Apr 25 2013
Dear Ms. Beck: Part of this book was great. The other parts made me cringe and I used SHOUTY notes at points on the PDF review copy I received. BUT, I was engaged for most of the book which is more than I can say about some of the stories I’ve been reading. When her(…)
Oct 9 2012
Dear Ms. Leighton: I find this book hard to grade. It’s very sexy and hot as the cover suggests but the story is kind of a miss. There are three main characters: Olivia, Nash and Cash. Nash and Cash are twins. First, Olivia has this faux conflict. She’s always gone for the bad boy. Nash(…)
Jul 25 2012
The 2012 RITA Best First Book interview series concludes with two contemporaries. Read on for some very cool behind-the-scenes stories, and leave a comment if you’ve read either of these books, or would like to win this set. About the nominated books… Beautiful Disaster, by Laura Spinella: Mysterious Flynn was the most passionate and stormy(…)
Dec 14 2011
sail under false colours (British & Australian) also sail under false colors (American & Australian) to pretend to be something that you are not in order to deceive people When we did a series of reviews on some of Georgette Heyer’s novels, many people listed “False Colours” as a favorite. Since I’d never read it,(…)
Nov 21 2011
Dear Ms. Jemisin, While I didn’t think the first two novels of your Inheritance trilogy were perfect, I liked that they were different and introduced some much-needed fresh air into the fantasy genre. I wasn’t sure what to expect from the final installment given that it’s about the child god, Sieh, and the thought of(…)
Aug 5 2011
Dear Ms. Bliss: Sometimes I think a reader connects to a writer in ways that can’t quite be articulated. I’ve felt that way about your work for a while so I don’t know how reliable of a recommender of your books that I am. What I connect with is the authenticity of the characters, the(…)
Jun 28 2011
Dear Ms. Duran, To my way of thinking, a new book by you is always a cause for celebration, given that your previous books have all earned A minuses or B pluses from me. So I sat down to read A Lady’s Lesson in Scandal with high hopes – hopes that were luckily not disappointed.(…)
May 10 2011
Dear Ms. McCafferty, Thanks to the Hunger Games, dystopian has become the new black in the young adult genre. Luckily, I have yet to get tired of the subgenre, which is good because it’s shaping up to be a flood for the next year or so. I was a little hesitant to pick up your(…)
Apr 8 2010
Dear Ms. Tenorio: I recall reading and enjoying one of your earliest works, but since then I confess that nothing has quite struck my interest like the first one. When you sent me All of You, I opened it to read the first page, which is what I do with nearly every book sent to(…)
Mar 22 2010
Dear Ms. Niffenegger, I was one of the many readers positively enthralled by your debut novel, The Time-Traveler’s Wife. Here was a book that was smart, funny, romantic and tragic. It was one of my favorite reads of 2004 (it would probably rate fairly high on my all-time favorite novels list, actually). I have waited(…)
Oct 13 2009
Dear Ms. Walsh, You don’t know me, but I sometimes lurk at your blog, Writer Unboxed, which is one of the best blogs for writers I know of. I’ve been following it since the days when you were writing this book, under the working title of Unbounded, so when Jane told me that we had(…)
Apr 5 2009
Dear Ms. Rai: This is the first book of yours that I have read. I picked it because it featured a non caucasion protagonist; it had to do with cooking; and there were two hot guys in the story. I had mixed emotions at the end of the story. On the one hand I loved that(…)
May 22 2007
Cipher by Narita Minako. Published by CMX. Retail $9.99. Rating: Teen (some heavy issues, but little to no sex or violence; I’d say high school age personally). 7/12 volumes released in English, complete in Japan. Dear CMX, I think you are my favorite shoujo manga publisher. I’ve only tried a few of your series, and(…)
Aug 23 2006
Dear Ms. St. Claire, Alex Romero has a bad habit of allowing his libido interfere with his jobs. He signed on to Bullet catchers, not just for its super rich salary, but for the opportunity to guard “presidents, princes, and the head of Scotland Yard.” His boss, Lucy Sharpe, assigns him to guard the body(…)
Jul 27 2006
Dear Ms. Cook, I know that authors usually have little control over their covers but I just have to mention the cover for Undressed since it’s so far off base. Way far. If I had just seen this book in a store, I would have immediately thought “contemporary screwball comedy.” If I’d bought it thinking(…)
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