Kentucky Y’all is our March pick for my Bookends book club. I learned so much about my home state and why certain festivals have certain names.

My favorite chapters were the authors from KY (Silas House, Wendell Berry, Barbara Kingsolver) and KY sayings like fair to middling (doing so-so) and what in transition (what in the world?).

Imagine my surprise when I received this from eBay and it was AUTOGRAPHED. I don’t know who Julie and Jeff are but thanks!

If you have ever wondered what to do while visiting my home state of Kentucky pick this book up. At the end of each chutney provide a bucket list of places to visit and/or things to do.

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A rom-com with a bit of seriousness that will leave you warm with happiness.

Evie trains service dogs for a living. A job she enjoys since she is a recipient of a service dog due to her epilepsy. Her parents refuse to believe she would give up her plush life to live in a one room apartment and make a measly salary.

Jake is blindsided when his newly diagnosed epileptic daughter emails Evie requesting a service dog. A meeting that goes sideways from the beginning is that start of their tug-and-pull relationship.

This is my first Sarah Adams book and I’m in love. She gave me all the feels like Abby Jimenez did. By the end of the book I was wiggling my toes in happiness.

A no spice rom-com that’s perfect for all romance readers.

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Have you ever looked at a book and thought to yourself, “didn’t I read this?” Dying to Sell was such a book for me. I remember plain as day downloading, opening it up, and starting but I never finished it. I have no explanation why because I really enjoy this series.

Valentines season is perfect to read this book. The ending is perfectly dreamy.

Cooper and her Bible study group are pulled into a murder investigation when Cooper’s Grammy Lee is involved. Talk about a spritely Grammy. She rules everyone around her. A friend of Grammy Lee’s, Esme, finds her granddaughter’s fiancé dead. He wasn’t the most liked individual and Esme is prime suspect number one. Can the Sunshine Bible Study group find out who did the deed?

Yes, you can read the series starting with any book but to get the dreamy feeling at the end start with book one. Spend the weekend with Cooper and friends. You can thank me later.

This would be a perfect series to read with the young mystery lover in your life.

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I’m so excited to have made @mindyesteele ‘s launch team for 2026.

I’ve scaled back some and her’s and @authorpatjohns were two of the three I had my hopes set on!

Excuse me while I go read…

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Kelly Irvin you ripped my heart out and sewed it back up with this addition to the Amish Romance Birthday series. I sniffled all night long until the last word.

Lilly is the youngest of ten children and feels responsible to care for her aging parents. After a health scare with her dad, her brothers hire Josiah to manage the family farm. Josiah left the fold a few ago without a word to anyone. Not even the young woman he was courting, Lilly’s sister Hannah. Josiah is back and plans on getting baptized. As he and Lilly grow closer life keeps throwing obstacles in their path. Grab your copy today to see if they overcome those obstacles.

This is book two but each book is independent of each other. If you aren’t looking for the perfect Valentine book to read look no further. This book starts in February and ends in the next February. Love blossoms at the most unexpected times in the most unexpected ways.

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I was so excited when the mailman finally delivered my Brenda Novak book club pin. A pin earned for reading all 12 books from her book club last year. You can substitute of her books for a month you don’t like or want to read. I did that for October.

I hope to work through her backlist of book club books.

Join the book club today on Facebook. Just look up Brenda Novak book club. Lots of fun things happen throughout the month.

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Would you do anything for your child?

That is the theme throughout The Good Father. Travis is the sole parent of four year old, Bella. He has fallen down on his luck and trusts his neighbor about a “job” in Raleigh. Once there he befriends a young mother, Erin, who has lost her child in a freak accident. He asks her to watch Bella while he does the job. One nightmare turns into another. When he fails to return to pick up Bella, Erin remembers the photo Bella carries of her mom. Erin and Bella take a trip to Beaufort to find Bella’s mom, Robin.

Robin has had a hard life in that she almost died from her heart disease while carrying Bella. A disease she had all her life. She had an overprotective father who was just trying to protect her and keep her alive. Decisions he made changed her life. One was not keeping her daughter. The daughter she can’t stop thinking about. She finds herself having to face a past no one knows about.

This book felt familiar to me so I think I must have read it previously. It is a book that makes you question what would you do? Thankfully I have never been in any of these situations. All the main characters will pull at your heart one time or another.

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January Wrap Up 🥳❄️🥶

20 books total, 0 DNF

11 books donated/given to others

10 books (kindle/physical) of my own read

Reviews of most books on my blog. www.kentuckybooklover.com

B Borrowed from friend/family

L  Library

KO  Kindle Owned

O  Physical Owned

EL  E-library (Libby/Overdrive/Hoopla)

AB  Audiobook 

KU  Kindle Unlimited 

NG NetGalley

ARC Advanced Reader Copy 

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A cozy mystery series that keeps growing on me.

Daisy is catering the snacks for a fundraiser for a future homeless shelter unfortunately not everyone in town is on board. A small group of protesters upended the snack tables and let themselves be heard. While there Daisy befriended a young lady who has had her world turned upside down from a mistake at the fertility clinic. The lawyer for the clinic is in attendance. The lawyer ends up dead with a cup of Daisy’s orange pekoe tea next to him. By now we know Daisy is on the case.

I enjoy learning about the different teas. I have had orange pekoe tea and didn’t realize it isn’t orange flavor it is when the tea leaves are harvested.

These are the chocolate espresso cookies from the included recipes. They are delicious. I made them a little bigger than the recipe said. They have a cake like consistency which is nice. Changes I made: Splenda instead of sugar and added caramel chips with chocolate chips. Mine baked perfectly at 10 1/2 minutes.

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Grace and Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon shows you can love again with the right person at the right time.

Both Grace and Henry lost their spouses right after Christmas. One to a plane crash and one to cancer. Their moms decide to throw them together to see if they can help each other move forward in life. They find their love of holiday movies helps progress a friendship that works its way through their grief.

A lighthearted read even with the heavy theme of grief.

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