The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
Elena Armas’ debut romance The Spanish Love Deception, has been getting a lot of attention. I’ve seen the cover on social media a lot and it recently won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Debut. I hate not liking a book, but I did not like it and now I have to write a bad review. Before I requested it on NetGalley, I had seen a few reviews calling it a Hating Game knock off. I read a lot of genre books. I don’t have a […]
Practical Magic (Practical Magic, #1) by Alice Hoffman
Somehow I made it thirty-three years without seeing the movie Practical Magic or reading the book it’s based on. I corrected the movie-watching on Netflix several years back, but I never thought about reading the book until Book of the Month put out this edition as an add-on the month they selected the prequel to be featured. I actually read the prequel first, and I really liked it! And it was clearly written after the popularity of the movie had sort of overshadowed the book, […]
May the Best Man Win by Z.R. Ellor
I was disappointed by this one, I don’t think through any fault of the book. I was really looking forward to it because of the premise, but it wasn’t really to my tastes, though I think what the author did with it was interesting. It just didn’t resonate with me. So what we’ve got here is two exes both running for homecoming king. Jeremy is trans (and newly out) and a cheerleader, and Lukas is the boyfriend dumped over the summer. They used to be […]
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor
Y’ALL. I DID IT. MY 52ND BOOK! MY CANNONBALL IS COMPLEEEEEEEETE. Hip hooray! Fist bumps! High fiving angels!! Last year I didn’t quite make it, and the year before I think I squeaked across the finish line or just missed the CBR deadline but this year I’m in with weeks to spare. WOOOOOOOOOO! (Soft violins begin) Wait! Before I get off the stage, I would like to give some thank yous. Big hugs to everyone participating in CBR for serving as an inspiration to read […]
The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
I’m not saying I didn’t like this book–I did, and I already have the next two queued up (only just learnt that there’ll be a fourth! My brother did NOT tell me this, I’m not saying I wouldn’t have started had I known but also would I have started if I’d known? Unclear. But apparently the fourth is coming soon and so I “won’t have long to wait, I don’t understand why you’re being so finicky about this, imagine the rest of us who have […]
Happy Trail by Daisy Prescott
I can’t remember where I first saw Happy Trail (2019) by Daisy Prescott, but I immediately decided I needed to give it a try. I mean, it’s the first book in a “Park Ranger” series. That might not mean much to some, but I love hiking and backpacking. I’m slowly making my way through all the National Parks in the United States. Even the aptitude test I took in college said I should be a forest ranger. Now, I’m not attracted to every park ranger I […]
