About April (Books&Wine)

April is in her 30s and created Good Books And Good Wine. She works for a non-profit. April always has a book on hand. In her free time she can be found binge watching The Office with her husband and toddler, spending way too much time on Pinterest or exploring her neighborhood.

Murder Takes A Vacation by Laura Lippman | Audiobook Review

Why Did I Listen To Murder Takes A Vacation by Laura Lippman? One trope that I absolutely love is old women solving crimes. It started with Vera Wong’s Unsolicted Advice For Murderers and certainly continues into Murder Takes A Vacation by Laura Lippman. The ARC showed up unsolicited and I thought, cool, this sounds good. THEN! The audiobook […]

Lightning In Her Hands by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland | Audiobook Review

Why Did I Listen To Lightning In Her Hands by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland? Lightning In Her Hands by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland features nature based magic — and I am truly  always sold on magical realism, particularly when it is written by Latinix authors. I had listened to The Witch Of Wild Things and LOVED it and […]

Eighty Days To Elsewhere by K.C. Dyer | Audiobook Review

Why Did I Listen To Eighty Days To Elsewhere by K.C. Dyer? Eighty Days To Elsewhere by KC Dyer is a book about a book seller and travel with the enemies to lovers trope, of course it appealed to me. This one came out during the pandemic — and in particular — during a time […]

She Doesn’t Have A Clue by Jenny Elder Moke | Book Review

Jenny Elder Moke’s adult fiction debut She Doesn’t Have A Clue is such a fun mystery-adventure read. I picked this book up on the premise of having really enjoyed and loved Moke’s YA books. This book is totally different – first it is set in present day. Second, it is a murder mystery. However, it still […]

Three Middle Grade Recommendations

Every once in awhile, I deviate from my adult and young adult fiction reading to pick up books in other genres and age groupings. This week I zoomed my way through three middle grade books. While this is not my main age group reading of choice, I do like diving in every now and again. […]

Dream On, Ramona Riley by Ashley Herring Blake | Audiobook Review

Why Did I Listen To Dream On, Ramona Riley by Ashley Herring Blake? Dream On, Ramona Riley by Ashley Herring Blake has an absolutely fantastic cover – I found how colorful it was to be quite eye catching. With Pride month coming up and having listened to Make The Season Bright and really enjoying it, I […]