Underlying by Janelle Harris I know. I KNOW. Anyone who reads my reviews is probably heartily sick of me bitching about Amazon First Reads, especially all the mediocre suspense I find there. Skip this if you want to avoid my whining (which would be understandable). The book is narrated by ... more >
This was a very good reading year for me. Although I didn’t read that many books – only fifty or sixty at a guess—the percentage of books I enjoyed was high. Due to conflict of interest this list excludes some books I enjoyed, but combining my four favorite romances with ... more >
Dear Ms. Valentine, I first came across your YA historical novel, The Girls at the Kingfisher Club, when The Book Smugglers reviewed it. Hapax also raved about it in our Open Thread for Readers for September. Everything I heard about this novel, especially that it was a Jazz Age set ... more >