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Thanks to my public library system, I’m in my Julia Turshen cookbook era

Feed the Resistance: Recipes and Ideas for Getting Involved by Julia Turshen

What Goes With What by Julia Turshen

In Bibi's Kitchen by Hawa Hassan with Julia Turshen

Now & Again by Julia Turshen

August 28, 2025 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I finally got a library card (long story) and I have been checking out cookbooks like you would not believe. I am so excited by the variety of cookbooks I now have available to me. I am bonding with one of my local librarians, who also checks out cookbooks. A week ago, I found myself with a stack of cookbooks and suddenly realized Julia Turshen was listed as an author on all of them. This was totally unintentional as one had been requested as a […]

“So, you finally decided to come over to the cool side of the Kinsey scale. Welcome. We have flags and the best agenda ever.”

The Secret Crush Book Club by Karmen Lee

August 25, 2025 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

The Secret Crush Book Club by Karmen Lee was a perfect read after two books that put me through the wringer. It’s soft, slow, and thoughtfully sweet. Things happen, but it’s not plot on top of plot. It’s a small town, slow burn, character driven, sapphic romance. Dani is the eldest of the Williams sisters, a single mom, and a nurse. Her sisters have found their one true loves (The 7-10 Split and The Relationship Mechanic), her son is developing more independent interests, and even her […]

Cate C. Wells can get me to read and appreciate fated mates like no other author

Ravaged Wolf by Cate C. Wells

August 21, 2025 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

First off, if you are considering a place to start with Cate C. Wells, this is not the book. Ravaged Wolf is the book you read when you know the world and trust the author. I read it backwards before I could read it front to back. For want of a better way to explain: Izzy In my pack, I’m a cautionary tale, the female who made her mate wait too long and drove him into rut. After that terrible night, Trevor was exiled, and […]

Gilded Age Anastasia

The Gilded Heiress by Joanna Shupe

August 21, 2025 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Confession: I have never watched the Disney version of Anastasia. It came out when I was very busy doing career things instead of fun things, which I now realize was a mistake. I must not have known that John Cusack was voicing Dimitri the con man love interest, because criminal John Cusack is my favorite of all the John Cusacks (see The Grifters or Grosse Pointe Blank). So the Anastasia connection wasn’t what prompted me to request The Gilded Heiress. I’ve been wanting to pick up Joanna […]

“After 10 centuries of doing this, do you want to know what’s really exciting?” Fern nodded. “Dry socks.”

Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree

August 20, 2025 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I really enjoyed this. It’s nice that Travis Baldree is also a voice actor, because he really brings his words to life on the audiobook. I enjoyed the focus on Fern and her accidental road trip. Zil the goblin is a delightfully chaotic entry to the Legends & Lattes universe. Asterix the Oathmaiden keeps everyone grounded while bringing the sword wielding adventure. If you recall, in the Legends & Lattes prequel, Bookshops & Bonedust, Viv made friends with Fern, a bookseller in Murk, where […]

I feel like disposing of a body is a boyfriend-girlfriend activity and not something you do with a casual hookup.

Lights Out by Navessa Allen

Caught Up by Navessa Allen

August 18, 2025 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I haven’t had a whole lot of luck with viral booktok books, but several people mentioned enjoying the audiobook of Navessa Allan’s Lights Out. Hooked up with my new library card, I put holds on Lights Out and it’s sequel, Caught Up. The library gods were with me, and I got them both quickly. I’m not a dark romance reader. I’ve read a few that I really liked and noped out of a whole bunch that didn’t do it for me for whatever reason. I […]

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