Category Archive: Reviews

What’s the Big Deal?: Fifty Shades of Grey Live Blog Edition, Chapters 9-10

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Warning: the smut barrier has been breached. I repeat, the smut barrier has been breached. (And by smut barrier, I mean Ana’s hymen.)  Any and all posts past this point will contain graphic,… Continue reading

What’s the Big Deal?: Fifty Shades of Grey Live-Blogging Edition, Chapters 7-8

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Wow, guys, can you believe what happened on American Idol this week? I know! It was just, like, so…yeah! I’m kidding. I haven’t watched American Idol since my dog threw up during Carrie… Continue reading

Shelf Unawareness: Somebody to Love by Kristan Higgins

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And now for something completely different! Don’t worry, the live blog is still on, but I’d like to take a different tack for a moment. I recently read and reviewed Kristan Higgins’s latest… Continue reading

What’s the Big Deal?: Fifty Shades of Grey Live-Blogging Edition, Chapters 5-6

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I have had three people tell me that, having read the live blog, they now want to read Fifty Shades of Grey. Folks, I’m reading this book so you don’t have to. Don’t… Continue reading

What’s the Big Deal?: Fifty Shades of Grey Live-Blogging Edition, Chapters 2-4

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Last time on Fifty Shades of Grey, our heroine interviewed our hero in an office building. Nothing says sex and depravity like business suits and note-taking! What further naughty hijinks will ensue? To… Continue reading

What’s the Big Deal?: Fifty Shades of Grey Live-Blogging Edition, Chapter 1

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I love romance novels. I’m not being sarcastic. I love romance novels, honestly. I don’t care who calls them trashy or smutty or non-literary. Romance novels are awesome! If done correctly, they are… Continue reading

“What’s the Big Deal?”: His Majesty’s Dragon Edition

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It’s new feature time! Everyone throw confetti! Now cheer for me! Now dance! Dance, you delightfully shrewd book monkeys, dance! I’m sorry I called you that. I can’t promise not to do it… Continue reading

Review: Before Your Time: The Early Menopause Survival Guide

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Before Your Time: The Early Menopause Survival Guide By Evalina Weidman Sterling and Angie Best-Boss Fireside, $16 paperback, ISBN-10 1439108455, 288 pages, original publication April 2010 Every year more than two million women… Continue reading

Review: The Rebel Wife

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The Rebel Wife by Taylor Polites Simon and Schuster, $25 hardcover, ISBN-13 978-1451629514, February 7, 2012 Brimming with atmosphere and edgy suspense, The Rebel Wife presents a young widow trying to survive in… Continue reading

My Review of Inconsolable: In Which I Get Deeply Personal

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Inconsolable by Marrit Ingman Seal Press, $14.95 trade paper, ISBN-13: 978-1580051408, copyright 2005 Marrit Ingman became a mother on February 27, 2002. She went crazy — also on February 27, 2002. Her journey… Continue reading