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“The Christmas Tree Farm” By Laurie Gilmore Review

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Kira North hates Christmas. Which is unfortunate since she just bought a Christmas tree farm in a town that’s too cute for its own good. Bennett Ellis is on vacation in Dream Harbor taking a break from his life in California. And most importantly, taking a break from his latest run of disastrous dates. After a run in with Kira in her fields, Ben has no intention of offering to help the grumpy owner set up her tree farm, despite the fact she’s clearly got no idea what she’s doing. Kira knows she should stop being so stubborn, but her farm is not all cute and cozy like people always show on social media, it’s borderline dangerous with no heating, and she’d rather no one saw it.

I gotta admit that this book have reminded me a lot of does cute and cozy hallmark Christmas movies which are set in a small town. I gotta admit that this book might be my favorite book in this series so far. But as always I will explain everything in this review so if you are interested in reading my opinions about this book then keep reading.

The plot in this book is very cozy and sweet, because the grumpy Kira which have moved to the small town and bought a Christmas tree farm doesn’t like Christmas and is very grumpy. While Bennet on the other hand is visiting his sister Jeanie (the main character from the first book in this series) and he loves Christmas and is all helpful to everyone and a good guy overall. Kira and Bennet are the opposite but they fall in love which each other, and it turns into this huge hallmark themed cozy Christmas book even thou I have read this book this month, which means we are still 3 months away from Christmas. So kind of an early Christmas start for me.

The characters in this book as better than they have been in the 2 previous books, it could be the fact that I used 3 books of getting to know the characters in this series which means I had a lot of time to get to know them a lot and love them a lot. 

Kira and Bennet are kind of new characters even thou we had meet them in the previous books in this series. But in this book we really get to know them well while in the previous 2 books in this series we only have gotten glimpses of them and didn’t get to know them well as we do in this book.

But I gotta admit that Bennet and Kira aren’t my favorite main characters in this series, I still prefer Logan and Jeanie as the main characters. I might be a little biased here because of the first book of this series completely hooking me onto this series which I love more and more the deeper I get into it.

The writing style in this book is amazing, it was like the author knew what words to use to completely hook me into the plot of this book and not let go of my attention and interested until the very end of this book.

This book had made me completely in love with Dream Harbor so much that I would have easily moved to Dream Harbor if it was a real town. Because the whole town is just have this sweet and cozy vibe to it which made me fall in love with it. Which really shows how much I like this series.

I Give This Book 4 / 5

“The War on the West” By Douglas Murray Review

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It is now in vogue to celebrate non-Western cultures and disparage Western ones. Some of this is a much-needed reckoning, but much of it fatally undermines the very things that created the greatest, most humane civilization in the world. In The War on the West, Douglas Murray shows how many well-meaning people have been fooled by hypocritical and inconsistent anti-West rhetoric. After all, if we must discard the ideas of Kant, Hume, and Mill for their opinions on race, shouldn’t we discard Marx, whose work is peppered with racial slurs and anti-Semitism? Embers of racism remain to be stamped out in America, but what about the raging racist inferno in the Middle East and Asia?

I need to admit that this book is the best nonfiction book I’ve read this entire year. Because this book makes a lot of great points about society and the anti-white and anti-western cultures going on in the best years. But I will explain everything in this review so if you are interested in hearing my thoughts and opinions about this book then keep reading.

This book is worth reading, because it makes a lot of good points about how the left tries to destroy the western cultures because of their delusions and thoughts about everything western and white is bad and it should be destroyed. And looking at what is happening in the western word those last few years it takes a lot of courage to write and publish a book like this one and not get called a “racist” and get banned from the mainstream Karens. 

The writing style in this book is very good, it was like the author knew what words to use to completely grab my attention and to do not let it go until the very end of this book. This thing really happens really rarely to be when it comes to nonfiction books like this one.

The arguments the authors uses in this book are very well researched and those arguments used in this book make it very clear that the author used a lot of time to write this book. Which in a way made me like this book even more. 

At the same time the arguments in this book, make the fact that the author has a lot of political knowledge very clear. Which in a way made it clear that the author of this book knows what we is talking about when he discusses the political part of the  anti-western movement which is happening.

In my opinion this book is very easily a must read for everyone who wonders what the world has come to in the past few years. Because I didn’t realize how deep in shit we are until reading this book because of I didn’t notice it sooner. 

