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Cover of Romantic Comedy--a woman in a yellow halter top and sunglasses driving a car

“And isn’t it just so pretty to think / All along there was some invisible string / Tying you to me?”

Really Good, Actually (2023) by Monica Heisey

Romantic Comedy (2023) by Curtis Sittenfeld

May 26, 2024 by drmllz Leave a Comment

Really Good, Actually (2023) by Monica Heisey I came across Monica Heisey on Caroline O’Donoghue’s podcast Sentimental Garbage, in an episode on ‘Break-Ups’, and then found out that Heisey had been a writer on Schitt’s Creek, which I love enough that I wrote an academic chapter on it and still managed to love it afterwards. Really Good, Actually, does not at all have a Schitt’s Creek vibe, which is good! We love a versatile creative type! It’s about Maggie and her post-divorce malaise at the […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR16, Contemporary Romance, Curtis Sittenfeld, drmllz, humour, Monica Heisey

drmllz's CBR16 Review No:4 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR16, Contemporary Romance, Curtis Sittenfeld, drmllz, humour, Monica Heisey ·
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January 2024 Leftovers

The Battle of Hastings: The Fall of the Anglo-Saxons and the Rise of the Normans by Jim Bradbury

Time to Murder and Create by Lawrence Block

Charlesgate Confidential by Scott von Doviak

Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

Sword Song by Bernard Cornwell

The Trouble With Peace by Joe Abercrombie

Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey

February 4, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

A lot of folks said this month was slow but I thought it flew by… The Battle of Hastings: The Fall of the Anglo-Saxons and the Rise of the Normans *** Bit too stuffy and academic but gave me a great outline as to the importance of the Battle and its outcomes. Time to Murder and Create **** This is the second time I’ve come out of a Matthew Scudder re-read with a better impression than the first time I read it. How it bodes for the […]

Filed Under: History, Mystery Tagged With: #Bernard Cornwell, #fantasy, art theft, Boston, Charlesgate Confidential, England, hard case crime, historical fiction, Jim Bradbury, joe abercrombie, Jorg Ancrath, lawrence block, LGBTQIA, London, Mark Lawrence, Matthew Scudder, Monica Heisey, mystery, New York City, Prince of Thorns, Really Good Actually, royalty, Scott Von Doviak, Sword Song, The Age of Madness, The Battle of Hastings, The Broken Empire, The Last Kingdom, The Trouble with Peace, Time to Murder and Create, Toronto, Uthred, Vermeer, war, William the Conqueror

Jake's CBR16 Review No:13 · Genres: History, Mystery · Tags: #Bernard Cornwell, #fantasy, art theft, Boston, Charlesgate Confidential, England, hard case crime, historical fiction, Jim Bradbury, joe abercrombie, Jorg Ancrath, lawrence block, LGBTQIA, London, Mark Lawrence, Matthew Scudder, Monica Heisey, mystery, New York City, Prince of Thorns, Really Good Actually, royalty, Scott Von Doviak, Sword Song, The Age of Madness, The Battle of Hastings, The Broken Empire, The Last Kingdom, The Trouble with Peace, Time to Murder and Create, Toronto, Uthred, Vermeer, war, William the Conqueror ·
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