I read several “popcorn” books this month and wanted to read something with a bit more substance; the Reader had been on my ‘to-read’ list since I purchased it at a book fair in August. Michael falls ill on his way home from school and is rescued by Frau Schmitz, after his recovery he goes to thank her and they begin a sexual relationship. During their affair 15-year-old Michael reads his school books to thirty-something Hanna, it’s part of their ritual: bath, sex, reading. They […]
If You Ever Found Russian Mob Guys Hot This Book Will End That For You
While I’m not traditionally drawn to erotica, I’ve found Kresley Cole’s earlier books fun sexytime adventures. Initially stumbled into her with the MacCarrick brothers trilogy which hold up as saucy historical romances featuring strong men with a healthy Irish brogue. Her Immortals After Dark series of paranormal romance has recently gone off the rails, but the first few were enjoyable. Then I got this damnable kindle which makes buying books so easy. Only $1.99? Well sure. So it’s entirely technology’s fault that without reading a […]
Five Historical Romances, But Only Four Count
For every new historical romance author discovery, such as Juliana Gray, there is a little pile of disappointment at my bedside. So while waiting for the new Julie Anne Long, I have re-read the Hathaway series by Lisa Kleypas. If Courtney Milan is the reigning romance queen, she inherited the crown from Kleypas when she abdicated the historical genre. The five Hathaway siblings, Leo, Amelia, Win, Poppy, and Beatrix, were raised in eccentric academic family, happy in their seclusion when a series of events changed their […]
On Second Generations, Transparent Jeans, and Incompetent Panopticons
Sci-fi has always been a dirty, filthy genre that no right-thinking author would pursue and no properly-educated reader would allow to sully his bookshelves. At least, that’s what my all English teachers told me. So when proper literary authors dip their toes into sci-fi, it’s invariably interesting regardless of the quality of the outcome. And make no mistake, no matter what the pedigree of the author, this sort of literary sci-fi can run the gamut from amazing (Infinite Jest, certainly, or The Handmaid’s Tale) to […]
“My most ardent wish is that you, and everyone like you, will look up.”
Goodreads summary: “Miss Minerva Lane is a quiet, bespectacled wallflower, and she wants to keep it that way. After all, the last time she was the center of attention, it ended badly–so badly that she changed her name to escape her scandalous past. Wallflowers may not be the prettiest of blooms, but at least they don’t get trampled. So when a handsome duke comes to town, the last thing she wants is his attention. But that is precisely what she gets. Because Robert Blaisdell, the […]
More drama than one book can handle
I read a quick palette cleanser, The Governess Affair (2013) by Courtney Milan, before getting into the third and final installment of my latest young-adult dystopian trilogy: Champion (2013) by Marie Lu. The Governess Affair was a little short for its own review, but I will allow myself a short diversion for this little novella: I’ve heard only good things about Courtney Milan, but for whatever reason, her stories don’t resonate with me. This one, especially, I didn’t really enjoy. The whole premise revolved around […]
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