Annie Choi is a funny lady. This is her second collection of essays, Shut Up, You're Welcome, and was even funnier than the first (Happy Birthday or Whatever). Annie capitalizes on her humorous family and gently pokes fun at them as well as at herself in a way that is never nasty, but full of … [Read more]
There’s $3.20 I’ll Never See Again
Amish melodrama set in 1880s Pennsylvania. Convinced by his beard twirling brother that Rachel, the love of his life, was going to marry him instead, Jacob abandoned his Amish family on the day of his mother’s funeral. He returns with twin children to rebuild his life and re-enter the insular … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:1 ·
Genres: Romance ·
Tags: #CBR6, #CBR6 #badromance, Amish, Annette Blair, historical romance, romance ·
The Falcon Cannot Hear the Falconer
Okay, wow. Wasn't a good idea to finish this while sitting in a cafe. People think I'm barking. I'm not going to go in depth on this one for two reasons: a) If I were to do that I would spoil the hell out of anyone reading this, and b) the emotions are a little too raw for me to even want to. This … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:5 ·
Genres: Fiction ·
Tags: bildungsroman, carol rifka brunt, Fiction, lgbt, narfna, tell the wolves i'm home ·
Jen K’s Review #11: The House Girl
This is another novel set up with the two timeline style that seems to be popular, especially for historical fiction. In this case, the past is 1852, and focuses on Josephine, a seventeen year old house slave at the Bell estate, who decides to run. The modern day piece follows Carolina "Lina" … [Read more]
Jen K’s Review 10: No One is Here Except All of Us
Less than two weeks into the New Year, and I've already discovered my first one star review. I'm actually surprised because halfway through I thought there were still enough redeeming qualities for two stars, but the more it went on, and the more I wanted it to end, the further my rating went down. … [Read more]
Jen K’s Review 9: The Soldier’s Song
I bought this book over two and half years ago while visiting the Dublin Writers Museum because of course I had to leave with at least one book by an Irish author, and Joyce is scary (I also participated in a Literary Pub Crawl of Dublin during that vacation though I think I preferred the one I did … [Read more]