A reader review blog { of genre fiction }
TBR Challenge 2009
Last TBR Challenge of the Year, Dec. 16th
Dec 13th
We’ve reached the end of the 2009 TBR Challenge which will be this Wednesday, Dec 16. Did you find any great books? I’m sure you did. I did. Anyway, for this month, pick a good one. Sign-ups for 2010 will start first week in January when everybody is back from their holiday vacation. Happy Reading.
TBR Challenge 2009 This Wednesday, Sept 16th
Sep 14th
Just a gentle reminder for those who are participating in the TBR Challenge 2009. We have a review due this coming Wednesday on 9.16.09. The theme for this month is a simple one and that is to just pick an author you’ve never read before or an author who you haven’t read in a long time from your tbr
REVIEW: Open Secret by Janice Kay Johnson (Guest Review)
Aug 19th
This review is a guest review written by fellow reader, Senetra.
****
I chose to read Open Secret (2006) by Janice Kay Johnson, one of my auto-buy authors. This is the first book in a trilogy about siblings separated by adoption following their parents’ deaths in a car accident.
I started to read the book and was immediately confused
Reminder: TBR Challenge Is Next Wednesday
Aug 13th
For those who are still in the challenge to reduce their TBR piles, the next post for this month’s challenge is next week, Wednesday, August 19. This month’s theme is to pick a new author out of your TBR, read it and review it. Or read a book from an author you haven’t read in awhile. Or
Guest Review: First Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh
Mar 18th
First Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh (2009) and is the first in a five book series featuring the “Huxtables”. The following guest review was submitted by fellow reader, Senetra. As an aside, I haven’t read Mary Balogh in quite sometime and I was looking forward to reading this one and now, may need to lower my expectations.
*****
Mary Balogh
The Glass House by Ashley Gardner (Captain Gabriel Lacey Series)
Mar 18th
The Glass House (2004) by Ashley Gardner, is the third book in the Captain Gabriel Lacey series set in Regency, England. The story follows calvary officer, Gabriel Lacey as he tries to hunt down a killer of a young actress whose body was pulled from the Thames.
Name your vice because The Glass House provides it to gentleman
REVIEW: ‘The Spymaster’s Lady’ by Joanna Bourne
Feb 18th
The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne (2008) is being reviewed by fellow reader, Senetra. This book is available in paperback and ebook at your favorite retailer.
****
I avoid spy stories. If I pick up a book and the blurb has the words “spy” or “spying”, I stop reading and put it down, so when this book starting getting
REVIEW: ‘Your Scandalous Ways’ by Loretta Chase
Feb 18th
Your Scandalous Ways (2008) by Loretta Chase is a romance that follows an English divorcée and demimonde residing in Venice, Italy. The subplot of the story involves her possessing some important, incriminating letters belonging to her ex-husband, Lord Elphick, a man who is ambitiously climbing the political latter in London.
James Cordier, an agent for his Majesty, is
REVIEW: ‘Shaken and Stirred’ by Kathleen O’Reilly
Jan 21st
Shaken and Stirred by Kathleen O’Reilly (2008) is a Harlequin Blaze and the first entry in the Those Sexy O’Sullivans series.
“Shaken and Stirred” features a friends to lover’s theme and the conflict? A woman’s desperate need for independence. Tessa Hart is a twenty-six year old Manhattan bartender, working at Prime while earning an associates degree in finance. She’s
Recent Conversation
Shelley, Amy, Tee, Avid Reader [...]
Mary, Mary, Keishon, Mat [...]
Senetra, Johnny Ray, Senetra, Danielle C.
Senetra, Avid Reader, VictheReader, Senetra [...]
Shelley, SarahT, firepages, Avid Reader [...]