Out of frustration that such a wonderful novel would slip through the cracks and not be read by a large population of romance readers, I took the suggestion of Robin, LLB and Patricia S. and here I am, writing a review. Am I nervous? You betcha, but here goes. It is true that up until…
Before I get to the review of this book, I have one thing to say: Isn’t Lost Souls of the Witches’ Castle a great title? Editors seem determined that romance novels should have the most forgettable titles possible. Teri DuLong’s book was published by a small press, which must be why she was allowed to…
It’s hard to know where to begin when discussing this book. On the one hand, it tells an interesting if tragic tale, made more immediate by the fact that it’s based on a true story, and told by the person who lived it. On the other hand, it’s a garbled narrative with ambitions toward the…
I always keep a fairly sizeable list of books that I want to buy. I don’t purchase them straight away online because I love the little thrill I get when I find something I’ve been looking for awhile. The other day I came across a copy of Touch Not the Cat in a thrift store and…
About 25 pages into Over His Dead Body – subtitled “a novel of sweet revenge” – I realized it reminded me strongly of something. It took me another 25 pages to recognize that while the plot details are quite different, the ironic, somewhat farcical tone/style, and some of the novel’s themes are highly reminiscent of…
Let’s hear it for Kelly Ripa. When she chose The Boy Next Door for her “Reading with Ripa” book club, she picked a good one. In order to be selected by Ms. Ripa, a book must be “fun, frivolous, and fast.” Meg Cabot’s novel meets all those guidelines easily, especially the “fun” part. Melissa Fuller…
I think that perhaps I enjoy contemporary romantic Women’s Fiction more than I like Contemporary Romance. Women’s Fiction allows for a bit more realism. The characters don’t have to be perfect: they are allowed real dysfunctions and they can have bad hair days or even no hair at all. The emotions seem more real in…
Quentins is the name of a Dublin restaurant that has a tremendous effect on the lives of its staff and patrons. It would make sense that that would be the focus of a book named after it. But while Quentins the eatery does play a large part of the story, and occasionally steps to the…
Susie Salmon, “like the fish,” is only fourteen years old when she is raped and murdered by a neighbor, her body never found. This may sound like the worst possible beginning for an uplifting story, but amazingly, Alice Sebold makes The Lovely Bones a compelling, haunting, and even humorous story. This book would be unbearable…
Falling Star concerns the least sympathetic creatures on the planet. No, not mosquitoes . . . an even lower life form . . . TV reporters. More precisely, those stars of the media better known as news anchors The author, a former anchorwoman herself, offers nothing new under the sun in this non-romance potboiler. While…
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