Loved Sports Romance (open-door) Ebook via Libby Published 2024 by Berkeley Romance Soundtrack: Delicate by Taylor Swift Open communication (mostly), baseball, a man who wants to worship his woman, and references to other sports romances—The Arthur of Catching Feelings is everything we love about summer romances. Thompson creates complicated, inwardly reflecting main characters, instantly drawing […]
Loved Genre: Historical Fiction/ Mystery Published 2024 by Dutton Books Soundtrack: L’AMOUR DE MA VIE – Billie Eilish Mysterious, gripping, and full of references to fabulous food and a tiny Italian village, The Scilian Inheritance is yet another genre-crossing book. Per usual, I am a sucker for strong female friendships, and Piazza crafted them beautifully. […]
Loved it! Romance {open door–two scenes minimal detail} Soundtrack: Stargazing – Myles Smith Sometimes, you pick up the right book at the right time, which is precisely what transpired this weekend; after admiring this cover for months, I finally grabbed the book. I wanted a fluffy Hallmark-like romance with a caregiving man, and this delivered […]
Really Loved Narration by Katherine Kellgren YA Historical Fiction/ Fantasy Soundtrack: Six by Six Immediately charming and humorous with a warm narration and a fast-moving plot, My Lady Jane is an imaginative re-telling of the events surrounding King Edward VI’s death, Lady Jane Grey’s brief rise to the throne, and the end of Mary Tudor’s […]
Romance {open door} Soundtrack: What I Am – ZAYN A sweeping, sensual, second-chance romance, Forget Me Not gripped from the first word to the end! Sometimes romance is an escape, and I loved being caught up in this grumpy florist, Elliot, meets romantic in denial wedding planner Ama. Julie Soto is one of my favorite […]
Really Loved Contemporary Literature Published 2024 by Henry Holt Books Audiobook – advanced copy gifted by publisher Learning to Fly – Tom Petty Can one conversation, one chance encounter in an elevator, change someone’s life? Have you stopped to wonder what happened to a stranger you met in a waiting room or shared a table […]
Really Loved sci-fi with romance/mystery undertones For Real This Time – Gracie Abrams At the surface level, this appears to be a time travel novel where those from the past, known as expats, have a bridge “or escort” to help assimilate to the twenty-first century. From the perspective of one such bridge, we follow the […]
After the publication of the New York Times Best Books of 21st Century, I loved seeing everyone pick their own best books of the twenty-first century. I read 7.5 off the New York Times list (I am technically in the middle of Warmth of Other Suns), and this was significantly harder than I expected (I […]
Really Love Genre: Romance /open door slight detail Format: Ebook from Libby Soundtrack: Kiss Me- Sixpence None the Richer A travel nurse who is afraid to commit to a town/place/person slides into Reddit(!!) DMs of a sunshine man facing life-changing circumstances. Man and woman discover they suffer from the same “curse” where all their exes […]
Liked it LGBTQ + Romance {one scene-open door} Format: library paperback Soundtrack: Shut Up And Dance – WALK THE MOON Filled with lots humor, pop culture references and a well done age gap, A Dash of Salt and Pepper has all the elements of a fun rom com. Unfortunately, I was a little bored by […]
