B- Reviews / Book Reviewsbaby (non secret) / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / England / RelationshipsComments Off on REVIEW: His Best Mistake by Lucy King
Is it too much to ask for a relationship that works? When Stella Grant realises her perfect romance is a lie and that she’s the other woman, she flees to her remote cottage in the Highlands to lick her wounds. Billionaire currency trader Jack Maclean has nothing but contempt for ... more >
A- Reviews / Recommended ReadsLiterary fiction / love story / Magical Realism / migration / Relationships / war8 Comments
Dear Mr. Hamid, Your acclaimed novel begins this way: IN A CITY SWOLLEN BY REFUGEES but still mostly at peace, or at least not yet openly at war, a young man met a young woman in a classroom and did not speak to her. For many days. His name was ... more >
Publishing NewsBanned-Books / classic literature / Hong Kong / magazines / Netflix / publishing / reading habits / Relationships / third-party publishing services2 Comments
Hearst and Condé Nast Join Forces to Form PubWorx, a Shared Services Firm – So with magazine subscriptions going for alike $5 a pop, Condé Nast and Hearst are going into business together to create magazines on a contract basis for other companies. Because nothing says reinvention of the magazine business ... more >
Publishing NewsAdobe / algorithm / Facebook / film adaptation / Gamergate / reading / Relationships / timeline / Twitter39 Comments
If you don’t like algorithmic filters, you’re probably not going to like the future of Twitter – So it looks like Twitter is, indeed, starting to model itself a bit more after Facebook, at least with its anticipated move to algorithmically filtered timelines. Ironically, this change seems to privilege intermittent ... more >
Film Reviews20th century / cars / England / Friday Film Review / Relationships8 Comments
Genevieve (1953) Genre: Comedy Grade: B Originally I had another film lined up for today but yesterday I was reading that this coming weekend is the annual London to Brighton Rally. “That’s it,” I said. “Genevieve is on.” From a little film that the studio heads didn’t think much of ... more >
D ReviewsContemporary / Lisa-Cach / Relationships / Simon & Schuster10 Comments
Ever dream of being transformed into a bombshell? Grace Cavanaugh thinks she’s in for an easy, lazy summer when she takes a job as companion to her great aunt Sophia in Pebble Beach. She’ll dab spittle from her aunt’s chin, watch ‘Animal Planet’, and work on her dissertation for her ... more >