Book Reviews / C Reviews / C- Reviews#ownvoices / abuse / Black heroine / coming-of-age / high-school / POC / POC author / rock stars / singer / YANo Comments
Trigger warnings: Dear Tiffany D. Jackson, A couple of months ago I read and reviewed your YA novel, Monday’s Not Coming, and was impressed. The book had a powerful mystery at its center, a disappearance of a teenager noticed only by her best friend. Even before I read it, I ... more >
B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsghosts / m/m romance / rock stars6 Comments
I’m Tyler Lindsey, and until recently, I had an okay apartment, an okay girlfriend, and an okay job as a bellboy at a respectable Boston hotel. Then rock star Chris Raiden died right before I brought his room service—stiffing me on the tip, by the way—and my life went to ... more >
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Dear Ms. Kelly: This is the second book I’ve read in this series and I’m starting to see a pattern. It’s a good pattern though–competent and capable heroines. Violet Davis is a reputation fixer. When the story opens we see Violet toasting the new engagement of her former boyfriend, a ... more >
B- Reviewscontemporary mm romance / rock starsComments Off on REVIEW: A Matter of When by Eden Winters
Wealth. Fame. Gold record. Hookers and Cocaine front man Henri Lafontaine has it all… including a control freak manager, band members who smile as they sharpen blades for his back, and last but damn well not least, a fan out to steal his heart. Literally. Trying to write hit songs ... more >
Book Reviews / Reading Lists18th-century / 19th century / 20th century / Africa / crime / Historical / India / Movie / New Adult / non-fiction / Paranormal / POC / Reading lists / rock stars / silent movie / Tudor-England / Witches / Writer11 Comments
My Planet by Mary Roach From acclaimed, New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach comes the complete collection of her “My Planet” articles published in Reader’s Digest. She was a hit columnist in the magazine, and this book features the articles she wrote in that time. Insightful and hilarious, Mary ... more >
Book Reviews / Reading Listsclassic fiction / Holocaust / New Adult / non-fiction / Reading lists / rock stars / WWII5 Comments
I also read and reviewed Addicted to You, Ricochet and Falling, and read The Luckiest Lady in London (review by Willaful; I gave it a slightly higher grade than she did, a B+). Baby, It’s Cold Outside by HelenKay Dimon I’d never read this author but I must have come across ... more >