This RITA® Reader Challenge 2014 review was written by Qualisign. This story was nominated for the RITA® in the Contemporary Romance category. The summary: A woman full of dreams When a stranger arrives in town on a vintage motorcycle, Jill Carpenter has no idea her life is about to change. She never expected her own personal knight in shining armor would be an incredibly charming and handsome Southerner—but one with a deep secret. A man … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: Rescued by a Stranger by Lizbeth Selvig →
A Boy And A Girl is a funny, thoughtful, touching, futuristic, romantic graphic novel that takes an deeply unsettling turn near the end. It is romantic, but it is not a romance novel, which is very important to know. It’s hard to review this book because it’s full of twists that I don’t want to spoil. It’s also hard to review because the ending threw me off so completely in the last 12 pages that … Continue reading Review: A Boy and a Girl, by Jamie S. Rich and Natalie Nourigat →
This RITA® Reader Challenge 2014 review was written by Darbi Bradley. This story was nominated for the RITA® in the Paranormal Romance category. The summary: She can’t shift, but she can shake their world. Caroline Bradley is having one hell of a week. Her wolf lover has sniffed out his mate, making her an instant free agent. Not only that, Takhini territory has been overrun with aggressive bear-shifters electing a clan leader, and the wolf … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: Diamond Dust by Vivian Arend →
This RITA® Reader Challenge 2014 review was written by Ann MG. This story was nominated for the RITA® in the Erotic Romance and Best First Book Categories. The summary: He’ll teach her how to bring a man to his knees… Dr. Ellie Swan has a plan: open her practice in tiny Bluelick, Kentucky, so she can keep an eye on her diabetic father, and make hometown golden-boy Roger Reynolds fall in love with her. But … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: Private Practice by Samanthe Beck →
My teenaged self and I went to see Divergent. Teenage self is really stressed about having to choose a college and a major. Middle-aged self thinks simplistic world building is simplistic. They both had a pretty good time, even though middle-aged self thought the movie didn’t make any sense. Teenage self thought the movie was fine and that middle age self should lighten up. Divergent is based on a YA novel that I read a … Continue reading Film Review: Divergent →
Erin McCarthy is one of those writers who can get me to read things I might otherwise pass over. She writes steamy contemporary about race car drivers, which is pretty far from my usual fare of science fiction, fantasy, and historical. But I love McCarthy’s strong sense of place, character, and family and she’s on my auto-buy list. Full Throttle is not her strongest work but it's still a fun read. Full Throttle is the … Continue reading Review: Full Throttle by Erin McCarthy →
Recently author Inez Kelley was tweeting about lumberjacks and men who work in forestry and the way these men blend extreme physical strength with life-and-death dangerous jobs. Think military heroes except instead of enemies, the danger comes from trees falling on you, or on parts of you. I was intrigued by what she'd said and luckily remembered that I already had a copy of this book. I read it in one long marathon and really … Continue reading Take Me Home by Inez Kelley →
I haven’t the foggiest idea of how to grade The She-Hulk Diaries. By page 25, I was ready to throw the book across the room. By page 50, I was eating it up like candy. This is a book based an insulting and tired premise (career woman fails at personal life, can’t find love, is sort of ditzy) and yet after a week of contemplating it I think it’s actually pretty subversive – plus it’s … Continue reading The She-Hulk Diaries by Marta Acosta →
It is frustrating that About Time is marketed as a movie that is a romantic comedy about time travel, because it’s not a romantic comedy and it’s not about time travel. It left me crying like a baby and laughing like a maniac, but it sure doesn't make much sense. About Time is the story of Tim (Domhnall Gleeson), who comes from a quirky and adorable family. They are pretty twee, actually, but I have … Continue reading Movie Review: About Time →
The Luckiest Lady in London is a frustrating book, but not because it’s bad. Sherry Thomas is an almost ridiculously good writer. The book is frustrating because the conflict takes over the book. I didn’t feel warm and fuzzy while I was reading it, or when it was over. I felt distressed, and frustrated and worried, and I never did believe the happy ending. Felix, a Marquess, has made himself into a paragon of all … Continue reading The Luckiest Lady in London by Sherry Thomas →
I read this book on my way to Arizona last week, and when I arrived, I had lunch with the RWA chapter president, Amylynn Bright. She asked me what I was reading and how I liked it. We're both Julia Quinn fans (Good Book Noise® was made repeatedly) but I found myself describing the book in a way that made it sound as if I didn't like it. I did like it. But when I … Continue reading The Sum of All Kisses by Julia Quinn →
