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A Short Stay in Hell by Stephen L. Peck

System Collapse (Murderbot #7) by Martha Wells

Tough Guy (Game Changers #4) by Rachel Reid

Flesh by David Szalay

The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

Last One Out by Jane Harper

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Here’s what I read while I was camping in France. It was very hot. I may have melted a few times. It was way too hot for complicated stuff, so for unrelated reasons: here’s a picture of a hotel that’s for sale in the charming, medieval town of Brancion in the Bourgogne for anyone contemplating a career change. Say hi to the former caretaker’s wife; she was very friendly.  Anyway, here’s what I read.  A Short Stay in Hell (Stephen L. Peck) **** A man, […]

An Affair you won’t remember

The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

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The Heir Affair is the second installment in Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan’s (of gofugyourself.com fame) royal fanfic series.  The story picks up the adventures of Prince Nicholas and his new wife Bex (a thinly disguised Will and Kate, if Kate was also somehow a mix of Kate and Meaghan) immediately after their wedding.  I would recommend reading these in order- there are some plot points that connect and you’ll give yourself some spoilers if you read the second novel first- on which point: beware […]

I’m not sure if now was that right time to read a Royal Romance based on the current British Royals…

The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan aka The Fug Girls

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I think I have mentioned in numerous comment diversions and facebook threads that I came to Pajiba by way of  GoFugYourself (by way of thefashionspot, by way fansofrealitytv by way of watching america’s next top model on youtube).  Needless to say, I have  a soft spot for The Fug Girls.  I don’t read the blog anymore because I can’t with the interface, but I have read some of their books, which are breezy, light and fun (as far as I can remember them). The Heir […]

What comes next? (The Royal We #2)

The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks, Jessica Morgan

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I was over the freaking moon when I was approved to review an advance copy of The Heir Affair, Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan’s sequel to The Royal We. The Royal We is one of my very favorite books. When I was sick as a dog during my final pregnancy, I would read it until I reached the end and then flip back to the first page and start again. Though The Royal We felt complete, the door was left open for a sequel if […]

This one was a disappointment for me, but not the worst thing I’ve ever read.

The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

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For the first third of this book, I was super into it. Then things started to get a little rocky. And then the ship breached on the rocks and got all leaky. Everything eventually righted itself and the imaginary sailors plugged up all the holes or whatever, but it was too late. My goodwill had already leaked out. I did not anticipate beating that metaphor to death when I started it, but I am not going to delete it because it accurately represents how I feel […]

Bloodstains, Ballgowns, Trashing a Hotel Room

The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

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A friend of mine, whenever she encounters a problem, reminds herself of the Scale of Aleppo, wherein she compares her misfortunes to those of the people trapped in the vicious civil war in Syria. Husband running late? Barely a one on the Scale of Aleppo. Boss being an asshole? A three, at most. It’s an admirable strategy. It’s also something which, I feel, it would behoove the protagonists of The Royal We to try. Twenty year old Rebecca Porter, on a gap year from studying […]



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