By: Cait Marie Happy Friday! It's almost Valentine's Day, so it's time to talk about favorite romance books! Now, for the sake of this post, I'm only including contemporary romance. I feel like I post about fantasy romance most of the time, and these books need some love. (Pun unintended.) PS it was extremely difficult... Continue Reading →
Friday Favorites: Asian-American Authors
By: Cait Marie Happy Friday! With today being Korean American Day and Chinese New Year taking place on the 22rd, I wanted one of the prompts this month to show appreciation for Asian-American authors. I read quite a bit of books featuring Asian-American characters, and have even more on my TBR, so I'm excited to... Continue Reading →
Friday Favorites: Books You Read Based on Their Cover and/or Title
By: Cait Marie Happy Friday! People say, "Don't judge a book by its cover," but I totally do. That's typically how I discover new-to-me authors. So, here are some of my favorites that I read based on the cover and/or title, most of which led to me reading all of the authors' other books or... Continue Reading →
Friday Favorites: Tropes
By: Cait Marie Happy Friday! This week, I'm changing it up and talking about favorite tropes! I will give some examples with each as well. For those who don't know, a trope is a common theme or situation found in fiction, whether it's books, movies, or anything else that tells a story. For a full... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Enjoyed But Never/Rarely Mention On My Blog
By: Cait Marie Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. This is a variation of a theme from a few weeks ago. I feel like I repeatedly use the same books and series for these lists, so... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Books With My Favorite Trope
By: Leah Originally posted on Leah's Books. This week’s topic is book with my favorite trope or theme, courtesy of Allona @ raincheckandread. I’m definitely a sucker for various tropes (who isn’t?), but fake dating is definitely high up on my list. Here’s some of my favorite books featuring fake dating: The Unhoneymooners by Christina... Continue Reading →
Cait’s Review of “Rent a Boyfriend” by Gloria Chao
By: Cait Marie *Original review found on YA Books Central Goodreads Blurb To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before meets The Farewell in this incisive romantic comedy about a college student who hires a fake boyfriend to appease her traditional Taiwanese parents, to disastrous results, from the acclaimed author of American Panda. Chloe Wang is... Continue Reading →
Friday Favorites: Books of 2020
All right, it's time! I finished 91 books in 2020, and now I need to narrow it down to my top ten... which is impossible, but I shall try!