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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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“You still being petty about that boy?” Jeremiah asked. In my mind I could see my panties flying on the flagpole where Ben had put them for everyone in the high school to see them. Vaguely, I remembered the sensation of my chair being pulled out from under me in kindergarten, too. “He started it.” “Yeah, but y’all are both adults now.”

Much Ado About Barbeque by Sally Kilpatrick

November 28, 2021 by NTE Leave a Comment

An enemies to lovers contemporary romance take on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, with a side order of family issues and responsibilities, dueling barbeque restaurants, and a grudge that goes way, way back. This one was a less than an easy read for me: The drama between the two main characters (Emma & Ben) seemed to simultaneously be too big to overcome (like they literally hated each other for unknown reasons at the beginning and middle of the story) and so … secreted that, as […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: contemporary, Much Ado About BBQ, NetGalley, Romance, Sally Kilpatrick

NTE's CBR13 Review No:45 · Genres: Romance · Tags: contemporary, Much Ado About BBQ, NetGalley, Romance, Sally Kilpatrick ·
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“It’s good being the horror chick, sure, always standing away from the rest of the crowd, smoking bitter cigarette after better cigarette, she’d have it no other way, but it’s nice to make eye contact with someone else with a black heart, too, and then breath smoke out slow, like judgment.”

My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

October 31, 2021 by cheerbrarian 1 Comment

In one word: Frenetic Cannonball Read Bingo: Machines (I mean…it’s in the title!) All right, peeps. I’m here to tell you unequivocally that you need some Stephen Graham Jones in your life. Full stop. I am a casual horror fan. I cannot and do not watch horror TV or movies (nope nope nooooope) but do like reading horror. I’ve read a lot of the classics, but it’s been a hot minute since I took in something in from the genre. My first horror in a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: cbr13bingo, contemporary, slasher films, Stephen Graham Jones, teen

cheerbrarian's CBR13 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: cbr13bingo, contemporary, slasher films, Stephen Graham Jones, teen ·
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The Shaadi Set-Up

“It’s a little broken down, sure, but isn’t it worth putting it back together?”

The Shaadi Set-Up by Lillie Vale

October 17, 2021 by llamareadsbooks 2 Comments

CBR13Bingo: Fauna – the puppers! The adorableness of this cover! This is a tropey and cute book, full of second chance high school sweethearts and a bit of forced proximity, though not everything worked out for me. “There’s something about old things, right? Comforting favorites. A place in time you want to return to, revisit, like an old friend.” Rita and Milan have dated since they were fifteen, and now, after Milan’s first year of college, they’re finally getting to see each other again on […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: cbr13bingo, contemporary, Lillie Vale, Romance

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:107 · Genres: Romance · Tags: cbr13bingo, contemporary, Lillie Vale, Romance ·
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No Ordinary Christmas

Another small-town, second-chance Christmas romance

No Ordinary Christmas by Belle Calhoune

October 10, 2021 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

It’s no secret that I love second chance romances and holiday romances, so one that combined the two? Should’ve been a homerun. Unfortunately, while there was quite a bit of both that worked, the book overall didn’t hit well for me. Dante and Lucy grew up together in the little town of Mistletoe, Maine. They’d been childhood friends and then in a relationship, until he unexpectedly took off for California, throwing away all their careful plans for the future. In the almost nine years since, he’s […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Belle Calhoune, christmas, contemporary, Romance

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:102 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Belle Calhoune, christmas, contemporary, Romance ·
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Just a Little Married

Fake relationship, second chance category romance

Just a Little Married by Reese Ryan

October 9, 2021 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

This third and final book in the Moonlight Ridge trilogy is the whole reason I started reading it! I love Reese Ryan’s books, and I’m the sort of completionist who can’t just jump in with the third book, but I’ve definitely enjoyed discovering new authors. And this is the perfect finale for me with a mix of the second chance and fake relationship tropes! “Unlike his lovestruck brothers, Travis would happily stick to his “bachelor life,” get Moonlight Ridge’s kitchen and catering services in shape, […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: contemporary, fake relationship, Reese Ryan, Romance

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:101 · Genres: Romance · Tags: contemporary, fake relationship, Reese Ryan, Romance ·
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Best Laid Wedding Plans

A grumpy architect and a sunshine wedding planner try to save a resort

Best Laid Wedding Plans by Karen Booth

October 5, 2021 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

I enjoyed the first book in the Moonlight Ridge trilogy so I was very much looking forward to this one, especially since it seemed to feature that sunshine/grumpy dynamic I like so much. While this is the second in the series, there’s enough backstory that it could be read as a standalone. Autumn’s bringing in the press for Moonlight Ridge, but not due to the amazing weddings she plans there. Her estranged father is a Hollywood hotshot who’s been accused of multiple cases of sexual […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: contemporary, Karen Booth, Romance

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:99 · Genres: Romance · Tags: contemporary, Karen Booth, Romance ·
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