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A Novel About Grief, Writing, and Love.

Writers & Lovers by Lily King

December 19, 2024 by Tracy Leave a Comment

This was a buddy read with my husband, which was such a fun experience. Narrated in first person by Casey, it recounts a few months of her time in Massachusetts in the 90s as she copes with the recent death of her mother and a break-up while struggling to make ends meet as an aspiring novelist. During this time she also develops relationships with two very different men—also writers. This is a quiet, internally focused novel. Casey is deeply grieving her mother’s death and often […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: books about writers, lily king, literary fiction

Tracy's CBR16 Review No:68 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: books about writers, lily king, literary fiction ·
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“Everyone is naked under everything.”

The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center

June 7, 2024 by narfna Leave a Comment

Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review.. Okay, now that I’m sitting down to actually review this book, I can no longer remember why I didn’t bump my 4.5 rating up to 5 . . . so I’m just going to do that right now. There. Fixed. (To be clear, this is still a 4.5 until I can re-read, but it’s living so pleasantly in my mind right now and I’m still laughing about the […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Romance Tagged With: audiobooks, books about writers, Contemporary Romance, Katherine Center, m/f, narfna, Patti Murin, Romance, The Rom-Commers

narfna's CBR16 Review No:31 · Genres: Audiobooks, Romance · Tags: audiobooks, books about writers, Contemporary Romance, Katherine Center, m/f, narfna, Patti Murin, Romance, The Rom-Commers ·
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CBR BINGO – SEX: Never meet your heroes.

The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

September 25, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

This book was wild, and I actually really enjoyed it! I love books that go down deep into the id, and I love books that talk about writing and the creative process, and this did both of those things very well. I really only have a couple reasons for lowering this book to 3.5 stars, but that’s for later. First, the title is pretty accurate here, it’s a book about a writing retreat. Four (now five for some mysterious reason) young women writers have been […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: books about writers, cbr15bingo, f/f, Julia Bartz, LGBTQIA, mystery, narfna, Suspense, the writing retreat, thrillers, toxic friendships

narfna's CBR15 Review No:88 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: books about writers, cbr15bingo, f/f, Julia Bartz, LGBTQIA, mystery, narfna, Suspense, the writing retreat, thrillers, toxic friendships ·
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This one is going in my top ten for 2020. #CBRBingo – Reader’s Choice

Beach Read by Emily Henry

July 30, 2020 by narfna 4 Comments

I loved this. Right up front, though, this is a five star book for me, but probably won’t be for everyone. It just so happened to push quite a few of my personal buttons, and there were things in there that I always enjoy in stories that other people might find dull or uninteresting. First, the cover is a bit misleading, but it doesn’t matter. There’s no one sitting on beach towels relaxing and reading books in here. Not that kind of book, not those […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: beach read, books about writers, cbr12bingo, Contemporary Romance, Emily Henry, Fiction, grief, narfna, Romance

narfna's CBR12 Review No:86 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: beach read, books about writers, cbr12bingo, Contemporary Romance, Emily Henry, Fiction, grief, narfna, Romance ·
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Recent Comments

  • Tracy
    on Y’all… a delightful break from the stress of life
    I'm not generally into shifter romances, but the title really is awesome.
  • Tracy
    on I don’t know if finding the perfect man is worth all of this
    That is definitely NOT what I am looking for in a romance.
  • Classic
    on The Witch by Fredia McFadden
    Definitely skipping that one. Never read it.
  • esmemoria
    on The Witch by Fredia McFadden
    It’s called Suicide Med. It’s bonkers.
  • Classic
    on The Witch by Fredia McFadden
    Oh man. What was that? Did I read that and block it out? LOL
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