The kid and I took a little break from the Star Wars books for a bit, but we’re back now. At least we’re into the good movies portion of the series. Like all the other books, this one takes most of the dialogue from the movie verbatim, and also fills in some of the subtext gaps. Interestingly, this particular book adds subtext that is clearly trying to retcon episodes 1 through 3. It was a valiant effort, and my son didn’t notice (he doesn’t know […]
Supernatural high school drama isn’t all that different from regular teen drama
Sophie Mercer is a witch and because of the various bad incidents her magic has gotten her mixed up in, she and her mum have moved a lot during her lifetime. After Sophie seriously misjudges the oomph of a love spell at her current high school’s prom, and there is a huge scene, Sophie’s normally absentee father, a European warlock of some kind, gets involved. Sophie is sent off to a boarding school. On a remote island, where she will stay until she graduates at […]
Thanks, ModernLove!
Bunnybean received this delightful holiday package from ModernLove today. It went straight under the tree, with plans to open it on Christmas Eve. Can’t wait!!
Could you step into the shoes of your doppelganger?
After a murder investigation that completely destroyed her relationship with her detective partner and best friend, Dublin murder detective Cassie Maddox moved to the Domestic Violence unit and took up target shooting to deal with her feelings of anxiety. She’s therefore surprised when her boyfriend, Sam O’Neill calls her from a murder site, and asks her to come meet him, but to make sure she wears sunglasses and a hat or some such, to disguise her appearance a bit. Once Cassie sees the victim, she […]
Fret Not, Tildy’s Here to Save the Day!
I am continuing my Harlequin book sale purchase reviews with this contemporary romance from Fiona Lowe. It was sufficiently entertaining for middling escapism, but suffered from being too neat and tidy in its resolutions and characters. I know it’s an escapist genre and I know that contemporary romances often have themes of family healing, but the story suffered from Saviour Syndrome. Matilda Geoffrey has arrived in small-town Wisconsin from rural Australia in her grandmother’s wedding dress. Owing to grief over said grandma’s death (that’s the […]
The Fug Girls are so good at this
Amazon had a deal on this book not long ago, and I jumped on it because I’d been dying to read it, but didn’t want to pay full price (I have a mental block with that – I just feel like if I’m reading a book on my kindle, it shouldn’t cost very much). And of course I heard about the deal from the authors’ website Go Fug Yourself, which I visit at least once a day. I have enjoyed the ladies’ writing about fashion […]
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