February is a short month and I packed it full of books! I had a couple of DNFs, but I’m not going to dwell on those. Pfft. Who needs that? Instead, let’s celebrate the fact that I scarfed down some highly anticipated books — like Lisa Kleypas’ hilarious Wallflowers sequel and the electric Beyond spin-off… Read More Mala’s February 2017 Hot Reads
Lisa Marie Perry Sin For Me Loveswept / February 21, 2017 / $2.99 digital If you love FOX’s sudsy Empire, then Lisa Marie Perry’s sizzling Sin For Me is a must-read! The twisted, drama-soaked first book in the Devil’s Music duology is set amidst the Atlanta music scene, at a record label that’s growing new… Read More First Look: Lisa Marie Perry’s Sin For Me
Book boyfriends are great and all, but it’s galpals who’ll help you kill three bottles of wine and then bury some bodies! So move over, Valentine’s Day: Let’s pull a Leslie Knope and talk Galentine’s Day, celebrating some of fiction’s fun female friendships! Too often in romance ― and, really, fiction in general ― we… Read More The Power of Fictional Female Friendships
I have officially retired the punny titles for these posts, as I think I’ve run through all the possibilities! Fortunately, I haven’t run through all the books in the world! January was all about escaping into the pages. Deceptions by Kelley Armstrong (urban fantasy) Hard Knocks by Ruby Lang (contemporary romance) Wait For It by… Read More Mala’s January 2017 Hot Reads
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
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