Skye Warren, Annika Martin, Molly O’Keefe…TNT?! It sounds strange to put a cable network on a list of effective, engaging, go-to dark romance authors, but here you have it — because TNT’s Good Behavior, based on novellas by Blake Crouch, absolutely fits the bill! Letty Raines (Michelle Dockery) is a con artist, meth addict and… Read More Why Good Behavior is Great Dark Romance
This post contains spoilers for Rogue One. Proceed with caution! Are they, or aren’t they? A lot has already been written about whether Rogue One’s Chirrut Imwe and Baze Malbus qualify as the Star Wars universe’s first official gay couple. Given that heterosexual romance didn’t get much traction in the film either, who’s to say,… Read More Rogue One’s Chirrut and Baze: A Romantic Force to Be Reckoned With
According to my calculations, I read roughly 119 stories this year — not counting things I DNFed or didn’t like. Slacker! I’m a little disappointed that the number isn’t higher, but that certainly gives me a goal for 2017! Gotta do something to pass time in the bunker, right? These are the books I got… Read More The Bookend of the World: December 2016 Reads
It’s amazing how much of 2016 is a blur. I barely remember the beginning of it — what I watched, what I read. I’ve done a lot of “Wait, that happened THIS year?” as I look back on what media made an impact on me. Winona Ryder made a jaw-dropping comeback in Netflix’s Stranger Things,… Read More Mala’s Best of 2016 Pop Culture Round-Up
Political fatigue — and then political angst — killed my appetite for books in November…but I still managed to squeeze in some BIG winners! Alyssa Cole’s An Extraordinary Union is going to catapult this talented author to the next level, and I’m so glad I got to read an early copy! The Edge of the… Read More I’m Out of Book Puns: November Reads
I packed September and October with a lot of over-the-top bananapants reads and sci-fi/fantasy romances — guaranteed to whisk me away from reality for a while. Given the current political climate, we all need a break, right? But the bottom line, in anything that I really enjoy reading, is deep, believable, connection between the characters.… Read More Page Fright: September and October Reads
August was packed with good reads! I’m pretty proud of myself…and pretty bummed about the state of the world, since that’s what drove me to dive into a pile of books. I’m really glad I finally got around to Sabaa Tahir’s An Ember in the Ashes. It definitely lives up to all the good things I’ve… Read More Booking Around This Place: August Reads
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