Reading the Romantics
Cover of "The Romantics" I just came home from a two-week trip to the US and, as always, I stocked up on books. Unfortunately, I didn’t have enough room in my suitcase (thanks to buying too many things...
View ArticleNot So Picture-Perfect…
Cover of Jodi Picoult's "Picture Perfect" Back when I was on my way to the US for the Boothe family reunion in Smithfied, Virginia (the self-proclaimed “Ham Capital of the World“) I picked up a copy of...
View ArticleAlong Red Hook Road…
Several months ago I bought Red Hook Road by Ayelet Waldman after reading a review of it in the New York Times. I loved the premise of the book: what happens to families when what should be the...
View ArticleSanta Maybe? Santa Indeed!
You might find it hard to believe but I actually had time to read while I was tackling Nanowrimo. I’d told myself I was only going to focus on my NanoNovel but I needed distraction from time to time....
View ArticleA new take on a fairy tale: Marissa Meyer’s Cinder is a page-turner
As much as I love stories about dystopian societies, it’s not very often that I read them. Then I saw the cover for Cinder and I was intrigued. I asked around and then one of the staff at Science...
View ArticleHating Heidi Foster Is Heartbreakingly Compelling…
Sometimes you read a book that stays with you for a long while. You think about the characters and their fates, what they’ve learned through the course of their emotional journey. Hating Heidi Foster...
View ArticleReview: You Had Me at Hello — the title says it all
I will freely admit that I am a sap for a good romantic story, especially a story about two people who should obviously be together but aren’t. Call it the old softie in me, call it me being a romantic...
View ArticleReview: The Case of the Missing Boyfriend had me hooked!
Every now and then you read a book featuring a character who feels like someone you already know or you should know. That’s how I felt when I was reading The Case of the Missing Boyfriend by Nick...
View ArticleReview: The French House is a real pageturner!
Just before I headed to Matera for the Brainstorming at the Spa, something wonderful popped up in my mailbox–Nick Alexander‘s new novel, The French House. Now you may remember I interviewed Nick a few...
View ArticleAnother book found via Twitter: review of True Vines by Diana Strinati Baur
A few months ago I saw a post on Twitter from Gemelli Press and the title of the book it mentioned–True Vines–intrigued me. Being the consummate book nerd that I am, I became completely engulfed with...
View ArticleTwo books you really ought to read this summer
In between all the work I’ve been doing (both for my job and for my fiction writing), I’ve managed to read a few books. Two books that really stood out were Monsoon Memories by Renita D’Silva and The...
View ArticleKim’s birthday post
Today is my birthday and the day has started off quite well! My hubby made me a lovely birthday breakfast, my friends have been sending me Chuck Norris jokes (yay!), I have today off from work and I’ve...
View ArticleReview: Wallbanger by Alice Clayton
I’m always on the lookout for books that speak to me. Now, of course, I realise books are inanimate objects that won’t literally speak to me, but you know what I mean. You read the blurb, it sparks...
View ArticleBlog Tour + Review: Breaking Kate by D. Kelly
Review At long last, D. Kelly’s debut novel, Breaking Kate, is live! I had the chance to read an ARC of it and really enjoyed it. It features one of my favorite plot devices–a love triangle featuring...
View ArticleBook Review: Love Me for Me by Jenny Hale
Jenny Hale has done it again–written a great story about second chances at love with characters you really care about. At first glance, you think Libby in Love Me for Me is going to be one of those...
View ArticleReview: Coming Down by Carrie Elks
I am a total sucker for stories about second chances at love. I’m also a sucker for books set in the UK. It’s been this way since the mid-90s when I first began reading chick lit by authors like...
View ArticleBlog Tour: JANE by Michelle Onuorah
Review Michelle Onuorah’s JANE is one of those novels that take you by surprise. It’s not my usual genre–I usually avoid novels with too much of a spiritual or inspirational theme because they tend to...
View ArticleReview: Language of Love by V.L. Locey
I stumbled upon Language of Love just when I was feeling homesick for my hometown of Philadelphia. I love hockey–I’ve been a Philadelphia Flyers fan since I was a kid–so discovering the To Love a...
View ArticleReview: Haunted by Christina C. Jones
I love a good paranormal story–especially one that is creepy and sexy at the same time–so I was intrigued when author Christina C. Jones began sharing teasers on Facebook of a paranormal story she was...
View ArticleReview: Angelborn by L. Penelope
What a beautifully written novella! What happens when a halfling angel falls in love with a human but is unable to bind with her soul? That’s the dilemma in Angelborn. In Caleb’s case, it lands him in...
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