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About Beth Ellen

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Lover of books (specifically the kissing variety), kitties, tea, science, and kicking cancer's arse.

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Fluffy Young Adult Romance and Fun

Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins

January 14, 2020 by Beth Ellen 1 Comment

So I’m weirdly starting off my first review in almost a year with a sequel, but here we are. I read the first in this series, published under two different names: Royals or Prince Charming, towards the end of 2019. It was a light, fluffy, fun romp of a young adult-ish romance? No clue where the library would put these: nothing explicit, but still definitely romance and involving teenagers/early 20’s. So something like that. New adult? Somewhere in that range. Millie is a girl running […]

Filed Under: Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Rachel Hawkins

Beth Ellen's CBR12 Review No:1 · Genres: Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Rachel Hawkins ·
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A Girl Coming of Age Story Full of Kicking *ss and No Romance

Mistress of the Storm by M. L. Welsh

January 14, 2019 by Beth Ellen Leave a Comment

Continuing my exploration of intermediate reader books this year is leading to a lot of, judging books by their cover. And this time I hit the jackpot. Verity Gallant is miserable. Her family doesn’t understand her, and she has no friends (she’s around 12-ish, I guess). She visits the library one day and sees a mysterious stranger. He steals a book so she chases after him. At the beach, before he sets sail, he hands her back the book and a round wooden ball with […]

Filed Under: Children's, Fantasy Tagged With: Girl Coming of Age, Mistress of the Storm, ML Welsh

Beth Ellen's CBR11 Review No:2 · Genres: Children's, Fantasy · Tags: Girl Coming of Age, Mistress of the Storm, ML Welsh ·
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Who’d a thunk a book with a train on the cover and set in the 30’s could actually be fun?

On the Blue Comet by Rosemary Wells

January 8, 2019 by Beth Ellen 1 Comment

Hi everyone! I’m back. Or attempting to be this year. And setting my standards way lower. Hello, quarter Cannonball, how you doin’? Anywho, I decided this year is going to be the year of seeing what’s up in kid’s books. Not BlackRaven’s level from last year (I read way too many kids books on repeat to actually analyze them), but intermediate readers. I go to the library every week, and spend my time wandering the children’s section, which at our library is ringed by the […]

Filed Under: Children's, Fiction Tagged With: Intermediate Reader, On the Blue Comet, Rosemary Wells

Beth Ellen's CBR11 Review No:1 · Genres: Children's, Fiction · Tags: Intermediate Reader, On the Blue Comet, Rosemary Wells ·
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A *shrug* and a *yawn*

February 23, 2018 by Beth Ellen 1 Comment

So I first read A Wrinkle in Time around 20 years ago. That’s my best guess. I remembered nothing about it, except that I did not like it at all, on a fairly strong level. So when I heard they were making a new movie I shrugged, but then it was directed by Ava DuVernay (yes), staring a diverse cast (YES), and then the trailer dropped. All in. Alllllll in. And it’s our bookclub book today! Reread commencing. I’m going to skip the plot synopsis […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Children's, Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle

Post by Beth Ellen · Genres: Book Club, Children's, Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle ·
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Figure Skaters Finding Love (literally all I needed to know to sell me on it, how about the rest of you?)

February 7, 2018 by Beth Ellen 7 Comments

Oh Mariana Zapata, I have such a love/please for the love of god find an editor relationship with you. She wrote my favorite slow burn romance ever, Kulti, and is back this time with a different set of athletes. Jasmine Santos is a world class figure skater trying to decide if it’s time to end her career after her pairs partner bailed a year before. Ivan Lukov is the current reigning pairs figure skating champion and all around taunting pain in Jasmine’s backside at their […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Beth Ellen, From Lukov with Love, Mariana Zapata, Slow Burn Romance

Post by Beth Ellen · Genres: Romance · Tags: Beth Ellen, From Lukov with Love, Mariana Zapata, Slow Burn Romance ·
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  • tiny_bookbot on An amiably low-stakes romantic adventure in Victorian LondonYou are correct (my library didn't have it available)! and no, I don't think you do. Like a lot of romance series, Book #1 focuses...
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