I’m often frustrated by superficial reviews that don’t articulate the reasoning for an opinion about a book.
RECOMMENDED: The Bride by Julie Garwood is $1.99! This is one of my favorite historical romances and was one of my gateway reads to the genre, if you’ve listened to the What Made Us Romance Readers podcast episode.
As spoken by the elders, one should always trust those who like big butts, for they cannot lie. And truthfulness is as honorable as having a big back porch, as my college friend would say. I freaking love the edit compilations of a zillion different properties or media clips assembled to form something else. Sometimes it’s a supercut of one person’s speeches and sometimes it’s so many disparate sources I’m dizzy by the end. This … Continue reading Friday Videos Love Big Butts
Martha Wells is back, and we are taking a deep spoilery dive into Platform Decay. I want to be clear here: if you haven’t read Platform Decay, we are about to spoil the dickens out of it. Yes, Charles Dickens is in Platform Decay, you heard it here first. We’re going to discuss infrastructure fury, trains in Japan, Honor Princess Detective, and more – and when I say we are spoiling, we are spoiling. In … Continue reading 721. Exploring Platform Decay with Martha Wells
This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara is $3.99! I remember both Elyse and I mentioned this on a Whatcha Reading. It sounds spooky and mysterious!
Some might say that I’m not the target market for a show about university students when I’m a middle-aged mother with a surprising amount of grey hair*. To that person I will say, fuck you, I can watch what I want. *I only realised this when I shaved my head yesterday and saw all the grey hair on the floor. I watched the entirety of Off Campus over two days and I enjoyed it. It’s … Continue reading Discussion Post: Off Campus
RECOMMENDED: An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister is $2.99! Thank you to everyone who let us know about this one. Lara reviewed it and gave it a B+:
Overall, this is enemies-to-lovers done right with the best reason for a marriage of convenience that I’ve ever read. The sadness, though, is still sitting with me the next day. For me, that type of emotion in a book really lingers while the sharp emotional high of an HEA is over pretty quickly. So do take that into account when considering this book. Mileage might vary.
Happy Wednesday and welcome back! Sibling visit and quality time has concluded! It was lovely and we played a lot of board games. My partner even ran a D&D oneshot for us. But…after almost a week, I’m definitely glad to get back to my normal routine. (Namely, commandeering the guest bathroom to take bubble baths.) Do you have a favorite way to ease back into your routines after guests? … Sarah was recently on the Off … Continue reading Links: Social Media, Royals, & More
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RECOMMENDED: Not Here to Make Friends by Jodi McAlister is $1.99! Shana gave the entire trilogy a Squee grade:
By the time I read book 3, I was amazed by the creativity in the storylines and surprised that I never felt bored revisiting the same month-long time period. The third book, Not Here to Make Friends, takes that creativity to a new level.
This HaBO was sent in by Meg, who wants to find this romance: It’s a recent book. Contemporary, possibly set in NYC or Boston. He’s a tech genius or businessman with a speech impediment that he feels makes him unlovable. She’s the charming barista/waitress he’s pining for. She’s injured in a hit and run (possibly?) or ill and he takes her to the hospital and says they’re either engaged or married. Help a bitch out, … Continue reading HaBO: Tech Genius with a Speech Impediment
