Welcome to where the ideas are let loose.
Here you will find the latest updates of my ongoing projects be it writing, knitting, crocheting, canning, or whatever else I have going on and a recipe or two.
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Book Review: Sweet Talk, Love Lines #2 by Cara Bastone
The second installment in the Love Lines series, Sweet Talk, an Audible original published in 2021, is available on Amazon in audiobook, Kindle, and paperback formats. Bastone’s dual perspectives from the female and male main characters are reflected in the audiobook narration by Lidia Dornet and Chris Brinkley. Their voices flow naturally and sound authentic,…
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Book Review: Call Me Maybe by Cara Bastone
An Audible original published in 2020, Call Me Maybe is available on Amazon in audiobook, Kindle, and paperback formats. Bastone wrote the book with dual perspectives from the female and male main characters, so it’s nice that the audiobook reflects that with its choice of narrators: Luci Christian and Neil Hellegers. The book has an…
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Book Review: The Love Potion by Becky Monson
Indie author Becky Monson’s book The Love Potion, first published in 2021, is available on Amazon in paperback, Kindle, or audiobook formats. The audiobook narrated by Holly Warren is approximately 3 hours of easy listening. Two weeks before Valentine’s Day, Ally Hawkin wants to be optimistic, but her success rate has her resorting to a…
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Book Review: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Published by Viking in 2016, the book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, or audiobook formats, as well as at your local library or through the Libby App. The audiobook, read by Nicolas Guy Smith, complements Towles’s writing style, which is more of a narration of life events. Set in Moscow, Russia, 1922,…
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Book Review: Superintendent Battle #1, The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie’s The Secret of Chimneys, published in 1925, plunges readers into a web of intrigue featuring Anthony Cade, a mysterious protagonist whose true identity remains unclear. Christie keeps readers guessing: Is Anthony a con man, kingpin, killer, or something else?
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Book Review: Sandokan, The Tigers of Mompracem by Emilio Salgari, translated by Nico Lorenzutti
First published in 1900 by ROH Press, Le tigri de Mompracem is a beloved children’s book known for its adventurous spirit and cultural impact. It has been translated, featured on the list of 1001 Books to Read Before You Die, and is available in paperback and Kindle formats on Amazon.
ROXANNA CROSS 
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