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A few quick reads to take my mind off things

The Holiday Disaster: A Brother's Best Friend Gay Romance (Doves of Destiny Book 1) by Rye Cox

Knot Your Average Christmas: A FFM Holiday Omegaverse story by S.R. Griffith

Affogato (BrewBiz book 1) by E.M. Lindsay

February 23, 2025 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

The Holiday Disaster: A Brother’s Best Friend Gay Romance (Doves of Destiny Book 1) by Rye Cox Two stars Ethan is in his first year of college. He’s doing okay, but he’s terrified of falling behind in his studies. He’s never had a boyfriend or even come out to his family. So, when he runs into his longtime crush, Kingsley, he gets tongue tied and runs away. Kingsley is Ethan’s older brother’s best friend and he’s known him his entire life. He thinks Kingsley dislikes […]

Romance to start the year!

Under the Mistletoe with You by Lizzie Huxley-Jones

January 1, 2025 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

Two years ago, my first review of the year was Make You Mine This Christmas by Lizzie Huxley-Jones. I loved that book, it’s a 4.5-star banger that I hope more and more people find and enjoy. I received it through my Illumicrate Afterlight subscription, and a few months ago they alerted me that they would be doing an exclusive edition of its follow-up Under the Mistletoe with You which I immediately scooped up and saved for my holiday week reading. Under the Mistletoe with […]

There is a Forced Proximity Romance here, but there’s also lots of things I cared less about.

Lockdown on London Lane by Beth Reekles

April 20, 2022 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I have been rabidly on the hunt for Lockdown on London Lane since January, having requested it from any library source I possibly could. It eventually arrived to me in early April and in the middle of a bunch of other things (and other books) I blew through it. Was I captivated? No. Did I skim a bit? Yes, but by design that’s a thing that can be done without losing the plot. Did it give me what I was hoping it would? Yes, I […]

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on A family can be two sisters, one of those sister’s descendants, two other sisters, a magic whale, a sentient island, an omnipotent museum, and academic papers
Made a mistake - there's no 'the' in the title. And the book had me at the cover too.
Emmalita
on A family can be two sisters, one of those sister’s descendants, two other sisters, a magic whale, a sentient island, an omnipotent museum, and academic papers
You had me at the cover, and then everything else you said.
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on Dog Days Are Over, Bitches
definitely some healing from religious trauma! And, Saved! is one of my favorite movies of all time.
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on Library Week! Show us Your Library Joy
I meant to visit museums using library passes (so $5 admission for one museum and $15 admission to another museum)...
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on Library Week! Show us Your Library Joy
Speaking of other stuff at libraries, in the past couple of months I used library museum passes to pay only...

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A few quick reads to take my mind off things

Romance to start the year!

There is a Forced Proximity Romance here, but there’s also lots of things I cared less about.

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