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I’ve been around off and on since the first year of CBR, and it and books have been a constant in my life through multiple moves and a major career change. I have a Siamese cat named Dany as a roommate, and still think they did Jon Snow wrong. Fantasy, specific types of sci-fi, historical fiction (especially mysteries) and romance (mostly historical) tend to be my go to genres now a days.

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Light Entertainment But With Dragons

Dragon Actually by G.A. Aiken

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Bingo Square: Red (cover is red) I had actually picked this up as a Kindle Deal because dragons before I read emmalita’s review of the Honeybadger books, written by this author under a different name.  The Honeybadger books were incredibly entertaining but I also think her style is probably better in small doses and that reading too many of them in a short period would ruin what makes them so entertaining.  As a result, I held off on this for a bit of time. It […]

A Bit Mellow for a Smuggling Pirate Heroine

Destiny's Captive by Beverly Jenkins

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Bingo Square: UnCannon I picked this one up because it came up a while back on The Ripped Bodice’s Instagram as a recommendation for one of their summer bingo categories (I am not participating in that bingo, one is enough). I read Indigo a few years ago, and appreciated how well researched and educational it was; since then I have seen Beverly Jenkins comment once in a while on Twitter and have always meant to check out another one of her novels. This one was […]

A Long Due Quest

A Killing Frost by Seanan McGuire

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Bingo Square: Happy (New Toby Daye makes me happy) Over the last two months, quite a few fantasy series I enjoy have had new release published. Since I tend to pre-order certain authors, I don’t always pay close attention to the actual release date, so I have woken up to a few surprises lately that changed my reading plans for that day.  For me, these new books have ranged from disappointing to very good, even if I haven’t bothered to review them yet.  A Killing […]

Two Romances, Two Different Responses

The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

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The Worst Best Man (4 stars) 3 years ago, Lina’s fiance Andrew broke up with her the morning of their wedding – via a text to his brother, Max. After a drunken night, Max woke up to a text that whatever he had said had made Andrew realize it wasn’t right. Unfortunately Max can’t remember the night before, but he bites the bullet and breaks the news. By association (not to mention his mysterious advice), Max ranks right up there with Andrew on the asshole brother […]

Well, I’m Definitely Not Ever Going Camping Now

Devolution by Max Brooks

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Bingo Square: Pandemic Bingo 1: 4th column While I enjoy the occasional zombie story, it definitely isn’t my go to sub-genre – I haven’t seen a single episode of The Walking Dead, for example. And yet, World War Z is a novel I still bring up quite frequently (and should absolutely re-read), and may have even unknowingly become one of my favorite books – top 20 for sure! I just love the complex analysis behind the novel, how Brooks used history to predict various countries’ […]

That Volcano Roll, Though

The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon

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Bingo Square: Friendship (three women become friends after they discover they were all dating the same man) I was debating between using this one for Money! or Friendship but realized I had a few other decent choices for Money! among both books to be reviewed and books to be read so Friendship it is! Samiah Brooks is successful in her career, she owns her own home, and she has a killer wardrobe. The one thing missing on her check list – the guy! The most […]



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