Welcome to my Monday Musings. It’s been almost a month since my last weekly update, wow. I’m not going to take you back a month, we’ll just reset here to the last week and pretend that never happened. Okay?

I would like to take a moment to remember and commemorate all the brave people who were involved in and affected by the events of September 11, 2001. ❤️

School is back on and our usual routine is in full swing. Other than all of that, it was a fairly quiet week for me at home. I miss everyone. Okay, not all the time, it’s quite nice to have the house to myself.

In other more bookish news, I have cancelled my KU subscription for the moment and taken up Kobo Plus. It costs slightly less and they have a whole bunch of different books available that’s been on my list for the longest time. Between that, my ARCs, and the library, I’m panicking a bit at the extensive list of books I’ve accumulated. And I have at least three reviews that need to get done as soon as possible. I’m slowly catching up with those. I have added a new feature to my blog, the quickie reviews, and I’m having fun creating those posts. Hope you like them too.

And now on to the reading part of the post. (To find out more about the books: For mobile users – tap on the image of the book cover. For PC users – just hover the mouse over the cover.)

DONE AND DUSTED

Obviously I made good use of my alone time at home. I posted two reviews this past week, along with four short ones. You can find the latest quickie review post here.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ SWAT werewolf Hale reconnects with his teenage love, Karissa, while fighting off a new breed of supernatural villain.

Read My Review

⭐⭐⭐ The new duke of Ashbridge set out to find his young ward and found more than he bargained for with her older sister.

Read My Review

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Orsa is a bladesmith. The village considers her to be cursed and she has given up on love until a warrior shows up unexpectedly one day.

Goodreads

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Princess Kali is rescued after an official visit gone wrong. She joins the ragtag group on the ship and learns that nothing in her life is as it seems.

Goodreads

⭐⭐⭐ Vivacious Penny becomes grumpy Willem's illegal familiar and together they try to clear this name.

Goodreads

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hattie takes revenge on her ex by returning stolen goods to his boss, the sexy rocker Hayes Farrow. Hattie can work for him, or go to jail for a crime she didn't commit.

Goodreads

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Will goes undercover in the palace to investigate Emily, Lady Averley, who they nominally suspect of treason.

Goodreads

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nick Basanelli has finally decided to win Tessa over, which is overwhelming enough, until his overprotective side makes an appearance when he finds out she is in danger.

Goodreads

⭐⭐⭐⭐ The military is trying out a new spouse-matching program and Jim and Taya are the guinea pigs.

Goodreads

FOR THIS COMING WEEK

Some more will inevitably be added as the week goes on.

Ferne risks everything to travel to Skye to help the Druids there vanquish the evil presence on the island. She joins forces with Theo and his friends.

Goodreads

Effie and Thorne got off on a rocky start, which quickly developed to love while they worked together to solve the murder of a mutual friend.

Goodreads

Hazel, the maid of honor, has a bone to pick with Wyatt, the groom's brother, but their animosity soon succumbs to attraction.

Goodreads

QUOTES THAT CAUGHT MY EYE

From The Duke and the Dressmaker by Eva Devon: “If, if, if, Your Grace,” she rushed, not wishing the pain of imagining things that could not and would never be. “If only causes suffering.”

From Not My Kind of Hero by Pippa Grant: Someone please take my mouth away from me before it says something else stupid.

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.

^{*Post image by Freepik.}