The cinnamon bun book store by Laurie Graham

384 pages

Series: Dream Harbor (#2)

Published: August 29, 2024 by One More Chapter

Cozy romantic mystery/library

Ok fine I give up. I did not like book 1, and book 2 did not work either. It was just SO boring.

Also I saw some reviews that dissed it cos they said it was "corn". LOL. Omg did we read the same book? Yes there were a few awkward scenes, very dull.

I really do not know why these do not work. The people are just boring, the story boring. I mean she thinks 30 means death! Almost. And she must do something fun before. She is also totally embarrassed because a costumer sees her holding/reading a pirate book and she is all I do not read smut! Omg, *eyeroll*. Grow up.

Just so boring

When a secret message turns up hidden in a book in the Cinnamon Bun Bookstore, Hazel can't understand it. As more secret codes appear between the pages, she decides to follow the trail of clues… she just needs someone to help her out.

Gorgeous and outgoing fisherman, Noah, is always up for an adventure. And a scavenger hunt sounds like a lot of fun. Even better that the cute bookseller he's been crushing on for months is the one who wants his help!

Hazel didn’t go looking for romance, but as the treasure hunt leads her and Noah around Dream Harbor, their undeniable chemistry might be just as hot as the fresh-out-of-the-oven cinnamon buns the bookstore sells…

Merry Christmas, you filthy animal by Meghan Quinn

 

Series: Kringletown Christmas (#2)

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Published: October 14, 2025 by Bloom Books

Contemporary romance/own

A random xmas book I picked up to have something xmassy to read.

Max and Betty kept way too long butting heads, srsly, you are adults! Just talk to each other! Betty felt unnecessary stubborn and kept jumping to the wrong conclusions.

Sure Max comes up with a plan to make her fall in love with her and dump him. Her uncle has been mad at Max for ages, because no one talks to each other. Anyway Max falls for her and we can all guess the drama when the original plan comes out.

But yes it was good, but these people need to just talk, you get so far if you talk! Maybe that it why the book felt like it could have been shorter. 100 pages shorter and it would have been fine.

Enemies to lovers.

Atlas "Max" Maxheimer did not sign up for this. One minute, he's anxiously trying to keep his family's Christmas tree farm from imploding. The next? He's passed out in the snow after getting clocked by a suspiciously strong bottle of soda.

Enter Betty: new in town, full of holiday cheer, and helping her uncle open a rival tree farm next door. Max is convinced she's out to destroy everything Evergreen Farm stands for. Betty thinks Max might be one sleigh short of a winter parade.

Cue the holiday chaos.

Between blizzards, blown reputations, wildly misguided romantic plots, and one stolen ornament with a seriously tragic backstory, this small-town war turns into something far messier―and much more delicious―than either of them expected.

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2026 Romance Reading Bingo Challenge

 

Hosted by: Blodeuedd @ Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell Jen @ That's What I'm Talking About Carole @ Carole Rae's Random Ramblings

We are doing it again in 2026! It's the Romance Reading Bingo Challenge (#RRBC2026), hosted by Carole, Linda, and Jen! The challenge is to read a book and check the boxes.

List of Challenges (Romance books):

• Re-read
• Wedding trope
• Wallflower/Ugly Duckling
• Office romance
• Blind Date/Arranged Marriage
• Number in the title
• Cat/Dog on the cover
• TBR over 2+ years
• Part of a series you meant to go back to
• Published in 2026
• Duke in the title
• Alien/Cyborg romance
• Secret Royal/Billionaire
• Pink Dress on the cover
• Audiobook with 2+ narrators
• MC Works in the Food Industry
• Non-Regency Historical romance
• Small Town romance
• Second Chance
• Sunset/Sunrise on the cover
• Book starts with same letter as your name
• LGBTQ+
• Necktie on the cover
• Travel / Vacation
• Non-Christmas Holiday

Rules:

• It MUST BE a genre romance book (HFN/HEA).
• One box per book. If your book meets more than one box, you have to pick just one.
• No changing the box. Once you put a book in a box, you can't move it.
• Books can be used in other challenges. (examples: Goodreads, Library Love, TBR, Audiobook, etc.)
• The goal is to get at least one BINGO! (see levels below)
• The challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2026.
• You may join whenever.

Bingo Levels: 1 or 2 Bingos: Beginner 3 Bingos: You're getting the hang of this! 4 Bings: Expert Level Entire Sheet: Supreme Ruler of Bingo! If you want to add your blog or Goodreads to the list, click on the linky below. NOTE: You do not have to have a blog or URL to sign up!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

So what level will you try in 2026?

I must admit that I did badly this year, I finally got 1 bingo in November. But I got one!! So better luck in 2026