February 26, 2016

REVIEW: Playing Hard by Melanie Scott

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsBaseball / Contemporary / New-YorkNo Comments

Dear Melanie Scott, Amelia Graham is an economist for a boutique investment bank on Wall Street. She grew up near the Castro family in the suburbs of Chicago – Emma is her best friend and Emma’s brother, Finn, is like a brother to her as well.  Finn has been drafted ... more >

February 24, 2016

REVIEW: Fully Ignited by Shannon Stacey

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBoston / Contemporary / family relationships / Firefighters / Older-Woman-/-Younger-Man6 Comments

When Jamie Rutherford takes a temporary assignment as lieutenant of Boston Fire’s Engine 59, she doesn’t anticipate any problems. She’s been in the fire service for a long time and, even though she’s fairly new to Boston, she knows how to make any firehouse her home. What she’s not prepared ... more >

February 22, 2016

REVIEW: Learning to Fall by Mina V. Esguerra

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsArt / book blogger / Contemporary / New Adult / Romance / rugby12 Comments

Dear Mina V. Esguerra, My friend Kat Mayo from Book Thingo recommended this book to me last week so I bought it. Lucky for me, I also read it basically straight away.  I’d never heard of your books before (even though you have a decent backlist – yay for me) ... more >

February 21, 2016

Open Thread for Authors (Author Promo) for March 2016

JayneMisc / Need A Rec!Author Promotion / Open Thread / Promotion12 Comments

Welcome to the Promotional Thread for Authors. What’s this you say? I read quite a few blogs outside the romance blogosphere and many of the big ones have a daily open thread where the commenters drive the bus. The rules for Author Promo Night Open Thread are as follows: The ... more >

February 21, 2016

Open Thread for Readers for March 2016

JayneMisc / Need A Rec!book-pimp / Open Thread / Promotion24 Comments

Got a book you want to talk about? Frustrated with a book or series? In love with a new one? Found a buried treasure? An issue that keeps popping up in the books you are reading? Just want to chat about stuff in general?

February 19, 2016

Reading List by Jayne

JayneB Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / DNF Reviews / Need A Rec!ancient-Rome / Biography / cooking / Historical / medicine / non-fiction / sociology22 Comments

Here’s a quick recap of some of my recent reads and ones I’m slowly working on. The Heart – Maylis de Kerangal (translation by Sam Taylor) Just before dawn on a Sunday morning, three teenage boys go surfing. Returning home, exhausted, the driver lets the car drift off the road ... more >