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Kind of Jealous I Didn’t Apply for that Rhodes Scholarship

My Oxford Year by Julia Wheelan

January 15, 2019 by Rachel Leave a Comment

My third book for 2019 followed a year in the life of 24 year old Ella as she starts her journey as a Rhodes Scholar in Oxford. Ella is a young prodigy in American politics. She is young, driven, and has a plan for her entire life. She has wanted to spend a year in Oxford since she was a teenager, and her Rhodes year is her last hurrah before she has to get a job and tackle the real world. Of course, once she […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Fiction, fluff, Julia Wheelan, Oxford, ReadWomen, Romance, romatical fluff

Rachel's CBR11 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Fiction, fluff, Julia Wheelan, Oxford, ReadWomen, Romance, romatical fluff ·
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“My aim in life,” Lady Danbury announced, “is to be a menace to as great a number of people as possible”

August 17, 2016 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

In the continuing story of my bad travel experiences this past weekend (5 hours is a long delay, friends) I also started (and finished on the 8 am flight home) another book. When you need a warm blanket of a book, you go back to your comfort reads, which I am convinced are a different genre for everyone. For me, that meant it was time to pull up the next Bridgerton family book on my nook. I love the Bridgertons. This book was starting on […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Bridgertons, faintingviolet, It's in His Kiss, Julia Quinn, romatical fluff

faintingviolet's CBR8 Review No:53 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Bridgertons, faintingviolet, It's in His Kiss, Julia Quinn, romatical fluff ·
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