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Ardent reader of pretty much anything, including the backs of shampoo bottles. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Pooja's Quick Questions interview.)

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A Bonkbuster Double Feature

Mistral's Daughter by Judith Krantz

Princess Daisy by Judith Krantz

May 13, 2022 by Pooja 3 Comments

Every so often I go on a kick of reading those commercial romances about driven young women published in the 1980s that are sometimes called bonkbusters. You must admit they are rather addictive in their escapist nature and their pulpy plots. It annoys me when people dismiss them as ‘trashy,’ as though they have to make excuses for not reading Dickens or whoever all the time. There’s still good writing there- and I think that’s especially true when it comes to Judith Krantz. Mistral’s Daughter […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: bonkbuster, historical, Judith Krantz, pulp fiction, Romance

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:66 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: bonkbuster, historical, Judith Krantz, pulp fiction, Romance ·
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A Family History

Seven Aunts by Staci Lola Drouillard

May 12, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Author Drouillard tells the history of her family in recent generations through the lives of her seven aunts, four on her mother’s side and three on her father’s. I’ve always been interested in family histories, because no two are the same – that, and that there are generally a lot of secrets to uncover and I am a nosy sort of person. The fact that Seven Aunts is so wholeheartedly focused on the lives of the women in the family, tracing their parallels and divergences, made it […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #biography, #memoir, ARC, family history, NetGalley, non fiction, Staci Lola Drouillard

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:64 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #biography, #memoir, ARC, family history, NetGalley, non fiction, Staci Lola Drouillard ·
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Road Trip Romance

No Rings Attached by Rachel Lacey

May 6, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Lia is on the hunt for a fake girlfriend to go to her brother’s wedding with her, and her best friend Rosie offers up her childhood friend Grace as an option. Sparks fly when the two meet, but Grace has a complicated past and is wary of relationships. This is the second book in the series, but reads perfectly well as a stand-alone. Though the story starts off with the fake-dating trope, things quickly heat up between the couple until they enter a complicated relationship […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: ARC, LGBTQ, NetGalley, queer, Rachel Lacey, Romance, sapphic

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:63 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: ARC, LGBTQ, NetGalley, queer, Rachel Lacey, Romance, sapphic ·
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You’d Be Lucky to Have Your Body Found

The Vanishing Triangle by Claire McGowan

May 2, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

In the 1990s, eight women vanished from the same area in Ireland. Their cases are officially unsolved, their bodies mostly undiscovered, their stories untold. The trouble with true crime is that, with so many ongoing cases, it is easy to overlook individual ones, especially when the trail has grown cold. In this book, the author strives to correct this by telling us the tales of these women and many others who were abducted and murdered in Ireland during this time. I found the writing engaging […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: ARC, Claire McGowan, Ireland, NetGalley, true crime

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:62 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: ARC, Claire McGowan, Ireland, NetGalley, true crime ·
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Love is Not the End-All

The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman

April 29, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

“To me, love is more like a lending library. To keep it, we must continually renew it. Otherwise we pay a hefty fine.” There is a purported family curse that afflicts the Fontana family – that second-born daughters will never find true love and wed. When their estranged great-aunt Poppy promises to break the curse if they accompany her on a trip to Italy, Emilia and Lucy’s lives change radically. This was a warm and engaging read about a trio of women who are misfits […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: curse, drama, family, Italy, Lori Nelson Spielman, romcom

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:61 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: curse, drama, family, Italy, Lori Nelson Spielman, romcom ·
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Charity

The Appeal by Janice Hallett

April 29, 2022 by Pooja 2 Comments

Poppy, the two-year-old granddaughter of the Haywoods, is diagnosed with an aggressive brain cancer, the whole community rallies around them to raise money for her treatment. But not all is as it seems in this little town, and when someone turns up dead on the night of the Fairway Players’ dress rehearsal, the truth must be uncovered. I picked up this book because someone here recommended it (thank you!) and because it’s been a while since I read a good epistolary novel. Certainly I’ve never […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: ARC, Janice Hallett, letters, NetGalley, Suspense, thriller

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:60 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: ARC, Janice Hallett, letters, NetGalley, Suspense, thriller ·
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