December TBR Challenge – Festive

By |2020-12-15T17:29:25-05:00December 16th, 2020|Categories: Caz AAR, Lynn Spencer, Romance reading, TBR Challenge|Tags: |

2020 has been a very long year for all of us. Finding something “festive” for TBR Challenge sounded like quite a challenge indeed. However, we dug into our respective piles of books and came up with an emotional m/m romance and an adventure-filled Tudor Christmas tale. One is a 2015 release, the other is 2016, and both were successful finds.  We hope you have enjoyed our searches through the TBR pile and we will plan to see you again with more TBR reading in 2021! […]

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November 2020 TBR Challenge – Series

By |2020-11-17T15:30:36-05:00November 18th, 2020|Categories: Caz AAR, Lynn AAR, Romance reading, TBR Challenge|Tags: , , , |

This month the TBR Reading Challenge prompt invited us all to dive into our series reads. While Caz used this month to catch up on a series by an author she’s enjoyed, Lynn decided to jump into a new-to-her series because she was craving an angsty historical. And fortunately for both of us, the books we chose delivered. What series are you all enjoying now? […]

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October TBR Challenge – Danger

By |2020-10-20T16:58:28-04:00October 21st, 2020|Categories: Romance reading, TBR Challenge|Tags: |

For the “danger” prompt in this month’s TBR Challenge, Caz and Lynn both went for the darker side of romantic suspense. Both of us tried action-packed reads that were ultimately successful. So, if you’re looking for some good romantic suspense reads, here are a couple to check out. What are your favorite “danger” romances? […]

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September 2020 TBR Challenge – Dress for Success

By |2020-09-16T07:16:08-04:00September 16th, 2020|Categories: Caz AAR, Historicals, Lynn Spencer, Romance reading, TBR Challenge|Tags: , , , , |

“Dress for Success” can mean all kinds of things. In Lynn’s case, she went for fashion designer lead characters. Or, one can do as Caz did, and pull out a Pygmalion-esque story. And then there are masquerade balls, heroes and heroines in disguise…all kinds of possibilities.  What would be your favorite “dress for success” book?

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August 2020 TBR Challenge – Backlist

By |2020-08-19T07:17:46-04:00August 19th, 2020|Categories: Caz AAR, Lynn Spencer, Romance reading, TBR Challenge|Tags: , |

Since “Backlist”  is pretty much what the TBR Challenge is all about, this month felt completely wide open for both of us. In the end, while we chose different subgenres, we both went with similar strategies.  We each picked a backlist book by an autobuy author and as it turns out, we had somewhat similar results in terms of grading.  So, who’s on your backlist? […]

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July 2020 TBR Challenge – Family Ties

By |2020-08-19T18:29:31-04:00July 15th, 2020|Categories: Caz AAR, Lynn Spencer, Romance reading, TBR Challenge|Tags: , |

This month’s TBR Challenge post is smaller than usual, as Lynn wasn’t able to make it this time around, so Caz is flying solo this month. The “Family Ties” prompt offered plenty of scope; families often feature strongly in romance novels, whether it’s a couple making a family, family members featuring in a series or, as in the book Caz chose, a group of un-related people becoming a family unit.

Imagine by Jill Barnett

Many romance series feature siblings, but for the Family Ties prompt, I decided to go for a ‘found family’ story, and Jill Barnett’s Imagine (originally published in 1995 and reissued in 2017) fit that bill perfectly.

It’s 1896, and in San Francisco, successful, hard-working attorney Margaret Huntington Smith has been urged by her father, a judge, to take a well-deserved vacation.  Knowing she […]

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June 2020 TBR Challenge – Getaway

By |2020-06-16T15:08:13-04:00June 17th, 2020|Categories: Romance reading, TBR Challenge|Tags: , |

This month’s TBR prompt of “getaway” was a tough one in that one can take it in almost too many directions. Do we want to read pure tropical vacation escape? A road romance? Running away from the bad guys? Getting away with something forbidden? So many options. In the end, Caz chose an emotional road romance, while Lynn went with a vacation fling. […]

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May 2020 TBR Challenge – Old School

By |2020-05-21T05:37:25-04:00May 20th, 2020|Categories: Caz AAR, Lynn Spencer, Romance reading, TBR Challenge|Tags: , |

For many readers, when you utter the phrase “old school,” they tend to think of big sweeping historicals. The hated phrase “bodice ripper” often comes up as do the clinch covers of old. And that’s certainly one way of doing old school romance. Maybe it’s pandemic fatigue, but neither one of us was really up to that thread of old school romance. Instead we revisited the world of Regency trads by well-loved authors, where Caz found more success than Lynn this month. […]

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April 2020 TBR Challenge – Freebie

By |2020-05-06T06:17:52-04:00April 15th, 2020|Categories: Caz AAR, Lynn Spencer, Romance reading, TBR Challenge|Tags: , , , |

This month’s TBR Challenge prompt pretty much left the reading choices wide open. After all, with the word “freebie,” one can come up with all kinds of things. Gift books, Kindle deals, books about free stuff, who knows?  In the end, the common thread between our picks seemed to be high action. Caz went with a m/m romantic suspense novella, while Lynn chose an equally action-packed paranormal. […]

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March 2020 TBR Challenge – Seasons

By |2020-04-10T11:39:11-04:00March 18th, 2020|Categories: Caz AAR, Lynn Spencer, Romance reading, TBR Challenge|Tags: , , , , |

“Seasons” is one of those TBR challenge prompts that can take a reader almost anywhere. Caz and I went in similar directions, combing our respective TBR stacks for books with seasons in their titles. I ended up with a hot summer romance, while Caz opted for an autumn-themed Regency trad.  […]

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