Book Review | The Man Ban by Nicola Marsh

I really enjoyed this light, fun read.

Harper’s first encounter with Manny was not great. He insults her work right off the bat. However, as time passes and he ends up helping her she sees he’s more than their first encounter. She is on a no men stint after a relationship gone sour. Manny is the one that will never settle down. When they finally see what the other has to offer as far as relationships go, things may change.

Then, there are the families. The are so complicated but so real at the same time. Annoying even but real. Add in the food element and you have a winner.

This is so worth a read! If you love enemies to lovers, hate to love, never serious to all in romances then this is one for you.

I would definitely by this for friends that like romances like this.

*This book was received by NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

Book Review | Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi

Sitara is just a young girl but her experiences are many. She will find herself without her family, left behind without anyone. Her savior, a man her family trusted to protect them is not someone she wishes to be saved by. How did he not save them?

As Sitara finds herself on a new path that leads her to America, she will suffer much more by the hands that are supposed to care for her and protect her before she finds her final home with the American Diplomat that becomes her family.

Aryana is a successful surgeon that try’s to help people when she can. While the business she is in sees much death, she is the doctor her father always hoped she would be.

Her boyfriends has always been on the same page with her with children and marriage. That is until now. He has decided his chances of becoming a politician would be better if they were to make some changes in their relationship. She is worried because she has a complicated past that she hasn’t mentioned in all this time and now it seems to late to tell him but with the turn their relationship seems to be going she knows she must tell.

I loved Nadia Hashimi’s writing and Mozhan Marno did an excellent job bring it to life with her narration. I didn’t want to stop listening the whole time.

This story has so much within that it keeps you interested and doesn’t get stale. This has death, grief, trauma, the foster care system, immigration, achievement, family relationships, governmental powers and much more. I was so glad I read Spark Like Stars. I don’t know why it took me so long.

I would definitely recommend this to anyone that enjoys historical fiction, women overcoming their past, and stories of other cultures. I will definitely be adding this one to my favorite/must read lists.

This was recieved via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. All opinions within are my own.

Book Review | Dreaming of Christmas

Zoe is invited to a holiday with her old friends by one of their old friends who is now rich and able to easily provide a holiday for them all.

When her boss finds out who she is going to be vacationing with, he is determined to have a story. Will his antics work to persuade her to do the story that no one else can get just because they are old friends, or will she risk her job to keep his privacy?

Billy is a wealthy entrepreneur with a fondness for the relationships of the past. He and his wife invite several of his old friends for the holidays.

Zoe has to confront her ex while away on holiday. Will her feelings for Grant return, or will she find someone new?

All of Zoe’s friends have problems of their own, and when Zoe finds out more than she imagined, will she be able to handle it, or will she crumble?

Zoe and Billy get closer and closer throughout the holiday. They are constantly off skiing together and finding plenty to do together all alone.

Billy has a secret of his own. Will it turn Zoe against him once and for all?

Overall, this was an interesting romance with plenty going on. There are multiple people to keep track of, so if that is something you dislike, you might want to skip this one, but I found it pretty easy to follow. I think this is going to be a cute holiday read. If you like skiing, snow, Christmas vacations, friendships, drama, ex’s and so much more, this might be something for you.

Although this is portrayed as a Christmas story, there are not as much Christmas in the story as you might think. There is Christmas Day at the end of the book, and there’s talk of presents, but overall, the Christmas vibe just wasn’t there for me.

I did really enjoy this story, and I think Anne Marie Piazza did a great job narrating this book. However, I did think the men’s voices were very similar and kind of weird, even creepy. I do think I would listen to more narrations by her, though.

*This book was received via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. All opinions within are my own.

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Dessertathon Signup

I am so excited to have joined the Dessertathon! It sounds like it is going to be so much fun. This has a bit of a complicated element to it but that is the part that will make this so much fun.

If you love food, specifically desserts or maybe you love both baking and reading than this might just be the readathon for you.

I am excited to have joined the Cozy Cookie team as they have cozy mysteries, romance and contemporary as their team genres. Which if you’ve been around her a while you will know that cozy mysteries are some of my favorites!

I really hope you will go watch the hosts videos, find your team match and join in on this amazing readathon happening during the month of June.

Hosts

Mythical Megan
Lucifer’s Library
The Bookaholic
Ashley’s Reads
Breakeven Books
Bookish Buddies

If you do decide to join the readathon, let me know. I’d love to see what teams everyone picks and why.

Taking a Breather

I will not be posting for a bit while I take some time to handle some personal matters. I will be back as soon as I can.

I just wanted to let y’all know. If you aren’t already subscribed then make sure to so when I come back you will be notified.

Thank you for being part of Stack Those Books. I really appreciate all your support!

See ya soon!

Dewey’s April Readathon | Signed UP!

Welcome, welcome one and all! The April 30, 2022 Readathon is coming up fast, and we would LOOOOVE for you to join us! Can’t read the whole day? No …

READER Sign-Ups for April 30, 2022 Readathon!

If you haven’t already, head over to sign up here for the Dewey Readathon coming up! I just signed up myself! I love this readathon!

This year I will be really busy all day at baby girls cheer competitions and won’t have as much time to read as I would like but I am going to try to squeeze in some audio books where I can.

Are you joining in on the readathon, too?

TTT | Books On My Spring 2022 TBR

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

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