Romance Book and Audiobook Reviews and Deals
Woman Down by Colleen Hoover Narrated by Sarah Naughton Standalone psychological thriller with some romance. I genuinely don’t understand the hate Colleen Hoover is getting over Woman Down, because as a woman, I could not put this book down. I tried to do my first immersive read, but I kept jumping ahead, and honestly, if the narrator had gone any… Read More
TOP PICKS: My Favorite Books and Audiobooks of 2022 This is my 11th list since starting Ana’s Attic, and 3 authors on this list have been on all of them: Tara Sivec, Colleen Hoover and Kristen Ashley. This year I had four 5++++ Star books and six 5 star books. After that are seven books that were almost 5 stars… Read More
It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover Narrated by Colin Donnell and Olivia Song “You can stop swimming now, Lily. We have finally reached the shore” It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover is one of my favorite of her books, and quite honestly, I didn’t really think it needed a follow-up (see my review). It was about Lily’s journey to… Read More
Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover Narrated by Brittany Pressley and Ryan West Standalone Romance/ Women’s Fiction. Colleen Hoover has been a favorite author of mine for 10 years now, so I am not a new fan who is taken by the hype and that doesn’t mean it’s an automatic 5-star read. Colleen writes all genres amazingly well and she… Read More
Top Books and Audiobooks I read in 2021 THIS IS MY 10th ANNUAL LIST! 2021 wasn’t a great reading year for me. I completely remodeled my house top to bottom and all the decisions fell to me. But I still managed to listen to a lot of books. Some were books I bought in 2020 but didn’t get to until… Read More
Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover Narrated by Angela Goethals New Adult Standalone Colleen Hoover has been a favorite author since 2012. But she brings out such emotion that I have to be ready to devote all of my focus and all of my heart to her books. So I held off on Heart Bones until I was ready. And once… Read More
My Top Picks of Books and Audiobooks for 2020 2020 was obviously a rough year for all of us. I found reading to be so much harder! I couldn’t focus for months, but there were still some amazing books out there, even if I didn’t read as many. I also am gravitating more and more to audiobooks. The ones on… Read More
Regretting You by Colleen Hoover Narrated by Tanya Eby and Lauren Ezzo I have been a huge fan of Colleen Hoover since 2012. I grabbed Regretting You as an ARC before it came out in December and never got to it because I just wasn’t ready for the emotions Colleen brings out in me. Somebody smack me! After 8 years… Read More
Our Top Books and Audiobooks of 2018 2018 was a great year for reading! I had 4 5++++ Star Books/Audiobooks, and almost all of the rest of the books on this list were 5 stars unless noted. 3 Authors on this list, Kristen Ashley, Tara Sivec and Colleen Hoover have been on every list since 2012. 2018 was a difficult… Read More
Verity by Colleen Hoover Psychological Thriller with Romance. Standalone. Wow. I don’t even know how to review Verity by Colleen Hoover. I don’t read thrillers. I don’t watch thrillers. But I also avoid ugly cry books but Colleen has made me love hers. So I trusted her and went in blind, only knowing that it was very different than her… Read More
All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover Standalone. Women’s Fiction/Romance All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover was probably my most anticipated read of 2018. Colleen has been one of my top favorite authors since she first published Slammed (She was at the very first Wicked Book Weekend in February 2013). So I knew to expect amazing writing and a TON of… Read More
2018 Summer Beach Reads While I could name a ton of books from previous months and years that would make for great beach reads, I’m going to focus this list of books and series that are released June – July -August 2018 that I have either read and loved, am dying to read, and ones that come highly recommended from… Read More
My Favorite Books & Audiobooks from 2017 Since I have been blogging for 6 years (next month), I have learned to be pretty choosy about the books I read. While I felt like I tried a ton of new authors this year, so many on this list have been on a bunch of previous lists. In fact, 10 authors this… Read More
Without Merit by Colleen Hoover Standalone YA Novel “Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness.” The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. The once cancer-stricken mother lives in the basement, the father is married to the mother’s former nurse, the little half-brother isn’t… Read More
I had a fantastic time in LA for the Fifty Shades Darker Premiere and Masquerade Ball! After numerous delays, we got to our cool hotel in West Hollywood to find a really great gift from Universal Pictures with Wine glasses, chapstick, a shirt, The Fifty Shades Darker movie tie-in edition book, a paper mask and virtual reality glasses. So nice!… Read More
Top Books and Audiobooks of 2016 As I go through my books to decide on this list, it’s not that hard in theory. I have very few 5++++ star reads and a few 5 star reads and a few more that were 4.75 stars. I must admit, some of my real favorites for the year were re-reads of favorites via audiobook…. Read More
Happy December! I have been spending so much more time on my sale and new release lists, updating them daily instead of twice a week, that I sadly haven’t been reading as much, and also don’t have as many hours to review. So this month I only had 10 reviews. If you notice, I also have a lot more audiobooks… Read More
Every month I post a recap of all of my reviews from the previous month. For my full spoiler free review including Likes and Dislikes, click the review headers. I was way for 2 weeks in August, so there were a few less reviews than usual. I also post the top 20 e-book bestsellers based on your clicks on Ana’s Attic… Read More
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover Must-read Standalone *completely spoiler-free and even storyline-free review* ~~~NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!~~~ I didn’t read the blurb for It Ends With Us. It’s a Colleen Hoover book, so I completely trust her to rip out my heart and put it back together again. I totally believe in her genius. I’m glad I didn’t… Read More
Every month I post a recap of all of my reviews from the previous month. For my full spoiler free review including Likes and Dislikes, click the review headers. I also post the top 20 e-book bestsellers based on your clicks on Ana’s Attic links. Please see below the review recap. JUNE REVIEW RECAP Audiobook Review: Stuck Up Suit by… Read More
Better late than never? I have had my favorite books of 2015 on the sidebar of my blog, but finally just got around to posting it so it can live on as my 2012, 2013, & 2014 lists do. Unexpected Fate (Hope Town Book 1) & Bleeding Love (Hope Town Book 2) by Harper Sloan 5++++ Stars are rare on this blog…. Read More
This post contains my review recap for January (15 books!) and the top 20 best sellers based on your clicks from my links in January. Suit: (Book One) (The Twin Trio) – Slut – (Book Two) (Twin Trio) – Solid: 2 1/2 (Twin Trio Book 3) by Jettie Woodruff See my full review here “Paxton did things… Read More
Joanne’s Top Reads of 2015 Joanne is one of my closest friends and a HUGE help both here at Ana’s Attic and at Wicked Book Weekend. We call her the “Author Whisperer” because she is such a huge fan, she gets completely tongue tied in person, but she makes great relationships with them! Joanne is my dark reader. She loves… Read More
Keriann’s Top Books of 2015 Keriann and I have such similar tastes, and she LOVED Bury Me by Tara Sivec, and I’m too scared to read it even though Tara Sivec is my favorite author! You may not see Keriann’s posts or reviews here, but we chat books all the time, and I couldn’t do Wicked Book Weekend without her. Anyway, she’s… Read More
