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Title: Sweet Talk (Love Lines #2)
Author: Cara Bastone
Genre: Chick-lit
Rating: 4/5
# pages: Audiobook, ~6hrs
Date read: November, 2021

It’s officially booty o’clock, I’m alone again in my kitchen choking down a slice of terrible chocolate cake…and I’m pretty sure I just got drunk texted by the man I have a ginormous crush on.

I’ve been daydreaming about Eliot Hoffman’s dimples for two months, and even though I’m sure this was a mistake on his end, it doesn’t mean it’s not an opportunity on mine. It’s the middle of the night, and I just wanna talk to him. So I text him back.

And then somehow we keep talking…ALL NIGHT. We’re both insomniacs, so talking all night soon turns into talking EVERY night. And talking about nothing soon turns into talking about something. And here we go from in-depth analysis of reality TV to my relationship with my family to his amazing artwork. There’s no topic we don’t cover…

Except for who I really am. It’s the only question of his I won’t answer.

As my crush turns into an avalanche of Eliot, I think of him all the time now. But if he knew who I was, the entire house of cards we’ve built this relationship on would come toppling down. I want him to be mine, but we might never be more than just a sweet dream….


Not quite as good as "Call Me Maybe", but still really sweet. I loved JD's and Elliot's conversations, but though I get why, the secrecy keeping (even from the audience) was kinda frustrating. Once I guessed the secret (shortly before it was revealed) the secrecy made sense... but still.

But like with "Call Me Maybe", I appreciated that the main issue was quickly resolved, and that the people involved actually tried to communicate instead of just going "It'll never work anyway".

There's definitely room for more books in the series, so I hope Cara Bastone will continue her meet-cutes - they make for excellent reading!

Title: Kvinden de meldte savnet (Louise Rick #9) (The Woman Reported Missing)
Author: Sara Blædel
Genre: Crime
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 314
Date read: January 2015, November 2021

When a woman is murdered in England, it turns out that she is from Denmark, and was reported missing 18 years ago.

The police in England has no leads to find the unsub, and instead look for a motive to the crime. They therefore ask Louise Rick to find out why a number of Danes have deposited large sums of money to the woman's bank account.

This sends the investigation in a direction that is as controversial as it is unexpected, and it puts Louise's relationship with her partner Eik to the test.


It's always good to be back together with Louise, Camilla and the others :) This wasn't the most suspenseful book in the series, as for once the more personal aspects of the series took center stage. This might disappoint some, but I was happy to get to go "behind the scene" so to speak, and learn more about Louise and Eik's personal lives.

I guessed some of the twists relatively early on, but that in no way subtracted from my general enjoyment of the book. Plus, it made me think, which is always a good thing.

Title: Guilt by Association (Danielle Ross #1, a.k.a. "One By One")
Author: Gilbert Morris
Genre: Christian fiction, suspense
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 296
Date read: October 2013, November 2021

One secret links twelve strangers. One secret that could cost them everything. Danielle Ross's life keeps slipping out of control. First she must abandon her education to take over her ill father's floundering detective agency. Then, while pursuing a new case, Dani becomes a victim herself. She awakens in a strange place and finds herself surrounded by eleven other people. Among them are a doctor, a dancer, a German submarine commander, and a former Death Row inmate--all clueless as to why they have been brought together. The culprit relentlessly insists they are united by one dark secret and that their lives depend on their confessing it. Can Dani find the link between these strangers before time runs out?

One of my favourite books which I've read too many times to count. The evangelization does get a bit heavy handed at times perhaps, but it's kept within the concept of the story-line, so I don't think it would be too much - even to a non-Christian.

I know the story well enough by now that I remember most details, so it's fun to see how many clues I can pick up on before the characters themselves do. Unlike many other crime novels the clues are made present to the reader as well, which makes for a much more satisfying read :)

Still, my favourite parts of the story is reading about life in the silo and the backgrounds of the different people there.


Reread 2021: Wow, this book does NOT age well! The plot is as good as always, but the characters? Especially Ben and Dani? Waaaaay old-fashioned in the worst way. I read the last chapter with a permanent eyeroll.

Title: A Reckless Witch (A Modern Witch #3)
Author: Debora Geary
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 4.5/5
# pages: 304
Date read: May 2013, July 2014, February 2015, October 2019, november 2021

As a child, Sierra Brighton traveled the world. She swam with the baby whales, danced in storm funnels, and lived in complete magical freedom. And then Momma died and Sierra ended up in foster care, an unhappy and very secret witch.

Fetched by Nell's spell, she'll no longer need to do magic on lonely beaches - but can Sierra learn to use her power safely? Or will her reckless blood put Witch Central at risk?


I'm seriously in love with this series :) For this one we're back in California, and I think I might like that setting a tiny bit more - although with Net-travelling it hardly makes much of a difference any longer.

Sierra is such a sweet witch, and the love the others show her - not to mention their easy way of immediately adopting her, just when she needed it the most - brought tears to my eyes on more than one occasion. I especially loved Devin and wish we could have seen more of his and Lauren's relationship.

Title: A Modern Witch (A Modern Witch #1)
Author: Debora Geary
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 5/5
# pages: 299
Date read: January 2013, May 2013, January 2014, February 2015, January 2016, August 2017, June 2018, October 2019, November 2021

Can you live 28 years without discovering you're a witch?

Lauren is downtown Chicago's youngest elite realtor. She's also a witch. She must be - the fetching spell for Witches' Chat isn't supposed to make mistakes. So says the woman who coded the spell, at least.

The tall, dark, and handsome guy sent to assess her is a witch too (and no, that doesn't end the way you might think). What he finds in Lauren will change lives, mess with a perfectly good career, and require lots of ice cream therapy.


This book had me hooked already on page two, when I discovered that at least some witches in this universe wrote witching spells using computer code! As an IT consultant myself, this was something that immediately appealed to me and I fell instantly in love.

Fortunately the rest of the book more than lived up to my expectations. Granted, it doesn't have the most complex or innovative plot, but it's just a genuinely pleasant book. I loved the characters, and their antics had me laughing out loud so often that my husband started wondering what was up. I fell in love over and over with each new situation, and found myself tearing up from their happiness more than once.

This is a true comfort book, and I have a hard time remembering when I've last fallen THIS hard for a new book. It's an instant favourite.