Greetings Bookworms, I’m really glad that when I requested this book from NetGalley, it came with something of a disclaimer. While it is, in fact, the third installment of the Helen Hoang series that began with The Kiss Quotient (review) and The Bride Test, The Heart Principle is tonally very different. *I received a complimentary… Read more »
2021, Week the Thirty-Fourth: A Digital Library Haul
Hey Bookworms, You know that thing that always happens when you place several books on hold at the library? You know, the thing where they inevitably all come in at the same time? It is a truth universally acknowledged, and not limited to physical books, apparently. I recently experienced a flood of digital holds becoming… Read more »
2021, Week the Thirty-Third: I Read Even More Alien Romance Novels. Still Not Mad About It.
Ho, Bookworms. Remember a few weeks back when I told you all about the Ice Planet Barbarians series by Ruby Dixon and how I was binge reading them? Well. I took a short break and then started up again. What?! They’ve very enjoyable, OK? And, I’m refusing to call them a “guilty” pleasure no matter… Read more »
2021 Week the Thirty-Second: Cake + Vacation + Aristocracy = This Post.
Hello Darling Bookworms, I do not recommend moving. It is extremely stressful, especially when you have accumulated 13 years worth of stuff in a too-small house and have a child with every single toy known to humankind. We’re in the midst of a prolonged move-out process (which was planned, though it still sucks.) All that… Read more »
2021 Week the Thirty-First: Here, Have Some Feelings
Hey There Bookworms! How is everyone doing? I’m a steamy pile of anxiety. Like, I woke up this morning because I was having a dream so awful I was dry-heaving. I mean, I always have anxiety dreams but this was unusually horrible. I have a lot on my plate right now, so it’s not unexpected,… Read more »
2021, Week the Thirtieth: Cider Bar Sisters!
Hey There Bookworms, I was in the mood for more rom-coms recently (when am I NOT in the mood for rom-coms, honestly?) and I thought I’d check out a new-to-me author. I’ve seen Jackie Lau on Twitter and she always seems lovely and smart, so I imagined her books would be similarly lovely and smart…. Read more »
2021, Week the Twenty-Ninth: In Which I’m a Bit of a Grump
Hiya Bookworms, I realize I missed a couple weeks, but since it’s a bonkers time at work and a bonkers time at home with the upcoming move, I’m just going to be a hot mess for a while. A hot mess who is ravenously devouring books as a coping mechanism because I am deeply uncomfortable… Read more »
2021, Week the Twenty Sixth: I Read a Bunch of Romance Novels About Blue Aliens and I’m Not Mad About It
Hey Bookworms, I have a bookternet friend, Sarah. She’s never steered me wrong when it comes to romances, it’s true, but when she started talking about a series called Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon I wasn’t sure that I wanted to go there. I don’t want to yuck anyone else’s yum, but I typically… Read more »
2021, Week the Twenty-Fifth: A Deal With the Devil
Hey Bookworms, There is absolutely no common thread in any of the books I’m talking about this week. I mean, it is the mishiest mashiest roundup. Some weeks are like that, though. And other weeks you binge read a bunch of romance novels featuring blue aliens… Oh wait. I’m telling you about those NEXT week…. Read more »
2021, Week the Twenty-Fourth: Blessed be the Rom-Com
Hiya Bookworms, Sam has been back in daycare for about 2 months now. It’s been good for him, though, not without its challenges, and it’s provided me with a heck of a lot more quiet time than I’d become accustomed to (hence all the audiobook bingeing.) I am still working from home, mostly because I… Read more »