Welcome to another Monday Musings. Technically, it’s Tuesday, but since I missed last week I thought it’s better to be bit late than miss another week.

I’m doing well. These past two weeks have been super busy. I managed to fit in a night of wine and scrapbooking with my friend and we had a lovely dinner with friends the previous weekend. Last week were the Mamma Mia performances at my son’s school. He played Harry and had a blast with it. The kids did a spectacular job and it was a superbly fun show. Hard to believe it’s all over now. Hopefully he’ll focus on school for a change. 😁 On Sunday we had friends over for tea that I hadn’t seen in quite a while, and it was great catching up with them.

I’m still very happy with my hair change and the highlights are doing its job. So far so good. My holiday plans are shaping up nicely and now I find I’m running out of time to do everything that I’d like to do. This year my kids are only getting a small gift each and we are rather going to do a couple of fun activities that will count as Christmas presents. I’m going to put up my tree and decorations this coming weekend. Can’t wait!

Have you read any great holiday reads yet?

DONE AND DUSTED

A lot of reading, only one review so far.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Alex's new position with the PTF is precarious, and she has to investigate a possible attack by the fae off the books. Can she keep the peace?

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⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rosie and Lucas are both keeping secrets. They decide to share Lina's apartment after a misunderstanding, while Lina is on her honeymoon. Rosie's crush spirals when Lucas offers to help her with her romance novel.

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⭐⭐⭐⭐ Olive and Adam are fake dating to convince Olive's friend that she's in a relationship. But science conference shenanigans can bring it all crashing down. And Olive's career might be in jeopardy too.

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⭐⭐⭐⭐ A drunken Vegas night ends with hockey players Charli and Neil married. Neil convinces her to keep up appearances for a while. But we can all see where this is going, right?

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⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reed broke Ava's heart years ago and the last thing he expected was to see her working for his father at their ski resort. A fun second chance romance ensues.

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⭐⭐⭐ Vivian and Melvin totally got off on the wrong foot, but working together on their friends' wedding might make them see each other in a different light.

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Charlotte and Desmond dazzle us yet again in this shorter length story of a Christmas party gone horribly wrong and saving the world one more time.

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⭐⭐⭐ Lydia lost her job after an incident and her new client, Emmett, might be her ticket back. If they can stay alive.

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⭐⭐⭐⭐ For 10 years Molly and Andrew take the same flight to Ireland for Christmas. This year, the weather has foiled their usual travel plans. They set off on a crazy detour to make it in time.

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⭐⭐⭐⭐ Riley Kennedy and Kennedy Riley have a bit of a rivalry going on at work. Until they agree to fake date for the holidays to appease their families.

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FOR THIS COMING WEEK

I’ve read Coming Home and You Can Hide and the reviews are coming soon.

Anderson and Chelsea were high school sweethearts. After life has dealt both some blows, they reconnect through a shared project. Can they rekindle what they once had?

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Huck and Laurel have another serial killer to hunt down. Laurel's sociopath sister Abigail is also in danger, but there might be more to the story than that.

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Four assassins are targeted when they go away to celebrate their retirement. They may be older, but they are not done yet.

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A Christmas novella that has the Warriors and Druids of MacLeod castle reminiscing about their adventures and cherishing each other.

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INTERESTING QUOTES

Here are some quotes from books I’ve read recently that caught my eye.

From The American Roommate Experiment by Elena Armas: As if he hadn’t just said something meant to stay with me forever, he threw the lid open, unveiling the six pastries inside. “Plus, I love being cried on every once in a while.” The box was pushed in my direction again. “It’s good for my skin.”

From The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood: “Pass the salt.” Olive would have, but Malcolm looked like he was already salty enough.

From Man Hands by Sarina Bowen and Tanya Eby: There is a pregnant silence, by which I mean I could almost get pregnant just basking in his stare.

From Coming Home by Shelley Shepard Gray: “I’m starting to realize that the scars I’ve been wearing on my skin aren’t the only ones I’ve collected.”

From A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout: “You can’t spell dysfunctional without fun, now can you?”

From After Dark by Jayne Castle: If it had not been horribly obvious that Chester Brady was already dead, Lydia Smith might have strangled him herself.

From You Can Hide by Rebecca Zanetti: “I don’t have any advice for you regarding Dr. Caine. The relationship between you is a battle of wits, and when it comes to the two of you, I’m unarmed.”

OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS

You can find more recommendations here. Is there anything you’d like to recommend? I’m always open to new authors and new books.

What are you reading? Let me know in the comments below.

And that’s it. Thanks for musing with me on this beautiful Monday.