B ReviewsAcademic-Issues / Contemporary / England / family relationships / friends-to-lovers / older heroine and hero / Shakespeare2 Comments
Four people. Four messy lives. One night that changes everything … Emily is obsessed with ending her father’s new relationship – but is blind to the fact that her own is far from perfect. Dominic has spent so long making other people happy that he’s hardly noticed he’s not happy ... more >
B ReviewsAcademic-Issues / authors / Bella Books / f/f romance / LGBTQ / professor / road-romance13 Comments
“As a behavioral scientist, Professor Nicole Hathaway’s work strips away the foolish mystique that surrounds the human mating dance. When her academic tome is treated as a viral “love manual” her ecstatic publisher books her to appear all over the U.S. and Europe. Worse yet, her quiet, managed life has ... more >
UncategorizedAcademic-Issues / Barnes & Noble / ebook-v.-print-publishing / Nook / YouTube2 Comments
B&N announced two new tablets yesterday. One is a 7″ and the other is a 9″ tablet. Their features don’t vary a great deal from the Kindle Fire or Google’s Nexus tablet but there is one stand out feature. The new Nooks have profiles so that the family can share ... more >
Book Deals / Publishing NewsAcademic-Issues / Book Awards / Deals / genre critique / Literary Criticism24 Comments
From reader Shula is this fantastic article about romances at The Awl. According to the reader, “The Awl is one of a quartet of blogs (think Gawker media) that also includes The Hairpin, a ladyblog. What I thought particularly interesting was that instead of posting the article there, where one ... more >
B+ ReviewsAcademic-Issues / demons / Ghost / Gothic / Paranormal22 Comments
Dear Ms. Dark, This was an especially difficult book to grade. After much reflection, I have decided to recommend it because of the strength of the prose and what, I believe, are the very engaging middle sections of the book. However, despite the fact that Ballantine is billing this book ... more >
B ReviewsAcademic-Issues / Carina Press / Josh Lanyon / law-enforcement / m/m romance15 Comments
Dear Mr. Lanyon, My recent and much too delayed venture into m/m romance led naturally to your books, given their strong reviews and word-of-mouth and my predilection for mysteries. I have your first two Adrien English books in my ebook TBR, but when I saw that you had a stand-alone ... more >