Apr 14 2013
Well, as usual it’s been a dog’s age since I’ve done one of these, and a lot of what I’ve read I’ve already reviewed: The Typewriter Girl by Alison Atlee, Unforgivable by Joanna Chambers, Daniel Deronda by George Eliot, When Maidens Mourn by C.S. Harris, Children of Liberty by Paullina Simons, That Scandalous Summer by Meredith Duran and The Gilded(…)
Jan 23 2013
It’s been forever since I did one of these columns, so this will cover a lot of books: Ride with Me by Ruthie Knox Ruthie Knox’s About Last Night was my favorite contemporary of 2012. I don’t read many straight contemporaries, because I typically enjoy them more mildly than other genres of romance. About Last(…)
Jan 4 2013
Yikes! It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these… A Notorious Countess Confesses by Julie Ann Long Kati and Dabney’s review is here. I gave this one a B; I liked the heroine, but the romance was a little on the bland side for me. Not my favorite JAL, but I’m still interested(…)
Nov 16 2012
October was, overall, a crappy reading month for me. The majority of the books I read ranged from mediocre to dreadful. Here’s a representative sampling. The month wasn’t a total lost–I read several books that will be published over the next few months I thought were quite good. I also enjoyed several of the books(…)
Nov 2 2012
It’s hard to believe November is here already, and I’m just now getting around to posting my September reading list. Where did the time go? Once Upon a Ballroom by Caroline Linden, Katharine Ashe, Maya Rodale, and Miranda Neville This anthology has been priced between free and 99 cents since it came out, and because(…)
Sep 14 2012
What Remains by Carole Radziwill I have a fondness for the Real Housewives franchise which I would never admit to in public (uh oh, I just did, didn’t I?). Radziwill joined the cast of The Real Housewives of New York this season, and though she can be tiresomely above-it-all on occasion, she’s impressed me with(…)
Sep 12 2012
Last month was a busy month for me and therefore I didn’t read as much as I usually do. Here’s what was on my plate in August, reading-wise: Spice and Smoke by Suleikha Snyder Set in the world of Bollywood cinema, Spice and Smoke is comprised of two connected novellas. “Bombay Dreams” is the story(…)
Aug 22 2012
I read a handful of m/m ARCs over the past month, with varying levels of success. I either DNF’d them or didn’t have enough to say to warrant a full-blown review, so I decided a lightning-review post fit the bill. In no particular order: But My Boyfriend Is by K.A. Mitchell Mitchell is an auto-buy,(…)
Aug 21 2012
Seven Sexy Sins A few weeks ago, Ruthie Knox was raving about this book on Twitter so I decided to give it a whirl. I’m glad I did. Seven Sexy Sins is a bawdy, diverting read that skims the surface of real emotion just enough to make one care for its characters. Faith Hillman is, though(…)
Jul 30 2012
Dedication by Janet Mullany My review is here. I liked this quite well, in spite of the fact that I rather embarrassingly didn’t remember that I’d read the original version. I Am Old. Lust Ever After by Rose de Fer My review here. Eh. The Dark Knight by Elizabeth Elliott My review here. Unfortunately a bit of(…)
Jul 11 2012
My June reading was a mixture of the good and the disappointing. Here’s what I read: A Gentleman Undone by Cecilia Grant I loved Grant’s debut, A Lady Awakened. This is the follow up, about the brother of the heroine from the earlier book, an officer in the Napoleonic Wars who sold his commission and(…)
Jun 13 2012
My hot reading streak in February and March turned into a reading slump in April. For a little while there, I couldn’t get more than a few pages into anything I picked up. I couldn’t even tell you guys what I tried to read at that time, because I didn’t make it far into anything(…)
Jun 11 2012
Modern Love by edited by Daniel Jones I’m a long-time fan of the New York Time’s Modern Love column. I recently picked up this book which is a collection of some of the best posts from the past fifteen years. Some of them will break your heart–the now famous ones by Ann Hood are almost too(…)
Jun 10 2012
The following are reviews for three novellas written by Thea Harrison, published by Samhain, and set in her Elder Races world. While I understand that men on the cover sell better, the stories are almost all focused on the female characters. Finally, a common thread throughout the three books is the strangeness of the Wyr.(…)
Jun 7 2012
Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh This series is becoming a bit like the J.R. Ward Black Dagger Brotherhood series for me: I continue to read the books even though they irritate me quite a bit. I will say that the BDB books are at least 50% more ridiculous, but that’s more a reflection of(…)
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