B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsautism / chronic illness / Contemporary / forced proximity / grumpy / sunshine / marriage-of-convenience / NetGalley / own voices4 Comments
Dear Chloe Liese, A friend from Twitter recommended your books and this series in particular to me recently. When I saw it at NetGalley and noted “grumpy vs sunshine” it was a foregone conclusion. After reading With You Forever, I know I will definitely be picking up the other books ... more >
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Dear Helen Hoang, I loved The Kiss Quotient last year and was very excited to read your follow up, The Bride Test. Set in the same world as the earlier novel, The Bride Test is a Cinderella story featuring Diep Khai and Tran Ngoc My (who takes the name Esmeralda/Esme ... more >
A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / accountant / arranged-marriage / Asian Americans / Asperger's / autism / California / Contemporary / disability / diversity / immigrant fiction / matchmakers / POC / POC author / Vietnam / waitress11 Comments
Dear Ms. Hoang, As I enjoyed The Kiss Quotient, I was eager to read your follow-up contemporary romance, The Bride Test (It is not necessary to read The Kiss Quotient first; The Bride Test stands on its own).
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsarson / audiobook / Australia / autism / bushfire / court case / neurodiversity / non-fiction / True Crime / Victoria4 Comments
Content warning: scenes of violence, death, injury, grief, bullying, ableism, references to abuse. Dear Chloe Hooper, On Saturday 7 February 2009, more than 400 separates bushfires raged in the Australian state of Victoria. 173 people lost their lives, over 2,000 homes were destroyed, countless animals, livestock and wildlife died in ... more >
Publishing News19th C history / African American activists / autism / Google Book Search / History / literary prizes / muppets / Pulitzer-Prize / Sesame StreetComments Off on Wednesday News: 2017 Pulitzer Prize, Google Book Search, 19th C African American activism on record, and autism on Sesame Street
Here Are The Winners Of The 2017 Pulitzer Prizes – The 101st Pulitzer Prize winning works and artists were announced on Monday, in a process somewhat different from other literary prizes, in that the finalists are not announced until the final Prizes are. Although the journalism prizes have gotten particular attention ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsanxiety / autism / Contemporary / depression / disability / m/m romance / New Adult / queer / suicidal ideation7 Comments
Dear Heidi Cullinan, sometimes I feel like everyone else is carrying a bucket of water but I’m trying to carry an ocean. I feel a little like I’m walking into a potential minefield with this review. Disability is something of a fraught subject in Romancelandia. I’m still learning myself on ... more >