The Review The Red Address Book is a historical fiction novel that follows the life of Doris. One thing I’m always cautious about in historical fiction novels is the dual timelines. In most books, I feel, one timeline is always underwhelming. I worried when found out The Red Address Book had dual timelines. Instead of the classic present to past format with different characters, in The Red Address Book we follow Doris the whole way. She tells the story of her past in letters to her niece, Jenny. I enjoyed The Red Address Book, I highly recommend. Pros: The…

The Review Dear Reader, I have a confession. I am a Talia Hibbert fan. And I have been a fan for years. My descent into fandom started one winter when I wanted a seasonal Christmas read and picked up Merry Inkmas. From there, I read two more of her books back to back. They weren’t without issues because no book is perfect. I knew she was going to be an auto-read author. The announcement of Get a Life, Chloe Brown, was the only time I questioned my fandom. I know you’re asking why, Dear Reader. The other romances I…

The Review Dear Reader. I will admit that I am not much of a young adult fiction reader. I’m a geriatric millennial and try to stay in an adult literary place. Because as we know, Dear Reader, I am not the target audience of YA fiction. But over the years, thanks to Booktube, I have been dipping my bookmarks into some young adult fiction. Courtney Gould’s The Dead and the Dark is my first dive into young adult horror since I was a young adult myself. Back then, I only had access to Christopher Pike and R.L. Stine. I…

Praise is a semi-kinky new adult erotic romance. If you don’t mind age gap romances and can get past the heroine dated the hero’s son, this is worth the consideration. I encourage you to give this a go, because Emerson is hot and worth the read. The kink is light, praise kink, but other kinky acts are on the page. Emerson runs an elite sex club. Praise fails in things outside of the steamy. I wasn’t completely sold on Charlie and Emerson’s romance since most of the interactions on the page were sex adjacent. I could understand their lusty…

The Review This book is a bit hard for me to review. Because objectively, I know it’s a great little novella. The elements are there, well done, and fit together. This one didn’t click for me. I think this is the first time I can truly say “It’s me, not the book”. I think part of the problem I had with Flowers for the Sea was that I picked it because Hoopla billed it as a horror. It’s fantasy horror, but heavier on the fantasy side and lighter on the horror side. And since I picked this one up…

The Review I have returned to this novel several times in my life, this was my third read. Darling Reader, I’m not much of a re-reader, even though I’m trying to change. After a third read, you would think The Bluest Eye was on my list of favorite book, but it is not. I don’t know why because The Bluest Eye hits all of my reading must haves. For a debut novel, Toni Morrison bypasses all hiccups many debut novels seem to have. It doesn’t “read” like a debut to me, and I’m certain there are writers working on…