Book: Face The Music Author: Andrea K. Robbins Year Published: 2012 (in e-book form) Genre: Adult Romance Overall Rating: 3 stars Target Audience: Women Romance/Sex: PG-13. No explicit mentions of sex. Setting: I think they are in LA, but I’m not quite sure. Characters: Alison Banks, her sister Emily, her friend/love interest Jake, her real love interest Chris, and some other minor people. Plot: A few months ago, Ali’s boyfriend of three years, Paul, suddenly walked out. She … [Read more...]
Jul 30, 2012
Review: Bridesmaid Lotto by Rachel Astor
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Book: Bridesmaid Lotto Author: Rachel Astor Year Published: 2011 Genre: Adult Romance Overall Rating: 3 stars Target Audience: Women Romance/Sex: PG-13. No explicit mentions of sex. Setting: I think they are in LA, but I’m not quite sure. Characters: Josie McMaster, her roommate Calla, her best friend Mattie, the bride Emma VanHorne, Josie’s mother, and Josie’s potential boyfriend, actor Jake Hall. Plot: Josie is a copywriter with a kind of dead-end life. Her mother and … [Read more...]
May 18, 2012
Featured Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
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My quote yesterday got me thinking about Laura Ingalls Wilder. She is probably one of the first authors I ever knew about. My mom loved her series of books so much, that she read them to me and my siblings even before we could read. I remember her recording the reading onto tapes so we could listen to them later. Good times. Anyway, I loved this series growing up. It wasn't until I was about 13 or 14 that I realized that some of what she talked about in her books was rather depressing. Her … [Read more...]
Apr 30, 2012
Review: The Last Summer (of You and Me) by Ann Brashares
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Book: The Last Summer (of You and Me) Author: Ann Brashares Year Published: 2008 Genre: YA/Adult Overall Rating: 3 stars Target Audience: Teen girls/young women Romance/Sex: The book is actually all about romance, but I think any sex is un-descriptive and rather clean. Setting: Fire Island off of Long Island in New York. Characters: Alice and Riley, two sisters, and their childhood friend, Paul Plot: A few years after graduating from high school, Alice, Riley, and Paul visit the island … [Read more...]
Feb 13, 2012
Review: A Tailor-Made Bride by Karen Witemeyer
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Book: A Tailor-Made Bride Author: Karen Witemeyer Year Published: 2010 Genre: Christian Romance Overall Rating: 3 stars Target Audience: Women and teens Romance: Mild Setting: The late 1800s in Texas Characters: A seamstress named Hannah, a man named Jericho, his sister Cordelia, and her love interest Ike. Some other minor characters who are not important. Plot: In this story, Hannah is given an old shop by a former sewing client after the client dies. Hannah goes to a new town to … [Read more...]
Feb 6, 2012
Review: The Healer’s Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson
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Book: The Healers Apprentice Author: Melanie Dickerson Year Published: 2010 Genre: Christian Romance/adventure Overall Rating: 4 stars Target Audience: Women and teens Romance: Mild Setting: The early 1300s Characters: A woodcutter’s daughter, Rose; Her friend Hildy, her mentor Frau Geruscha, two handsome duke’s sons, various other people. Plot: In this fairytale-like story, Rose is the daughter of a poor woodcutter apprenticed to a local healer in a duke’s castle. She is … [Read more...]
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