Best Reads April 2019

This post gives a list of my favorite books I read in April 2019. I ended up reading quite a few books that didn't work for me, and a bunch of books that were kinda okay but that I wasn't especially excited about recommending, so this list is a bit shorter than usual. This list …

Recs for A-Spec Representation in Contemporary Romance

For #AspecApril I wanted to do a list of contemporary genre romances with ace spec and aro spec representation that I liked, because I know some a-spec readers are really looking for books like this, particularly folks who enjoy reading romance. This isn't meant to be an exhaustive list of ace and aro spec rep …

My A-Spec April Readathon TBR

@jellyfable is hosting an A-Spec April readathon (#AspecApril) from April 1-14, and this is my TBR! I like to have options for reading challenges, so I'm including a few for each category. These books lean to romance, YA and SFF as my reading does (esp romance). I am including some rereads because I often reread and I'd …

Review of Play It Again

Play It Again by Aidan Wayne. Carina Press. 2019. Content Warnings for review: Discussion of emotional abuse and trauma, sexual negotiations. I wanted to read this because it has a Jewish disabled queer hero, and because online relationships and MCs who create online content are such big catnip for me. I want to glom all …

Interview with Ceillie Simkiss

I adored Learning Curves by Ceillie Simkiss, an NA college-set f/f Christmas romance. that just came out last week. I really enjoyed the way the characters moved from meet cute to best friends to dating, and I'm excited to share this interview with Ceillie about her debut romance! A Bit About Ceillie Ceillie Simkiss is …

Interview with Cole McCade

I adored Cole McCade's contemporary m/m romance release Over and Over Again, which comes out today! The characters are drawn in such a complex, careful way, & the writing is beautiful. There is a lovely sweetness to this book. And it gave me so many feels! I'm really jazzed to share this interview I did with Cole, …

Best Reads in March 2018

This post gives a list of my favorite books I read in March 2018. It definitely shows my bias towards contemporary romance. I am marking the audiobooks with an (A), and there were a lot of them this month, more than usual, because my brain fog was especially bad, which has me leaning to audiobooks …