This is a weekly meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. I read SO MUCH this week. But I didn't even just spend the whole week reading. I worked more on my academic piece comparing the works of Achebe to Dinesen. I did a livestream covering the evolution of literary criticism... Continue Reading →
There was a lot to like about this book. This book was silly, whimsical, didn't take itself too seriously, and had a beautiful setting, heartwarming instalove, and a very cozy family-centered HEA. It's really just everything that I like about Zoe Chant books. And don't get me wrong: I DO like Zoe Chant books. I... Continue Reading →
This book was a marked improvement over 'Dancing Bearfoot.' It still wasn't great though. We still have a lot of girl hate, slut-shaming, and the denigrating of femininity "performed wrong" that feminists are usually guilty of. I'd put money on it that Zoe Chant is a feminist. This is not true across the board for... Continue Reading →
Zoe Chant has finally won me over. Then again, this is the first book of hers I've read that didn't have some disgusting underhanded misogynistic message and some r/notliketheothergirls shit. Maybe it was just too short for that. Either way, I judge every book independently. I might believe Zoe Chant hates all other women and... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago I was given the opportunity to beta read a mafia romance. Now, this is not the first time someone has asked me to read or review a mafia romance. And I've always said, "No, I don't read mafia romance." But because the author is a friend of mine, I knew this... Continue Reading →
This was the first serious shifter book I've read after discovering the subgenre. I mean, I've read a handful of Zoe Chant novella's, but nobody is taking those seriously, including Zoe Chant herself. Yeah those books are...well, they're clickbait amazon garbage. Jennifer Ashely's Shifters Unbound series on the other hand is more typical of Shifter... Continue Reading →
A weekly meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. What Did I Recently Finish Reading? So, it was requested that I talk about consent in gay romance. I read this book. It was rapey. I hated it. I called it out. Mission complete. This Amish Romance was super cute and the... Continue Reading →
A Picture of Love by Beth Wiseman is definitely a different sort of Amish Romance. While I loved so many things about this book, there was one element that was just not there: the immersion in the Amish setting. A big appeal of Amish Romance is the immersion into a wholesome agricultural Christian community, much... Continue Reading →
Photo by Karina Zhukovskaya on Pexels.com Okay! It's the middle of the year! I've seen the Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag making it's way through the book blogging community. I decided to just do my own version of this. I'm not really feeling like half the questions. So I'm just making up my own thing, but... Continue Reading →
I read this book because I'm a book blogger who is highly critical of the romance genre and the way rape is often fetishized and excused in the romance genre. Seriously, if you want to talk about "rape culture" the romance genre is a good place to start. Considering the vast amount of women who... Continue Reading →
