Review of Just Like That

Just Like That by Cole McCade. 2020. Note: This review is part of the Blog Tour for Just Like That. It includes an excerpt at the end.  Content warnings for review: This review references MCs with anxiety, depression, trauma, and suicidal ideation, but does not describe these things in detail.  This is one of the …

Review of The Boyfriend Project

The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon. Forever. 2020. This is book one in a new series centering three women who become friends after the live tweeting of a bad date leads to them realizing that they have been all duped by the same guy and confronting him together in public. The beginning of this book …

Review of The Girl Next Door

The Girl Next Door by Chelsea M. Cameron. Carina Adores. 2020. Note: This review is part of the Blog Tour for The Girl Next Door This is one of the first books released in Carina's new Adores line, which is focused on contemporary romances where LGBTQIAP+ characters get happy endings. This line of books has …

#RomBkLove: Musician/Singer/Composer MCs

This post is part of #RomBkLove, a month-long Twitter event where folks share their recs for romances that fit particular themes. My theme for today is romances with MCs that are musicians, singers and composers. I love romances that center music not just because I love singing and playing music, but also because I love the …

Fave Jewish Rep in Romances I Read 2018-2019

At the beginning of 2018 I deliberately went seeking Jewish representation in romance, and had intended to do a post sharing my faves, but didn't manage it. So I thought I'd start a new yearly tradition. This post lists my favorite romances with Jewish representation that I read in 2018-2019, organized by trope. (Not all …

Best Reads January 2020

This post gives a list of my favorite books I read in January 2020. This list definitely shows my bias towards contemporary romance, but also includes paranormal romance, non-fiction, romantic suspense, SFF romance, YA fantasy, and historical fantasy romance. I am putting the audiobooks in a separate category. I link to reviews where I have …

Fave Valentine’s Day Themed Romances 2020

This post lists my favorite Valentine's Day-themed romances I read this year.   These recs definitely show my bias towards contemporary romance of all flavors; it includes erotic romance, Western romance, and romantic comedy. You may also be interested in my 2018 Valentine's Day's romance recs list and my 2019 list, which include other subgenres. I link …

My TBR for #BlackLoveAThon

This is a week long readathon going on 2/7/20-2/14-20! It was created by @minareadss and @LucieReads and is right up my alley, as it's romance focused. Here is my TBR for the challenges. I've got several options for each, because I'm a mood reader and that helps me. About half of these are ones I …

Review of A Big Surprise for Valentine’s Day

A Big Surprise for Valentine's Day by Jackie Lau. 2020.   This is book 4 in the Holidays with the Wongs series, which focuses on holidays and siblings in a matchmaking meddling family. I believe this is the final book in the series, as all the Wong siblings have now been matched. I really enjoyed …

My #Blackathon TBR

Blackathon is a month long readathon hosted by Jesse from Bowties & Books and Lauryn of TheNovelLush. There are reading challenges, Instagram challenges, and Twitter movie watch-a-long, all of the information can be found on their Twitter or in this video. The reading challenges are split into SFF and Contemporary teams, and I'm going to concentrate on the contemporary team …