Several months ago, I was in a local independent bookstore, where I found this novel on a solid wooden table filled with other mystery novels. The cover drew my immediate attention. (Jeremy Enecio the front cover artist - so acknowledged by the author in the Acknowledgements section of "HOPE NEVER D...
Hope Rides Again is the follow up to Hope Never Dies which is a mystery told from the viewpoint of Biden and featuring Obama. The first book used romance tropes to highlight a bromance, the second book turns that aspect down a bit but is still funny. Look, it’s not Shaffer’s fault...
This parody of cozy mysteries is told from Joe Biden's point-of-view as he and Barack Obama chase down a killer. I loved it! I laughed so hard at times. Suspend belief but you have to read it. It was so much fun. I liked the characters. Watching them solve the crime is a scream. I liked how...
Is this the best book in the world?Well, no. I mean, we have Byatt's Possession. But if you are in the mood for something light and a little je ne sais crois, you should read this.In part, Shaffer is book some fun at the romance genre. The bromance is treated in some ways the same way a romance woul...
Fifty Shames of Earl Grey - Andrew Shaffer, Fanny Merkin *3 STARS* So yeah, I just finished that. It was amusing but not so much laugh out loud funny. I got the tongue-in-cheekness of it, and I am not so stuck in the mud that I can't appreciate the utterly ridiculousness of that the genre I l...
I didn't read the book in full, so this is NOT a review and thus I won't star-rate it. Instead, here are some thoughts:The only essays I read in full were contributions by Andrew Shaffer, Tiffany Reisz, and Rachel Caine. All three have very good points to make: Andrew explains how parody differs fro...
I don't like Fifty Shades of Grey (and yes, I have read the entire series). But then, if you've been reading my reviews, you'll find that I take issue with a lot of romance and erotic novels. I'm picky about writing style, quality of editing, and the pervasiveness of certain troupes and abusive be...
Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this ebook in exchange for an honest review. Trigger Warning: Transphobia, I use a quote from the book where the author (Anne Jamison) misgenders transmen. Additional Disclosure: I am mentioned in this book in the acknowledgements. I believe this was done to...
AT ONCE, Earl Grey’s mouth is upon me. His arms crawl up the back of my robe as his tongue penetrates my lips. Our mouths create an airtight seal, and our tongues battle it out for supremacy. His is the more dominant tongue; I let my tongue go limp and submit fully to Earl Grey. For the first time i...
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