish! 

289 pages

 

The Highland Rogue (Lords of the Highlands #7). By Amy Jareki.

The Highland Rogue (Lords of the Highlands #7). By Amy Jareki. 2020. Forever (ARC eBook).

Left by her clan on the desolate Scottish isle of Hyskier, Divana Campbell has survived the last two years on her own by digging up clams and pelting birds with rocks. Now there is an injured man on her beach and she has seen too much of death to not help him.

Sir Kennan Cameron’s ship and crew were set upon by the notorious pirate Jackson Vane and Kennan would not have survived the aftermath if not for the fiery and compassionate Divana. Kennan knows they must leave the isle. Divana deserves a real home within the safety of his clan, and he has every notion to set sail after Vane to get his revenge. As the heir to a powerful chieftan, Divana knows Sir Kennan can not marry someone of her lower station. But she can’t stand to part from him, so she find herself taking to the high seas with Kennan on an adventure full of dangerous pirates and powerful desire.

Looking for a well-crafted Scottish historical romance with a capable and endearingly flirtatious heroine and a rugged Highlander, then look no more. An entertaining read and another great installment in the Lords of the Highlands world! 

352 pages

Haikyu!! Volume 40 by Haruichi Furudate

Kageyama laughing maniaclly while he serves.

Stop hurting my teddy bear Asahi.

...How dare they give the other team a player with anxiety. I did not... I did not sign up for this. I signed up for hating enemies.

Asahi.... self-doubt and stuff....adsjklgqsadjkl; "Today I'm  going to be on my own side" Kermit holding phone to his chest meme.

I love how they have to grab Nishinoya by the back of the shirt to keep him from getting too excited and rushing the court after an awesome play. He's so little... He could be on a toddler leash.

Hinata like a little frog... My brain literally played "Red Eyed Tree Frogged Man" theme song.

2m guy to Hinata:

Tsukishima is smiling. I don't care that it's kind of smug; it's beautiful

HE DID A LOW-KEY PEACE SIGN TO HIS BROTHER. MY HEAD IS GONNA EXPLODE FROM JOY.

184 Pages

Haikyu!! Volume 39 by Haruichi Furudate

Short little Rise of the Guardians Jack Frost guy..
I live for the forest imagery.
Oh how the turn tables...rotation tables... I'm funny
...I somehow missed the fact they were wearing orange for two sets....
....And when did Asahi's bun come back? He's gonna go bald...
200 Pages

Surviving Schizophrenia: A Family Manual by E Fuller Torrey M.D.

I love that the author, Torrey, came from the perspective both as someone who knows someone with schizophrenia (his sister) and as a researcher. I don't know whether or not my relative has schizophrenia yet, but if he does, I'm really glad that I have this as a resource. Torrey didn't sugar-coat things, but also didn't crush all hope of anything ever being good again. I loved how thorough and organized it was as a book. It literally covered everything I could think of, and I appreciate that it's been updated and revised to keep up with changes through the years. It was easy to read, and he offered a lot of other resources to consult, with his own annotations and thoughts on which would be most helpful and accurate.
528 Pages

Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder

I am so glad we have pipes for water.....
Also can moms just stop being so awesome at doing all the home things.... Like.... seriously....
Farms! I love farms. I didn't grow up on a farm, but I feel like this tells about my childhood, because I grew up around farms.
384 Pages

The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero Who Infiltrated Auschwitz by Jack Fairweather

The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero Who Infiltrated Auschwitz by Jack Fairweather

In Nazi-occupied Poland, Witold Pilecki accepted a mission to infiltrate a mysterious new camp called Auschwitz along the Reich's border. His goal was to report Nazi crimes and raise an army to revolt. For the next two and a half years, Witold smuggled evidence of the Nazis' atrocities to the Allies, eventually shaping their response to the Holocaust. Yet after his show trial and execution in 1948, Witold's name was forgotten for decades--until the 1990s, after Poland's return to democracy.  

528 pages.

1984 by George Orwell

I never liked Julia...
Ahhh the mob mentality.
Big Brother: Destroying Humanity since before 1984
I was rooting for Winston so much.
I never did like rats. Ugh. Just that whole scene. It really makes me think "how does one control humanity" and then I compare it to the martyrs, and I guess I try to see what was different, that made the martyrs remain so steady.
304 Pages

Haikyu!! Volume 38 by Haruichi Furudate

Bird brain Bokuto truly is the "If I like pickles, I can shoot threes" vine...
Insert Tiffany Polard Beyonce?! meme. Replace Beyonce with SMALL GIANT
200 Pages

Scot Under the Covers (Wild Wicked Highlanders #2). By Suzanne Enoch.

Scot Under the Covers (Wild Wicked Highlanders #2). By Suzanne Enoch. 2020. St. Martin’s Paperbacks (ARC ebook).
 

