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The Mama's Reviews:

The one where I really hope they don’t screw up the movie…

January 23, 2014 by The Mama 1 Comment

I finished this book a week or two ago, but I’ve sat on the review, because I’m haven’t been sure of

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Joyce Maynard, movies

The one where I vow to not read “New Adult” anymore, at least till next time…

January 13, 2014 by The Mama 1 Comment

I’ve written before about “New Adult” and what crap it is, but I keep reading it because I never learn. I want it to be the equivalent of hangover watching Dirty Dancing on TBS while waiting for your roommate’s boyfriend to come back with hangover McDonald’s with a big fat hangover diet Coke, but it’s not. It’s not at all. It’s like discovering that Dirty Dancing has been replaced with, I don’t know, sports or something, and your roommate’s boyfriend got you a regular Coke […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Fiction, Jessica Sorensen, New Adult, romance

The one where I want Jamie Fraser to call me Sassenach…

January 12, 2014 by The Mama 5 Comments

I first read Outlander about fifteen years or so ago. My mom gave it to me, saying, “I know you don’t like time travel, but just get over that, and read this book.” Rarely does my mom do that, but when she does, she hits the mark. In fact, she gave me Harry Potter in much the same way, about four months before it exploded, saying, “Stick with it. Trust me.”  After hearing about the upcoming series on Starz, and discovering it was only $1.99 for […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Diana Gabaldon, historical fiction, romance, time travel

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