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We still need diverse romances. Author K.M. Jackson stopped by H&H to talk about where we are and where we still need to be representative works.
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We still need diverse romances. Author K.M. Jackson stopped by H&H to talk about where we are and where we still need to be representative works.
Looking into the Future. What's in Store?
The Future of Mouse #MousesMusings #books #blog
A full year of this review blog is in the bag and I could not be happier or more grateful to everyone who follows me or who has read my blog in this past year. There’s still work to be done, as this is a learning process for me as well, so while I will continue to post weekly with either a review or my musings, small things might be tweaked here and there. Colors, images, things like…
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RWA 2019
This weekend I traveled into NYC for RWA19’s Blogger Day and Literacy signing. Because I had a wedding the next day, I decided to skip the early morning Blogger activities and just focus on the networking event and then the booksigning later. At the networking event, I meet up with other bloggers I know which was awesome! And while waiting for the literacy signing, I had a great time chatting…
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Mini Reviews
I’m going to be writing a series of a few mini reviews of books I’ve read over the past few months to catch up on some books I want to let you all know about! (more…)
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REVIEW
As Good as the First Time by K.M. Jackson
Sugar Lake #1
Oliva Gale has just finished baking pies for her father’s retirement party, sent her lover off to work and headed out the door for her own job when the story begins. By the end of the day she has said goodbye to more than one thing she had taken for granted and is saddled with a sister she bickers with constantly as she heads to Sugar Lake to help her aunt with the family bakery. She will meet up with her first love, spend time with family and be faced with big decisions before the books ends.
This is a new-to-me author and I am on the fence because I had trouble relating to the characters and found the plot somewhat predictable. Perhaps there wasn’t enough of the backstory or time in the second chance segment for me to see why Olivia and Clayton would be drawn to one another? I am not sure if it was that or the fact that I didn’t know enough about Olivia’s job in New York to see why she would prefer small town life as a baker over living in the city or just what it was that had me feeling just okay at the end of the story. I am wondering which of the characters mentioned in the story will have stories of their own: Liv’s sister, Clayton’s brother, some of the cousins or perhaps others who have not been introduced.
Did I love the story? No
Did the story flow? Yes
Would I read another book in this series? I think so
Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books for the ARC – This is my honest review.
3-4 Stars
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38531909-as-good-as-the-first-time
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True to its name, the small southern town of Sugar Lake is a sweet place to visit--and you might even want to live there . . . With her big city career and relationship in sudden free fall, Olivia Gale isn't sure where she belongs. So when her help is needed at Goode N' Sweet, the family bakery in Sugar Lake, she jumps at the chance to indulge her pie-making hobby while getting her life back on track. Olivia's not looking for any distractions. Even if the boy who once left her without a word is now a grown man with intriguing secrets--and the same tempting hold on her heart . . . A firefighter and single dad, Clayton Morris is trying hard to fix his past mistakes. He thought he was doing the right thing by leaving Olivia--and now he's sure he has nothing to offer the accomplished woman she's become. But ignoring the sparks between them is impossible. And as unexpected surprises and hard choices endanger their fragile reunion, they'll have to decide which direction to take if they want to find the road back to love . . .
Book Review: Holiday Temptation by Donna Hill, Farrah Rochon, K.M. Jackson
The December book of the month for Mocha Girls Read was Holiday Temptation by Donna Hill, Farrah Rochon, and K. M. Jackson. This novel features three short love stories set during the Christmas holiday. Though each was different, I found them all to be predictable and the writing deteriorated from the first story to the last. Holiday Temptation did not tempt me to read any more holiday themed…
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Romance Roundup: October Edition
Romance Roundup: October Edition
Welcome to “Romance Roundup”where I share mini reviews of 3-4 romance novels that I’ve read recently. This month’s edition includes stories of marriage reality show, a friends to lovers tale, and a steamy romance thriller. Hope you enjoy these reviews! Fool for You (Crush on You #1) by Rina Gray Synopsis: Sports journalist Melanie Foster has achieved most of her goals: Bomb.com job—check.…
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Ebook Haul: January 2017
Ebook Haul: January 2017
Happy New Year! Here’s the books we picked up this month! Heather Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey A Tale for Time Being by Ruth Ozeki Tqwana Insert Groom Here by K.M. Jackson To Find You by Cerece Rennie Murphy Feversong by Karen Marie Moning Kiltless by Melissa Blue
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