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Four Aunties and a Wedding (Aunties, #2) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

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30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 2/30 A more than worthy follow-up to Dial A For Aunties, which was one of my favorite reads last year (and favorite audiobooks; Risa Mei is a great narrator). If you liked Meddy and the Aunties the first time, you will like them here as well. I keep seeing people describe these books as cozy mysteries, but they’re not, at all. Cozy mysteries are a very specific thing, and I wouldn’t describe this as one, despite aspects […]

“He really does have very nice biscuits.”

Finlay Donovan Knockes 'Em Dead (Finlay Donovan, #2) by Elle Cosimano

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I love this series. I’m so happy there will be at least two more books full of wacky hijinks, dead body disposal, panicking over money, BFF frandship moments between Finlay and Vero, meta commentary, and I’m sure stuff I can’t even predict because this series is chaos. Beautiful chaos. Finlay Donovan, romantic suspense and crime author, keeps getting herself into these situations involving real life crime. It’s been several months since the first book, and it seems this time around, someone has taken a hit […]

A ridiculous farce with a core of sweetness.

Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall

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This book is funny and adorable with a side of aggravation. This review will be short because I never know how to talk about funny books in reviews. Our main character is Valentine, a young duke who is set and ready to do his duty by marrying the girl he’s been betrothed to since he was a child, a thing both their fathers wished for them. Only the girl, Arabella, has no desire to get married, and she hates Valentine, so she absconds with herself […]

Rise of the Vermin

The Cockroach by Ian McEwan

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Bonnie reviewed this on here, it sounded very much relevant to my interests, so I ordered it and read it in one sitting. Don’t remember the last time I did this and to be fair, Cockroach is very short, but it still felt great to do this again. The book is Ian McEwan’s take on Kafka’s Metamorphosis, except that instead of a young depressed man turning into a beetle, a cockroach turns into a powerful buffoon, namely the British Prime Minister. This Prime Minister – […]

The economics of fantasy tropes

Orconomics: A Satire by J. Zachary Pike

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Gorm Ingerson is not the hero he used to be. Striped of all ranks and points and titles, Gorm will do anything to get back to the status he once held. That includes being willing (more or less) to go on a quest in service of a mad goddess with a band of other less than stellar heros. This questing group, made up a thief turned bard, a healing potion addicted ranger elf, a goblin squire, two warring mages, a silent weapons master, and a […]

A Jolly Little Romp, What?

Right Ho, Jeeves by PG Wodehouse

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Do I really need to write a review of this book? Surely you all know about Bertie Wooster and Jeeves already. Right Ho, Jeeves finds the dynamic duo staying at Aunt Dahlia’s house, and quickly wrapped up in the romantic misadventures of Bertie’s friends Tuppy Glossop and Gussie Fink-Nottle (one of the best parts of any Jeeves and Wooster book is the names of his friends). Tuppy’s engaged to Bertie’s cousin Angela and Gussie is in love with another houseguest, Madeleine Bassett. Naturally hijinks ensue, […]



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