This book has taken me a few days too read because there were times I needed to take a break from it to think over the things this book talks about because there is a lot of things this book talks about. 

This book is very enjoyable and interesting if you are like me and find politics interesting and what to know more about it. Which was the main reason I read this book. And it turns out this book is much better than I expected it to be.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“The Alchemist” By Paulo Coelho Review

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Paulo Coelho’s masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. Santiago’s journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life’s path, and, most importantly, following our dreams.

I need to admit that I wanted to read this book for a few years now, so when I saw this book at a second hand book store at a 90% discount of the price for a new copy of this book I knew that it was finally my time to grab this book, buy it and read it. And so I did so do that. If you are interested in hearing my thoughts and opinions about this book then keep reading.

I need to say that I really enjoyed the beginning of this book and the middle part of this book. But I was very disappointed in the ending of this book. Because this book builds up the main character to be wiser and wiser which each thing that happens to him. And the ending feels exactly like the beginning of this book because in my opinion the main character seems to forget everything he had learned throughout the plot line of this book. 

The overall plot line of this book is very fairy-tale like which has moment of magical realism in it. Which I appreciated in this book but it could be something about me being 23 years old soon and not being so much into fairy-tales to like or love the fairy-tale aspect of this book.

The plot in this book talked a lot about the philosopher’s stone and the elixir of life especially in the second part of this book. And all of this talk about philosopher’s stone and the elixir of life doesn’t lead anywhere which really confused me because if you gonna bring things up multiple times in the plot and not have it in the plot then whats the point of talking so much about those things. Of course it can be just be being way too harsh in my book reviews, but thats at least my opinion when it comes to this topic of philosopher’s stone and the elixir of life in this book.

Overall this book is a very quick read, because it is around 170 pages long which I could have easily read in one day if I didn’t have to go to work. 

The themes of dreams and following your dreams in this book were very well created. Which made me give this book a few extra points for because it shows us that if we follow our dreams we will find a lot about ourselves and what the definition of a “good life” or “perfect life” is for each of us. 

The characters in this book are very few, but the once we do get in this book are very well made and fell like real human beings in a way. Which is probably my number one rule for books I love and rated 5 out of 5 or even 4 out of 5 on this website.

I liked a lot the characters we do got in this book, because they are very likable and relatable. At the same time the characters in this book felt like I would have no problems becoming friends with them. Which really made me like those characters so much more.

The writing style here is simple and easy going. Which makes this book suitable for all ages to read no matter if you are 10 years old and 90 years old. 

The easy going writing style in this book makes this book for quick to read, at the same time the writing style in this book goes very well with the easy going plot line in this book.

Overall this book isn’t as good as I thought it would be, but Im still glad that I have read this book because it is a very decent book even though in my opinion it is very far from being one of the books which I truly love with all of my heart. 

In my opinion reading this book will make you think about somethings this book talked about, or at the very least it made me think about some of the things this book talked about. Which for me made this book very memorable and it made this book to a book I will easily recommend to other people to read if they haven’t read this book yet.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“The Cinnamon Bun Book Store” By Laurie Gilmore Review

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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 need 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!

This book is the second book in the “Dream Harbor” book series which so far I’m really liking. I reviewed the first book in the series a few days ago, so if you are interested in hearing my thoughts about the first book in the series you can read that review too. 

I gotta admit that this second book is a little bit weaker and worse than the first book in this series. But I still liked this book even thou it isn’t the best book in this series so far. But I’m only 2 books into a soon 6 books series (the 6th book in this series is expected to be published sometime before summer 2026).

The plot in this book was pretty generic plot line for a small town romance book. But this book does have a same cozy and sweet mood to it which the first book in this series has. This book has the same fall cozy read in front of a fireplace vibe which I love when books have and that instantly makes me like the book if a book has this vibe to it.

I need to admit here, that the love aspect of this book, was very generic and basic which really didn’t make me like this book as much as I wanted to. Because it feels like one of the dozens of romance books where 2 friends fall in love with each other over summer which this book is all about.

The characters are just the same as they were in the first book. In a way I liked them more in this book because I spend 2 full books getting to know the characters in this series. But at the same time I wish we could see more of Jeanie (the main character from the first book in this series). We get very little of Jeanie in this book because the main character in this book Hazel.

Hazel is a bookstore manager and once again, the main character in this series has my dream job of being a manager at a bookstore. I personally think that every book-lover has at least once in their lives dreamed about being a bookstore manager, or at least I have dreamed about that multiple times in my life.

