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Favorite Reviews:
I have reviewed many books over the years, and some reviews have been more interesting or fun to write than others. The below list were my favorites to write.
• Ada, or Ardor
• Choose Your Own Autobiography
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• If Not, Winter
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
• The Kid Table
• Like Water for Chocolate
• Lolita
• The Monk
• The Night Circus
• Oathbringer
• Return of the Native
• Rhythm of War
• S
• Things Fall Apart
• The Unit
• The Woods Are Always WatchingCategories:
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Tag Archives: audio
Just as You Are, by Cameron Kellogg (audio)
Liz writes for a small lesbian magazine that is slowly failing. Just when the magazine thinks they’re closing the doors for good, two new investors swoop in to try to keep it going. Bailey seems nice enough – if overly … Continue reading
The Disaster Gay Detective Agency, by Lev AC Rosen (audio)
A series of bad choices gets a group of friends mixed up in espionage and murder. I’m not going to say anything more than that about the plot, because it’s best going in knowing as little as possible. This was … Continue reading
The Library After Dark, by Ande Pilego (audio)
From StoryGraph: A bookseller must escape the infamously haunted library that holds her darkest secrets, but with a murderer in her tour group, escaping alive is not as simple as it seems. That’s only a partial description but honestly that’s … Continue reading
Legends & Lattes, by Travis Baldree (audio)
Viv is a retired warrior intent on opening a coffee shop and settling down to a quiet life. She didn’t expect opposition, nor the community that slowly becomes found family. I’ve had my eye on this one for years. I’m … Continue reading
Winging It With You, by Chip Pons (audio)
Asher is dumped at the airport right before he and his boyfriend are meant to fly out to compete in a reality TV show. Theo is a pilot with too many hours under his belt, and is thus grounded for … Continue reading
The Ending Writes Itself, by Evelyn Clarke (audio)
When a prestigious author dies, a group of mid-list authors are brought to his remote Scottish island to write the end of his last book. They aren’t working together, though. It’s a competition, with a major payout and a book … Continue reading
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, by VE Schwab (audio)
This is a three-part story of three women from three different time periods, drawn together by a combination of events over time. I know that’s very vague, but there’s not much more I can say about this without giving away … Continue reading
Posted in 2026, Adult, Prose
Tagged audio, historical, LGBTQIA, RIP-worthy, speculative
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Best Laid Plaids, by Ella Stainton (audio)
Joachim is a student on the verge of finishing his thesis on delusional minds. He goes to Scotland to study his friend’s brother, Ainsley, a once-prominent academic who lost his reputation by claiming to speak with ghosts. Ainsley is determined … Continue reading
Posted in 2026, Adult, Prose
Tagged audio, historical, LGBTQIA, mini-review, speculative
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Platform Decay, by Martha Wells (audio)
Volume 8 in the Murderbot series. Murderbot is on a mission to rescue some of Mensah’s family. The mission takes a turn when Murderbot gains a second request to rescue a second family. Lots of bad things happen. Feelings are … Continue reading
Never After, by Alexis Hall (audio)
Micha is an opium-addicted prostitute dying on the streets. Thomas is a third son consigned to the priesthood and unaware of his sexuality until he rescues the most beautiful man he’s ever met and is drawn toward him regardless of … Continue reading
Posted in 2026, Adult, Prose
Tagged audio, divinity, historical, LGBTQIA, portentous, psychology
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