Hollywood

REVIEW:  Close Enough to Touch by Victoria Dahl

REVIEW: Close Enough to Touch by Victoria Dahl

Dear Ms. Dahl, I am still surprised at how little I liked your latest Western-lite book, Close Enough to Touch. I’ve enjoyed many of your books–especially the sexy Bad Boys Do (reviewed here, along with the other Donovan books, by Robin) and the very funny  Lead Me On (given a B+ here by Jane)– and you’re hilarious on Twitter. This book,(…)

REVIEW:  Babes In Tinseltown by Sheri Cobb South

REVIEW: Babes In Tinseltown by Sheri Cobb South

“In 1936, Frankie Foster leaves her Georgia home with high hopes of becoming a movie star in Hollywood. She soon finds work as an extra in a swashbuckling costume picture, but when the producer drops dead at her feet during filming, Frankie knows she must discover the truth if she is to save the picture(…)

REVIEW:  Good for You by Tammara Webber

REVIEW: Good for You by Tammara Webber

Dear Ms. Webber: The first time I came across your books was on Amazon when it recommended that I buy Between the Lines, the first in your Hollywood trilogy, after I had purchased a different YA contemporary. I resisted because there are rarely less interesting characters to me that famous people. Fiction often relies on(…)

REVIEW: Bride of the Rat God by Barbara Hambly

REVIEW: Bride of the Rat God by Barbara Hambly

Dear Ms. Hambly, The title of this book is what got my attention. I mean, how could it not? Once I saw it, I knew I had to read it. Who’s the Rat God? Who is his bride? What on earth is going on here? If not for her actress sister-in-law Chrysandra Flamande taking her(…)

REVIEW: Addicted to You by Bethany Kane

REVIEW: Addicted to You by Bethany Kane

Dear Ms. Kane: For an erotic romance, this book had both smoking hot sex and great emotional connection between the characters. Where it falters is in the tacked on romantic suspense plot and the totally WTF opening scene. However, as an erotic romance, it definitely delivers. In fact, of all the books you’ve written this(…)

REVIEW: Just Like Me, Only Better by Carol Snow

REVIEW: Just Like Me, Only Better by Carol Snow

Dear Ms. Snow, “Just Like Me, Only Better,” is a book which Jane included in my arc shipment and which I opened with a “why not” attitude. I needed to weed down a towering pile and this one just happened to be on top. Good thing as I ended up chuckling the almost whole way(…)

REVIEW:  Butterfly Tattoo by Deidre Knight

REVIEW: Butterfly Tattoo by Deidre Knight

Dear Ms. Knight: There are so many blocks against reading this book that I wonder you ever had the audacity to put pen to paper. The story is told from the first person present tense in alternating points of view.   It features a gay/bisexual/quasi-queer man who purportedly falls in love with a Hollywood actress.   I(…)

Thursday Afternoon Haiku Moment: A Sonnet for Susan Elizabeth Phillips’ What I Did For Love

(Based off of Shakespeare’s famous sonnet) Shall I compare thee to the A Grade? Thou art more grating to my skull A good contemporary should be a lively parade But I find this book amazingly dull. Sometimes the heroine whines about life And the hero pretends to be a jerk Round after round of endless(…)

REVIEW: What I Did For Love by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

REVIEW: What I Did For Love by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Dear Ms. Phillips: I count you as one of my favorite romance authors. I practically camp out at my local bookstore whenever your books are released. Needless to say, I was pretty excited to get my hands on this one. Georgie York is best known for her role as the spunky Scooter Brown on America’s(…)

REVIEW: Just the Sexiest Man Alive by Julie James

Dear Ms. James: Ordinarily I don’t read books that where the protagonists are lawyers, particularly trial lawyers because so few people ever get it right. When I read the blurb for this book, I admit to mentally groaning but I couldn’t help myself from opening it up, just to take a peek. I ended up(…)

REVIEW:  What I Really Want to Do is Direct by Yvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout

REVIEW: What I Really Want to Do is Direct by Yvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout

Dear Yvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout Who knew that a focus puller was so important to a movie? Not moi, I assure you. But now I do and I loved learning about it in “What I Really Want to Do is Direct.” Though told in 1st person (after all, it is Chick Lit and that’s(…)