This was a hmmmm. It was both interesting and irritating. PattyKates vigorously encouraged us to read this so they would have more people to discuss it with, and Katie kindly lent me her copy. I’m glad I read it. It’s better if you don’t know too much going in, so I’ll keep things general. Parker Cruse hasn’t been able to get her life together. She gave up an athletic scholarship to follow her high school boyfriend to college (don’t do that). She thought they were going to […]
When PattyKates Says Read the Book…
This is the story of a book. This was a book which I would never have found on my own, but our dynamic reviewing duo PattyKates located it in their literary travels and recommended, nay demanded, that we citizens of Romancelandia experience. But alas, it was not available to me via library or Nook and I thought I would perhaps be left out of the reading and the discussion. But, our very own Prolixity Julien procured the book for me via Kindle and once more […]
Blurred Lines and Sharp Twists
You always know what to expect – especially when reading romance novels – until suddenly you don’t. Kinda like life: it just happens. It’s messy and funny and absurd and surreal but never, not for one second, can you ever really be sure of what’s going to happen next. Our heroine, Parker, has to move home after a two year peacing-out which happened after her sister’s wedding. The same sister – twin sister, no less – who Parker caught doing the dirty with Parker’s boyfriend […]
The Oasis – where I’ve got friends in low places
Previously on Supernatural…. Ishmael and Abraham’s baby mama are kicked to the desert curb because Sarah has ISSUES and God pranks Abraham with the old “sacrifice your son” gag then promises more descendants ruling over everything forever. This week… Patty: Ding Dong the Witch is Dead. Sarah finally bites it at the ripe old age of 127. Good riddance, I say. Abraham needs a place to bury his wife, so most of Ch 23 is all: Abraham: Let me pay you for the land to […]