Crazy Rich Asians as been at the top of my TBR pile for ages and I was THRILLED to receive a copy from the Cannonball Holiday Exchange (I still don’t know who sent these so I say to the universe – THANK you, the Cannonball Book Exchange is always a delight!) Rachel and Nick are a couple of college-professor lovebirds working at NYU who decide to spend their summer traveling around Asia as this is something that college professors do on the regular (no it […]
Murderbot Is Not Here For Your Nonsense
Rogue Protocol is novella #3 in the 4-book series focused on the Miscellaneous Adventures of Murderbot. Murderbot is THE GREATEST, something that Emmalita has expounded upon in her reviews. Murderbot is an organic-robot construct who was designed to provide security to teams of humans but really wants to be left alone to watch it’s favorite tv shows. There is a mysterious backstory and the theme hooking the novellas together is Murderbot’s quest to solve the mystery. It’s a funny, unique, and captivating approach to scifi […]
Finishing an Exceptional Series and Grading on a Curve
This is the 10th book in a series that is arguably the pinnacle of urban fantasy writing to date. If you have any interest in urban fantasy with strong female characters, rich world-building, stellar smolder, and compelling action then this is the series for you. If you’ve picked up a few urban fantasy books and have been turned off by the cliched alpha-males, derivative world-building, and predictable plots, then this series is for you. If you like believably flawed and compelling female protagonists, then this […]
Believe the Hype
Cannonball legend Malin gave me a copy of this mumbles ago and despite the rave reviews, I never started it because contemporary romance is not my bag. Nothing pulls me out of the escapist fun of a great romance novel like characters dealing with broken cars, work stress, and bills. Unless that great romance novel is The Hating Game. Summary from Goodreads: Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman hate each other. Not dislike. Not begrudgingly tolerate. Hate. And they have no problem displaying their feelings through […]