It's Cover Snark, but Just one Book
The Host is a movie about a person trapped in a body that has been taken over by an alien (it's also a story about an alien trapped in the body of a loud, irritating person). In a similar manner, The Host is a really great movie trapped inside a really bad movie. To carry the analogy one step farther, I went to the movie with the full intention to snark mercilessly and within minutes … Continue reading The Host: A Movie Review by CarrieS
This video comes from @Kelly_Instalove, who sent me the link on Twitter. I've only watched it about ninety times already. Something about classical remixes of pop music always makes me happy, plus the gentlemen playing are talented and, uh, yeah. This is 2Cellos. You can find this song on iTunes, as well as their other recordings. Link! I hope your weekend is full of joyous creativity!
This video came via Twitter from Sarah Mayberry and is powerful. This is Denise Frohman, Women of the World Poetry Slam 2013 Champion. Link! I hope your weekend is full of love and declarations, and not any bad edits.
RECOMMENDED: Simply Irresistible is the first book in Jill Shalvis' Lucky Harbor series, and it's currently $2.99. Book 3, Head Over Heels, is still $1.99, so I'm reposting that below so you can grab both for yourself if you're so inclined. Maddie Moore's whole life needs a makeover. In one fell swoop, Maddie loses her boyfriend (her decision) and her job (so not her decision). But rather than drowning her sorrows in bags of potato … Continue reading Books on Sale: Jill Shalvis, Lisa Renee Jones, and Joan Swan - plus a Cookbook of Temptation
I was so excited about this book. After reading most of Kate Noble’s previous historical romances and recommending them to people who had historical London romance fatigue, I was hopping in my chair eager to read this book. It wasn’t as oh-my-gosh-good-book-sigh-for-two-hours as other books of Noble’s that I’ve loved, but it was still wonderfully intelligent and unique historical romance. While the emotional connection between the hero and heroine sometimes disappointed me, the setting and … Continue reading Let It Be Me by Kate Noble
If this book were a person, and had it introduced itself to me, I would have felt exceptionally positive towards it, like a Sim™ with a whole string of ++++ above my head. I love the cover, I love the copy, I love the premise. It makes an excellent first impression. This is a friends-to-lovers story, the kind where one of the two buddies (in this case, Zach) has Had It Bad for his best … Continue reading Wrecked by Shiloh Walker
The Dark Days series from Jocelynn Drake is on sale for .99c each. Plus, two novellas from her Asylum Tales series are also 99c. The novellas and the novels both are .99c – ordinarily, a .99c novella wouldn't get my attention since I'm of the opinion that novellas should be priced around that amount. But the novels are also .99c, so Get Ready to Meet All The Books on Sale! All the books in the series … Continue reading Books on Sale: Jocelynn Drake series for 99c Each
I was leery about reading Rush for two reasons. First, there’s a glut of less than stellar erotic romance being published due to the Fifty Shades of Grey buzz. Second, WTF is going on with the cover? Seriously, can we talk about the cover for a second? What is that? It looks like the mysterious blue water from maxi pad and diaper ads. Bizarre cover art aside, this was a great read. It was the … Continue reading Rush by Maya Banks
I was contacted awhile back by Elyse, who was looking for recommendations for historical romance, but when we got to chatting via email, I learned that Elyse is a former bookseller who reads just about everything, and she's a marvelous reviewer. So she'll be appearing (poof! LIKE MAGIC) hereabouts with reviews of romances and romance-like publications (which are often really romances). Here's a little more about Elyse: I've always loved to read. I was the … Continue reading Introducing Elyse!
Just for Now is a YA novel with some exalted exclamation-point-laden reviews on Goodreads, and contains very adult themes. It's on sale for $1.99. The day Preston Drake figured out that wealthy women paid well for a set of tight abs and a pretty face his life turned around. The run down rat-infested trailer he had shared with his alcoholic mother and three younger siblings was now only a place he visited to pay the … Continue reading Books on Sale: YA & Contemp Romance from Abbi Glines, Tera Lynn Childs, and Liz Fielding
Two events I'd like you to know about this week! First, if you're near Naperville, IL – and hold up a minute. Naperville, by virtue of being outside Chicago, is kind of near EVERYTHING. It's right in the middle of North America, almost sort of! Look: See? Kinda near EVERYTHING. So if you're curious about Julie James' new book, Love Irresisitibly, then you'll be interested in the Jane-and Julie event, which is tonight! Tuesday 2 April … Continue reading Two Julie James Events with Jane Litte (and me)
