Month: December 2022

  • How to Fake it in Hollywood 

    By: Ava Wilder This is the perfect book to end my 2022 reviews. I started this blog as a way to challenge myself into really thinking about why I like or dislike a book in the hopes of clarifying the half formed story ideas I have just sitting in my own head. And it turns…


  • A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting

    By: Sophie Irwin I loved this book. The writing and story felt fresh, but in a comforting way that you knew where the story was headed. I read through it in a few hours. It reminded me that when a book is good, and I mean GOOD, I experience such joy from simply reading it.…


  • So This Is Christmas

    By: Jenny Holiday I am disappointed. I loved, loved Jenny Holiday’s Duke Actually. So much so, that when I realized it was the second book of a series, I immediately read A Princess for Christmas. I found Princess to be more lackluster than Duke, but I still enjoyed the juxtaposition of a cheesy Christmas Hallmark…


  • Built to Last

    By: Erin Hahn What in the actual tomfuckery? 2022 is my year for the Hollywood celebrity romance novel. I suppose this will be thrilling to this niche market, but half of my reads this year have been in this vein. I will have to do an end of the year ranking. All three of my…


  • Thank You for Listening

    By: Julia Whelan I liked this book; I did. I am not sure what this says about me, but when I realized the FMC had lost an eye under some sort of tragic circumstances, reading this book made me extremely anxious. I was very worried people were going to be mean, and I just…hate reading…