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Mini Reviews #20: a Working Christmas
For someone who’s so keen on completely relaxed holidays, I sure do have a certain fascination with the concept of a working Christmas – or at least: a working lead-up to Christmas. That…
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Mini Reviews #19: Friends to Lovers at Christmastime
There’s something about a good old trope that just really does it for me – especially in holiday stories. Fake dating? Yes please. Cosmic misunderstandings? Absolutely. Friends to lovers? Gimme! Especially around Christmastime!…
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Mini Reviews #18: Dreaming Away for Christmas
Something about the holidays makes me want to go and enjoy other (colder, more snowy) places. Not really something that’s a possibility, right now, but hey – that’s what books are for, right?…
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Mini Reviews #17: A Christmas of Unfortunate Events
How many things could possibly go wrong during just one holiday season? Well, always one more, apparently – or at least, that’s what happens in all of these books, which feature a Christmas…
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About Books #119: Juliet Takes a Breath
2020 has definitely been the year where I started reading more LGBTQIA+ content, as well as the year where I delved further into the world of graphic novels. Quite often, it turns out,…
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About Books #118: Lives and Deaths
Every once in a while, it’s nice to be pleasantly surprised by a classic. Or at least – to be reminded, again, that “classic” doesn’t automatically mean “boring”. In the case of Tolstoy’s…
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About Books #117: The Love Study
Sometimes a book just hits you right where it hurts, only in the best possible way. The Love Study? Basically went above and beyond that. The story Declan has commitment issues. He’s been…
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About Books #116: The Plus One Pact
You know that movie, The Wedding Date? It’s horribly cliché and so very, very nillies – but I unabashedly love it. The Plus One Pact? Basically the same kind of thing – only…