Alpha Recs: B

Last week, 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. …

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Fave Romance Novellas and Novelettes I Read in 2018

This year, I am splitting off my favorite romances into two posts: favorite romance novels and favorite romance novellas and novelettes. This post gives a rather long list of my favorite romance novellas and novelettes I read in 2018. (Not all of them were published in 2018, of course.) It focuses on new reads. It …

#TisTheSeasonAThon TBR

I thought it might be fun to try a holiday readathon! TisTheSeasonAThon is somewhat focused on Christmas but my TBR includes other holiday stories too. As with each of my other attempts at readathons, I am adding a selection for each challenge, as it helps me to have choices. Red or Green Cover (Christmas books) …

Guest Post: Bookish Chanukah Gift Recs from Shira Glassman

Guest post by Shira Glassman Hi, everyone! Corey thought it might be fun if I made a small guide to the paperback books you might buy your friends for Chanukah, which incidentally is earlyish this year -- the first candle is lit during the first weekend in December. If there are trigger warnings for the …

Winter 2018-2019 Releases I’m Anticipating

Here are some books I'm excited about that are coming out December 2018-February 2019. December Releases Another Chance With You by Jacquelin Thomas (Dec 1): This whoops, we're still married second chance romance between two rival attorneys looks fun. Reindeer Games: A Holiday Romance Anthology (Dec 1): An entire collection of snowed in holiday romances, …

Interview with Jude Lucens

I was excited about Behind These Doors the moment I heard about it.. Queer historical romance with open polyamory? Yes please. It's gorgeously written, and offers such a nuanced story about queerness and class and misogyny.  I loved watching the romance between Aubrey and Lucien unfold, and the polyamory representation was deeply compelling and felt …

Fall 2018 Releases I’m Anticipating

Here are some books I'm excited about that are coming out September-November 2018. September Releases Marvellous Grounds: Queer of Colour Formations in Toronto ed by Jin Haritaworn, Ghaida Moussa and Syrus Marcus Ware (Sept 7): Everything about this looks amazing! Plus I loved Ware's children's book. I gotta check this out. Criminal Intentions: The Man with the …

Best Reads July 2018

This (much belated) post gives a list of my favorite books I read in July 2018. I had a hard month, and mostly did a bunch of comfort rereading of audiobooks. This makes my recs list smaller because I don't want to include too many books by the same author. This list definitely shows my …

Review of Stars in Their Eyes

Stars in Their Eyes by Pema Donyo. Crimson Romance. 2017.  I liked this story. I appreciated the details of the historical setting; setting was one of the strengths of this short novel. It's got this lovely mix of expat culture in Paris and early Hollywood. We even get to meet Gertrude Stein and Alice B …

Book and Snack Pairing: Chips Made with Avocado Oil

My plan for this Book and Snack Pairing post series is to taste snacks (two new and one old favorite) and pair them with romances (two recent first time reads and one old favorite). The romances reflect my reading habits, so they tend contemporary, and are a mix of pairings. I am marking the ones …