Pádraigín: Katie always starts these with ‘gentle reader’. I don’t know you nor do I care to speculate on your gentleness, so… HEY, YOU: This week we read You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister. Amazon’s freaky-deaky algorithm gremlins made it pop up on my So Like, Try This and See What Happens list and I am nothing if not adventurous. (I’m not) Cáitín: I ain’t gonna lie: those Irish names give me fits. None of them are pronounced anything like they’re spelled. Pádraigín: Weird, right? […]
It’s called jumping the shark for a reason
Paaatty: Alright. Lemme just start this off by saying I cannot take a shark shifter seriously when I keep pronouncing his name in my head as “Cohen-rad”. Like he’s my surfer accountant. Which begs the question: can I take a shark shifter seriously otherwise? No. Kaaatie: I was pronouncing it Kohen-raahd. Why do authors insist on using these odd spellings? I don’t understand. Out of curiosity, I googled sexy shark images. There is some truly disturbing shit out there. Paaatty: WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? […]
Bringing Sexy Back
Katie: I gotta get this out of the way before we talk about the book any – I actually enjoyed the movie a good bit, even if it is considered one of Spielberg’s lesser works. I mean, Tom Hanks and Christopher Walken both had significant screen time. What’s not to like about that? And, speaking of the Walken, here is one of my all-time favorite videos of his, even if it has absolutely nothing to do with this story. I find it mesmerizing. [youtube […]
Murder. Mayhem. Carnies. What’s not to love?
Note: This review was of an ARC, or advance reader copy, of Murder and Mayhem by Rhys Ford. At the time of the review, the book was not yet available on Amazon.com, so the link leads to the author’s profile page. The book is expected to be released June 5, 2015. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at3OFycpRMQ&w=560&h=315] Step right up, ladies and gentlemen! All the way from the drunken recesses of their minds, a review brought to you by Katinka and Patinka, the Mysterious Bearded Snark Twins. Will they love it? Will […]
Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-wJNpWgss8&w=420&h=315] Patty: Girl. After the dreck that was the subject of our previous review, I needed something reasonable and normal. Good call on this one. Katie: I thoroughly enjoyed this book when I read it years ago, and recently came across it again when I was looking for something else on my Kindle. I was curious to to find what you thought about it, and to see if it held up over time. So many romances really don’t. Quinn is a small-town art teacher. […]
Never Gonna Give You Up – it’s destiny, after all
Katie: Oh, gentle reader… Phatty has found a treat for us this time. The Sword by Jean Johnson reads like Lord of the Rings romantic fanfic written by someone who hasn’t actually read a well-written romance novel. Think better than E.L. James in that someone is concerned about grammar and spelling, but then they forgot to fix the excessive use of exclamation points. Actually, it reminds me a good bit of Dara Joy now that I think about it. Anyone else read Rejar or Knight […]
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