A public librarian-written blog about romance novels, baseball, and other random natterings.

Doug is a cheese pizza kind of guy. A honeymoon cruise around the Caribbean is the most adventurous thing he’s ever done. Going on that honeymoon alone is unthinkable, but here he is, with a luxury suite and a broken heart. Tripp is a hopeless romantic. He’s in a sinking relationship that’s been taking on water for months. He’d throw in the towel if he had one, but he’s naked and locked out of his room.

Audiobook review: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir November's TBR optional theme: Change of Plans After absolutely loving the audiobook of The Martian, I picked up Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir as soon as it came out in 2021, but it sat on my virtual shelf ever since. The story about a man alone in space without his memories of how he got there definitely qualifies for November’s optional theme of Change of Plans. 

5/5: The November 2025 #TBRChallenge is "Change of Plans." What immediately came to mind was the John Lennon melody and lyric Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans ("Beautif...

As someone who endured a soul-destroying grad school experience and its subsequent cut-throat world of snagging work in your field, one that sees more of annihilation than growth, I’ve read t…

Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense:Freeing the Wild: A Silver Pines Novel (Silver Pines Ranch Series Book 4) by Paisley HopeAMZ * BN * K * GP Honeymoon Phase by Amy DawsAMZ * BN * K * GP An Aca…

Things have been so bad/weird, reading-wise, I had forgotten entirely that I had been offered this ARC at some point this year. Beware: suicide; narcissist ex; once again equating evil with mental …

A public librarian-written blog about romance novels, baseball, and other random natterings.

A public librarian-written blog about romance novels, baseball, and other random natterings.

A public librarian-written blog about romance novels, baseball, and other random natterings.

A public librarian-written blog about romance novels, baseball, and other random natterings.

A public librarian-written blog about romance novels, baseball, and other random natterings.

Son of the Morning by Akwaeke Emezi My rating: 4 of 5 stars 3.5 stars I received this book for free, thi...

Break Wide the Sea by Sara Holland My rating: 3 of 5 stars I received this book for free, this does not...

Your Knife, My Heart by K.M. Moronova My rating: 2 of 5 stars I received this book for free, this does n...

When I started using Everand, I wanted to shout to everyone about it. Many of the indie books that I couldn’t get at the library were available there (especially audiobooks), and I didn’t have to p…

If you’ve noticed that I’ve been trying to theme my ARC Reviews this year then, first of all, thank you so much for paying attention to me, and secondly, the actual theme of this one is…

While It Was Snowing Author: Julia London Reviewer: Jen Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: Amy Casey needs some time away from her life… her two teenage boys, her brother, her job, and the ex

Dangerous Skies Adventures, Book #2 Review of Dangerous Skies Adventures, Book #1 Heat Factor: Most of the heat comes from the crime solving, but don’t you fret–there’s still plen…

There are a lot of really common unsolicited opinions I’ve heard about reading romance novels—that they’re trashy, low-quality literature, that they’re like “junk food”, that they’re literary porn……

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