The writing style in this book is very easy going and straightforward. Which doesn’t require a lot of brain power to enjoy this book and find this book interesting. 

The writing style in this book goes very well with the easy going plot in this book which really makes this book fun and easy to read.

I gotta admit there that I was less interested in this second book of the series than I was in the first book. But I still had fun time reading this book. I was very clued to this book as I was reading it and when I wasn’t reading it I was constantly thinking about what would happen next in this book. Which really shows how engaged I was with the plot of this book.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“Urbex History. Wchodzimy tam, gdzie nie wolno” By Łukasz Dąbrowski & Konrad Niedziułka & Jakub Stankowski Review

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Wszystko zaczęło się od pomysłu wyprawy do Czarnobyla. Wtedy – zafascynowani jego historią i tajemnicami – rozpoczęli przygodę z urban exploration. Odwiedzają obiekty zbudowane przez człowieka, ale już opuszczone i trudno dostępne. Wchodzą tam, gdzie inni boją się postawić stopę.

Before we start this review I need to say that at the time of writing this review this book is only available in polish. 

This book is about polish urban exploration YouTube channels which is hosted by 3 friends. I used to watch every video upload from their channel for a few years which was the reason I bought this book when it first came out back in 2019. 

If I remember correctly I began reading this book back in early 2024, and then I just stoped reading it after reading 8 or 9 chapters of it because I became very bored of this book. At the same time I stoped reading this book I also stoped watching their YouTube channel since I was becoming tired of watching urban exploration videos and started spending most of my free time reading books. But we are side tracking here and its time to get back to the review of this book.

This book had taken me a long time to read, and I need to be honest here and admit that I DNF-ed it when I was half way through this book. Because I had no interested in continue reading this book.

This book is very slow at the beginning and not very interesting. At least it wasn’t interesting enough for me to finish this book which is the main reason why I didn’t finish reading this book

Each chapter in this book was written by one of the 3 guys who run the YouTube channel. And I found the the chapters very confusing because I was having very hard time tracking who’s point of view the current chapter I was reading was from.

The writing style in this book is all over the place here because it was written by 3 different people. So you know that there will be 3 different writing style in this book which I’m not a big fan of when it happens in a book. I prefer the books I’m reading to have one writing style instead of multiple so that I can get used to it and try to like it.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“The Pumpkin Spice Café” By Laurie Gilmore Review

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When Jeanie’s aunt gifts her the beloved Pumpkin Spice Café in the small town of Dream Harbor, Jeanie jumps at the chance for a fresh start away from her very dull desk job. Logan is a local farmer who avoids Dream Harbor’s gossip at all costs. But Jeanie’s arrival disrupts Logan’s routine and he wants nothing to do with the irritatingly upbeat new girl, except that he finds himself inexplicably drawn to her. Will Jeanie’s happy-go-lucky attitude win over the grumpy-but-gorgeous Logan, or has this city girl found the one person in town who won’t fall for her charm, or her pumpkin spice lattes.

I have to start with this interview by saying that I was very skeptical about this book and the whole series in general before getting into it. Because I thought it would be one of those very overhyped books and series that would appear on my BookTok feed. But after finishing this book I need to admit that I had really much liked this book and am very interested in reading the rest of this series. 

The plot in this book is very cheesy but also very very cozy. Even thou I’m not a huge fan of romance books I kinda admit that I really liked the plot in this book. There was something about it which made me very interested and engaged in the plot even thou its not my usual read. 

The reason why I say this book is a cozy read is because the plot in this book is very sweet, endearing and funny which makes it a perfect autumn where you can sit infant of a fireplace wrapped in a blanket and read a sweet and funny book. Which this book is easily is in my opinion.

The plot in this book is very simple and easy going, which makes it a perfect read if you don’t want to use a lot of brain power while reading a book. The plot is very interesting and enjoyable. And as I’ve said above the plot in this book is very cozy where all you want to do is chill in a comfy chair and read all day.  

I personally liked the plot of this book so much as I does, because my all time biggest dream is to own my own coffee shop at some point in my life. And the fact that this book is about jeanie who’s aunt gifts her with a coffee shop. 

The characters in this book were very good. Because they felt like real human beings which I would have no problem becoming best friends with in real life. All of the characters we get in this book are written very well and I had no problem at all in loving the characters in this book.

