I’m over at AudioGals with a review of The Subway Girl by Lisa Becker, narrated by Erin Mallon. Can a guy find a missed connection and true love?
I’m over at AudioGals with a review of The Subway Girl by Lisa Becker, narrated by Erin Mallon. Can a guy find a missed connection and true love?
I’m over at Dear Author where Jayne and I are reviewing A Duke in Shining Armor by Loretta Chase – a fun, farcical road trip romance.
I’m over at AudioGals with a review of A Tale of Two Dragons by GA Aiken, narrated by Hollie Jackson. Fun story but wrong narrator.
I’m over at AudioGals with a review of Game On by Gabra Zackman. This audiobook is narrated by a full cast, including the author, Lauren Fortgang, Therese Plummer, Piper Goodeve and LJ Ganser (and many more).
All Seated On the Ground by Connie Willis – B I saw this short story mentioned in a thread where posters were saying it was the best of Connie Willis’ short stories so I looked it up. I couldn’t buy the story on its own because geo restrictions, but I found it was available in a library book as part of The Best of Connie Willis and placed a hold so I could read the story.
Meg Yates is a humour columnist who unexpectedly finds herself on a committee trying to communicate with the six Altairi aliens who arrived on the doorsteps of Denver University nine months before. Many experts before her and on the current committee have failed to find a way to break through the Atairi glare of disdain before her but her particular history and a chance encounter with some Christmas music and choir director lead to a breakthrough.
Why I read it: I received a review copy from the publisher.
What it’s about: (from Goodreads) Phoebe Henderson may be single but she sure doesn’t feel fabulous. It’s been a year since she found her boyfriend Alex in bed with another woman, and multiple cases of wine and extensive relationship analysis with best friend Lucy have done nothing to help. Faced with a new year but no new love, Phoebe concocts a different kind of resolution.
The List: ten things she’s always wanted to do in bed but has never had the chance (or the courage!) to try. A bucket list for between the sheets. One year of pleasure, no strings attached.
Simple, right?
Factor in meddlesome colleagues, friends with benefits, getting frisky al fresco and maybe, possibly, true love and Phoebe’s got her work cut out for her.
What worked for me (and what didn’t): Given the story is about a list, I thought it might be fun to review it in list format too.
1. I’d categorise this book as “chicklit” (even though I don’t love the term).
Yes it has a romance and yes there is a happy ending but it’s really more about one woman’s journey over the course of a year and it doesn’t have much by way of deep character description of anyone other than Phoebe. I liked many of the characters, but I can’t say I really got to know them all that well. It is a different book to Bridget Jones’ Diary but it has a similar vibe and style so I think it would work for readers who enjoyed the Helen Fielding novel.