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REVIEW: Under the Mistletoe by Mary Balogh

B- Reviews / / / 3 Comments

Dear Ms. Balogh, A Twitter conversation about romance novellas led me to borrow your Christmas anthology Under the Mistletoe from my library after author Cecilia Grant mentioned that the best novella is The Best Gift. @GrowlyCub The Best Gift is the best novella. We’ve talked about this before. @ErinSatie @Liz_Mc2 ... more >

Review: My True Love Gave to Me

B Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviews / 17 Comments

In my experience, romantic holiday anthologies have good odds of being meh, but this collection of contemporary and fantasy stories included enough great names in Young Adult literature to be worth a try. Technically, it could be considered New Adult, since several of the characters are in college, but most ... more >

JOINT REVIEW: Secrets of Neverwood by G.B.Lindsey, Diana Copland, and Libby Drew

B- Reviews / C+ Reviews / / / 6 Comments

Three foster brothers are called home to Neverwood, the stately Pacific Northwest mansion of their youth. They have nothing in common but a promise to Audrey, the woman they all called mother—that upon her death, they would restore the house and preserve it as a home for troubled boys. But ... more >

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Tuesday News: #AmazonCart on Twitter; the real, made-up Apple Earbuds; the Book Smugglers try publishing; and how do you handle book jackets

Publishing News / / / / / / 11 Comments

Twitter’s New #AmazonCart Deal Won’t Be Its Big Commerce Moneymaker – So now you can add products to your Amazon cart with a Twitter hashtag. First, of course, you have to link up the two accounts, and I don’t think the service works for items that can only be purchased ... more >

REVIEW: The Waters of Eternity by Howard Andrew Jones

B Reviews / / / / / 3 Comments

Venture into the time of the Arabian Nights with stalwart Captain Asim and the brilliant Dabir as they hunt an unseen killer that craves only the eyes of his victims, and pursue a dark entity haunting the halls of an opulent mansion. Ride with them on a desperate journey to ... more >

Bring on the holiday romances

Letters of Opinion / Recommended Reads / / / / 34 Comments

Recommended Read

I’m not a huge fan of a lot of aspects of the Halloween-to-New-Year’s marketing and consumption extravaganza. I think Halloween costumes should be left to the under-12 crowd, I prefer to leave the country for Thanksgiving, I haven’t put up a Christmas tree in nearly two decades, and I’m usually ... more >

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