*Announcer voice blasts out over the speakers*: And now... it's time for the main event! The cream of the crop! The cherry on top! The one, the only, the top ten books of the year post! RAAAAAAHHHHHHHH (Just humor me and imagine crowd sounds here.) Well that was fun! Maybe I should intro all my blog posts with an announcer... Anyway, this has been a weird year. Perhaps that explains why it was...
Next up for my end of the year posts is characters! The lifeblood of books! I just thought it was interesting to note that four of these are main characters, one is a love interest, three are side characters, and two are kind of cheating since I chose all the main characters. I could ramble some for the intro, but eh, no point in wasting time, let's just get to all of the characters I loved...
It's the end of another year, and that means it's time to do all my bookish end of the year posts! Yay! I don't do a lot of posts about book covers anymore, but I do so love a pretty cover. Good artwork and/or good, cohesive design *chef's kiss* So anyway, here are all my favorite covers from the books I read in 2020! *I did my best to find cover artists, but I just couldn't find the info for...
![Book Review: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-Time-Travelers-Wife-by-Audrey-Niffenegger-255x255.jpg)
Henry has a genetic condition that causes him to time travel against his will. It's not an easy life, but then he meets Clare, who already knows him from the many times his older self visited her in the past as she was growing up. This is their love...
In Snowed in with Santa, a single mom takes a temporary job working at a resort over the holidays only to find herself falling for a hunky Santa. In All I Want for Christmas is a Faerie Assassin, a woman accidentally summons a faerie assassin to be her fake boyfriend over the holidays. In Krampus Hates Christmas, Krampus is sent to live among humans and learns that Christmas can be nice with the...
Don't make fun of my category name, I couldn't think of anything better. Am I even a gamer? Do the types of games I play count as being a "gamer"?? Anyway, games! I played more games this year than I ever have before, which is surprising considering the head nerve problem I developed last year that gives me headaches to look at electronic screens. But many of these games were entirely or...
![Book Review: The Alpha’s Warlock (Mismatched Mates Book 1) by Eliot Grayson [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-Alphas-Warlock-Mismatched-Mates-Book-1-by-Eliot-Grayson-255x255.jpg)
When Eliot gets kidnapped and escapes halfway through a spell, the only way to finish it and keep it from killing him is to finish the mating bond with a pack alpha. He's saved by Ian, a werewolf he's pretty sure hates him, and they end up mated and working together to thwart a rival pack's...
In The Vampire Grinch, a Christmas-loving human and his Christmas-hating vampire boyfriend fight and make up just in time to celebrate the holiday. In Vampire Claus, a vampire and a human meet on Christmas Eve and deliver gifts to children. In The Vampire's Dinner, a vampire hires a companion each Christmas to tell his truth to before draining them, but this year's victim changes things up by...
A few years ago, I did a post about Christmas-themed sci-fi/fantasy books, and each year around the holidays, it's one of my most visited posts. It seems people want more SFF Christmas books, so I'm back with more book suggestions for the holiday season! Once again, a quick reminder, I didn't personally love all of these, but everyone has different taste! So I still wanted to give them some...
![Book Review: The Druid Stone (Layers of the Otherworld Book 1) by Heidi Belleau & Violetta Vane [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-Druid-Stone-Layers-of-the-Otherworld-Book-1-by-Heidi-Belleau-Violetta-Vane-255x255.jpg)
Sean has been having the same nightmare every night, so he travels to Ireland and seeks the help of Cormac, a druid. As Cormac tries to help Sean solve the mystery of his nightmares, the two men end up getting tangled in fae games, time travel, and unexpected...
