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REVIEW: Transposition by Gregory Ashe

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homophobic slurs, homophobia (although this is an #ownvoices book, homophobic slurs are used to portray homophobic characters as well as sarcastically by the main characters)

Dear Gregory Ashe,

Recently I finished Pretty Pretty Boys, the first novel in your Hazard and Somerset series. While it wasn’t a keeper for me, the slow, slow burn relationship between the main characters and their explosive chemistry sucked me in, and I knew when I finished that though t...

Open Thread for Readers for October 2020

Got a book you want to talk about? Frustrated with a book or series? In love with a new one? Found a buried treasure? An issue that keeps popping up in the books you are reading? Just want to chat about stuff in general?

REVIEW: Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

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child rape, emotional abuse, physical abuse

Dear Tiffany D. Jackson,

A couple of months ago I read and reviewed your YA novel, Monday’s Not Coming, and was impressed. The book had a powerful mystery at its center, a disappearance of a teenager noticed only by her best friend. Even before I read it, I had heard great things about your writing so it was an easy decision to request your newest book, Grown, based on the following blurb:

When Enchanted Jones wakes...

REVIEW: The Woman Who Built a Bridge by CK Crigger

Shay Billings is pleasantly surprised at discovering a new bridge over the river, as it cuts several miles from his trip into town. Ambushed and left for dead, he has even more cause to be grateful when the bridge-builder saves his life. Shay’s savior turns out to be a mysterious young woman with extraordinary skills. More importantly, she’s a strong ally when he and a few other men are forced to defend themselves and their ranches against a power hungry rich man. Marvin Hammel seems determine...

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The Cornish Cream Tea Christmas by Cressida McLaughlin: $ 6.99

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Pregnant With the Sheik’s Heir by Elizabeth Lennox...

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Review: Reading List by Sirius

1 A Novel Murder (MerryChurch Mysteries #3) by KC Wells

This is book three in a series of cozy mysteries with sprinkles of m/m romance. I found it just as lovely and enjoyable as the first two books. There is really no personal conflict between Mike and Jonathon in this book. I mean they are continuing to figure out their future and that weird complication with Jonathon’s father that occurred in the last book , but it is easily resolved and with almost no problems. Because the mystery took cent...

REVIEW: Second-Chance Cats by Callie Smith Grant

There’s no feeling quite like that of getting a second chance and a fresh start. When we adopt a homeless cat–or that cat decides to adopt us–we’re not just giving one of earth’s most beautiful and inscrutable creatures a chance at a good life, we’re giving ourselves the gift of companionship, solace, and love. And plenty of laughter too!

This heartwarming collection includes more than 30 true, contemporary stories told by a variety of writers, including Melody Carlson, Lauraine Snelling, and ...

REVIEW: The Dragon of Ynys by Minerva Cerridwen

Every time something goes missing from the village, Sir Violet makes his way to the dragon’s cave and negotiates the item’s return. It’s annoying, but at least the dragon is polite.

But when the dragon hoards a person, that’s a step too far. Sir Violet storms off to the mountainside to escort the baker home, only to find a more complex mystery—a quest that leads him far beyond the cave. Accompanied by the missing baker’s wife and the dragon himself, the dutiful village knight embarks on his gr...

REVIEW: We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

Acclaimed novelist Quan Barry delivers a tour de female force in this delightful novel. Set in the coastal town of Danvers, Massachusetts, where the accusations began that led to the 1692 witch trials, We Ride Upon Sticks follows the 1989 Danvers High School Falcons field hockey team, who will do anything to make it to the state finals—even if it means tapping into some devilishly dark powers. In chapters dense with 1980s iconography—from Heathers to “big hair”—Barry expertly weaves together t...