Like many of the books I read these days, I first heard of I Capture the Castle (1948) by Dodie Smith from a Cannonball Review (maybe Malin's?). And I'm so glad I read it. It reminded me of a book with a big chunk of Anne of Green Gables mixed with a little Pride and Prejudice. It's amazing that … [Read more]
More love and hate and chocolate in the City of Lights
Sarah Lin hates Patrick Chevalier. She hates his golden good looks, his charming manner, the way he seems to be able to create magic with his bare hands and does absolutely everything flawlessly, without seeming to expend even the slightest bit of effort. She hates him because every time he brushes … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:7 ·
Genres: Fiction, Romance ·
Tags: #CBR6, Amour et Chocolat, chocolate, Contemporary Romance, France, Laura Florand, Malin, The Chocolate Temptation ·
Love and hate and chocolate in the City of Lights
3.5 stars Disclaimer! I was granted an ARC of this book by Kensington Books via Netgalley in return for a fair and honest review. Summer Corey hates Paris. It's a city where she was frequently abandoned to be raised by ever changing nannies while her parents were globe trotting or negotiating … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:6 ·
Genres: Fiction, Romance ·
Tags: #CBR6, Amour et Chocolat, chocolate, Contemporary Romance, France, Laura Florand, Malin, NetGalley, The Chocolate Heart ·
In need of some trimming and a new ending
I picked this up because I remember my teenage self enjoying the movie (or at least Jeff Goldblum and Jeremy Sisto). That movie came out in 1995, and the book wasn … [Read more]
There’s a big ol’ angel war brewing in New York
This is book 6 in the series, and as such, not the best place to start reading. If you're really interested in the series, start at the beginning with Angels' Blood. During a terrifying five minute time period, birds and angels start plummeting from the sky, leaving almost half of the archangel … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:5 ·
Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance ·
Tags: #CBR6, angels, Archangel's Legion, Guild Hunters, Malin, Nalini Singh, paranormal fantasy ·
Someone: A Novel by Alice McDermott
It's hard to give a plot summary for this novel because I'm not sure there is a clear plot line. The narrator Marie gives us her life story, an ordinary life with love and loss, births and deaths, set in Brooklyn from her 1920s' girlhood through WWII, then marriage and family. It's about what … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:5 ·
Genres: Fiction ·
Tags: 1920s, Alice McDermott, Brooklyn, ElCicco, Fiction, Funeral home, Someone, WWI, WWII ·