2017 was not a good year for romance. Pretty Face by Lucy Parker was by far the best, and while I read a bunch, I literally couldn’t tell you a single thing about most of them. And on top of that I had major issues with Pretty Face and the boss/subordinate romance. But then Hate to Want You was recommended by both Emmalita and Malin. And then it went on ebook sale. So here we are. Hate to want You is a second chance romance. […]
Can You Have PTSD Flashbacks to Grad School?
So I finished this audiobook a week ago, and even though I usually try to review immediately (hence my 6 months I hate the world review hiatus last year) I still need to confront this one. Hope Jahren is a biology research professor. This is both a memoir and a love story to plants and the world. It is read by the author. It is open and honest about so much, while at the same time glossing over so much more. She begins with where […]
A beautiful Marilyn biography
Full disclosure I received this from fellow Cannonballer Xoxoxoe as she frickin’ wrote/drew this. How cool is that?! All thoughts and opinions though are my own, but I’ll start with this one is definitely staying on my bookshelf. There’s not much to plot here, it’s a biography of Marilyn Monroe. We start with Norma Jean and work our way through to the end of her too short life. I really enjoy history, and especially Hollywood history (the podcast You Must Remember This is amazing y’all […]
Who new books about FBI agents and attorneys could actually be fun?
So over the first of our two big adventures the fam and I packed up and flew across the country for vacation. When traveling with an under two we quickly realised that we had a lot of spare evening time on our hands in very quiet hotel rooms. Enter the first four books of a series that I’ve already read the more recent ones. Something About You Cameron is an assistant US Attorney taking a much needed weekend away at a fancy hotel while her […]