Amanda has discovered some hidden gems during her first year of home ownership.
RECOMMENDED: The Switch by Beth O’Leary is $2.99! Catherine read this one and gave it an A:
It’s a very gentle, wholesome sort of book. I read it last week when I was sick, and it was really the perfect book to curl up with if one is under the weather.
I love every actor in Spin Me Round. I love the concept. I love the movie poster. I’d follow Alison Brie and Aubrey Plaza anywhere. I was primed for a gentle, undemanding but enjoyable B grade range kind of movie. So it is with tears in my eyes that I ask: What the heck happened? The following is a spoiler-filled review of a comfort movie gone as wrong as three-day old Olive Garden salad. The … Continue reading Movie Review: Spin Me Round
Welcome everyone! It’s time for Links! I’ll be attending my fourth cheese class of the year on Friday. This one has a focus on “snacking cheese.” I’m very much a grazer and snacker, so I’m pretty excited. My class last time was recreating a five-course meal but with cheese! The winner was the “banana split” course, featuring a softened Fior di Langa cheese from Caseificio Altalanga paired with banana jam and a maraschino cherry. It … Continue reading Links: Barbie, Cats, & More
An Inconvenient Duke by Anna Harrington is $1.99! This is book one in the Lords of the Armory series. This historical romance features the “off-limits sibling of a friend” trope. If that’s your particular catnip, maybe pick this one up.
Sometimes a blurb is so horribly misleading that it does a book a disservice. Certainly the blurb for this book is unhelpful at best. By describing things as ‘ghoulishly fun’ and ‘wickedly whimsical’, it’s clear that the person who wrote the blurb did not, in fact, read the book. There was no ‘whimsical fun’ for me in this book. But there was a lot of absolute brilliance though. This Gothic tale feels fresh and real … Continue reading A Dreadful Splendor by B.R. Myers
American Royalty by Tracey Livesay is $1.99! This is a contemporary romance with a royal hero and famous singer heroine. I personally love the cover, but I know on Cover Awe, some felt it had “uncanny valley” vibes.
This HaBO is from Maggie, who wants to track down this erotic historical paranormal romance: I’m desperately trying to find a book I bought at Barnes & Noble in Southern California between 2010 and 2015. Things I know: – The cover had a warning on it about the book being sexy. – The protagonist was just learning about her paranormal powers, and the love interest was trying to teach her. – The love interest lived … Continue reading HaBO: Possible Incubus and/or Succubus?
I was mildly annoyed the whole time I was reading Nora Goes Off Script but I also enjoyed the heck out of it. I’m not sure how to grade a book that’s simultaneously pleasurable and grating. Nora is a single mom and a Hallmark-esque screenwriter who just had her big break—her depressing script detailing her recent divorce from her self-absorbed husband sold for a bunch of money. The book opens just as the movie crew … Continue reading Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman is $2.99! This one has been recommended on several podcasts we’ve done with other romance authors. I remember this being shelved as fiction in some bookstores, so I’ve also been hesitant to pick it up as a romance. Any thoughts?
From Syntha: I don’t know, but his head is proportionally wrong compared to his torso. Sarah: This is a real conundrum from Syntha – is that the model’s original head (minus the tusks, though I could be wrong about that). Elyse: I’m going to say no. The jaw and neck are both too long. Tara: TIL that orcs can be crossfitters, too. Sneezy: I hate puke green. He is beetle green, and somehow I still … Continue reading Cover Snark: We Have Llamas
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