Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 20206 Comments
Well, 2020 pretty much sucked. I suffered my way through a number of reading slumps and spent a long time doing something I hardly ever did before – re-reading. I turned to comfort reads for weeks at a time because things were just awful. I didn’t read as many new ... more >
Book Reviews / C Reviewsactor / dysfunctional family / dyslexia / emotional abuse / fandom / fanfic / fat MC / fat shaming / insta love / online community10 Comments
Marcus Caster-Rupp has a secret. The world may know him as Aeneas, star of the biggest show on television, but fanfiction readers call him something else: Book!AeneasWouldNever. Marcus gets out his frustrations with the show through anonymous stories about the internet’s favorite couple, Aeneas and Lavinia. But if anyone discovered ... more >
A Reviews / A- Reviews / B Reviews / Recommended ReadsAnthology / grief / novella / teachers3 Comments
CW: Grief, substance abuse, cancer Dear Olivia Dade, Sweetest in the Gale is an anthology featuring three novellas set in your Marysburg series set in and around Marysburg High School in Virginia (although, in the case of the last novella, the link to the high school is somewhat tenuous). Two ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / fat MC / holiday romance / tennis4 Comments
Dear Olivia Dade, First off, what a gorgeous cover! It’s pretty, fun and flirty and represents the main characters very well. Tess Dunn, who is about to turn 40, is the assistant principal at Marysburg High School and is on vacation with her BFF Belle, a fellow teacher (who now ... more >
Reading Lists / Top Ten ListsContemporary / Gothic / Historical / interracial-romance / sci-fi romance / Urban fantasy9 Comments
This year I decided to do my best of list a little early. I don’t have any new releases on my list until next year so I felt it was safe. I had a fantastic reading year; I met my Goodreads challenge with more than a month to spare and ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / high-school / older hero/heroine / teacher / weight4 Comments
Their lesson plans didn’t include love. But that’s about to change… When Martin Krause arrives at Rose Owens’s high school, she’s determined to remain chilly with her new colleague. Unfriendly? Maybe. Understandable? Yes, since a loathsome administrator gave Rose’s beloved world history classes to Martin, knowing it would hurt her. ... more >