Miranda Harris is known for her charm and good-standing in London society. She is also, as Aden MacTaggert quickly learns, strongly opinionated on gamblers--quite frankly, they are a blight. But when she should be celebrating with her family over her brother’s engagement to Eloise MacTaggert, she is instead horrified to learn that her brother, Mathew, has incurred a devastating debt to Captain Robert Vale, and has promised her hand to the vile man in order to negate the debt. Up til now, Miranda has been able to solve any problem she has encountered, but she is going to need help in order to save her brother’s future happiness, her family’s reputation, and herself..

Miranda approaches the elusive and crafty Aden MacTaggert, her future brother-in-law, and proposes a partnership—she will teach him how to navigate the ton in exchange for him teaching her everything he knows about wagering and how the gambling mind works. With Miranda and Mathew’s secret, Aden has a way to prevent his sister from marrying and thereby escaping his mother’s manipulation, but the more time he spends with Miranda, the more determined he becomes to make her his Sassenach bride.

The first chapter will snare and reel you in with rowdy kilt-wearing, boot-throwing brothers, a scruffy mutt, and a stuffed deer in the foyer collecting ascots and ear bobbers. Scot Under the Covers delivers an engaging pairing with Aden, who is slow to let his heart trust, and Miranda, who always follows the rules. And the plot that plants three highlanders in the midst of London society produces a lively secondary cast and a nice mix of both Regency and Scottish romance elements. Sexiness, charm, and entertaining brogue abound in this fun read by Enoch.

352 pages

Starflight by Melissa Landers

In times of trouble, I like to re-read my favorites. Here's my previous review -

Summary: "Former high school enemies Solara Brooks and Doran Spaulding must team up when they find themselves aboard a renegade spaceship."

Oh.My.Gosh. I LOVED Starflight! What a fun and refreshing read! This novel has everything I love: 

+ band of misfits, 
+ enemies to lovers trope, 
+ a lost princess, 
+ cage fights, 
+ adventure, 
+ space exploration, 
+ pirates --- 
+ SPACE PIRATES!

What more could you ask for from a novel? I can't explain all the good parts of this book without spoiling it, but it was a solid read!

359 pages

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Haikyu!! Volume 37 by Haruichi Furudate

An entire chapter of them hugging and shaking hands. This is what I'm here for! Enemies to friends to rivals to best friends. SOMEONE CALL AN EMT I AM DYING. I'M CRYING SO MANY HAPPY TEARS. *Insert "I feel like my heart is going to burst because it's full of rainbows." gif* I could go on for like twenty pages with my feelings about how much I love that these rivals are friends who help each other improve and they hug at the end. I'm fine.
Asahi's sleeping face mask is a little bear... I am dying. It's so acurateeee.
Bird brain, owl head, Bokuto.... He is a bird brain, but he is senpai. Growth.
192 Pages

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes: Volume 9 by Hideyuki Furuhashi; Translator Caleb Cook

"It's cuz you're so observant that you overthink stuff. Like you psych yourself out and convince yourself you can't. But you can do just about anything if you put your mind to it" I LOVE THAT.
Ow.
Shirakumo... Someone give Aizawa a hug or so help me.
Pop....bud...come on.
I did not sign up for this not so angsty angsty pining. all this unrequited... nope.
208 Pages

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes: Volume 8 by Hideyuki Furuhashi; Translator Caleb Cook

Brother and sister relationships. I'm crying.
ALL MIGHT!!!
Also the hint about the psychological component of All Might's Power both foreshadowing Izuku as the inheritor and maybe of the whole "twisting of fate"
*Sniper no sniping
....Ok.... so Captain Celebrity isn't all THAT bad.... I love his wife.
Aizawa backstory. Insert that gif of Loki pretending to be Odin from Thor 3 when Thor shows up.
He gave the kitty cat his umbrella *weeping emoji* I'm dead
Intro to cloud boy NAME
.....He put the kitty on a cloud....Help me.
...."It all started the summer of 86"
AIZAWAAAAA I will protect baby child teenage you. I love to see how much his past has affected him and made him into the teacher he is... He is such a goth sweetie pie. Get out of my way so I can love him.
192 Pages

Haikyu!! Volume 36 by Haruichi Furudate

Kageyama being all brave and stuff...
Kenma and Tetsuro's backstory...Their friendship... I'm crying.
Coach Nekoma.... I'm crying even more.
Alexa play "Don't You Forget About Me"
I can't decide if Kenma's eyes are cat eyes or snake eyes...
192 Pages

All Fired Up (Road to Love #3). By Lori Foster.

All Fired Up (Road to Love #3). By Lori Foster. 2019. HQN Books (ARC eBook).

