Fave Fat Rep I Read in 2019

Continuing the tradition from 2017 and 2018, this post lists my favorite books with fat representation that I read in 2019. (Not all of them were published in 2019, of course.) It definitely shows my bias towards contemporary romance, but there is a smattering of paranormal romance, young adult fiction and speculative fiction as well. …

My 2020 TBR for the #ConSaborReadingChallenge

I'm excited to participate in the #ConSaborReadingChallenge in 2020, focused on reading books by Latinx authors! Follow the challenge Twitter here, and sign up for the challenge here. The challenge hosts: Natalia | Channel| Twitter Astrid | Blog| Twitter Nox |Blog | Twitter Dani|Blog | Twitter This post is where I'm listing my TBR! I'm listing a lot of books because I like …

Review of Brazen and the Beast

Brazen and the Beast by Sarah MacLean. Avon. 2019. Note: I do not recommend this book to trans and non-binary readers. I would suggest that fat readers approach this book with caution.  Content Warnings for the review: References MC's trauma history. References misogyny in the story. Describes a crossdressing scene and gender reveal moment that …

Review of Proper English

Proper English by KJ Charles. 2019. This is the first f/f romance that I have read by KJ Charles. I think it may be the first she has written? It's a prequel to an already established series, the England series, which has been on my TBR for a while as the next book has a …

Alpha Recs: F

Recently, the wonderful Dahlia Adler did a thread on Twitter where she recommended five good books for each letter in the alphabet. She suggested I might do a similar set of recs, and that sounded like a lot of fun to me, so I have decided to do a weekly series of alphabet-based book recommendations. Here is …

Fave Valentine’s Day Themed Romances 2019

This post lists my favorite Valentine's Day-themed romances I read since last Valentine's Day's list. I tried 30 romances to get to this list! These recs definitely show my bias towards contemporary romance, but there are romsusp and paranormal romances included as well. I link to reviews where I have written them; and also where …

Fave Fat Rep I Read in 2018

Continuing the tradition from last year's list, this post lists my favorite books with fat representation that I read in 2018. (Not all of them were published in 2018, of course.) It definitely shows my bias towards contemporary romance, but there is a smattering of paranormal romance, young adult fiction and speculative fiction as well. …

Review of The Wedding Date

The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory. Berkley Books. 2018. I adored this contemporary m/f romance! It was exactly the book I needed yesterday, in pretty much every way. Mostly light, with a bit of angst, & a slow tender fall of a romance arc. This has the fake girlfriend so I'm not alone at my exes …

Review of The Awesome

The Awesome by Eva Darrows. Ravenstone. 2015. I loved the fat rep in this book. The fat MC kicks butt, calls herself awesome, worries about social interactions, and cares about her family. She has some regular level teen angst about her body but its mostly not a deal. No weight loss arc. Some self deprecation. …

Review of Snare

Snare by Racheline Maltese and Erin McRae. 2016. 4.5 stars I enjoyed this m/m/m novella so much. Vampires and snowed in and age gap and polyamory, oh my! This is the first book I'm reading by this writing duo and I am definitely going to be devouring their backlist, because wow did this work for …