Do you like stories about entitled white men who get what they want? Then boy do I have the book for you! I found this book for a buck in a used bookstore. On the back it said “John Braine is a Yorkshire man,” and the first line in the book was “No more Zombies, Joe,”. I was sold. I was just about to move to Yorkshire, you see and I wanted to read the quintessential Yorkshire. I have since moved and can reveal, the […]
Maybe Courtney Milan has spoiled me and my expectations are too high
As is so often the case with the books I review, this read began with a message from Patty: “I’m reading this book. It’s gotten off to a really good start and is quite funny in parts.” Of course I immediately check it out and purchase from Amazon. It’s what I do. I really should know better by now. Having been battling alternating bouts of rage, frustration, and fear for awhile now, The Best Man (Blue Heron Series – Book 1) by Kristen Higgans sounded like […]
Goodbye, Bridgertons, I hardly knew ye.
This book was a bit of a mixed bag for me, which is sad since it’s the last Bridgerton book, and I would have liked the series to go out on more of bang rather than a whimper*. And I really genuinely enjoyed the first half of the book. It was fun and bantery, and I liked that neither our hero nor heroine were really very self aware, and thus instalove was avoided. But the second half lost its way. *I would also rather it […]
Seven novellas, all are good, two are excellent.
Seven Stones to Stand or Fall is a 500ish page collection of (mostly) novellas set in Gabaldon’s Outlander universe. All but two of the novellas were previously published in short story anthologies. The remaining two are new. I do not recommend picking up this collection if you aren’t already a fan of the books. Most of the stories would be entertaining enough to read, but you’re not going to get optimal enjoyment out of them without the context of the main series (or the Lord John […]
Kinda missed the Big Revolution
I’ve had a pretty mixed go of things with the Kindle First free book selections, and this one falls slightly above the middle for me. I was in the mood for something with an historical footing, and the off-beat structure of this drew me in very quickly, though it disappointed in the ultimate execution of the story. The story takes place over two timelines, one short afternoon in the present, and over several weeks as recalled by the main character. Yoona, our narrator, is being […]
Attention: Everyone. I loved this book.
“The great and tragic love story of Percy and me is neither great nor truly a love story, and is tragic only for its single-sidedness … Rather, it is simply the tale of how two people can be important to each other their whole lives, and then, one morning quite without meaning to, one of them wakes to find that importance has been magnified into a sudden and intense desire to put his tongue in the other’s mouth.” This was a delightful confection of a […]
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