Nov 6 2008
Dear Mr. Culpepper, Yours was a book lingering in my Fictionwise wish list (love, love, love that feature) for a few weeks after the title caught my eye during one browsing session. I’ve grown used to hearing less than positive adjectives attached to the word “American” so wasn’t surprised to see ‘clueless’ added to the(…)
Oct 8 2008
Dear Ms. Martin: So I’ve bemoaning the economy this past week (so glad I’m not retiring for decades) and I got an email from a publicist declaring that in this depressing time I had to read a book about a doomed tsarina and it would sweep me away. My first response was, um no, during(…)
Aug 5 2008
Dear Ms. Laverentz, Recently I read one of Jane’s reviews of a sports themed novel (using football instead of hockey). You use the world of the NHL as the background for your hero, Eric Cameron. I’ll be honest and admit that I know just enough about hockey and medicine, the background of the heroine Dr.(…)
Aug 4 2008
Dear Ms. Mallery: The benefit of reading books out of order is you don’t get all that messy character build up. Yes, that is a bit tongue in cheek, but the truth is, if I had read Sweet Talk first, I don’t know if I would have liked Sweet Spot as much (again with the(…)
Jul 30 2008
Dear Mrs Ruff, Having read the glowing review of your first book at The Romance Reader, I decided to take a chance. After all, who doesn’t want to read about buff men paid lots of money to stay in buff condition while they live the American dream – getting paid to play a sport? But(…)
Jul 18 2008
Dear Ms. Mallery: This is Book 3 in the Buchanan series and it features youngest brother Reid who happens to be a famous former baseball player who suffered a career ending shoulder injury the previous year. He’d rather be playing ball than tending bar at one of the Buchanan’s restaurants, but at least he can(…)
Jul 1 2008
DJ Gallo posts a tongue in cheek article on yesterday’s ESPN Page 2. Page 2 for non ESPN visitors is generally a fluff piece (maybe a satire of the infamous Post Page Six. Page 2 is full of celebrity wankage, jock wankage, and generally mockery. Yesterday was the day to mock sports books, but I(…)
Jun 21 2008
Dear Ms. Andre: I’ve often wondered why sports stars are not the subject of more romance books. The men fit the standard mold: aggressive, wealthy, dominant, ambitious, usually in possession of totally hot bodies. As I read the few sports related fiction books I can find, I am more convinced that the reason is because(…)
Apr 3 2008
Strike Zone by Kate Angell I love sports so any half way decent sports book is going to please me. I give this caveat because there is probably alot wrong with this book (including the baseball stuff) but I still enjoyed it. I think it was a combination of Sports + Estranged lovers = Win(…)
Oct 9 2007
Dear Mom: I am going to buy this book for you for Christmas. I know you aren’t a Packer fan and that your idea of relaxation does not include anything that is sports related, but I think this is the perfect book for you. Well, okay, maybe it is more the perfect book for me(…)
Sep 3 2007
Dear Ms. Lee Football season is right around the corner and I thought this book would be a perfect fit given that the hero is a football player. Unfortunately, the football aspects were merely window dressing for this average story. Bobby Mac is an injured star quarterback for the Texas Lone Stars hoping to make(…)
Aug 9 2007
Dear Ms. Jones: I can’t pinpoint exactly why I bought this book. I think, honestly, that I got you mixed up with a different author (*cough Lisa Marie Rice cough*) whom I wanted to read but hadn’t. So I bought the book and had no idea what it was about at all. Color me surprised(…)
Jun 28 2007
Dear Ms. Foster: It’s probably unfair for me to have read this book for you are an author that “I gave up on” or rather “to whom I have never felt a connection”. Unfortunately for both of us, I kind of got sucked in by the cool cover and the idea of a fight club(…)
Jun 16 2007
Dear Ms. Halliday: When I saw the blurb for your book, I had to have it. Jake Sims was a retired baseball star who was trying to make a new life for himself and his thirteen year old daughter in the suburbs of Chicago. Alicia Greene was a woman who had suffered a bad divorce,(…)
Mar 15 2007
March Madness is full upon us and while there will be very little down time between games, there should always be time for a good book. Unfortunately, the literary world, particularly the area in which I inhabit, is not bursting with basketball themed books. I’ve got two recommendations of older books. Maybe the readers can(…)
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