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Continue reading →: The Curated Bookshelf -November 2025: Favorite Book of the Year from 2018-2025Since I’m not doing my typical Curated Bookshelf this month, I decided to highlight my favorite book from each year I’ve been blogging. 2025 might not yet be over, but I have some strong contenders, and I’ll be highlighting my strongest contender at the moment. Thank goodness I started doing…
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Continue reading →: The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – January 16, 2026At Home Let’s see, I managed to survive a two-month house project that was supposed to take 10 days, a 3 week winter break, an insane amount of rain, and now some fun Santa Ana winds. All that since Halloween. I somehow have part of my sanity intact, though 2026…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Alice with a Why by Anna JamesTitle: Alice with a Why Author: Anna James Publisher: Flamingo Books Publication date: January 6, 2026 Genre: Middle Grade, Fantasy This will be a fun two-sided review, one from me and one from my daughter. Alice with a Why is a Middle Grade book following the granddaughter of Alice, of Wonderland…
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Continue reading →: Why I Want to Read: A Night of Falling Stars by Lucia DamisaOne of the things I want to do when it comes to reading is to have a clear reason why I want to read a book. With that goal in mind, I’ve decided to start a new series here where I spend Wednesdays sharing the why since I have nothing…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Mayhem on the Marzipan Express by Rebecca ConnollyTitle: Mayhem on the Marzipan Express (A Claire Walker Mystery #2) Author: Rebecca Connolly Publisher: Shadow Mountain Publication date: January 6, 2026 Genre: Cozy Mystery It’s back to baking and romance and murder mystery solving, but on a train, as we return to the almost too sweet romance of Claire and…
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Continue reading →: Welcome Back to The Lily CafeEvery year I take two or three weeks off for the end of year holidays, especially since my kids have three weeks off from school, but it’s been a couple years since I did a proper back into blogging post. Honestly, it’s been a couple of years since I’ve really…
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Continue reading →: The Lily Cafe Wrap up – December 19, 2025
I haven’t done a Weekly Highlights post since Halloween. November was kind of a mess, so blogging just got shoved off the stove. I meant to have a December Curated Bookshelf, but that obviously didn’t happen. So, what happened? Well, we bought a house back in April and have been…
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Continue reading →: My Favorite Read of 2025 in Other GenresMy favorite genres are Science Fiction and Fantasy, Women’s Fiction and Romance, and Mystery and Thriller, but I also enjoy books in other genres as well as books that blend genres. Since the latter don’t neatly slot into one of the three genres I focus on at the end of…
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Continue reading →: My Favorite Science Fiction & Fantasy Read of 2025This is the 3rd year I’ve struggled with science fiction and fantasy. I don’t really enjoy romantasy (too much romance for my tastes), and cozy fantasy just doesn’t have the high stakes and twists and turns I adore in the fantasy I read, so that already cut down the number…
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Continue reading →: Short Story Review: Red Storm by Bradley JamesTitle: Red Storm (An Elliot Adams Short Story) Author: Bradley James Publisher: Brad Blooman Publication date: October 3, 2025 Genre: Science Fiction Red Storm serves as a prequel to the Aftermath science fiction series, detailing an adventure from Elliot Adams’ life before he stumbled on a colony inside our moon and…
Hello,
I’m Kat
I’m Kat, a reader, writer, baker, and mother of 2. I love reading fantasy, cozy mysteries, and women’s fiction, and enjoy crafting my own stories while baking up a storm. Have a seat and enjoy a story or two.
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