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January 13, 2023

Janine’s Best of 2022

JanineA Reviews / A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsContemporary romance / immigrants / LGBTQIAP+ / Literary fiction / m/f romance / PNR / POC / Retelling / Science Fiction / UF / Urban-Fantasy / YA fantasy / YA historical22 Comments

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2022 was a challenging year for me when it came to reading. The DNFs were frequent but at least I got through my reading list faster because of them, and yay, ended up with a full ten books to include here. In order of how much I liked them, here ... more >

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January 11, 2023

Kaetrin’s Best of 2022

KaetrinNeed A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2022 / Contemporary / historical mystery / male male romance / non-fiction / queer / science history / SFF10 Comments

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My reading year was up and down – a big slump in the middle didn’t help and the stress of moving house right near the end of the year meant I turned to comfort reads for the last 2 months or so. (In this time I read Kristen Ashley books ... more >

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May 2, 2022

SPOILERIFIC THREAD: The Long Game and Rachel Reid’s Game Changers Series

KaetrinBook ReviewsCanada / coming out / depression / enemies with benefits / grumpy / sunshine / hockey / homophobia / I’m not worthy / LGBTQIAP+ / m/m / May-December / secret relationship / star-crossed lovers39 Comments

A thread for discussing Rachel Reid’s Game Changers series, including the recently released The Long Game, book six, *WITH SPOILERS* for all the books included. ALL your thoughts are welcome.   For those readers who prefer spoiler-free reviews and discussions, reviews of the earlier books can be found below: Heated ... more >

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May 2, 2022

JOINT REVIEW: The Long Game by Rachel Reid

KaetrinA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbisexual / Canada / coming out / Contemporary / depression / disability / Gay / hockey / joint review / LGBTQIAP+ / NetGalley / queer / rivalry / star-crossed lovers18 Comments

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Janine, Sirius and I were all so excited to read The Long Game and eager to talk about it once we did so we decided to review it together. Please note there will be series spoilers for prior books. Heated Rivalry is essential prior reading but Role Model is also ... more >

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February 7, 2022

What Janine is Reading: Rachel Reid’s Game Changers Series, Part II

JanineB Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews / Reading Lists#metoo / bartender / bisexual hero / Canada / gay hero / grumpy / sunshine / hockey / I’m not worthy / LGBTQIAP+ / m/m / May-December / New York City / Out for You / Reading lists / social media19 Comments

Over the past year, I’ve been reading Rachel Reid’s Game Changers m/m hockey romance series. I posted about the first three books here. I’ve since caught up on the rest of the series. Here are my thoughts on books four and five in the series, Common Goal and Role Model. ... more >

January 6, 2022

CONVERSATION: Enemies to Lovers

JanineConversationsContemporary / enemies to lovers / enemies with benefits / Fantasy / genre history / historical romance / mystery / Paranormal / recommendations / rivals to lovers / tropes22 Comments

Janine: In our conversation about our reading in 2021, the enemies-to-lovers trope came up. I loved some of what you said and thought we could have a wider and deeper conversation about it. Here are some questions to start us off: Do you enjoy the enemies-to-lovers trope? Why or why ... more >

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