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The Queer Family Stone

Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun

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This is a bit of a delayed Christmas romcom review, both due to the large hold list for it through the Twin Cities-area Libby library and because I utterly fell down on actually reviewing books for CBR 14. Ellie Oliver is a failed animation artist turned webcomic writer and barista. She’s stuck in life and hung up on a one-day snowstorm fling she had over Christmas the year before so when Andrew Kim-Prescott, the landlord of the coffee shop she works at, asks him to […]

…Then Wear It

If the Shoe Fits: A Meant to be Novel by Julie Murphy

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I picked up If the Shoe Fits, the first in a series of fairy tale modernizations, awhile ago but finally got around to reading it this week. It’s also the first Julie Murphy I’ve read which feels silly because I loved the adaptation of Dumplin’ on Netflix. As you might guess from the title, this first book in the series is a take on Cinderella and it’s just delightful. It’s set on a Bachelor-like reality show which keeps the tone light but also deals with […]

Worst Plot Structure Ever

Win Big by Kelly Jamieson

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This book was disappointing. Normally the fake relationship trope is one of my favorites but it was like Kelly Jamieson chose the exact wrong parts of the plot and character development to slow roll in Win Big. This is the third in her Wynn hockey series, a spin-off from her Chicago Aces series. I hold Jamieson to a lower bar than Sarina Bowen when it comes to hockey romance and this book proves why. I say this even knowing Bowen has a couple of not-great […]

“Reading…is fun to do and it lets you feel superior to other people.”

Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results by Josh Gondelman

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Josh Gondelman has been one of my favorite comedians for a while now. I often fall asleep to comedy albums and specials. His second album, Physical Whisper, is frequently in the bedtime rotation and his more recent album, Dancing on a Weeknight, also makes its way in from time to time. He is one of my favorite Twitter people (@joshgondelman). I was so excited when my library hold on his memoir, Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results, finally became available. Gondelman begins […]

Jake Ballard (not that one) is a terrible boyfriend

Rock the Boat by Rachael Herron

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I received an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. This is the third and final installment of Rachael Herron’s Ballard Brothers books, where the three brothers build, repair, and sell houses while appearing on a Property Brothers meets The Bachelor-type reality show. The two older brothers have already appeared on the show and gotten together with their partners but the youngest, Jake, has been the feature of several seasons, never quite clicking with the homebuyer they’re working with that time until his ex agrees […]

”Joy in every pore”

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes

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 Hi! We’re lowercasesee (lsc) and NoNeinNyet (NNN) and we joined forces for the CBR Bingo Two Heads Are Better Than One category to review Cary Elwes’s oral history of the making of The Princess Bride. lsc: I like it! Overall, I was utterly charmed, start to finish. NNN: It was great! Just the warmest experience I’ve had with a book in recent memory. lsc: Warm is such a good adjective! There’s just joy in every pore. NNN: All of the cast and crew members interviewed for this oral history clearly still […]



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