An online journal of my reading life
One of my all-time favorite things to do is read a book and compare it to its movie adaptation. Lately, it feels like many books being published are also being picked up for movies or tv series. I could rattle off a list of all the great books made into television or movie adaptations that [...]
I love Thanksgiving. I love turkey and football and eating so much that you feel like you'll explode. I also love making turkey sandwiches a la Ross from Friends (the moist maker is the key). Of course, with the holidays approaching, I wanted to get my holiday reading in order. Sadly, Thanksgiving isn't covered much [...]
This was my first Talia Hibbert book. I know from my paranormal romance research that Talia Hibbert is more known for her steamy novels with hunky bros on the cover. But the one thing that really drew me to Talia Hibbert is her effort to create diverse romance stories. Not only does she cover diverse [...]
Good Morrow, gentle fellows! I woke up this morning looking over my Goodreads when I noticed I didn't write a review for Well Met. How could I make such an error? It probably was vacation brain taking over trying to pack and figure out what reads to take with me. But I'm back from vacation [...]
When I first picked up this book, I was excited about the premise. A bunch of dudes that put together a romance book club? I'm all about it. Gavin is the second basemen of the Nashville Legends and he just got the worst news of his life; his wife, Thea, wants a divorce. As his [...]
"Remember, remember the Fifth of November..." Happy Guy Fawkes Day! So a few weeks back, I might have teased that November was going to be a big month for publishing. I mean, many months are a big month for publishing, but this November 5th is the mother lode of highly anticipated reads we've been dying [...]
After a night of Halloween candy and watching scary movies, it's finally the end of October. And that means another wrap up of my reading month. I read nine books this month. I feel like I need to re-name my wrap ups to "books Simone spent a month yammering about because they're so good." Because [...]
