Saturday, December 27, 2025

Are You Being Served? by Adrian Rigelsford, Anthony Brown Y Geoff Tibballs, 212 pages

 races the history of the popular British comedy series, and offers plot summaries for all 69 episodes




Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer by Dorothy Gilman, 218 pages

 In response to a desperate SOS, Kadi Hopkirk flies to the African country of Ubangiba, where her childhood friend, Sammat, is soon to be crowned king. Mrs. Pollifax, reluctant to allow the girl to venture alone into what she fears may be grave danger, crashes the party.

On arrival, Kadi and Mrs. P. soon discover that Sammat has dangerous enemies. Rumors are springing up that he is a sorcerer who is responsible for a rash of shocking murders in which the victims appear to have been clawed to death by a lion. These crimes are especially terrifying because there are no lions in Ubangiba. So Mrs. Pollifax wades into the fray, hunting for the source of the bloody terrorism that threatens Sammat and Ubangiba—not to mention Kadi and Mrs. Pollifax...



If You Give a Grump a Holiday Wishlist by Ann Einerson, 202 pages

 Should I have trusted my tyrannical boss when he promised he’d get me home for the holidays? Absolutely not.

He gassed up his private jet and decided he’d be joining me so we could close this massive deal before the new year.

There are three conditions to him coming home with me:

1. My family can’t know that he’s my boss (See note above about him being a tyrant)
2. I will absolutely be getting a big fat raise
3. He has to help me with my holiday wishlist

What’s worse than my boss stealing Christmas? Him pretending to be my boyfriend.

Since he’s faking being in love with me, my mom put us together in my childhood bedroom with just one bed to share.

When the mistletoe comes out, I can’t help but wonder what would happen if my hot as coal boss and I were underneath.

Jack Sinclair is nothing but determined to get everything he wants this Christmas and it looks like I’m at the top of his list.



Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Archie and Me Comics Digest #13, 125 pages

 BRAND NEW LEAD “Buy or Bye-Bye!” When everyone participates in a Secret Santa that involves buying an inexpensive gift for someone, Archie’s faced with a how do you buy something cheap for someone like Veronica Lodge?




Theirs For the Holidays by Eva Ashwood, 418 pages

 I didn’t mean to tell my entire family that I’m dating my ex’s three older brothers…

But to be fair, the lie wasn’t even my fault. When my ex asked if I’d be bringing a plus-one to his holiday wedding (to my sister, by the way—don’t even get me started about that), I did what any self-respecting woman would do and said of course.

I probably should’ve been prepared for followup questions, but when my ex asked who I’m dating, I drew a complete blank.

That’s when his three gorgeous older brothers spoke up… at the same time.

Now my family thinks I’m dating all three of them, and Lennox, Rhett, and Sawyer are staying in my too-small house for the holidays. To make things even more complicated, they don’t seem to get along at all, and I maaay have given my v-card to Lennox six years ago before he ghosted me after one night.

I don’t have time for this! My life is chaotic enough as it is, trying to keep my tiny bakery afloat during the Christmas rush. The last thing I need is Sawyer eyeing my curves as if he actually appreciates them, Rhett barging in on me while I’m doing something very naughty in the shower, and Lennox admitting that he hasn’t slept with anyone else since that night.

This is all supposed to be fake… even if the tension between us feels alarmingly real.

I already fell for one Sullivan brother and got my heart broken. What would happen if I dare to let myself fall for three?



Friday, December 19, 2025

The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss, 377 pages

 The enchanting story of a shipwrecked family--a minister, his wife, and four sons, Fritz, Ernest Francis, and Jack--who are cast up on a desert island, build a wonderful house in a tree, and survive so cleverly and happily apart from the world that they never want to be rescued.




Archie and Me Comics Digest #2, 125 pages

 In the BRAND NEW holiday story "Jingles Jangle," Jingles the elf loses his holiday powers due to a spell cast by Sugarplum -- so his only choice is to take up residence with Archie!