The thing that I love about being a new romance reader is that there’s this whole genre and world of books out there just waiting to be discovered. One could easily get lost trying to navigate the vast romance section, but luckily I have a lot of friends to guide my way. On recommendation from […]
The Rebel Wife Taylor M. Polites Book Review
May 10, 2012
“I am Gus Sedlaw. I cannot forget my name. Augusta Belier Blackwood-Sedlaw. And then Branson, a name I will bear like the mark of Cain until I die. Eli’s name that was put upon me. Ten years ago, I was not married. But wanted to be, I think. Who knows what I wanted or what […]
The Mistress’s Revenge Tamar Cohen Book Review
May 9, 2012
The premise for The Mistress’s Revenge by Tamar Cohen is very similar to the 1987 movie Fatal Attraction only it is set in the current modern age of Facebook, emails, and cell phones. It is about an English woman named Sally who has just gotten dumped by a married man named Clive after spending five years together in a passionate […]
Somebody’s Baby Elaine Kagan Book Review
April 7, 2012
Picture this (I’m channeling my inner Sophia Petrillo from The Golden Girls here): The year was 1959. Her name was Jenny Jaffe. She lived in a wealthy Jewish neighborhood in Kansas City where gentile boys were off limits. Especially a boy who has tattoos, was a mostly penniless drifter from California, had spent time in […]
The Ocean Between Us Susan Wiggs Book Review
March 24, 2012
One of the things that I’ve always enjoyed about reading books is the way that they can take you away from reality while often still educating you in a way that is unexpected and rewarding. The Ocean Between Us by Susan Wiggs did just that for me. While on the surface it may seem to be a […]
Ready Player One Ernest Cline Book Review
March 22, 2012
I feel like Ernest Cline went through my brain and picked out all of the things I find to be cool and put them in Ready Player One: quests, video games, the 80s, David vs. Goliath, and the list goes on. If you want to read a book where upon closing it you think that […]