Each of the characters we get in this book, have their own personalities and something that makes them unique and stand out from the rest of the characters in this book.

The writing style in this book is very simple and easy going. Which really goes well together with the plot. Both the writing style and storyline in this book are very straightforward and you don’t need to use a lot of brain power while reading this book to enjoy it.

I Give This Book 4 / 5

“Problematic Summer Romance” By Ali Hazelwood Review

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Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life. Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him. It’s such a cliché, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful biotech guy and struggling grad student; brother’s best friend and the girl he never even knew existed. As Conor loves to remind her, the power dynamic is too imbalanced. Any relationship between them would be problematic in too many ways to count, and Maya should just get over him. After all, he has made it clear that he wants her gone from his life.

I need to admit here that I was pretty skeptical about this book before getting into it. Because I’ve read one book by the author before reading this one which was “Cruel Winter with You” which was okay but not the best. So I thought that this book would also be a pretty average read, when in reality it was easily in my top 10 best books I’ve read this year. If you want me to make a list of the 10 best books and 10 worst books I’ve read this year at the end of 2025, let me know in the comments. 

The plot of this book was very incredible. Because from the first page of this book I was complete sucked into the plot of it and I had the hardest time ever putting this book down. And when I wasn’t reading it, I was constantly thinking about it and thinking about what would happen next.

The plot in this book was very sweet and cute. The main plot of this book is the main character named Maya, going to Italy for her older brother’s wedding where she meets again her brother’s best friend which she had a crush on for years even thou he is 15 years older than her. So we get a lot of the age-gap romance situation in this book which was pretty cheesy but at the same time also very sweet and cute in my opinion at least. 

The characters in this book book are just as incredible as the plot. The characters in this book have a lot of depth and personalities to them which make them feel like real human beings. 

Each of the characters in this book have their own personalities to them and something which makes them unique or standout from the rest of the characters we get in this book.

We get a handful of characters in this book, I personally had a pretty hard time figuring out who is who amongst the characters in the beginning of the book but the deeper I got into this book the easier and easier it was to tell the characters apart in this book and actually find them to be likable and relatable. Which made me like this book even more because of how much I loved the characters in this book.

The writing style in this book was very good. Because it was like the author knew exactly what words to use to completely grab my attention and not let it go until the very end of this book. 

As you might think, this book has a lot of drama going on. The drama that takes place takes us on a roller coaster of emotions which shows how good of a job the author did writing this book.

Even thou this book is over 400 pages long, I read it in 2 or 3 days because of how sucked I got into the plot of this book. And because how interesting and enjoyable I found this book to be.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“The Scarlet Letter” By Nathaniel Hawthorne Review

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Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, Massachusetts, during the years 1642 to 1649, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair and will not reveal her lover’s identity. The scarlet letter A (for adultery) she has to wear on her clothes, along with her public shaming, is her punishment for her sin and her secrecy. She struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the book, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.

I need to admit here that this book wasn’t the best classical book Ive read in my time, but it wasn’t the worst either. I have pretty mixed feelings about this book on one side I liked this book but on the second side I didn’t like this book. So this book might be a mixed review between me liking this book and me not liking this book. So lets get into this review and lets see how this review turns out to be in the end.

The plot was kind of nice in this book because it is about Hester which sort of is a outcast of the society and I do love when a book has its main character being a outcast or a loner. I personally think that this book paints the perfect picture of a a strict society and how they don’t work because every human being is different in their own way.

However I think that this book is way too long that what it needed to be. I think that the plot which this book has would have done a better job if it was a 50 pages long rather than being over 250 pages long which of course this book is. 

There are many times the book uses a lot of words to describe things which could have been described in a sentence or two instead of dedicating a page or two to describe the thing. Which made me very bored at times because how this book would stretch itself out without an reason.

The writing style in this book has also the very old English writing style which at times annoyed me because I needed to google certain words to understand what they meant. When that happens to me, it usually means that I wont give the book a high rating.

The characters in this book are all over the place for me personally at least. On one side I liked the characters but on the other side I feel like the author was trying too hard to make us think that the main character was a witch even though the author didn’t give us a lot of evidence supporting that other than saying “trust me, the main character is a witch”.

