All the Feels by Olivia Dade
I was truly not expecting to get hold of this before publication. But I did, and I am so happy. If you haven’t read the first book in the series, Spoiler Alert, now is the time to go correct that. Going into All the Feels, we know why Lauren and Alex are thrown together, and we know that things are going disastrously for them at the end of Spoiler Alert. We also know that Alex has feelings for Lauren, but not why or whether they […]
Pretty Little Lion by Suleikha Snyder
Pretty Little Lion is the second in Suleikha Snyder’s Third Shift series. Do not start here. If you haven’t read Big Bad Wolf, that’s the place to start. Elijah Richter, one of the co-founders of Third Shift, is undercover as security at a party hosted by bad guy of the book, Mirko, with the mission to seduce Mirko’s girlfriend and pump her for information. Mirko’s girlfriend, Meghna Saxon-Saunders, is an agent with her own agenda, and she might honeypot Elijah before he can honeypot her. […]
Hi, I'm an Atheist by David G. McAfee
I am an atheist and I was so exhausted by this book. David G. McAfee’s Hi, I’m an Atheist: What That Means and How to Talk About it With Others is often sloppy, arrogant and patronizing. McAfee is so focused on proving atheism is better than religion that he undermines his own advice about how and why to talk to people about being an atheist. Very few experts on communication recommend founding a difficult conversation on the idea that one position is clearly better than the […]
Bittman Bread by Mark Bittman and Karri Conan
Mark Bittman and Kerrie Conan’s Bittman Bread: No-Knead Whole Grain Baking for Everyday is the best, but also so frustrating. I loved it, and it irritated me. Make your own choices. The loaves of bread, the pizza, and the pancakes (sweet and savory) I made from this cookbook were delicious. Let me repeat the pancakes recommendation. THE PANCAKES ARE SO GOOD, BOTH THE SWEET AND THE SAVORY. I didn’t try every recipe, but every one I tried was A+. I now have a working sourdough […]
The Shaadi Set-Up by Lillie Vale
Lillie Vale’s The Shaadi Set-Up might be in my top ten second chance at love trope romances. The book is frustratingly uneven, but what it does well, it does very well. Rita and Milan started dating very young. They dated through high school and into college until Milan abruptly broke up with Rita in a voicemail right as they were supposed to go to Paris together. Six years later, Milan’s abrupt abandonment is still painful for Rita, but she has moved on with her life. […]
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
When Orquidea Divina dies, she leaves behind questions, mysteries and a fractured, resentful family. She leaves behind magic, silence, solitude, debts and an enemy. The Montoyas are used to a life without explanations. They know better than to ask why the pantry never seems to run low or empty, or why their matriarch won’t ever leave their home in Four Rivers—even for graduations, weddings, or baptisms. But when Orquídea Divina invites them to her funeral and to collect their inheritance, they hope to learn the […]
