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Too Close to Past Trauma to be Enjoyable

Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall

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Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake was not the book for me. I have decided to stop torturing myself and given up mid pudding week. I don’t quite know how to review this book. It was an intensely unpleasant experience for me, but different readers will enjoy it. Though it is very well written and has moments of laugh out loud humor, I struggled with Rosaline and her relationship with Alain. First, she tells him a lie that the reader and Rosaline know will be quickly […]

Three books I loved and one I most certainly did not.

The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

The Mall by Megan McCafferty

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More quick reviews as the 2020 deadline approaches…and yes, I’ll be including blurbs because I read some of these MONTHS ago. The books I loved: First off, The Overdue Life of Amy Byler. Blurb: Overworked and underappreciated, single mom Amy Byler needs a break. So when the guilt-ridden husband who abandoned her shows up and offers to take care of their kids for the summer, she accepts his offer and escapes rural Pennsylvania for New York City. Usually grounded and mild mannered, Amy finally lets […]

I loved this. #CBRBingo – Pandemic

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

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I’ve been dreading writing this review because I loved the book so much. I really don’t think I’m going to say too much about the book or the characters, because I can’t. Well, I could, but I would just end up hating whatever I wrote because I love the book too much and I’m too close to it and words are never enough, I tell you. Basically, this is a British rom-com in book form. It is actually, legitimately funny. I loved both of the […]

A delightful British rom-com (Bingo #6)

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

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4.5 stars #CBR12 Bingo: Reader’s Choice (replaces How-To) Official book description: Wanted: One (fake) boyfriend Practically perfect in every way Luc O’Donnell is tangentially–and reluctantly–famous. His rock star parents split when he was young, and the father he’s never met spent the next twenty years cruising in and out of rehab. Now that his dad’s making a comeback, Luc’s back in the public eye, and one compromising photo is enough to ruin everything. To clean up his image, Luc has to find a nice, normal relationship…and […]

Another Fake Relationship M/M Romance

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

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CBR 12 Bingo: Pandemic. Between pandemic stress and some personal stressors, I’ve been wanting to read light-hearted books, especially funny contemporary romance. The novel is told in the first person from the perspective of Lucien (Luc) O’Donnell, who is the son of formerly famous rock star parents. Five years ago his boyfriend sold his story about dating Luc to a tabloid, and Luc has been a mess ever since. He works for a charity focused on saving the dung beetle, and after a rather unflattering […]



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