The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison I was a huge fan of The Goblin Emperor but not as keen on The Witness for the Dead, the first book in the spinoff Cemeteries of Amalo series about detective/priest/medium-of-sorts Thara Celehar. Hope springs eternal, though, so I requested book two in ... more >
Back in April I took advantage of my free Kindle Unlimited trial membership to speed through Claire Kingsley’s Bailey Brothers series, which follows the romantic relationships of five brothers in a small (Oregon? Washington? I already forgot) town. The books were recommended here by commenters DiscoDollyDeb and commenter/former reviewer Rose ... more >
I’ve been doing quarterly “what I’ve been reading” posts pretty faithfully for a while now. Usually I have close to ten books on the list, but for various reasons I haven’t been reading much, and so I only have three to review (I also reviewed two books with Janine – ... more >
The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins This was the first of my two short Halloween reads. Like most of my Halloween reads, it wasn’t particularly scary. The story opens with the Countess Narona visiting a doctor in London, and recounting a strange story about her meeting her fiance’s jilted lover. ... more >
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 >
Earlier in the year I read (or in one case, tried to read) the first three books in Rachel Reid’s m/m contemporary romance series, Game Changers, which follows queer NHL players as they fall in love and have to deal with the conflict presented by the heteronormative culture of the ... more >