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Aug 31

Review of Something Wilder by Christina Lauren

Something Wilder is a playful adventure with a vivid Western setting, some steamy scenes, an unwavering best friendship between strong...

Aug 17

Review of Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

ICYMI: Evvie Drake Starts Over, by the author of Flying Solo, is sweet, with funny dialogue, surprises, best-friendship, and a Maine...

Aug 16

Review of Flying Solo by Linda Holmes

In this satisfying story by the author of Evvie Drake Starts Over, Linda Holmes offers sweet, funny dialogue; a complicated reunion...

Aug 3

Review of Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon

In Weather Girl, Rachel Lynn Solomon brings humor and a little steamy romance to a newsroom setting, with a fun Parent Trap-style...

Jul 27

Review of The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

Katherine Center's newest light fiction offers an irresistible premise--a female bodyguard poses as the girlfriend of a heartthrob...

Jul 8

Six More Great Light Fiction Stories

More Light Fiction Favorites When I posted a few weeks ago about favorite light fiction reads and asked for other's favorites, bookish...

Jul 5

Review of In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer

I found myself yearning for more from this meet cute, but I loved the New York City details--complete with an extended set of Moonstruck...

Jun 29

Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

McQuiston's love letter to New York offers charming song references, LGBTQ love, steamy scenes, character growth--and an irresistible...

Jun 17

Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading

Some Light Fiction Favorites At the start of the pandemic, I was particularly drawn to lighter fiction because the chances felt slim that...

May 17

Review of Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

Jimenez offers humor, spicy moments, and romance while incorporating weighty issues into her light fiction opposites-attract story Part...

Oct 28, 2021

Review of Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune

Klune's newest novel is heartwarming, earnest, light, and sweet, with a vision of an in-between afterlife that is surprisingly romantic,...

Oct 5, 2021

Review of Very Sincerely Yours by Kerry Winfrey

I delighted in the way Teddy and Everett shared pieces of their true oddball, vulnerable, silly, thoughtful selves. This was a...

Sep 20, 2021

Review of The Guncle by Steven Rowley

The Guncle is full of heart and humor, quirky family love, and fun references to musicals and movies--yet Rowley also offers poignancy,...

Sep 14, 2021

Review of Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean

Emiko Jean's young adult light fiction is delightful, youthful, sometimes wonderfully silly, and heartwarming. The irresistible premise...

Sep 10, 2021

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/10/21 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Guncle, Steven Rowley's sassy, heartwarming fiction about an uncle caring for his young niece...

Aug 31, 2021

August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

My very favorite books from August! These are the books I most loved reading during the past month. The list skews toward light fiction,...

Aug 30, 2021

Review of The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Rachel Lynn Solomon's debut light fiction, The Ex Talk, incorporates a love of public radio, will-they/won't-they tensions, humor, heart,...

Aug 27, 2021

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/27/21 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Bill Browder's Red Notice, which is nonfiction about the author's uncovering of corruption in...

Aug 20, 2021

Review of Shoulder Season by Christina Clancy

The Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, atmosphere of Shoulder Season was a standout element, but the characters' interactions and some of the...

Aug 19, 2021

Review of Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

This light fiction young adult novel offers (reluctant) romance, best friendships, dance lessons, glimpses into the future, a reimagined...

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