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 …

Fave Romance Novellas & Novelettes I Read in 2019

Starting last year, I began 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 50 of my favorite romance novellas and novelettes I read in 2019. (Not all of them were published in 2019, of course.) It focuses on …

Fave Winter Holiday Romances 2019

I did a post at the end of 2017 recommending a bunch of holiday romance. This is the 2019 edition of holiday romance recommendations, even though it is being posted in January 2020, right at the tail end of the winter holidays. Please forgive the delay! I'm hoping you might still be interested in winter …

Best Reads August-October 2019

This post gives a list of my favorite books I read in August, September, and October 2019. (I usually do a separate post for each month but wasn't able to this time. I'm glad to have finally gotten this post up!) This list definitely shows my bias towards contemporary romance, but also includes paranormal romance, …

Review of Love Spells for the End of the World

Love Spells for the End of the World: A Magical Small Town Romance by Alys Murray. 2019. This is a fun Halloween romp. There are some holiday romances that do a rather light touch with the holiday feels, but this book really leans into the Halloweenness in a way I definitely appreciated. It totally put …

My 2019 Summer Romance #RippedBodiceBingo TBR

This is a bingo created by the Los Angeles romance bookstore, The Ripped Bodice! It runs from June 1-August 31. For each row you complete, you can enter to win prizes!   Here is my TBR for this challenge! All romances, of course. I am selecting several potential options for each square because options help me, …

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 …

Best Reads October 2018

This post gives a list of my favorite books I read in October 2018. This list definitely shows my bias towards contemporary romance, but also includes fantasy, paranormal romance, and historical romance. I am marking the audiobooks with an (A). I link to reviews where I have written them; and also where I have only …

Best Reads August-September 2018

This post gives a list of my favorite books I read in August-September 2018. I had a hard couple months, and did a bunch of comfort rereading. This list definitely shows my bias towards contemporary romance, but also includes fantasy, paranormal romance, and historical romance, and one YA novel. I am marking the audiobooks with …

Book and Snack Pairing: Simple Cookies

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 …