Working as the office manager at Mustang Transport and considered a part of the Crews family, Charlotte Parrish has seen more than a fair share of trouble follow Brodie and Jack around. And as much as she loves them, she resolved long ago that the man she will give her heart to will be the exact opposite of the “bad boy.” But then Mitch Crews arrives in town.

Mitch is looking for a new start. He’s chosen Red Oak to begin a business and so that he can introduce himself to the two half-brothers he has never met. Mitch is a lot like Brodie and Jack, with a strong physique and protective nature, but he hasn’t had a lot of kindness shown to him in his life. So when Charlotte and the whole Crews bunch rally around him when his past comes after him, he’ll do anything to keep them out of harm’s way.

With this series, Foster delivers on tough, sexy and totally stand up guys. And I’ve loved the dynamic she’s set up between the love interests in each book. And whereas with the first two romances, where the Crews brothers coax their ladies into dropping their shields and accepting love, in All Fired Up it is Charlotte who convinces Mitch, who’s never felt like he belonged anywhere, that he’s found his home.

384 pages

 

Whiteout (Survival Instincts #1). By Adriana Anders.

Whiteout (Survival Instincts #1). By Adriana Anders. 2020. Sourcebooks Casablanca (ARC eBook).

 

As summer at the South Pole is coming to an end, Angel Smith heads out to the supply arch the morning of her planned departure with plans to leave the winter-over crew of Burke-Ruhe a well-stocked kitchen. But in the dark tunnels among preserved food and ice cores, she witnesses a violent scene and barely escapes the attackers.

Suspicious of a series of events that began after he collected some ice cores, glaciologist, Ford Cooper, returns back from the ice fields only to find the station has been abandoned and all communications and power sources sabotaged. When he finds Angel and learns that the attackers did not retrieve what they were looking for, the two have no choice but to set out for another station, as they will soon become the hunted. In the most inhospitable place on earth, Angel and Ford push their strength and resilience to the limits in order to save themselves and thwart the plans of the mysterious Chronos Corporation.

From the first chapter I didn’t want to put this story down. With twists and turns along the way, Anders masterfully layers the tension generated not only by ruthless acts of people, but the very elements that surround Angel and Ford. Snow, ice, wind, frostbite, hypothermia, deep crevasses and the disorienting whiteness the vast Antarctic landscape presents, all works to elevate the world-building and the deepening relationship between two people forced into survival mode. Definitely a must for those who want an edge of your seat suspense with chemistry that burns.

**Does not include bonus novella by Katie Ruggle

412 pages

The Bachelor (Duke Dynasty #2). By Sabrina Jeffries.

The Bachelor (Duke Dynasty #2). By Sabrina Jeffries. 2020. Zebra Books (ARC eBook).

Jefferies’ lively bunch of step-siblings are back and this time it is Lady Gwyn Drake’s turn at finding love. Days away from her long-delayed debut, Gwyn is approached at the Armitage estate by a former suitor who blackmails her over a past affair she has kept hidden. When the meeting turns threatening and Joshua Wolfe, the family’s gamekeeper, intervenes, Gwen’s twin brother, Thorn, asks Joshua to travel with Gwen to London and act as her bodyguard during her debut season. And from there Jefferies delivers a charming romance with a bit of scandal and sabotage.

In The Duchess Project, there was the beginnings of Joshua and Gwen’s interest in each other. And as elusive and temperamental as Joshua proved to be, Gwen was as equally stubborn and provoking, so I was looking forward to their book. And in The Bachelor, Jeffries is deft at transitioning sweet and playful moments into steamy ones between the two.

288 pages

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes: Volume 7 by Hideyuki Furuhashi; Translator Caleb Cook

....Did you seriously bring up Aizawa having to apologize to the public in a suit with controlled and neat hair....boooo. too soon.
Aizawa's disguises. Beautiful. Perfect. Flawless.
I will always say that I love Aizawa and that he is my type.
Koichi is such a cinnamon roll. Too pure. The sweetie. Making tea and smiling all content like the angel he is.
Aizawa= "This coffee is black...like my soul" vine
200 Pages

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes: Volume 6 by Hideyuki Furuhashi; Translator Caleb Cook

...Can we kill Captain Celebrity....
Nine is that you? From Heroes Rising???
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THROWING ROCKS AT PEOPLE IS BAD?!
....really, a villain throwing rocks at people...that's just not fair. *stares at the camera like The Office*
Aizawa is not impressed by this rock throwing villain...beautiful.
Aizawa-teacher-mode warming up.
Insert Thomas the Tank Engine vine.
....you can't just drop a hero ID like that...

224 Pages

Haikyu!! Volume 35 by Haruichi Furudate

I'm tired just reading this... Gosh I can't run and jump that much.
Kenma is such a cat playing with the crows....
192 Pages

Valiant by Holly Black

So.....I love Ravus.... I think I just like angsty angry boys who think that they're monsters.
"I can hold my breath" That's just a killer last line.
320 Pages