Overall I wasn’t a big fan of this book but Im glad I read this book because I was able to cross out another classic book from my reading list.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“Rozdroże kruków” By Andrzej Sapkowski Review

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Oto słowa Proroka: zaprawdę powiadam wam, że nastanie chaos w wielu miejscach i ogień często będzie wybuchał. Słońce rozjaśni się w nocy, a księżyc w ciągu dnia, gwiazdy zaś zaczną spadać. Krew będzie ciec z drzewa, a kamień wyda głos. Dzikie bestie będą atakować, a niewiasty brzemienne będą rodzić potwory. I oto sprawdziło się proroctwo i oczom naszym stało się ono widome: niewiasty porodziły potwory. Wiedźmini są tymi potworami, heroldami chaosu i zguby.

At the time of writing this review, this book is only available in polish but I’ve seen that this book will be available for purchase in English on September 30th 2025 so by the end of this month. With that being said lets get into the review of this new Witcher book.

As some of you might know I’m a huge fan of The Witcher book series, so when I’ve heard this book was published I knew that I needed to read this book. This book takes place way before “season of storms” and “the last wish” in the series. The action takes place shortly after Gerald leaves Kaer Morhen and tries to make his way around the world of the Witcher universe as a young and new Witcher. I cant say much more than that without spoiling anything which will take place in the plot of this book.

The plot in this book its very interesting and enjoyable. From the very moment I started reading this book I was completely clued to the book and I had a very hard time closing it if I needed to do something else than sitting on my bean bag and read this amazing book. 

I completely love this book, not because it was better than the other books in the series but because the last time I read a book in the series was in 2023 so over 2 years ago. And when I was reading this book I had the huge feeling of nostalgia of reading the entire series for the first time and not appreciating it fully back then as I do now. Back then I said that the series was okay fantasy read or something similar to that, but now I completely love the entire series and the entire series is easily my second favorite book series right after “a song of ice and fire” book series. I love this series so much that it is even above the Harry Potter book series which I love to death. But back to reviewing this book. 

We get quite a handful of characters in this book. But all of them were incredible characters which I loved a lot even those once which I disliked because they were the “villains” of this book. 

This book gives us a lot of incredible characters which are very likable and memorable. Which mad emerges give this book some extra points for having. 

Even Gerald in this book seemed an amazing character, even better than in the other books in this series. Because we get to learn more about the earlier days of him being out of the Kaer Morhen and out in the world as a new and young Witcher. In this book we get a lot of Gerald’s backstory which gives the entire series more depth.

At the same time we get to know more of the characters in the series, which only add more to the overall series in my opinion at the very least.

The writing style in this book was amazing, because it was like the author of this book knew exactly what words to use to complete grab my attention and to not let it go until the very end of this book. Even when I wasn’t reading this book I was constantly thinking about what would happen next in this book, which really shows how much I was sucked into this book. 

As I’ve said above this book isn’t the best book in this series, it is pretty average but the reason why I give this book 4 out of 5 is because of the nostalgia I had for returning to the book series. 

The only thing I didn’t like about this book is the fact that I didn’t want it to end. The last time I read a Witcher book was in 2023 when I finished reading the entire series, so now that we got this new book out I didn’t want it to end.

I Give This Book 4 / 5

“The Story of the Treasure Seekers” By E. Nesbit Review

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When their father’s business fails, the six Bastable children decide to restore the family fortunes. But although they think of many ingenious ways to do so, their well meant efforts are either more fun than profitable, or lead to trouble.

I’ve heard a lot of good things about this book which is the main reason why I read this book. I had a lot of expectations for this book because I’ve heard a lot of good things about this book and I need to admit that it didn’t live up most of my expectations for this book. But I will explain everything in this review so if you are interested in hearing my thoughts about this book then keep reading.

The plot in this comic book was very sweet and enjoyable. There is a lot of adventures in this book, and for the most part the plot in this book is pretty wholesome.

The plot of this book is about children learn the harsh realities of capitalism, which I found to be very intriguing and interesting to read about. Even if this book tends to go a little overboard with the extensive use of words and describing things. 

This book was a very quick read. I read this entire book in one sitting. Because I just couldn’t put this book down and I was so hooked into the plot which this book has.

The writing style was very good in this book. It was easily my favorite part of this book. It was like the author knew what words to use to completely hook me into the plot and keep me reading until the very end of this book. But there are times where the writing style in this book is pretty clunky because of the old English and the fact that this book was published in 1899.

The characters in this book were well written and created. They seemed like real human beings and it was very easy for me to find them likable and relatable. Which of course made me give this book some extra points for doing.

I Give This Book 3 / 5